Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-28
Z From the New York Herald ]
SOUTHERN RELIEF.


tiOn.
Last evening The grand hall of the Coop
ersInstitute was literally filed with one Of
tee most respectable audiences ever COM
Eregated in that building, who assembled
to hear Mr.. Richard o O'Gorman deliver his
lecture for the benefit of the poor of the
Souths IS previously a4nounced.. On the
stage were many of our most respectable
citizens, among whom were the Most Rev.
Archbishop McCloskey and many of his
clergy; Mayor Hoffman, Charles O,Conor,
Judge Davies, of the Court of Appeals,
Thomas Macarthur, and several others. At
eight O'Clock Mr.. 0aGorman came forward,
and was received with great enthusiasm.
Hesp6kesas follows !: 81 Te,2l ~ s2sf HsEyT
History has not preserved the name of
Che philosopher who propOunded the theory
that promises are like pie-crusts, only
made to be broken" OF the correctness OF
the apedhegm, however, no serious doubt
can be entertained, and am, in fact, myseH,
at this moment, a striking example of its
truth. A little more than a year ago Ioecu-
pied this same position in which now |
stand, and saw before me an audience as
numerous and Intelligent as you. They
and did then and there combine, conted
crate and agree on glanTz-whichh was, in
deed, highly s1ccessfnl- Ito obtain money
for charitable uses, but under false pre-
lenses, the delusion being that 1 was to de-
liver lecture, whereas, in point of fact,
never lecGured. and don't know how to lee
ture any one, and they were to pay money
to hear me lecture, although every one9of
them would have been Just as certain to
contribute to the worthy charity, on whose
behalf the project was gotten up, if had
never been in existence. Against this
manifest deceit my Youger and more sensf-
tive conscience did then revolt. and / VOW
ed 'Rvow that would never again be a
party to such animposture. And now here
II ri bay win , VT f0
temptation. A lecturer without a lecture,
an orator without an Grafton. and expect
ing, too, that you will aid and abet me lin
the transaction, as your predecessors have
done before you, and give me your sanction
and eo-Operafion. If YOU will but consent
to this, promise you that you may take
all the credit of tire result, which, il ib.be
favorable, will be indeed more due to your
indulgence than toany merit OF mine. To
be frank with you-fOr if you are to join
me in this project it is but tair that You
shotl6 know aIls-I was COMPLETELY at a.
loss to find asubiect ON " which St World be-
proDer to speak, to you, when on my way
up BroadWayea few evehin gs ago Lehanced
~ lOok into GotIpie window antfsaW there
aTengKavfhg which you also perhaps may
have noticed, and which at once arrested
my attention. The sceneit portrayed was
utH0spal ana TstfiEing 81 it was Night
Night Upon the Sea, under a black and
and danced and lwfitlI ed as if bent on stop
ping the progress OF an open boat: which
seemed toEtfiig lie sweaEily against them.
Silently, sullenly= the rowers tug at their
oars, iwhen1 on a sudden away on the rim
Of Chs. hdfizon q .sttange 1iaht appears -ali
eyes are turned towards it as it grows every
mOHent more luminous and seems to adj
vance. The'lehg Bpef rays that stream
from It, shed upon the water track of
light and where they fall the waves bow
and al infr
astOnisheds awe struck, With hands shading
their eyes, the yoyagers gaze on the strange
portent, till at last, In Etle midst of the
efulgenee, human form Is deserted then
dOWHgslong that track of light, liking rpn
thetrembling sea as,a it were firm Iatid;
g4orifed- with a halo; not of this earth,
fastening tossaye from wreck or harm
those he leved, the toil-worn Disciples re-
cognize the Lord. Isnot this scene type
a1dspE0phecy of the part which the Church
HefouRded was destined' to play among
men>? Lifehas its 1st6rr rms. its hours Of dark-
ness, deearfness and despair. 0Iifts restless
tides dFifs forever wrecks of wasted endeaV-
Grand shattered hopes But in its widest
storm, in its worst ana most perilous straits
Wben Che present is dfeariest aud the future
most full of gloom, when friends fail Off
notlelp r,on earth, no light in9 the sky,
poverty or sickness .Or4 SORROW, there still
Chrisfs charity moves through the storms
bringing fight and calm and consolation.
Other creeds may thrive i'm the sunlight
Hheh winds are hushed and the sky isclear.
GbristianityIi is Ehe gionl Of che storm. II
was a new thing upon the, earth, when in
anp iol.upn on
" CnYsE Iaysna te" enCIus.asss, wn9.h
Religion of sorrow., In eolumped splendor
the Temples of. Jupiter and Aphroditis and
Mars aud Paflas stood around. They per-
sonifed all that was proud and dmajes cahd
ut u III pasal ,sey es' sCIen neCat Wlsu9tn ~
az ply e, C!le
~ svsry SS sas = sfg v. Z,
5ts. : ~ t .,S - - - - fs
~. Hs sne woIIu nas W II eyeE " sInce
i;ta teh.' eLie
Sh pSilse ES
.S u ruatAu WeIe 81 y
y. slIove Il
nsa s0o15 sTt n, spste III 2. t. aoqgne
ti1asstt n9 9I y Ealssu NO
f1lStq: fS: Wnile aga.ltshlb !a ~ ptLeu SUCCESS
angGrlumPD, Gnristianity nll represensed only
fGl1aS hiaiaco ~ oppUSSSGu 81 PaCIerce3 20
iIolorI9e I9ef OtOoara4ce.. w Wnit5e Pa2anlSui
spntina9{aieq ae{ ~goE1t5 5Cenplrs emperor ana
PalLlelahs- bAeT rasees ana @the purple
falgtsGlainilGy, niqing In the cataeomps,
gatnerea around It's affairs t9e numDle ana
the weak, the waits land wrecks lof
SoeefyS f6aught' = slavery to believe
ana despair 80 nope, a6 once accepting g
tpe. test and fulA!ltAg 1.-the promise OF
lCs Tolhdef, tilae f.Aoy the poor the gospel
shouH De preaehedg' eA,he religion adopt
ed< by any people is the INST i'm
porCant etemenG IN the LtorWatton OF
thae peeples cnaracteT- SRaganlsm had
succeede9ln In pro9uclng asocteSY with many
great quaIlcies. rae pagan man was a very
noDle man, sErong' VattlahC, seiI-rellanG
Ihe tendency Oh the sysIem was TO develop
individuality and>natpve force, anu thus
pagan history see1nsfo afford, more than
anH9thfFo i1Edi iFiuat 9 tg "a 9denr