The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-13
/" HIS OWN TO EACH ONE.
Lecture bv the Re

Lecture by the Rev. Dr. Thompson.
The Rev. Alexander Thompson, d. D., delivered an
Interesting and eloquent lecture last evening" the Re
formed Dutch church Sixth avenue, opposite Amiiy
street, upon the subject Of His Own Each One" TO
very fair sized audience In opening subject the
SPEAKER referred to the great lighthouse Alexandria
Egypt which built by the direction Of Ptoemy, one
Of the chie:iains Of Alexander the Great into whose
power Egypi fell at the partition Of the Macedonian
prc, anu said that on Il inscribed liking Ptolemy;
u The gods 10 the delverers for the benefit OF the
saors; but that when the panel which that inscrp-
ton placed had become away by time on the
bard rock behind was found the Of the builder,
Sesosirs; THAT after time the sailors bless
the name o. the designer Of the lighthouse while they
never thought Of the king by whose order it had been
erected lie spoke OF that legend TO ILLUSTRATE the fact
that Sesosris, by Lis acts had that work his own
rhe speaker then proceeded the questions OF
"what does each one owns What can one ownsn He
wished 10 rescue that much abused term, sMoDey b the
root Of all evil from contumely. II the root
OF all evil; II Is the love Of it, Possession WAS not
own them. Tho title deed conveys you .'to have and
10 hold so far you can, long you can, but no
esH DO yos sneS the
tiful prospect, the balmy breczcs, the sunshiuef
The beggar enjoys them as well You inside tue gate
senses well as yours. II you are full how can You
take In noreq Yet there Is million times more than
Of any one man. Held, but not by rsh:. is only the
pr tencs OF ownership You do not own in any sense
THAT 70, which you have mol ola poi as a 10,
very hard to pay dead horse" but that quite often
appeared to be the case with i've one Giving pro-
mise was vastly more easy than 10 keep IL Wealth
power, and the cndeavor - obtain The former was
but an ambition for tho latter, and not as some say,
mere greed IL devsiopes noble culture for the beau
full and the true; for the beautiful was made as the
light for the eye The next thing 70 being jaor or
men was to be TAILOR Of millions The struggle after
wealth denotes tho man. Blessings on honest labor
The speaker then referred to Greece and said that that
land was not by the or 20 day, but the
property Of such men as Pereles and Phdus Referring
10 tho nainting Of Michael Angelo and Raphael he said
that no one asked thought who urged them 10
psh their great works. but all recognize
these works a. their own. The hook which tho
raia,er gave to- Mary when she looked, IN
the dim tight OF the Bethlehem cavern, in the face
of her first porn that which existed In hts dream
the Madonna and emphatically his own. The
sneaker then referred to notable examples OF public
men who by their acts, had made certain facts Ia history
their own among which, he said, would stand tend
ing To develop noblcr ruer purcr manhood The name
of the hero and martyr Abraham Lincoln In every a.
rcc,,op MANS achievements belonged himself
either for glory for sname. No could be forsed
10 uct differently FROM what he chose III The words OF
Seneca Hc That knows now 10 oio eau never be CON-
ncilcd. 4