, 1863-11-21

His Reception and Address.


nsR, BEECuER At HOMIE
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HIS Recent,on and Address.
hev. uen1y Ward Beeeher, as the puonc
a1e already aware, arrived In the Asia, which
,eacred Ros+cn ~ s,tnra,v last on MN.
s.'u -. e. y.,.s ~.
cby esentg Isst ne "as "e1coMso oy n1s
chnleh with grand public ovation OF the
mcst Interesting character. The annual fes.
iix., ~ +bs s,bhath school vas comb,ned
.1'u. w, =. t4s s.1 80 - a~.a1.a.+ M .ona1o"1
concert Has given. During the evening Mr..
Rsfrher accomnanfed bv Mr. Bell and Rev.
Tssssa's o.ta-od +ho cbr-oh ~.
1neooo1e ooy1er, entes'u @to eausu' -n''
B, was received with the most rapturous
demonstrations Of applause. Ar. Bell well
~. pseaha, "asnonaad.
MI. beecnef 1esponoeo'
SPEECH OF Mr. nEEcH9R.
Even If 1t had been expected could not
make speech to.njght-for there arc many
occasions in which the only expression one
months since ! stood here, and can truly
cay that there has not been gay, might al
most say not an hour N wmeh nave not 70.
cttVed acceEB1ons to the pleasure Or foreign
travel and various expef1ence py oack ward
running thoughts, 1of I nave carried you
NTH me, and have been norne uP everywhere
ny Ihcse Iecejieetlons ana " VI ~. .at a1sc.loa
which never dies. knon III. nos os no II migot
haye 5een IN years, aof tame ta.3 Mesls away AZ
last 1he very o,oness nat Gerntnly, n 80
sncft Time as ~ moctus' no1 gn,y aaVo
!oet 40 qn1eAeang & ~ aueeiun; H5; t eaL naVe
ganeoi ana taougn a@se a ua1 auada.osaopteu a, ~
!Iosperny-sea1cs!y slnaaeu aay-oa tne
EuUIGs alLQQuEU Ii GufEAAlA3 G4AuEEr 6W1L-
Zerlano, Noltaeln ttAiY' ostMau5 ano Rel.
gum, wnete u pleassa wy - caefy ny leet
IN az Iaese Piacea, tnons4 ts uaso ua4 psus-
TetLy Gay oy gay aaa mgus Wy hssas, aa9s
not sLooq IN lae Gay ~. ~ .ne th
Ieps nor n any gaAesly q Plcsuset' nor IN aae
moi 1of one e3nsie tnomsnt naVe uo9sat
backMsrd "ltnons tne o!a yeafolng aao 1ong
10 pc pack aSAu aau eay i4e nut4- A9
not loVe tn1s page anu ials peop!o, anu
thls "oIk neyono az o.nes Inings uhaer me
Gun: lAPplause'! snan noL Ieel tnat am
enu1ely AZ nome nnt4 am prlveteGee agatn
70 nieaK % yo1 1na 1iSaa 81 Me ,1or. ~
thongh lovo you mnlsloual1y anu IN 1aml.
Aes tconec!!fet "ho ~ u great community
mere, 1t Is In my special relations to
you III minister OF tho truth Of Christ
Jetus that, feel that. I live, to
ccme sgaiu, to be permitted to preach hero
is the hight 1t Joy that ! anticipate on earth.
have been called, in the providence Of God.
TO labor outside Of the accustomed field Of
church labor, and have occasion to ask your
thanks mingled with mine to God, that I
have been preserved in all the arduous labors
this was really foreign, being required by
the e1igency Of our country. To preach the
Gospel for the conversion Of men and for
the edihcatfon Of Chsist'a children, that Is,
after all my work, to which Was dedicated
and to Which give myself again. Aud +
come back among you to bs your elder
b1other and instructor In Christ Jesus, and
in the simplicity Of the Gospel, and Ia the
work Of the Gospel, which for eighteen hun
cred years and more has been administered
In the world BY so many thousand faithful
pastors In that work, l desire still to find my
me, then, dear Chriatian brethren and fdends
sl; not 60 much that may have streogth
for outward work, IS that may not be Ee-
duced from the work Of the ministry-that
may love nothing better than the work OF
Christian minister. And 30 bid yon all
Inthy; for your Kindness to ms; for these
lemembrarces which, without your uttering,
know have accompanied me, for your kiad
and glad reception Of me tonight. Ny first
exFerlenee OF foreign travel was IN old Eng
1ald. We can oil adopt the words, I think,
efCo*per land none SO much as those that
have been the1e):
England, with oil thy faults, love thee eti1l.
Nothing was more Charming to me on leaving
1ba. arid ocean which some insane persons
aze pleased to prai.e-nothing struck me so
much as tie green felds, the green trees. the
exquisite lawns and plantations Of England.
I warde1ed up and down through the mid
lard counties, crossing from east to west. ns
fir ns ne had the leisure and opportunity.
with pleasure that knew 70 nbatement anI
went into France by way Of Iayre. Ronen
ard Paris, eeeirg Of couree the country and
looking at The ue eop]e: for / Tyaa denied anv
ether privilegs of intercourse than that1
gtuoyiu whaf could he sfndiei by snnara,
1a,rs II Jsnchtsr frava7as5 T, fhas ~ besn ~
TIM ard vine cIad cnuntrv hetween Pa Psr,s @ nnd
strrs rshnTp ana T,ncsTne 49, ara 1iEa . ;ansi
IN tha fosom Of hat inve1iest IF v.11.ssvs sU" +,
Seitzer1anil. ana then. hat p1orsors +h,.e -
weeks Of exrerience in thcse @ nfdnInea NOM. %
thsv s'e nnre an W1se liz @ tarerer m mnne rhlaa nn
such wetka' remnohia veeF. % ~ q v;tzaS.
land Tie h.st wish fhat con oira ~ 1n,,
fnr 1bveical and wnrldlV fhn7ts Is nav yoa
Ire 10 70 10 Switzerland. where pnnd AmeTi. gTI
csns @ s6uu 70. Then ont % Of SWitzsrland.
Tis re % natnrs Il ~ f.anscenSantiu ~ hssna;ra,
ana man % % ~ w.etched. fnr ct =, wsstehs9 nyai
crsatn1es. fh;nt raw rone ~ No ~ mors ~
Thar 4ha anisap ~ .Ithon"' 49, ~to n.n 80 ~
n Switzerland where mas ore man tns.s ras.s
are ra1iers md noions fh1on"h pS whicb 1uIte the
traveller Is ca1let to pass where hnuan iifa
,eema to o me 10 be T jmnri.nnmrnt a and ~ .
drudce1y: where disease feynstates tho u m.
deIstsItii wiere toi, masss nsonIe ' me-. ~.,.
matnreiy I'D: where children ara hon a nm.
dred years f,1d. bnt not: .Itore,hsr IN % the
ecri1,i1,1al mcanirr Of The trTm--1,u5hter ~
wfnTe nne Ia ss.S tn 1eta mo,aan Sacnnea
c1ose behind ner. closer tlan laer nwn sha.
dow. is that decrepit Tomanhond that I. dis.
honnred and 1noss 40 Wretcha5 E go, ~
SWi:zeriand. 80 eloriops IN ntrstc,1 th,ors
and III nv exue.icnce SO SAD iT human tiintss'
/ pusted over Into rejuyenatiuc Italy. "
happier the moment I was On The further
side Of the st. Blsnc pass. There b a giori.
Gus future for Italy. They are a splendid
Stamina these, and they need only edpca.fon.
religion and liberty to make agaln ona of the
rpnn1es If rf,e wnrld. rn1 Ioeai5 ~ nrnx,,