New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-26
Mr. D. B. TAYLOR, reported in favor ola ferry
n WILLIAMSBURG.
Mr.. CHAHBERLIs, against the sale OF Wash
ingtons Head Quarters IN Nevburgh. Adjourned
The Prezress Of Mankind.
ET REV. THEODORE rARKEs.

Az unusually large audience assembled at the
Broadway Tabernacle LAST evening to listen to the Sew
enth lie, ture Of the Peoples Course which deliv
cred by R,v. Theodore Parker Of Boston. The theme
Of his dscot rsc The Progress of Mankind which
he proceeded TO consider under three separate heads
ss follows:
I. Proofs ef y, man Progress.
H. sketch of some Of the most important steps hther
10 taken in Human .Vrogress.
III Examination of sone of the most prominent OBJ
stacles IN the way Of I'umsn Progress.
Being introduced to tbs audience the lecturer pro-
ceeded, without any notes. to speak as follows;
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. Man began his career on
the earth without ANYTHING zf his hands and his feet
anaked body and an ignorant nrnd. TAe world wss all
before him where 10 choose. ant Providence wss his
guide From the nature of the Ease, at starting he
could have bad none of the visible prosperity which weseo
about "a He could have had churctstsnds, NO drink
ing cups Of glass no lycum balls no costly hsuses no
cultivated lands He could have no roads OF ron or
stone, or wood, of esrth of water, or OF snow. He
had no tces to fight with, or to feed with From the
nature of the case his spiritual and nv sie possessions
were quite limited He could have had arts, no
science, no law, no literature no religion, no man
no language. IL all these hingsthe invisible as
well those to be SEEN imply for their production,
toll thought, repeated age out and age in. Thus
must have started Athepresentday he has good deal
morethan his hands and his head great deal more than
a naked body and an ignorant mindf Look about you
and see his visible property What is around US
What is over usl This magnificent Ciry-its commerce.
blossoing white from every corner of the globe Look
at the roads Of iron which lead everywhere roads of
stone of wood OF earth of water and of snowi ZAP
plsuse Consider its invisible tressures-langusge,
literature, science the science which hnds wonders in
a drop OF wster-which analyses the mnutest grain Of
dus, and that greater science which anal the Solar
Universe into systems and groups thereof Consider
the laws, literature and manners OF mankind, AMI
think you will agree with that there has been some
Progress-ihst this forkcd Adam, whom God turned
nal cd he \ d n
shirt 10 his back has turned very thrifty child aud got
together very pretty little family property lLsughter
That alone, think, would be enough TO establish the
ffct OF Progress In the very teeth of those who tell
that the march of Progress has been backward.
See the progress that has been made in the tools for
mankind to work with. At FIRST the only tools that man
had hs fingers AZ the present day, see how these
fingers have enlarged and multiplied, and are dividing
themselves continually. Into what vices, and pncers,
and chisels. and saws snd broadaxes and bits, and
augurs for the carpenter and the cabnetmaker Into
what wheels for the spinner and looms for the weaver
these fingers have enlarged lAppause Now he has
got Lowell and Lawrence. and Chcopee, and London,
and Manchester and Birmingham and all the machinery
In the wide world tApplause Look NJ the hsnting
tools At fret they were hs teeth and nails.
Cain the First bad only his fist wherewth to murder
man At the present day, they have cutlasses, and
Bowie-kniyes, and swords, and oowsandarrows' ana
spears and muskets and pistols, and Colts Reyov.
err end cannon into which these fingers have enlarged
themselves. Applause This clinehed hsi has become
n man-ofwsr Cain the First bad only his naked arm.
stored up in the arsensls Of Paris
Ii one of the popular theories that man has been
upon the earth six thousand years. Wen, think that
time is too short for this progress think that good
many thousand years passed before took 70 build
ing pyramids But, remembering that man started
with nothing but his brain and tongue think there has
been very rspd progress for sy thousand years and
not six. An ingenious man in England, great phio-
oeer wiiha was asked 10 calculate how long, at the
present state of things would have taken 70 complete
the Sanscrt and he answered that he thought sixty
thousand years. And yet, AZ inst sight, man seemed
rather a poor and fororn creature, sent out into the
world without staff OF scrip The bear. his enemy in
the wilderness seemed better furnished and better fed
than be. He was very well on every way Was ne
hungry he had not 10 90 very lar Tor his breakfast
Wac he cold he had a very good suit OF clothes Thoy
were not too cold for the winter too warm for the
summer; and, what more, they never wore out or
gotout OF fashion. If rent took place IN hts garment II
was mended again by Natures patching IL was
eaImel.t which he not afraid to wear out IN all
weather. and in all company. Laughter. On the
other hand, the man was prey to the bear. Ana pc
sides that the rain wet him, and the sun burnt him But
IN the six or sy thousand years that man he's been on
the earth the bear has not taken single step forward
lie has got possessions than the nrs bear had
The last bear will be witter than the rst bear There
wes in divine soul and Nature was made TO serve
thu soul IApplause He carries bis wealth, his tools
his houses and his learning all in his head The email
and tortoise have their house on their backman has
hi house in bis head and II IL does not suit him. why he
builds another from his head out Of wood OF brick
ithese do rot suit him he builds out OF marble great
temple 10 dwell in
The proqress of man has been continuous think aud
not Uniform Continuous, for there never was apause
In Net uniform. because II advances now swift and
now slow IL Ia instructive 20 look and what were
the things which Ut different times baye represented the
extreme advance points OF progress. In our grand
fathers day ingenious boy Of Boston began his career
by filing nouds in a tallOw-candle shop and ended by
making treaties in Europe and bringing lightning out OF
IL sky at his bidding. And DR.. Franklin Tor II = OF
him sreak) in Masking the lightning come down from
tiab
Of Advancement In grand fathers day. And those
men that invented the engine IN our fathers tune
In n like manner, represented the extreme advance OF
progress n their day But IN our day men have caught
Tie hahtnne and manufactured the lightning and sent II
from one end Of the world TO the other DR. Franklin
taught the lightning TO 60 straight and not run agan.
peoples meeting houses, and set their barns on nre and
tear up large trees il used TO do in lie rowdy
days Laughter And now, they have improved
upon this instruction and have learned the lightning
10 rad and Erie Applause And that s not quite all
English engineers going further and endeavorng 20
teach the ghtning mar gallon Theypropose construct
ing telegraph from London 10 Greenland, from Green
land 10 Nova Scotia and so on, up along the coast 10
the United states And still beyond this men are con.
stuctng lightning 70 reveal to secrets from beyond
the grave Laughter so il seems to me that IN our
DAY we have fairly turned the table upon itself The
making Of the hghtnngrod the steaniengine and the
telegraph represent the three advance points OF human
progress But in other times other Improvements rep
resented the same advance progress. The man who
once went out in the woods and caught puppy, and
taught Il TO hunt greater beneisctor 10 mankind
than Franklin. Applause The puppy, learned to
hunt longer Step than boys string reaching the
Hghtning How easy il to Us 20 be able TO rear
corn, and preserve desh and hsh with smoke and
salt But the man who discovered this sat immense
benenc,orto maknd And she VINO rt broug wheat 10
Italy and taught the people how 70 make bread al
l. worspped by them great benefactress and 30
they named ell the Cereal grasses after the good Mrs
Ceres lApplause II was the fret step that cost the
young Ounce in Spain much trouble 20 set the egg on
end til Columbus had shown him how.
As you look over the family Of nanons, today, you
viii 6nd some nations that IN state Of deesdenee
Greece Italy. France aud Spain examples. In New
riches and morality q hope il is true Of the LAST A,
the same time those families which hundred years ago
were conspicuous for their great riches not hose Of
this day. Others have come up and taken their places
What takes plsce on q small scale. IN New YORK, taxes
place on large scale among nations But IS the huEsan
race LAYS down its line Of progress the human race nee
lays down is line Of progressD but as Greece and