New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-24

su,p, ipe the WANT Of his poorer bre;hren- These
Pack we're selected sseoreiog 70 hs vsoe OF me
rrs,piepr, ard nenos asdum nsde OF the conteots.
| In ere ease be rstifes Pfefsser -,of-e dese,
hat be 70. cent by railroad "a barre and ounfe OF
boz ks with brssdeoth sad psn,Aeon stshs WIN eaas
and er6s for poor students when ney go gu. 70 heeP
school ia the Tiner" Another for the president Of
eoeee A, the eat one piece Of six and worstsd for
~ re- ,e,,ss epe piece OF psid for ~ and nam ma;
| ot of petty bcoSs; piece o. hknumvrS IRON ne
D-,yyae, O. text for the support OF Ins may ana
varous i.e ms for the chic value twenty-five dol
| lsr. -
serd, usekafe containing "creeslng.go IN, vest,
hat shpprs jack kl ife Scissors Pl9s nek,a ,odsef
ehiee psbalooDs cioth Tor Goa, history OF uf0ton
lot Of PAM b.ts" Sc.
Mos, of he packages forwarded contsired snbs.an
tial articles domestic use, and were OF en- accom-
panied by note containing from I'VE 10 MY dollars In
moIty.
Ire distribution CT books va. another mode Of use
full ess 10 which Mr.. Lawrence attached much import
sIce. -,
| usehl volumes wbih be toarered among persons OF
al elatses and ages, - he had opportunity
Thee book, were generally OF religious character
While Other Of miscellaneous ns'nfe were purchased
in srge numbers and sent 10 iIstiiuion OF iAdVduAs
in rems IL parts of the country
/ He purctased largely the very useful az well -
ts-eui volum-e Of the Aercsn Trsct Society anil toe
Sunday hOo Union. An agent Of the later society
wr1es: IL tad amcst felt utimsely acquainted vita
bun. De Iebliy Every pi"dr9"t thJ nc
posiory Eli The front seat Of bis coach with books
for distribution
Ola asa young, rich and poor, shared equally in
thee distributions; AID he rsrel' lowed An occ-s IN
10 pass unI proved when he thought al intueoce
couo lie exred by the gift OF an sppropi-'e volume
While woiiing one oGy in bis carnase with friend,
in ore Of The pT cpsl ihoroughiares OF the city, ne
beckoned TO eenteeily .desstd young mn VINO
whether the young man was an acquaintance ne IT,
piled:
"No he il not but you remember where It is wnt
ten Cast ty bread upon the waters, for thou shalt
fine il afer many day..
"A barrel Of books" is no uncommon item found
in bis record Of articles almost daily forwarded to one
and another Of his oi,ta0t beL efciafies.
During the extreme hot weather Of June, 1881,
Mr Lawrence, while engaged ia the business of bis
countipg.room, drank moderately ofcold water and
soon after was seized with q violent and alar ming
Illness. The functions of the stomach seemed to
have been destroyed, aid for many days there was
but small hope of bis recovery. The attack at
length yielded to medical treatment, but left him
confirmed invalid.
During the Sun mer and Autumn Of 1892, ar. Law,
repces Health ara strength were so much improved
that be was abed to lake exercise on horseback; and
almost daily be took loI rides, sometimes alone some
tires vim n friend, about the enyrons OF the city.
Ihs habit be enabled TO CoLtinu- with some inter
ni,sor for two or three years. throuEh Summer and
Winter The effect of the exercise amid The beauttl
sceIery Of the envroIs OF Boston OF when De was an
ell busi. stic hdmifer most beneficial 10 his nean
and tits believed vas great cans OF pr00nglng MS
life Wbepeye r be could DO go be secured the company
of fri nd ard kept horse expressly for toe purpose
As the ride taken in the morning. when bis business
acquaintance were occupied, his mos sualcomPan,o9
was some ore the city clergy whom he secured for the
OCCASION or on OF his sOus. No CemOnlnsh0nal dsnc-
tions med regulate his choice on these occrlons
His beloved pastOr and friend the Rev Dr Lothrop
the Rev. Drs Stone and Green Eood and Father lay
lor TIE sesmers chaplain, Often bis companions
Occssi nsly stray merchant or lawyer was engaged
sId, az was sometimes the case whee they hsd no,
been much accustomed to the exercise long tr0t OF
many miee In the run, or IN the face OF keen Later
non tb.wes ec would severely tax their o~d strength
while they wondered how so fr ,i fyuro as h.t OF
Mr. Lawrence could posses 20 much endurance. With
all this apparent energy and strength, he vas ex-
tr,mty liable TO illness which would come when least
extected and confne him for DAYS to his house. An
it.m Of bad news, some al noylEg incident, little
aI,itty, OF slight cold, would as il were, psrayze
biz dsetive fuDctors, and reduce his strength to the
lowest ., int Ii was this extreme SnnhveIese which
united him 10 engage in the general current OF ba-
ness and which compelled him to keep aoof from par.
| iicipaton in commercial Affairs, and to adopt mar
for the remainder of his life This stem limited him
10 the use Of certain kinds Of food which from time TO
time wa slightly modified, ne was thought expedient
This food Of the most simple kind, and was taken
n small quantities after being weighed III a balance
.hch slways stood before him upon his wri ingtsble
To e. ure Perfect quiet during ks meals and also tha
be night not be tempted to overstep the bounds oil
pruceIce, a certain smonnt vas cent 10 nin 10
lis chamber, from which he took VIVA. was snowei
The an cunt of liquid aso weighed; ana 90 Md
WIS be In this system Of Diet that for the last sixteen
Years Of his life be sat down at TO meal With his tsm-
w. The amount Of food taken varied of coure with bis
sir, ng tn and condition In letter to his friend Pres-
Ger Hopsns of Williams college, be says
of your young folks want TO know the meaning Of
epicureanism tell them TO take some bis Of coarse
bread, lone osDce and little more soak them In
three gis Of al grue and make their dinner
of them ard nothing else: beginning very hungry sod
leaving off more hungry. The food is delicious and
such as no modern eplcnreanism can equal"
The reputation for benevolencs which Mr.. Law
renee had now acquired subjected him to appl;a-
tons for aid in every imaginable form. ." His per-
ctptions were naturally acute; and long eIpe-
rience and intercourse with men enabled hin to
form, at q single glance, pretty fair estimate Of
the merits of the applicant. He may sometimes
have judged precipitately, and perhaps harshly;
but when be discovered that he had done SO, no
one could have been more ready to confess his
fault and make Ieparaton. A few years sfeer this
time the annoyance became so serious, from the
number and character Of the applicants that he
felt obliged, on account Of ilhealth, 10 deny him
self to ALL unless personally known to him. or &C.
credited BY some one in whose statement he had
confidence. Further than this, he was confirmed
in his decision by actual abuse which had occi-
sOnally been administered to him by disappointed
candidates for charitable Aid. He kept upon his
table small memorandum-book, in which he re-
corded the names of those who sought aid, with