| Show from f daily tan church to daya telegrams bring strange new from IJ W church in brooklyn N Y the new york herau gays the onyer meeting in plymouth bat evening was signalizes signalized by an outbreak of breedom of speech that has not been equalled equal led since the days of the ec andal for a long limo it has been known to the initiated that among the leding members there has been shouldering ing a feeling of with the spiritual condition of the church it found vent last evening beecher complained of spiritual dryness in the discussion which followed dr white thought there was too much of mr beecker in their meeting lie suggested that the pastor let the brethren do all the preliminary talking and that he beecher should come in and round it oil with his rich experience peri ence mr richardson said the evil was in too much admiration of mr beecher he believed beli aved that when beecher died plymouth church would scatter to the winds no it will not mr said there wag a feeling of too much dependence upon the pastor by all the members beecher made the closing remarks lie said you are not in dead earnest you come into the prayer meeting languidly with a thousand things in your head and not the slightest idea ot gods presence in your mind the good lord of beav en is lie not here and what am I when lie is present it seems to me that you try to akao me godfather son and holy ghost whereas I am nothing but I am willing to etke half the blame of the present condition of things and if you will take the other half and distribute it among yourselves there is more than you can afford to have whit I say is that you have not he permanent presence of the holy ghost among you in future I shall try to be about half as smart as I have been in my talk and see what ibal will do |
