New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-18
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= scale Of nature" I have read this with great
pleasure, and here repeat it, that NO one may
despair Of himself, or of his ne'ghoors' Some o'
ms have waited long to see this little dose come
mt, nlav in divers If our fire ds and a'qua'uV-
snces We have only II wait logger Every
fool Is bound 10 do clever thlog once 10 his me-
and even the Galows Bird leaves us MS Iying
speech and confession, which Is prohtanIe as slio"
ing us that he i human, ana VI nAo Pass,"" n
y En- ourselves This begins very IKE sermon
Sassp'titt Well, if apything could excuse one Tor
preachnQ without call IT wonld be the late aston
tb;nc change in the weather. Talk OF he instability
al human affairs Look at your thermonneter-a
iuup downward of ~ degrees, and nobody OH
the wiser FOX it. How many days SINCE nushns
Ouly three. From bare arms (whlt7, with brace
l.tsI. 10 blue noses, but leap. What mdSet' we
arc and how uncomfortable we find ourselves wheh
the nor,h-easter beats and the chimney smokes
and the wind seems To penetrate Tue waits vi quo
country house as if they were bnt OF homegrown;
put three DAYS ago we paid visit 10 reVernad
friend domesteat. in of the palaces ny the sea.
m s,,n Was so warm and the scene so lovely, That
e made our visit out Of doors, and sat on toe WlIe
,rsrda AT the house. looking and listening vi
the tair South was our talk, party oil Cuoaa Pans,
balpv airs and golden fruits aud o sweet siV taV
tropic of the soul, that cures GU critcai
and skentical rheumatisIns To-day one mugs INC
,,;,bout disgespect to ones earthly SURROUNDINGS
that il were nearer, and easier TO Ind RE TINS
snt.G,l portl.caSttri how It sets us Ieth III que
hesh--how it cu.ls up one nerves rHIol ~. "'ei
Il. though. The fair sky mas Dau 70 '"Ae Is P'i
e., and comes off fom the encounter gray ana
~ Nth nprple bruises Of clouds. Ih' trees
,;r, b,d6lad Ia each other, like frightened Nymphs
,.;tb tbsir dTareties blown the wrong way, and
their bo,rs showing In the fields, tne OUT
lines Of horses stand shiye1ng against The
sky. Opy the muptrtlbable OK, who VIII
neither sweat nor shiyer, hugs his heavy hlde
and Lolds his own South ward We may ride with
nm, . ufort wondering little at the painted
fac,s we meet set in the opposite direction. but
wait til we torn 10 come home again. South
vard the Wind drives aud the heart
dro,ss Ms for the Rev. Bellows breaches t. day,
and his doctrine is good and warm. His sermons
sbuw a high appreciation of hr, with many other
merits u hich we are too tile learned TO reason
anon. His text of this morning IL too long for as
10 ounte but his distinction between the knowing
De.s that puieth up and the love that ediheth, is
nncb ralisbed by us. OF the narrow range Of
thouQbt and experience of worldly men who know
IN, void he speaks Justly. The man of mean
mind bss soul, but does not know II; he has lived
by choice in his dog-kennel, says the reverend, I'LL
be- hss forgotten the fine mansion belonging to hun,
into which he never enters. Good again. and uu-
luckily when YOU visit these people, they make on
walh into the dog kennel and what wretched
for one il ssphy1i0us for two.
The general fault of Unitarian preaching s, that
II j. too much based on intellectual perception, too
little on moral experience. If you should preach tO
the very Gods of the earth you should yet rcmen-
Der that s0me poor. unlearned, sOrrOwing heart
amonp your audience may offer the most Important
point your doctrine can reach. To OF these
tmplis went one day, and found to my surprise
that NV cook had followed me. listened tn dis
course upon the general duty of improving ones
mind and character, which to me had certain in
terest But, looking at the cook, saw her face as
blank as one Of her own tins, ana not as bright.
There had been word for her-no sacred truth,
no holy comfort had been brought home to her.
Then remembering what Christianity was, | felt
that every true sermon must have something for the
lOWy az well as the lOf}y-sOmethng that shall
bring into view that common ground of heartexpe-
rience and hope whereOn the highest and the hum
blest meet.
Always word for the cook, my dear Doctor,
will be good rule b. add to the excellent parish
Iecipe-bOOk, by the help of which you compose
such edifying hOmilies. Nay, will add one other.
Once twice year, 0ftener, invite yOur con-
gregatiOD to preach Ia you. But these suggestions
are only hints in the dark-they have special aD-
pFcabitiy to the discourse of Sunday, which, though
surprising considerable degree of proficiency in
the reasoning powers OF the audience had yet heart
warmth enough In it, and was catholic, as we'll as
critical. Sermon time has an end, however, and
after il come the pleasant greetings at the doors OF
pcws us the congregation stream down the aisles
We are not BumeT us nor splendid, aud desire to
he. y each other in view and III cOuntenance. When
we shake hands, W realty desire tn extend tn sign
of fellow imp ~ those whose sympathy we prize ami
need We 90 not eye each others bOnDes lOucl
during sery ice, but find my self making studies oi
L,aOe IN the ease. intervals of the Sermon UbseTV
inc the rather cOucal ebellUm Of the bon cUdRt
IL ready ply siogEomy OF the snob and the meek
croaHed head " hose upper breadth invites the halo
sud slniOst seems 10 wear it.
And here n eOrd about snobhism. Do YOU know
that although occasionally cropping out in individ
uas A runs ia families : Such have seem
where father mother, sons and daughters all had
the cye tO measure greatness. aud the neck to bow
to il. A certain subseryiency of profile has the
suoi-hs nose is elevated il the air. snuIting the
cIiu,nces Of high E.e but when he meets them,
down be- gOe. bending IN the middle as if something
had lii hiBi IL the sensitive ion Of the diaphragm.
III the case of the snobialnilics aforementioned,
education is little needed--nature does il oil. The
parents have the keenest of social advantage;
the Young ladies armed with prehensle hooks,
wncii J.; ,aar attach themselves to wealthy friends
and suitOrs; The young men are al ways fitting them
selves into snug places where they were not needed,
but whence they cannot be dslOdged their very
babies cry for golden pOdfafhers and would never
think even of having the stomachache if IA desirable
acquaintance in the next room could be disturbed
by II. Boa chen chase de r0ce, the French say.
But let us remember that snObbism, ike insdi0us
scTOiula is everywhere, and wants 10 break out at
The great crisis vi life. Few families are without a
ittle tant; has any of as uncle cousin, aunt or
RJSIdmCber with snODbism in the blood, J wonder
Let that go The most imaprIant question at TINS
moment IS how We are TO get home in the face Of
this northeast storm, which growled threatenngly
behind Us all the way into town. but which will dis
pute with Us-eNesy inch of the way out. Get up |
the little Gurn. la0s ont fine clOgks LET |