The New York herald., 1870-04-11
oayssEAL EsLL.

"CheapeniuE Of Human Understandable
Sermon by the Boy Preacher,l the Rev.
Charles T.. Lee-Den0unctnR Tenement
Pens, SvviIl Milk Aduiterated Food, us Mnr.
derers Of Mcn-Youih and EloGucucs To.
gether.
Yesterday morning, at Oriental Hall, in West
Twenty.seven.h street, near Third avenue, the Rev.
Charles T. Lee the boy preacher, dlscoursed upon
the Cheapening of Human Life'' in very eloquent,
logical and effective manner. The hall was quite
full, and though the society has begun In humble
way the evidences were that bright future is at
hand. Mr. Lee has an exceedingly juvenile appear
ance. and Is not apparently above twenty; but yes
terday morning ne exhibited powers OF oratory,
reasoning and grasp Of mfnd, combined with ana
ytical acu,eness, enough to place him among
THE FIRST FIVE DIyINEs
in the CITY, He has none OF the patent precocity OF
youth, put all the dignity and good Judgment Of
superadded years. His voice Is rich and powerful;
his delivery marked by the infections Of emotion
and punctuatcd with tho higher notes Of invective.
lie resembles Chaplin without initiating him. and in
gesture inclination Of the body and anvil utterances
reminds the hearer OF that eminent divine. OF
sandy complexion, reduced stature, but sym,nctrl-
cal frame, his presence Is tine, and like Chapn he
wears eyeglasses. He IS peardless youth; yet his
speech u easy, unconsraincd, temperate ana SIM
cere. You hear no sOphom0rcai Dombast and
listen TO no puerile aiiectations.. He is terse
declamalory when ne harris down hts indig-
nant % ro asaass es oeS OF i he raSe i
the purer waters OF pathos with graceful modula-
tons OF the voice, and touches tue heart with truth
and the understanding With reason. He has q vast
treasury Of Illustration, wealth or superb Imagery,
not applied with TOO much exuherance but as Ra-
upon the features OF Madonna. You remember
his words ana ideas as you do beautiful face; they
ters OF CLASSY stream, aud mlrrored IN his
mind the elevated and exalted thoughts that sharpen
the tongue 70 magnsale ntierance ana soften with
sight into the human heart understands Its ictioDs
and condemns its littlcness lie Is
BOLD AND DEFIANT
with siD but toward virtue and goodness his atti
tude becomes kind and gentle. He turns from
cality to uprighnsss, from hypocrisy to humility
from the glare Of fashion ana irvoiity TO the pearls
| Of gentleness aud the radiance oil heaven. he
writes as man OF nity ana SPEAKS iull OF fire.
and he clothes the emotions In living spark Ing raj
ment. HIS fame is assured TO! for no ea: charmed by
| listen and to learn. Yesterday morning he con-
| sidered "Thou sDait not kill" In previous dis
the hour. lie mad found that they all sprang from
| Q false idea or lie; from national disorders;
| from the sin ana c1mes OF mtemperance;
which led to death, destruction and dcgi adation
or a@I human a as tSe ccwUw 1S EVIL Ing
crowded streets Of this Western metropolis In hes
Of iniamy, n.y., low orotnes and resorts OF evil doers:
with appeals Tor murderers' lives, and the prisons
gave evidence Of the now Of fratrlcldal plooo. IN
the upper strata OF society murder was not un-
= known. The assassin was . human shark, Dlled
with greed ana gam, who preyed upon the poor auu
! helpless; he owned tenement
| REEKING wlpu FoUINESS
and sinking with corrubtlon; he was cheapener
! o! human liie-and 80 II went on. All The nearer
might turn away IN disgust but life the gilt OF
| G0d-thc image Of our Maker. Human life was
| was thay we who lived here should exist
| In the hereafter. 10 cheaper life was laugh
ing at Ills commands aud dcfyip9 HIS ingnite
glory. lie had given us world, the sum- ana undylug
spheres OF hight maguihcsace aud grandeur, ana
with these creations mad Plato, and Bacon and
l ShaBspe re- 70 preserve these Giits. TO make Vie