New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-09

and wo and which from their stupendous nature Ike
intensely Of the fact that Life COLLECTION OF
strange and significant experiences and 70 have
up here night with the impression OF such al event
fresh snd sTnarng s basoms The train Of rem
in which have thus far INDUCED col ed by the topic OF
the hour II prepares us Rightly and rrsous - collsr
H. There IS Christian view and use 1T the catastrophe
Of the last week Is details too familiar and too horn
be for ec;a here but there specific c0nsierihonstp
b. drawn from this instance and there Is the geasr
Interpretation which !, to bc made Of Life IN such aspects
Of experience.
r. the t place then n reference this paricularc
how such an event the depths Of common
humanity The shudder of horror is universal Ii breaks
up all theories-all philosophy tits spontaneous con.
fessOn Ofthe desrsblenes Of life Of the drea dizziness OF
such sudden hurryng into death Il, Is useless for the
time 10 air OF faith and resignation to say,
Well death is something We must all meet it was quick
" and they passed through that awful chasm into the
immortal state 1t is true death Is something that We
must all meet ard be is the unwses of men whs has not
medsted upon this fact until he has into the very
fabric Of his thoughts Ii Is true that the brave man, the
man of christian courage not afraid OF death APP
pointed ordinance fact in his personal history But after
all the pairing of soul and body not to be considered at
any time Withoutsw The passage from this world to An
other IS light pleasure trip and do not envy the moral
feeling of him who regards it such There sgnii
the sadness aye and the very reluctance which
is natural AZ that momentous cri.is though al the
promise Of the Gospel streams upon IT, Blu, in such dsso
luton as hat now brought before there is repeat
something in common nature which instnctvey recos
from il natural and believe aproperimpue breathes
the old petition "FrOm uddendeah good Lord deliver US
At least from deaths in such form Always solemn ia It's
presence brings with IL often reconcng tenderness and
msiesty There IS consolation in dying at home-a
bitterness Of circumstances which in harmony with the
falling leaf and the upsprngDg grass and all those in
evabe yet benfcent processes OF nature which steady
our hearts and assure faith There is swest anguish
spriugng mp in bosoms when chids face brghtens
under the shadow Of Is waiting angel There IN an au
iumn fitness when gives up the ghost aud when the
saint dies there fearful victory Without reckessness
vet with intrepid determination we feel that we carry our
lives in hands, go into battle, or walk by the
skirts of the pesence But to have life battered out in An
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plunge and the rush of waters To have the pulse this
moment besug with the full consciousness of mortal
sence and the next stopped horror that pethes itself
in the dead form and that carries itself upon the dead face
with sculptor chsel say the shock and the shud
der which all this produces is movement Of deepest
humanity and PRAYER for deyerance from such death
And Just native TO humanity is this outburst Of
sympathy Whatever root of sehshness there may be in
heatsck horror nay even ia this sympathy to which
now refer sorry for the who sees in this generous
exhibition proof that not utterly selfish and hard
Who there that heard the dngs that dreadful a
that by the very pressure of self regard was not
reused TO sympathy Who that commits his own life to
the per Of travel did not feel throbs of anguish for those
who had z forth Just rusfully TO be hurled into
destruction Who that entered his home did not
think Of hundred other homes just happy and expect
ant in the morning upon which desoaton had fallen with
the night and which the wires like to the heart
carrying deadly pain And for my part VIII an re
member how often some peculiar phase of wickedness
bursts forth show wha. fendshnes there the human
heart and challenges all faith in human goodness am
thankful though the demonstration must be made
upon such awful back ground this to the prompt
benevOlence the self sacrificing labor the heroic daring
that leaps out TO accept the challenge and brand the lie
In moments of nexpressibe agony, amid the srangng
waters and upon the fiery deck CLEAN out noble demon
STATIONS of the truth that God utterly abandoned
the children of men to leave them inspirations of sa
cred love, chords of holy sympathy. And am thank
full say though ii must in this way for such
yindicatiOn OF our nature.
But out of this specific experience in life there rises
another consideration which is out of place 1t is
of that sober balance Of mind which should always
preserve have shown that the Christian looks upon
present existence with no mean or gloomy vision Many
the Joys and the blessings OF life ard he who shroud
them with ascetc melancholy ungrateul as he IS
wise But if the other hand we are inclined TO forget
that trest of factsthat all these Joys and blessings are
held in uncertainty that fact IS forced upon by caami
ties like this What hopes, what associations, what
schemes went forth that morning in the crowded train
Upon what wreck did that days noon look down What
bright plans dashed into darkness What bounding hearts
stopped 10y the sudden flood What dreams instantly
breaking into the great Reality le cannot tell now
who but week ago. sat side by SIDE with loved ones IN
the quiet New ngland Sabbath whose graves day will
drink the Sabbath cannot tell who ministers Of
healing 10 many had for yourselves such CHASTITY death
beds and heard may be- the cheering OF the iesal hall
blend with the laundering doom Thou canst not tell
whose marriage sealed with the kiss of deith
end who come up from the waters with dripping bridal
robes Sharp lesson of uncertainty crashing upon our
ears and causing all the securities of our life 10 topple
OF whose confusion issues the solemn text" Boast not
hysef of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what day
may bring forth (" Teach while grasp joys with
due appreciation 10 temper them with seriousness and to
live with prepared hearts
another sort have sprung up simultaneously with our honor
our sympathy and soennity. general feeling Of in
dgnaton tor the apparent disregard for human LIE display
edfn this and similar astrophes. CatsstrOphes of
cent and alas but TOO frequent occurrence OF course
wish 20 foresta any legal Judgment and to excite
bad passions contrary 10 my intention as would be
10 nv Office But believe that the teaching sacred
gard flr human life IS function OF that Office and the
Divine Master walked earth with s0ictude tor every
bodily ILL., may not the servant who processes preach his
Word be justified endesvorng T. strengthen the secur
ties of life and limb do not wish to excite vlndictye
ness but there honest Indignation that has right to
express itself under the conviction of reckessness and
ruin And 10 those who say, De nothing under excite
ment reply excitement may not bethe time to complete
measures but IS the time TO STINT them Wait until the
excitement passes away and away ebb all practical effort
until some mode OF desclaon reawakens the desire
for IT,
Pass the measures deliberately calmly but start them
now Pronounce final judgment under excitement. For
this specific case do not to determine who IS to
blame or whether anybody is but surely IL the time
as far as be- 70 provide against such results in the
future And the possibility of such provision founded in
our conviction of reckessness-mans recklessness
not Gods decree When the stroke OF calamity descends
upon US from that mysterious depth which the ancienis
called Fate" but which call Providence, we bow in
submission IFS ineyabity But cannot be denied that
the list Of genuine accidents Is much more limited than
the use o the Casualties in travel which have their
origin in beyond mans control comparatively
few Nature seldom deceives US in her conditions if
is yigsnt his part wheel breaks but who questioned
its soundness An axle snaps asunder but how the
iron tested collision takes place but time pune
tuay Observed train puDges into the river but
every responsible agent watchul his pOst IL not then
life was not destroyed by accident but by murder not
gpan assasnaOn-nO that kind of murder which comes
from active passion but from the next thing to it-iEdfr
eRce
And against this reckessness repeat provision should
be made by every which will enforce respect for
human le-s sentiment which greved TO say, needs
TO be widely and deeply felt in and coun
Try Life is precious Ii priceless freight which you
bear in those rushing oh driving Engineera freight
Of blood and beating hearts, aud dear relations lips