The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-29

associations she has not strength to labor with th
+ brush; and where 10 she to 60, for she 70 old AND
poor! Blessed are those who are sndesvoring t.
found homo for the relief of these psor mothers
Many might say that they could be better relieved
at home, in their own houses; but youth loves not
the company OF the aged, and tho aged do not like
to live alone. The Rev Doctor here related tho
ease Of an old woman who, with many of the com
forts of life around her, compliance only of being
alone-so much alone. You may give them food
fuel, and clothing, but you must give them more
'han this you must give Thorn society, and IN tnis
institution they will have the society OF them selves
tie did not suppose that this institution would be
." heaven on eartn,' for an will creep in every.
where Pure religion u 20 VIII, the widows and
the fatheriess IN their affection II we love the
Lord. wo mus. also love the poor, asd ii cannot be
too often repeated that "He that giveth 60 the
poor lendeth to the Lord" Aad hayo We not tho
example OF blesssd saviour care for the help
less odd woman? Did no not, wnen suffering
the cross-his frame tortured his spirit crushed
BY the weight OF the sins OF hispeopls-did not his
eye brig htcn, when locking upon those who sur.
rounded his cross, he behed his other, aad in all
his more than mortal agony be called to his disci'
pie, the one he loved best. and said % him, " Son,
behold thy mother And to the mother he said
Mother, behold thy sou" We know that this
disciple took this motner to his home, but further
than that we cannot follow this divine charity.
The Rev. gentleman here stated to the audience
that his raother was living, aud that tho first
OF February next. she would be eighty two years
OF age. and that his feelings would be agonizng if
no felt the life going out Of him. and left his
mother poor. Inc Rev gentleman was much
affected, and concluded his address by asking Gods
blessing on all the ladies VINO eng aged in this
charitable work.
He was followed by the Rev Mr. BEEcHgR, who
addressed the audience NJ SEINE length, feengy
describing the merits AID necessities Of those aged
women who are to be beaehted by this institution.
The Rev DIR, WEIGH then announced That a
collection would De taken up for the benefit OF the
society, which was accordingly done. aud gentle
man (name unknown) begged leave to state tina
no had been requested by some members Of the
society TO lay book upon the table, In which any
person or persons, who felt 80 disposed, were at
liberty to write down their names, Us subscribers
for the amount OF one hundred, five thousand, or
twenty-five thousand dollars, the amount sub
scrlbed to be paid into the treasury any time within
Blk menths
We did not notice that any person ayailsd him
solf. or herself, Of this permission, and after the
collection vas taken up, the Rev Dr.. w elch dis
missed the audience with blessing
Rev. Doctor Dcwcy's Lectures on the
Problem OF Human Destiny"
The Rev. Doctor Dewey delivered, on Tuesday
evening, at the Church of tho Messiah, dyay,
tho first Of this series of lectures, which were
lately delivered by him before tho Lowell Institute,
at Boston. The attendance was extremely good
Had human destiny and it's elements all been
for good, there would have been no problem to
offer, and nothing but bliss to contemplate AMI
proceeding to inquire into this matter 40 disavowed
that mock modesty which pronounced it presump.
tuous TO, to do so, and thought that Socrates,
himself, had more pride than real humility in say
ing he knew nothing. 1t would be strange, indeed,
il the grandest and most intellectual question,
which could be propounded, admitted of no answer.
His belief was, that the great irresistible impulse
in our nature to seek into this subject was not
groundess; but that the question did ADMIT of an
answer. 1t was the worlds problem, He had
called it that Of human destiny, which was a more
nigh sounding name than he liked not at all
because it was presumptuous. for the modesty
with which it must be approached should be
taken for granted; its vastnes5 was at once q
warranty All might 60 to California for gold,
as the supply was so abundant and mex
haustible, but no one expected to get more than
small portion Of it and so we might pick up few
of the golden sands upon this shore Of boundless
wealth. He had adopted this term for the simple
reason that i. expressed his meaning better than any
other which occurred to him, problem was some
thing thrown out to be solved. ball as it were
thrown out, formed of the strings of human heats
the bright and sombre, to be unbound and Unravsl.
Leland there was Dot thread there that had not
been laid there by Divine hand aud was not draw
ing on TO its destiny, We were not TO look upon
the term, the world, as merely the earth-as a mere
nuceus-we could not see ii Ia the sea- the land,
the dust, Of which We were formed, nor in the 70
turning circle OF the seasons-but in hun anity
alone Man was The world ana the world man
With shat statement OF the subject, and passing
some preliminary observations, he might Ivy down
ceTta;. facts which laid upon the surface II vas
pro 5lem Of evil, principle OF evil necessarily
eXis,eu He would briefly state this problem,
aua Offer solution such as he could give Human
life was tho world mystery, the whole scheme was
mysterious, and the mystery cepJeted in tbs prop
lem Of evil. We all know well. that through
out IN NAN society all suffered and yet We knew
pl h
creatures was precious TO him Some had
accounted for this by theory, that there was q
limit to Divine power. But IL was not all a mystery,
not all evil, not such an amount as to bewilder all
calculation; and he numbly yentured to think be
could understand this problem Of sin and sorrow.
There were millions OF people living in China and
other parts OF the world but the question did not
turn upon this vast and immense number as one,
but upon each individually. No ono had expe.
rierced or felt anything more than his own indi.
vidual existence and each stood apart from his
contemporaries and alone, as much as II an interval
OF centuries had occurred. II was very usual to
over,rate the misery experienced in the wo-ld ami
not TO acknowledge the eDjoyments But few that
did so would accept the conclusion, it offered TO
them, that they had not better lived at all. here
was natural evil, or physical suffering AMI
moral evil, which was sin, and he did not think 1t
was all left to be a dark and terrible enigma. Ii
was not that there was n limitation of power, for
the truth was that power had nothing at all To do
with IL. IL was not that there was no power TO
TO avert evil, but that in the nature Of things II
could not be, any more than ii two balls were
placed before you and two aided, the sun. could be
made five. No power could accomplish that, or
make the angles contained in a triangle come TO
more than Two right angles, He then proceeded
to argue that, without physical eyil-that was
pain there would be no pleasure; for instance,
that sensitive vesture the skin, Il It were
bot liable to wounds would be Incapable OF
pleasure. from baimy bleezcs or agreeable bathing,
ard il would be all the same whether water Or ire
were applied to it aio was. therefore, necessary
II IL ali pleasure the world would sink into
abyss Of sensuality II mans will were bound
ara be was constrained to follow right course
then he would nc lob ger be a moral being he would
no longer be free Vas Sin, then. mere mistake J
Certainly Tot. eiae Why tho strife in the mind
Man as imperfect and free, there vas 10 com pull
sion to either good Of evil II might be asked why
the Almie hty permitted such wretebss to live as
Caesar, borgia or Nero. but il couldn't be otherwise
while man was free and moral; mere animal
might be RETAINED by instinct, but man ran ge
was larger The problem as he would spread II