, 1864-12-08
"cQsT AND COMPENSATION"
Lecture at Bryan Hall, Last Evening, b
Dr.. Holiand--The Pfiee Of Happiness.

Owing to the bitter cold, q Rmall audience only
moi more than three hundred al io1d greeted
DR.. Holland-bettcr known through his contrlou-
tons to the popu1ar literature Of the day, index
the nom de plume Of" Timothy Tftcomb" AT BFJ"
! IN Hall last evening. The lecturer announced as
his subject Cost aud Compensation" and from
this apparently unpromisfng subject be managed
to evolve an exceedingly interesting lecture. 1t
was devoted to the Development Of the tdea that
every good Is the pfica Of sacrifice. ". aoAana
ie pleasant speaker, md sufficiently torcible TO
meet the requirements OF an audience larger even
than would MI the hall. He receiEed respectful
attention rom the beginning to the end OF his lec
tire. and ut its conclusion was vigorously ap-
plauded.
araipst every defect In mans compos1hon there
aTe compromising sxcellencies. IA person be %.
fectivc in some Of tho requirements Of perfect
ty is reduced, or tat he u any less man for his
defects Cost is tho fathcr and compensation fs
the mother Of gil progress. Exchange e. was the
chanpes his wheat with the merchant in New
York, and each Is mutually benefited. Most OF
the meannees Of the world results from the desire
man I, parts viii costs something ind eTef5 thing
hing Air and health are the capital the Al
%Sn fsesTes e @ lis M ns e0
We arc all the time pouring our life into the
earth, and the earth yields up her life in retnrn.
Culture and exploration are the conditions upon
West It 10 said, It Is only necessary to tickle the
earth with T. hoe, and she laughs With harvest
Hc imagined that this y VIZ only true when she vas
meeting the settler. In New England the de-
n1ands Of nature were more exacting; but even
there she compensates for labor bestowed, The
Mns law oe Ga @ se'
costs and everything pays" There are certain
expenditures necessary for success when We labor.
The Gr6t IL time. A man whose period Of active
lite extehds scarcely twenty five years, aver
ages four years OF time as treasure
to be expended for the cultivation Of his higher
Mculties. All the rest Of his life Is required to
supply himself With the necessaries. Tie second
on Els list Of treasures which must be expended
for our spiritual good. was sensual pleasure. The
meerechaums white thes philosophlse. To secure
or highest spiritual good We must sink the
pleasures Of the senses: The third on the list Of
Is case. Men often work through many weary
ycars that they may spend their latter days In
To many men OF fine powers, the case Of those
would attain to oaf highest spiritnal good, esse
must GO with the rest. The nfth treasure Is the
will. These are our stock in trade. Men win
si asf i aas M h
! 1t is the ordination Of nature that we shal1 do
something before VIC can BE- something. The first
oys iof labor + the oPe e. sPesay
than from without There WAS never any such
thing In the world as charity ity-somethlng for moth
ing. The exercise Of charity WAS emlnentfy com.
pensatory, and concerned our spiritual elevation
and purity. There is no royal road to anything
| desirable. God gives rs arms and hands, hnt lie
! does not give as de1tcrfty. We taye brains, bni
| they are productive only as we labor and study
and improve them. No mAn ever made an un5elt
ish sacrifice, Who was not abundant1y paid 10. It,
lie considered the law Of compensation as It exist
/ IN Tire family circle, in eocial communities, In
/ churches. schools, and all agencies fur general
good. Some sacrifice time, ease, vitality, but the
The majority sacrifice only money, and money IL
possibly, many.
readily make is money, and that compensates In
kind. The money expended n tho support oi
point Of view. II Is not economy 10 let such In,
stitutious go begging. The second form in
which eoeial sacrifice. sompensate T. = rewaEd IL
lectures, concerts and the like. This has q mate.
| rial va1re to u.s. since We pay onr money for II
gladly. The third inward We gain for social sac.
Haces is the personal and Intellectual culture VIC
4 great city like Chicago is huge living crea-
ton. lts being is Us dicttnct as that OF a man.
This great body is living organisn, and has a
soul Ike that Of man. It has pcculiarities Of or.
great cities, like CREST man, rs compared with
| othcr greg. men. In the picture Of city VIC hare
the study Of picture Of the life Of q nation. II
has body and soul and belongings It draws into
not an Englishman, 4 Frenchman or q German, be-
cause he Is born in England. France or Germany,
] Init because thcae nations are born In him. An
American Is the sum Of nil America. In the case
ferior possession can be sacrideed for compcusz.
ton,