The Portland daily press., 1865-03-07
Beecher all Over,


Ane ioho"ing are some extracts from ser
mon recently delivered by Henry w. Beecher
II must he confassa al tbat +b;s ola~,,v,,on ,,os.
'A4S ~. 81 '--''-1 -
Sosses great VlVacily ol htellect, much iorce
of comic humor, seasoned with the "peculiar
pungenev which tingles in the Raecher blood !,
r,,,a;,,,. Lotsxs.a a.. .,-.. - a.-.,,.
-s-eioyu9 Do'..ess ',@. .AaA1s sno unsyyoiy
stare ana tne tlmio shrink Dack, strong emo
tlons, noble voice, and a voluable tongue
and underlvino all a common sanses ,vh;o,,
soon,s - bo ,,o,.;.., ~ ~ ~
so'n.0 W Oo cnai"cs0iisslc VI sne Deecner
family; -..-.'' -.-..,s, 9,-,,... s
aOh.n saws soma mood MONS son, ,s..
you're going to advise nreachinr % ro,;,;cs' Iow y
Preachino nohticsi And SshS 20 rn',1e' W"
have vonS littla man in tba rnI,,;.s ~ ~ W
nraoob of Mases a.'d ~ .h sAo peip.Ssi VINO can
Show vo,, ,be ',an-,h ne pdypnuss, "no can
creed who can evSIain "YS 4na aas.; ~ lner sir
term and If thst taly. .a,,. u tnls
III ora;no1 al, a,S as.% ~ I@L saaA ieasneuiy
Who lived ,wo - '% u men
10 fSa ,;nistoS =; 1. ea', oa,s aso, Dus Waere
of o@n .easn you oi tne GUY
tma in vhioh ~, M.s 'uo IolruPeions q we
dn+1 ~ .h,. ,,,ao .oso sS.mno eApounus the
-. 10y ~ ~ ~ .ton oo.ese nliu n Wnat DOCK
~, =. n1"epapei eau you nnu angn1 concerning
-, n. - Iilhsz,. so.o @ VIZ. VIII tne ex
~, ~. 80 - :. uan DOTH IN S5erma-
;st who bas ,a-h. ~ ~ : AnoW 81 no puolc
" on this v;tsi o,ostioP -,
have attended, yn.nv ,oc;i. s.,ha. lie.
divines examinad yonths,i 80 ,g;Sa. 1earneu -
ders bnt never vet atlandad o asSs LS i9i ol-
where single ouestion was nut 70 tast 4he the
fitness of the man as a teacbar ~, .h's ;.e ;.e
most vital tn his congrse ea,;,,n 1uo pun.
him ali ahout oyic;nei si,, e. 49, s.,1 ~ asA
am. and the suneTlansns and The snhian.,s ~ "a "a
test him as 10 uba,bar he ha,;a,,sa anu
grace or acouired orace. y1hatbar aaa.s -
wholly denravad oE nnI1 rart ~ 51;1 az az 70
latter. vhare the danrs g;ty, s,as d.u .no
lation IN hears 10 tba rast ~ i,s ms4as ...
thew never newer s,eyost 1,,as.;cs, ,t,u,, yuS
would indicate that fhs sons ~ hod;as nf .ha
men of the nineteenth cenfy,rv ,, ~ ~ ~.
possible moment. rhese - srs ~ 80.
maJe. The doctors take a l;ttio ~ .tas 10y e@sy
lation dough. they mold II into nrsttv HI
caka of exactly tba right she,o ~ !.
with the necessary humber of ortbodnx hoios
nut it on patlv nan. shove II into ,,rono,l !,
bmtt oven. and. when n ;s haLed np,, ha =.
vour pretty craclxer minister's Oy,t -, 49,,
and out on such svstem, 1',.,s - ~
We are living in 4 land and In Zine of ,,a
culiar temptation. We are. as = neonla e,i1en
greatly to living, Why.th rance 81 wbi,a lias
alone is wonderfully long, running not only
through the highest octaves. but lway nm into
the harmonies. while tina s,Ihlbase ~ rhlaStr
lies is simple tremendous. We Inuush must have .
change In our public men, and NOT, onlvI in
the lower classes of Officials. but even in s,ha
halls of our most exalted national corncpI 7
do not propose to make charoes- bnt I cannot
forbear saving that the tone If nnbIc maraIs
is low indeed. when wa hear oiiblv snoken OF Of
the battering of votes on matters. of grest
moral purport. making our lecisIat1res litarai
shanitlps ~ infanv ana Al ,,raS 81 l'i1-