Year: 1873

the members OF his own Cherch and congregation,
| but all, whether rich or poor. native born or
| foreign born, II there would be glad to see him.
| ~ am the man." said Mr.. Beecher, "who shall
be glad to see them" In accordance with the re-
quest OF the Ladies' Temperance Association he
referred at length and in strong and earnest words
to the newly introduced custom in this country OF
onering wine. He denounced the custom; said
that 1t derived its strength from the supposition
that 1t was fashionable, and said that the victims
OF this practice were not the hardheaded, thought
ful, solid men. but the "delinquescent" light
weighted, fashionable young man, who is made up
Tor the occasion. But even he would not yield SO
readily were IL not for the young ladies' who
would tolerate anything 80 leng it was fashion
able. When the young lady OF the house stands
before him with the brmming cup


THE YOUNG FOOL


cannot resist And many young man has begun
to drink in this way, disgraced himself and it has
only required about two years to bring him down
to irretrevabe ruin. He therefore hoped that the
result OF what he said would be that those whom
his words would reach woald put no more wine
on the table than would be on his own on New
YEARS. Day.


Mr. Beecner preached sermon on ''Perfcct Men
In Christ Jesus" and selected for his text the
thirty-drst and thirty second verses OF the fourth
chapter OF Ephesians :-"Let all bitterness





evil speaking, be put away from you with
all malice. And be ye kind one to another,
tenderhearted, IOrgiving one another, even as
God for Christ sake hath forgiven you." The
introduction was exp0sitory to which special ref
erence WAS made to the thirteenth to the sixteenth
verses. The teaching Of the chapter was that
there was positive side, generic and ideal aim Of
the truth as 1t is in Christ Jesus, which Christi
anity was defined 10 be tho sign of right living. 1t
tc fnha no man chi nff fha vnrld rha
iorces which Christianity employ are various but
the end is dennite-namely the perfect man In
Chris Jesus. This was the object, and one to
which everything else was made instrumental.
| TO understand Christianity you must understand
1t in living form. You can never
understand 1t by seeing 1t specuatively- as
no man can understand a garden bya book. II he
has seen a garden book may help him, but not
Otherwise Consider, then, the influence In hu.
man LIE Of the q the Whole msan e
what the effect would be upon the whole range OF
sociey IN the Whole intercourse Mt OF men, this
effect and all the bitterness the earth could be
taken away. The change would be so great that
the very


ATMOSPHERE OF LIFE
would seem different. MI. Beecher then sektched
in business in the strfes and collisions OF public
affairs, In the conduct OF the State and when the
ring TO the elimination Of this magn 'I eie
ment IN individual character, he said that
that a m
any OF the best OF hls characters SO it was with
lne remembrance Of mothers love- the beauty
indestructible; there are some men who are
so cynical that they swear the whole race
powerful than the most pungent sermons What
is it in actions that delight so II is the perfect,
the good characters. There are far more in the
pages oil fiction than in the world itself but it is
the sweetness of the described and portrayed ma
ture that captivates 1t is the completeness the
nature OF good and true men and women that capti-
sing good DEAL go to meeting a good deal, though
these things In themselves are very helpful and |
cOmmondabe, that are always the most lovely and |
the most captivating but 1t is the people with


WHOLE AND TRUE SOULS


But you say that the Gospel is history OF Christ:
OF Christ in living form There is Christ in prin-
ter's ink without number; but Christ In msn-
easily you can tell these men You take me into
pine wood, and you tell me 1t is an oak wood. 1
IS on old barn know ST better. ter What then il thus
be SO, are the Gospel lorces OF the wOrdy What |
must be the substitutes and usurpers OF them |
TO args ng
sai,! that nne men have rraging genius, ana have
Just as much, sometimes, matter of genius as i
tasny; tolatoly; }as', ,nussS &C much tow Of speech
towards men. Consider, too, the Intellectual |
forces which have been presented to the world |
Tnat which the v ord wants is not this presenta.
tion or the cold intellectual truth; that which 1t |
watch the world wants. Suppose want to show |
man what
an orchard Is in the mellow days OF October and |
take him down into my cellar, and show him an |
ola barrel OF CIDER that has turned to vinegar.
more of that. Wen, ! show hun barrel of this |
years cider, and give him straw; but still he |
is not satisfied, and he yet thinks it isn't much
OF an orchard. take him up to the mill, show him
DIRT. We'll he thinks that IS rather a slushy
orchard. ! say, Lets go out into the
trees alied with irult and he sns the fragrance,
and he Is all sensitive to the beauty and the glory
IS surrounded. That is just what hat the theoiogians
do. They say, "Let me show you the Gospel and
they bring out their barrel Of cider tnat has gone
pint" that is IN it. And he begins with the EVIL
dences Of the Gospel, that Cod established reve.
rolls them on, and you coula call them
call of the roll of military company. Mr. Beecher
Illustrated the various difficulties that arose out Of
my boy VINO has run against lamppost not to
run against lanppost again. BY and by he
comes in and says that he has run


Well tell him not to run against tree. He
against tree but against an iron railing. Well
tell him not tO run against any ything. Well. you
say, MS own common sense WOuu nave t0lu MIN
that. But If you were to answer theologians
that way 1t would sweep one-half OF them
from the face OF the earth. For the Gospel there
has been substituted church poity-dissertation in
regard to the relation OF theology tc history and to
the State-and Dinc-tenths OF the power OF man
have been spent upon the external and the accden-
tai. There never has been time in the whole world
on the part of the whole body OF Christians,
when the force OF the truth has been made to de-
pend upon the real power oi the Gospel. The true
power OF church is its capacity in tre productive
ness o. men who are true men In Christ Jesus.
Now that is an awful test. don't know any man
who can stand under IL. could not When see
among you differences squabbles, aoout Sunday
school feel tnat am about as poor a preacher as
know when judge you then and by what | see.
Thus we come to see that personal excellence is
the law OF all Christian union. All other things are