The New York herald., 1869-06-07

sons, after which Mrs. Brigham rose at her desk
anu Gellvered very spicy, meiodramatic disserta-
uon ON "Beautlful lIe,p IN which she introduced
great quantity OF suggestive figures and appropriate
Illustrations, and frequently elicted the applause OF
ner hearers ~ was noticeable fact tha SPIRITUAL
Ism was not referred to in the address. she began
by alludtng 10 the beaten track on which the SER
mons OF to-day are pronounced. They all come, sald
she, with an exquisite roll or her eyes, from the
well Of Abraham, whence they get the doctrines or
original SIN. God In the beginning created man. ana
tnen gave MN mpanlon-woman-a ana because
they conJolnty ate OF the tree OF knowledge the
rengion OF the past teaches us that with the know
edge there obtained has come endless punishment
10 the generations that follow God planted this tree
or wisdom; but 1t Is held thai man should not par
take OF It's lruit, therefore man in eating or 1t
mas entaled curse upon an minnie posterlty,
Reason mas been abJured In the Churcn ana lalIh
erected In It's stead man losing his way IN the dark
labyrlnths OF knowledge, pursuing his course In the
gloomy underground passages or the mystery OF
life, suddenly stumbles on lighted torch. He picks
II up, ana no longer compelled TO grope his way
amid darkness and despair, approaches near TO nus
happy exit; but he meets a black, chilling ngure
rising up before him, and he hears the words, 81 am
priest; put out your light and follow me;' and
thus Is the great blazing torch OF reason darkened IN
the lurid glare OF the Church OF the past But rea
son In the end Is triumphant. Those we love exist
n the great hereafter because they are loved Dy u.s.
Their career Is not ended because they are OF the
future; but they stll live under the shadow Of the
tree OF lie and our love lives for them 1t should not
be part or our creed to look upon death as curse
but as blessing; for surely when from the nresome
tolls OF our daily life our frames become worn, and
we begin to feel the mfrmlties OF age, when all
that Is attractive and beautiful in life becomes
dull and weared, and when we cease TO live for
happiness on earth it Is then fitting that we should
embrace the refuge which God has provided for oar
com1ort-death. How few take this view OF their
future; they are the ones who sneer at reason and
lead lives OF brooding melancholy; they are tue
young ladies' In our fashionable drawing rooms VINO
have little feet and little ouls-(laughterl-and be-
lieve that life is all fieetlng show" They are
fond OF singing
would not live always
/ ask to stay,
Where storm after storm
daughter and applause }
life and tney too well its mserles. They stand
over pool of tears and the rippes created by their
own dlsordered perceptions break the beautiful view
that Is reflected from above and convert 10 into
picture OF sorrow and despair. Attached to the
1alth that for one sin believed TO have been COM
mitted in the primitive garden they are TO eernaily
suffer anchored to the doctrines OF endless punsh-
ment, embracing the dogma that God IS revengeiul,
jealous and cruel, what are not their llvesy On
the contrary, there are those who revere God for
His goodness His gentleness and Ills divine love,
and believe that ever they conduct themselves
on earth, so shall be their rewards ana punisnments
In the great unknown The little boy, ignorant Of
his divine origin and destined end, builds his house
OF blocks IN innocent confidence, and should IL ln-
falls down and Is destroyed. This cannot be true.
Life Is beset by lntrcaces and many lneXplicable
things ana the journey must De made IN comparative
darkness; but with later years ana science some OF
the woods are cleared away. Some degree OF un-
happiness must be expected, since sorrow is tue
ballast OF lie, aud when the ship sails out upon tue
stormy sea without her cargo she Is unmanageable
and frequently lost; but when well ballasted and
laden she puts out the dangerous and makes
her port III safety. SO 10 Is with life. III the equ
llbrum OF body and mind, Joy and sorrow, is de-
stroyed harmony does not prevall but II otherwise
then In years, after the mind Is clOgged and the
spirit weary, we go satisfied TO our lnal rest and
tlank Goa tnat tue spirit blossoms ike tue mower
into the deafness day OF immortal lie. loud ap-
plause)