The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-03-20

lIr !, seldom that we can find space in our
ANAL shee, for the publication of lectures, but
the following, being The substance Of an address
1 delivered by the eloquent HENRY Warn BEEcHER,
contains 80 many good things that We cannot in
Justice withhold i, from readers. Il is liter
ally string Of sshome truths for home consump-
tion.,'-ED. GAz.
From, the Independent.
II. w. BEECHER'S LECTURE ON CHAR
ACTER.
If-said he-wc draw strong line be-
tween character and reputation, tor phIlo.
sophical reasons, II is yet more necessary tor
practical ones. Character IS nnn's in
ward reputation the shadow he
casts. A statue may be perfect and its
shadow distorted, yet il is generally true
tha, one pretty fairly copies the other.--
Character, is what man is; reputation
what others think him - be. Character is
good, sound, n,cres,-pay stock; Rep
uta,ion is fancy stock, tho inflated foot,
ball Of the market.
Sometimes i. good worthy citizen finds
himself in II place where five ways meet;
and he tries tn walk in all the ways al once.
In 40 doin. he is said 10 have saved bis
character. Il was his reputation, however,
that he saved il he saved ansthng.
Reputation sometimes has ii!e real con.
nec,ion with character. IL speaker is
only fiueni--he is reputed . Denosihenes.
lin clergyman has a pleasant way with him
in private circles, and breaches pleasant
sermons-hc is of course repnted Whit
field. II n merchant, is actually worth
$500, 900, he is repn,ed to be worth mil.
lion. Bl, The assessor brings him to his
confession, and a subscription paper about
~ well.
influence is the allegiance with which
men confess 10 goodness and strength. u
man would be influential, he must seek i
within himself There is no better receipt
than the Scrip,urai, ''Add 10 your faith
virtue, knowledge, &c" When this is
thoroughly done, you will have influence
whether men will or will not. How many
men are taught to be silent. or TO be vocal,
only upon exac, calculation, in order to sarc
their influence; counsel about as sensible as
u tell a man 10 Try to save his shadow
The way TO have influence is 10 DC heroic
and no, 10 mar,vr yourself toihat mlsnam-
ed prudence which is continually dodgng
between lies and verites. and weighs nora
conduct as i. weighs pork and flour. i
man is good. he will do good. do not i've
in your opinion, but in what am al
men will be found 10 one ofthree classes Of
character. Either,
!. Whore all the faculties are satellites
about one master faculty, or
2. Where some group Of faculties sways
the manor
3. Where the character is muli'plex or
! manifold.
FIRST class, including all rlo hare some
one simple regnant faculty. This may be
obvious, or like the rnainspring OF II watch,
NAV be coiled and concealed All other
activities are satellites and revolvc around
il. This faculty is sometimes, though rare
". generation, aud then the man becomes
worshipper BY necessity, and his worship
il no. duty, but passion envo'ved.-
Sometime il is a love OF appreciation.
Whether i, will be determined by other fac
ul,ies. Bu. whether i, is sly or not, there
is only one he ar, underneath. And ns you
find about the streets a thousand begga'
boys, We, from all, the varying piles OF loco.
motive rags, and through al! The va'e1'es o.
brogue and story, even but the same, "your
money, sir;'' SO from this man, in wha,eve'
guisc he is, there is the same, ''yonr admir-,
alton, sir" Every pnlsalion OF his heart Is
for applause. Among worshippcrs nc IS
deyotee; among re'ormers radical; among
conservatives, stability is his delight; ;amone
fools, a jester; his religion changes, like
naviya,nr's dress. with every latitude, iron
the Equator to the Pole; seemingly ns var'
able as the wind, vet ,rnc rs the laws o
nature, to the one grand passion. Some
times il is pride, md then there is to him n"
thing 50 influential rs himself There
are one hundred sorts Of proud men. Con
science sometimes used to bc regnanf inc
ul,y over some men, but il is not fashlonable
now. The man cfmere conscience is cold