New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-27

Saturday evening, at the Brooklyn Academy OF Music,
upon sherman great march the sea- took for his text
the 18th and 10Th OF the 18th chapter Of Genesis
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become great and
mighty nation, and all the nations Of the earth shall be
his children and his household after him. and they snail
keep the way OF the Lord. 90 do Justice ana laGgep
that the Lord may bring upon Abraham 'na' "Ii'H H0
The Rev Mr. Beecher said it this feature OF the
leader of nations If Abraham is the fathe OF tne
fp IT was because ne was the name the HOLIDAYS
OF the Church. and they did right ana we also uu IIss
in resuming them The dominant party always employed
All ecclesasc and moral popular usage IN furtherng
their own ends Before civil and eceeslasuca HDoIy
the great festivals and Pleasure days wore IN tne
and as rulers. they desired Tedrorv 70 "nran~
PnSS opR let the priest and magistrate have nm
nnestioned Control OF the real power OF the State and
Sd ao and an amusements If only they will give
power to ruler ho vii give pleasure to the peasant
ior iIsticc-pieasure but rights This what led
Puritan and Pilgrim to array themselves against pleas
ure They did right Innocent In itself and indspensa
BILE as element OF public development yet there are
power be wrested from the hands OF tyrants In our
DAYS our reyels-our Christmas and holidays
DAYS T eed no RGs'O0 need o G
enrich the family circle with innocent merrment; and
danger OF an overdose OF pleasure In social HE me
true Yankee not model of grace OF elegance-he Is
too much In earnest about sober affairs Poverty is
never by the grace of Co.. In the estimation OF the
Yarkee-it comes from the other direction. lie never
saint In clOutcd shoes and ragged coat Ana YET
with all tine graspng and grinding nature OF the Yankee
he il who built colleges and academies who beauti-
richer. Those States that in the worst times had
tho best credit New-England states-States
G TeSe1 Iona anybody but Become an " Gumaax
After abiding Thanksgiving Day being at first espe
the different phases Of character as exhibited in the
Northern and Southern countries Of the world II is Gu
the Greek and Hebrew element 1t s Greek IN its demo
cratic spirit and in its worship OF ideas N Us deep moral
nently Jewish. The French people imagine themselves
to be the modern Creeks they are just in the same way
Northern social life Is in the direction OF oyonsness IN
the family Not that America alone has the 1an circle
but we owe more to 1t than any other institutions
we derive more good FROM u than uoes any
other nation In the Northern nations only is the fam
lily complete; they are "A domestic race Free republican
cOmmonw eahs cut OF the power when IL gehef-
ated in Christian household The increasing mem sn,
upon the American family. God is calling woman TO her
proper sphere, and she must obey Ihee ls notng at
men have been so much afraid OF as that woman may
unsex herself Gods WORK was 700 wen uoue ciIsina,g
for that In spite OF centuries o. thot
retain their sex. IL Is mis.dHV as luCn we az
mire her for hor moral QUANTITIES Ior neL pury, 1u'v,
devotion, trust and dsnterested sywpathy rover IN
tbinSine mower OF woman and you detract IN Wise
from her motive power. When that day comes inc
for poets Young just starting IN life need what
they cannot have. At 10 period IN ms NE does no need
patty Of companion Early marriages conduoe 10 NOR
atty Every year 1t becomes more dmcut bqr yo th
only safeguard Of virtue Ridiculous pubic sentl-
ment, however, puts man in society largely on
the ground OF condition, not OF disposition ana
character. The man who has means can HVo
In good society the who has virtue and sterling
qualities poverty, is not usually considered In good
society Ambitious young uen VIII not therefore marry
until they meet such expenses as are NJ the present
day considered necessary Society u bad WheIe tWOcan
not live cheaper than one IL said that men VINO %a
until they are 40 select prudentlY Alas, Tor Tue
wife who was first sweetheart Prudence Is good
but Is prudence servant or queen Wedock without
love is aduerous Referring 10 the question OF life In
distinct from the life O the hOuSehOi
the speaker said that 1t better 10 live alone, even II
Won have TO go into the desert ana hVe
upon herbs, than 70 live in boarding mouse
MIR Beecher exhOTted his hearers 10 cultivate soclal
habits II the solitary drinking that makes the duK-
ard II IA the seclusOn from vrtuOus society thht makes
the sensuast IL must drink let us Drink gOod beer
better drink that than poisonous French wines or ohe
adultcrated liquors but above ALL better not drink any
thing but water. The speaker. In concluslon atef an
fOr the bo,nes we received from Providence
nrononnced the benedicon, and after hymn Of praise
fha gregation dispersed.