New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-21
THANKSGIVING SEp,.dONS.
DISCOURSE BY THE .sv. HENRY WARD
BE CHER.

d, mornirgb', highly intelligent audience, assem-
bed to n zen 10 the Thanksgiving discourse OF the
Rs~ ,rxRr WARD BrEcHER. The su'Ject-"I The
f. q. idea Of a Common we alth"-.under any crcum-
.,ac,,ore Of interest was doubly under Mr. Beech
ers handling, and the dscour Of an hon duration
was listened TO with profound attention. We sueo;n
an abstruet OF It:
TyxI-MaIk Ain, 81 And the common people heard hun
siadly"
There is quiet and very marked implication in this
declaration. II implies very ct Onsly what - nbund-
.ptly plain in history, that He not much liked by
IN, body else in His day and preaching. When the
Lord Christ came to his public ministry be was al OBJ
jea first of universal curiosity, and then to limited
extent an object Of sympathy. Society vas then AZ
such, a cluster Of classes and interests. There was
the ruling cla,s and the ooeyng cla-s: Thee were
thote who wee at the top, ard who claimed Tue rgn.
" indue ence and pleasure; aud there was te ma, a.
he bo,'om held to the duty Of beng docne, iaoo"us
and pfeiul supplying their sugeflors WIN 'iI aJ
of lei,u,e and rraifcaiion. There were the learned
slases and, as tLeIe always Is, t'ete "t'e 'uo my
classes There were the rich men OF eillihsno7, auu
the men of potc.l Influence; itei' neio
TIE respectable classes vain of their Ief ieineh '
There were, in iite, only gree "oit1s " iuo'uio
The whole D. pulaton with all these classes -uPP'r
MID ie lover The lower classes were inc Vas' mass
ninety mn. In tie bunaIed. They had just sAch nt
fur. M all u,. bave- just such oesues, ytpnldgs ava
sus.,,tb IS; but they were Kept dO"n oOn Oy tue
s,un Vi The timer and by its insuuiions 70 tna' ey
a. MD never ne b. he other than they went-f1e
"Iow,r classes Tie LORDS Pr yer l. most touch
tny pietule of the coDditoD Of the masses, aud tie
Who world be rega'ded 1t Is not ia from the same
nav Christ taught them TO eApress the sun OF ther
wants by Give tits day Caily bread No
pr er Tor bone none 10 eiucaOu, no. c for udre
Tor ibef nghs, none Tor the Iedl zation OF au
tb,e a. puatOn which every living eiiufo has Ia
ktne but The great and controlling necessity
WIS rim ply trad. be II of stood On the
edge "f 1ist,hce Their wh0.e life was snaIp vigil
not 10 Rip Off-iO contest for mere living was the
great bfct. Next above The lower class, the uIlser
ABLE multitude but diminished in numbers, tbe
middle class, to whom The comforts had been mul l.
pile d, and whose OIL tlliUn doubtless was 10 work up
ward nom their date state IT, the ra Ut the SUI
peIOr Co.'s 1be superior cassc5 were thcn what hey
have alv been where they without the straUt
OF tie spIit Of tie Cos ye avaricous OF we1'th and
power, an1 Inscriptions Ia the means by which they
ed them, selfish, vaiu superteus, concetcd and
baugLty. Christ stO, III the midst of such TneJ
st.I4d TO bis SCHOOLS, and what did the scholar inc
religious end the governing classes think OF them !
ILey thought Chrst was an Ignoole pr'phet-a
man who would have some influence wltn the
uiass becaUse the guOranl to discern tue
al merit, and the great upper class pronounced upon
Ctrist the judgment If exclusion. lbey put hi under
the ban Ui isshOn; placed TIE badge OF sfriJty upon
him. ard it is ia the MIDST of exhibitions Of just such
feelings Of curiosity running into contempt-of intel-
lecu. ctnctit cha, gng discussion Into disgust aud
hatred that our text fails out Ii Is but line, and
doee TO have been put there purpOsey. IL Is
bike accidental insertion of a word into senteuce
vi ich is the key TO its being understood. 1t indicates
that Christ uBcopgeBiai to the upper classes but
IL Is raid that the common people he ard hun gladly.
The great common mass yearAed for Curst; wale AL
thst pen onal and speciai-ol that which set
cafs above another in selfish and exciu.ive
stbse, repealed from Christ. The top of society
dIawn toward him. His bearing, MS Spirit, his
sympathy, his teachings repeled sristocatc aud
dIew toward b'm toe democratic masses Win at
exquisite n0i006 the pOste Dc. cb-s The m ngs viii;
tock place III bis day. "For ye rec your calling
q bIt tbIen how that not many wise men after the
" f.tb, many mighty, not many noh'e, are called:
Blu: Goo hath cbOttn tie oo'h things OF tue world
10 contour the wie; aud GUd hath cho5en tue weak
TIN g the world to cOnvu id the uings viii n
"mgLty. And bare things OF the world, aud thligs
winch oeews.d, hath q ID chosen yea, aud
things which not WILDLY nOn t. orl"g
"io nougut things that are Inc humble the
million i.uls, thus, were, at length
10 spe he igDOni and the prde OF the arrog ut
few tet IL bottom nga'n,t tue top, and weigh tle
valLc 1 TIE O. nuUn nunablty-he SOU ana near
that coD. IL common ~ man, the poser they love
sbo xuIsu,p- against the ai,fc,a rehuonent OF the
few and he jung that these Influences @lIich were
cen 10 oil, win without renheuont, were tram
eetDGeby greater than tue few things which mad oeen
by Tie e0ucaiion of tie few. Ii was II, soci-
dent which d lie common people 10 hear gladly the
Savior 1t the proper effect OF the Divine Cause.
II wae to the ,OilIu"b people that Christ and
meant 10 come. 1t was MT " IDeu IN classes,
but 10 men Without class or dls,iucJa. lie
was Ia in masses that the Gospel WAS
preached 1t was tue good word of God sent 10
the brotherhood Ii truth which Concerned
ali D,aLk,nd III common, aod one just muc1 as th
other Since Our free government has formed aud ex
piei ed this truth, II oehOoyeo us to ponde, II well
There Lessons Of init uction, bU1 ill warning aud
In thanksgiving IN tue study of things i'll our
respecting these very eienle.ts OF common wealth.
II. wVid i.elf has become ennOoled. Is WAS once
vulgar. But instead of being a term TO express wi.
gariy al unw,rtb, II has now cUue t. sgdiiy chi
p.nt eace,hce IL has Ia class OF Po~er words,
- that 10 longer say, as they used 10 when they
would have ideas evoked of ma sty and gfeatnees-
We Lo longer Ray kDgoom; when We speak oi govern
ment all that is sublime in il, say the common
wealth, OF We ought to say Tie people more
with than ever princes with them. We ray
the hole ht last admitted TO be than any part
In other times II was not 3d. Things took Tepuc aud
hor oI as they were exclusive The power OF one su
ID, me- man - gori Jus than the united power
Of million Of m,n With US, there is more suo nity
In The ioea Of the inherent poSer remaining III tue
hands OF ten millions of tban there III the on
entail potion vi Solomon holoirg his hsnd the power
OF ten millions.
IpIopose to consider, as far as time will permit me-
the rue ioea of common wealth from It's religious
bass-ibe contrast between the kingdon aud the
RoIwealth the sate OF puollc ideas up1n tnis sub5d
among US, hDo the iaii0enc-s watch OF war Nth
religious truth The truth Of the common wealth or
c.nin 0n veal is inspired VI Christianity. Tue true
lotion Of the Christian commonwealth does not siguy
q common property rs invsiatUg mau right 10 lodi.
vidual ownership lii property. We do not oc'eve that
ciyz alton can be promoted except by vi Ddi.
vioual proper interests, Snd auy attempt 10 mp
soee'y by attacking tus distinction and haV NJ
pop prvp< riy would have tue effect 10 sack IT, Tue
Law Ut the Individual is sir Lax the law of co IL
Dubny Both ale true. Nor oO,s tbis idca Of a ,iu-
mon~ slth npiy literal equality am0Dg men. ~ ,n
make change natural las.. Odc legislation
mart always Ia u mere III efprrtatUn and recVg otOu
OF Godr original legislation. II has beeb snd III hi ,h
placee that Il would lily 10 reenact Law of naare
IL il the only thing any body do All oor lex sa-
ton is but 6noipg what Cd hal doLe aui wing
Up 10 it, and accepting IT. The common Sea'th admIs