New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-26
BEECRER on SUFFERING.

Plymouth Chunh, Brooklyn, last evening. VS.
filed to overdowing and thousands OF persons whs
unable 10 obtsln entrance, were compelled TO
nturn to their homes disappointed.
Af,er the usual Introductory services the Rev.
HFSRr WsRD BrrcHsR selected as the text for his
d. Vourse John H., 40, 81; Luke xiv, Co. The
sein Vn preached from tbs text illustrated the
siiv hr suffering the development Of a nst,os froa
= lower to higher plane 1t beloved Christ 10 saf-
Ser Suffering is not evil, buf & remedial power.
The fact Of the necessity Of suffering in the individual
While breskrg up from his animal nature and ascend
rg 10 higher and spiritual nature is bat part OF tho
constitution of things, and can elevate
another without suffering in scue degree
for bir. No can ever Re made nst.,irs'ntsi
IN eltvating his fellow man, except he be wiling to
suffer for him. No man can ever expurgatc from ths
world single evil, diminish the power ~ selhss
ness the force OF pride tie fury Of passion the hre u
lust thout making himself, 10 some degree, oder
ing fos them Moral suffering, must always attend moral
reformation No man will ever be able to esetrace
great moral truths aud great principles Of good, and
guide them into the life OF the times 10 which be yes
without suffering. The measure Of mans love To his
fellow tested by the measure of suffering which hs
vii undergo io him. True love rises above and sub
merees al s,lfshness. Such love was that which
Ctrst manifested for men. When man can
put bis whole life and being iato q moral
principle then il sweeps over the whole earth, AMI 10
The mghtiest thing that H. this side of the thons OF
l. The world has made every step Of It's progress up
ward from bsIbsiism ana heahenism To Christianity
ciyiI alton and freedom through processes Of sst-
rg. H. II is mistake to suppose hat the wotlt h1
outgrown the necessity the experience of suffering
for the sake Of truth and religion and liberty. III
There are three periods OF growth IN every great
truth ard each one of them IL period when men viii
he obliged TO suffer for the truth, viz the period When
It il declared when il passes into aws and inttutons,
and when in its application II takes hold OF men ana
life. ". The world grows as trees do by circles the
race go up by planes and spheres; '. Every great
truth and every great principle which caIues
the worlds life in il, cannot come TO its
power until It has had matyrs-until il has
men to suffer for il. When Northern mn viii
not only profess to be fteemen but love freedom
better than they do business, or manufactures. or
money, comfort, friends, or home, then il will
sink deep into the hearts Of men. Now II exists only
in romance, in poetry and in profession lie continued;
The North had too long played ATLANTA Ia the Hippo
menos Of the South. Ii was time that il awoke from
its deuson. Compounds after compromise had bees
made only 10 be broken by the South. When you'd
the North declare for freedomi The North true, VIC
tory were certain He said thank God there are 10 be-
mat, rs for tie cause Of Human Liberty. You viii
understand nae TO refer to scene IN the senate cham
ber during the past week when Senator nom Massa-
chusetts-one of the most polished gentemanly, hon
est eloquent and truly Christian men-was ruthlessly
struck down in the Senate. As for the craven coward
who did this thing he II but one Of thousand apples
on the same tree His act but = single typical
act. There fifteen states in this Union where
freedom of speech is not permitted. There are fteea
States in this Union where that speech would have in
sured the death of whoever delivered IT, either by the
bullet the hsngmaD or the bowie-knife at the hands
of the lswless and brutal mob Ii has been asserted
that the speech merited this IL is not true.
Than that speech no nober OF more manly words have
ever been spoken in that Senate Chamber. II was
Just " hat needed-what men longed to hear--~0
long had they been nauseated by rank doughaoeisn.
In conclusion Mr.. Beecher told h- hearers that he had
seen this result all along, and when he preached his
first ernon in that house foreold II. As they listened
to him the homes of the freemen in Lawrence
smoking ruins and the inhabitants either
dered or wandering around their now desoate hearth
stones with place TO shelt.r them. The time must
come when Liberty, through much suffering will
be Triumphant: No suffering i keener than
brother Yet il was by such means that liberty was
born in Germany; 80 il received its birth in
England, and did il once come into being In Ameri
CO. and 20 be feared il would have again 10 conc.
But better civil war than universal Slavery. Civil
war would be blessing did but ift one plans
higher in spiritual being. When the time came he
hoped that every Northern man would be true to hs
PRIME pies and hope IN heaven.