Year: 1875

in reason then man in moral faculties ana then
man in spiritual elements was typical Christian man


cHRIsrANIrY NOT PLAYED oUT.


Having dismissed this branch Of his subject the
speaker went on 10 discuss the proposition THAI nothing
could come IN the form of knowledge or new methods
70 make men better than that which was contemplated
in the original design of Christianity. This fact was
amply corroborated BY the declarations Of Paul in his
writing TO the Philippan churches. Christianity in
cluded everything that had come TO in all ages


DIVINE


In answering the question. 'what are the means by
which men 70 Christian character % he told his
hearers that the first In point Of tme in point Of power
and in point OF importance was Divine help He be
heved the Divine SPIRIT was at work in every part OF
mans nature that was TO be immortal All schools and
civil governments and religious institutions would be
utterly unable 70 carry men up against the iatal
them back 70 earth This was work
which only the Divine influence could accomplish On
this point the preacher said he did not wish 10 be mis-
understood. He believed that hrst middle last and
altogether the great moving power OF human life was
the Inspiration Of the Divine Spirit; but 10
work with that Spirit They were commanded TO work
out their salvation, with fear and trembling, but
they were not TO rely upon themselves they were to
derive encouragement in working out their own saliva
tion from the fact that God working IN them, 10
will and TO do Of His own good pleasure


'rnE GOSPEL GUsL "


Here Mr. Beecher answered various objections that
are made the doctrines that the end 10 be gained by
conversion and religious training is the production ofa
higher type OF Character and he repeed the assertion
that it is new tangled notion He declared that 1t
that which Christ and His disciples taught Those
very things which the Gospel places the most stress
upon the things which the devils disciples called
'gush. That which Paul said death could not touch
was not reason nor shining gifts of cloquence, nor
prophecy and forelooking; but those emotions Of the
soul-fath, hope and loye-to them was given the
crown Of immortality while all these other qualities
were Obliged To fall back in the shadow of twilight


CHURCH UNITY.


On the subject OF church unity Mr. Beecher made
some extended remarks. He SAID there many H.
lusions and false notions respecting IT, He supposed
that little by little approaching spiritual
unity but not that external unity for which Chrsten
dom was signing. Organic unity was a snare. Never
could all the churches De organized into neither
could they be united in their doctrines There
some churches which were so similar that they might
be united externally but there others which
different that IL would be impossible TO unite them
organcally docrinally but there was unity Of the
spirit which 1t possible for churches " attain.


TRIBUTE


While dwelling upon this point Mr. Beecher paid a
noble tribute to the Jews in the following language
| see no reason why there should be division line
between the jew and the Christian The old darkness
has passed away; the medieval days that were over
the name OF the Jew-that used to be byword ana a
hissng-have dropped their habilmcnts OF contempt
This free land, believe, is the only place on the globe
where the Jews feel themselves to be perma-
nenty established that they buy real estate and
settle down and mingle with the people and
become recognized citizens and he that
has ground under him takes root in il and is fixture
Now indebted TO the jews for that which is best
among u.s. have received from the old jew stock our
highest notions OF manhood We have received from
them noblest conceptions OF righteousness; all the
world has gone to school TO Judaism and we are what
are-as men discerning right and wrong and as
having unutterablo aspirations for higher manhood
by the Jewish scripture and the Jewish Christ The
Jews have come among us, and we turn and say
to them, ''rhat which born with you and
ripcned and made etulgent by the principles
OF Of your men, descended through the loins
of the patriarch David, Jesus Saviour, and your
countryman has rounded and given to the world in
Respondent and perfect form the conception that lin
gered twnkled dawned and shone but did not come to
its MONDAY brightness in the Old Testament"


The sermon closed with few points OF application,
after which the concluded with prayer
and the singing of hymn.


THE MORNING PRAYER.


The daily morning devotional exercises in the parlor
have been continued during the last with unusual
interest and have had large attendance