New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-01
nCTEAR GRIT"
ROBERT co.LEYER's LECTURE.

VOL known otIzons among them .the Rev. DIR. Bellows
and Cyrus W. Field Ho said
LECTURE BY THE REV. R0BTn.c CoLLiLh
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 7 cannot fAei as II nave
the heart tonight to lecture TO you on Cle "' WV"
any hopo Of doing you much good haao d irienu'
minister who always tells that when he aoH' uoWn
into his audience and remembers their natNto ana
quality he has heart 70 proach TO them, because he
feels they just about as good as they can
and TO lecture to audience that have come here on
such night this from "ecar grit seems to be work
Of supcrerogaton [Appause But you are here ana
here, and / have como oil these 800 miles,
/ should not like to 90 away without
giving you a piece Of my mind, and so
want to say that "cesr grit" wish to speak of 1t
tonight is the "best" II is that sterling manhood ana
womanhcod that Is always true to It's own nature, and
therefore that highest nature in whose
image we are made, no matter what may befall. Az
diamond is diamond all the same, you know whether
it bazes the brow OF emperor hid down under
the mountain peaks Whether it has history stretch
ing thousand years, or has to wait thousand
years to SEQ the Hight, 1t makes no matter
the diamond Is all the same Clear grit
Is that noble hardness OF grain In man
or a woman that can give way except in a true
fashion and for true reason; the power ~ walk bare
footed on the right line rather than 10 20 through green
pastures and by still waters that denect from That GIVE
no single atom 81 your mature TO what we ye cone ,o no
duty. Never barter piece Of comfort for piece Of
to what may seem to be multitude OF angei' II ticy
want 10 take you away from downright loyalty TO your
You will gather rom this that there ia false and true
grit in all great and good things in creation IA the
Burr and Lord Byron havo made actual. In our life
there Is nothing in this world nearly like splendid
angel splendid devil. tApplaIsel The PfOcmtRce
Gasee of 81 years ago chronicles story Of rat caught
in trap In that city hut contrived In some wonderful
and mysterious to get out c tho trap ly coming
OF its skin. Now, there something IKE glit
in that. And now when you saw The men s4uirnnng
the
gold transactions on Black Friday nave thought oi ~
myself as another Illustration 81 the curious way IN
which an intelligent animal sometimes initiates human
tricks. When he Lad done ali, lie Was only rat Wl'holt
Clear grit IA always known. It ia to see thnt tho
lire between clear grit and imitation comes at '' 10
that fine edge that he wecn selh7bness and
noble solf-fOrget1uucsS When care more for number
than all the other numbers put together am on the
set TO do then am on the right side and shall turn out
time Just about what ought to be- NO man eyer
out with clear grit ms last whose greet Object ~ ne
10 look out for number one. lie rglt h.Ve al inc
virtues in "Wobsters Dictionary and a tine giaees m
Chcs ered, but thai one thns ne cares mos OF ~
observation-disclosures him finally on Of the ranks, ana lie
few months ago ono Of the western pap,rs printed
story sbont black man, wLo,o me was so
ys 5ong from NeYor TO Boston ON ono Of die Prov
Icnce steamers There was no berth for him. Ii was
eontortable place or the light As possible one 81 the
noticed that he not very black ana 20 t uon
plan of getting him berth There would he trouble
about tn for the noble red and so the ~ or
said viii run hin into The ciDu in that di,gi.'"
lie vent mp to him and said "IndianT Mr Douea7s |
saw the point instantly I'm his kindly eye. and sal. NO.
niger" Now presume the story is rue Tor lruo to
the whole spirit and action OF one rome le'w II Is iUi
Of and it togshes hs great 3y fa.e iPI s a.
out an exception That Tue man VINO 'ies kttt uta
for his comfort very lttlc fer anything be-
SIDE EYely la,er ana s ar.inr in lie eS"ry man
OF middle age dealing with living things, mus nos douut
living aud our determination 10 he comfortable a any
rate Of the most daIgcTouS and deaiy evils we
ltsHHE 4 If4fa IN Etf G u n-fH
We Say that have in Chicago 10000 inhaLIants-we
claimed S5OCC0 beort the ccnss was la@en Now among
man in C6icag9 that j. sou enody is IA poor mans son
Eydry man Who il doing any sort OF work IN Chclro 10
day raised poor mans son, and mad to hglt his
way his place. rot Que ~ ie as can ass erIin vas
a rich mani son, and had good tine when ho was a /
boy, EXCEPT that al boys 5n.na gro" ~ sonR IL, a.
when ihcy ready, plunging into ie w,! htt tiad
handkerchief "a have observed ali rich men Start |
(Laulhter tell you that iniye ana t"tntJ ytarS~fen
our reward retribution, the uen OF mark in THIS
country viii not be the Of those whose fathers can
they ought TO have but will be those brought up
in fa1n-house5 and cottages, cutting thGr way thongh
houses OF this metropolis ana al me Whitesqne
houses metropolis, VIII be 10 nothing 10 bringing
out the nOe man. do not remember any preacher OF
commanding power who was rot the 'on 81 some man
that had fortune to give him. or very little Ia or
Fox Bunydn, Wesley, Parker, the Two great BecchtrS
Beio~ appa -iiono of these rich mons sons.
They haG this fine hardness OF grain 10 bcSn Wth ana
tell You lie reason many noble vessels drift ON Ice
shores 4, the want of hardness ana cOmpdctn'"S.
II will have clear grit and mold my OWn Tor al time.
must comIerce by eating my porilcge. tranEin .al',
stop your subscription 70 my Par any ,liS. tp SiD
scrIpiiOn not stopped NOW TINS was true "f sidney
solitude of salisbury plains and dined ON poatoe day
after day, and 'K after week, rathcr tih paItera
f"nd i'm MIN champion to Fight their battles, and he
stands to-day one Of the no2e.t Engiishneh oil me
last generation, because, when no was young man, no
cour Dg t hcr be one rue fason why Mr. Greeley
Iou ago.
and become the power he has been ana Is today ~ Tao
nation TO exchange his pOrdge FOR chicken In thore
times, suppose, never allowed 10 come ~ temp
tatiOn under that old Wto coat OF MS. lApplanScI
told me that when his brother William Callen bryaht
adopted Spartan habts-0mitthg, OF course Steim
hc would take piece Of bread ana 1hees1 wn ~toi ior
his breakfast, 60 something that had work ia ~ belO M
day and tnen 90 bach ~ night 70 the sMc sI OF sup
pcf have 10 d0ub that WIIiHm Cullen Bryant owes
ms long iio ty, cvS Who enc to the W6e House
should be glad If you would say ana ne VIVA me, Dut
cause Wien Mr.. Lincoln is away just browse around"
And this fog his beng the man he WIS
And So turn where you Will you encounter this truth,
that make much or sure OF yourself You must make
sure that you clear grit ist Of an IN Deihk aDe 10
sny no TO thcse good servants but bad masters
slGns and appce. aud il is not hard 70 scc here again
the line between the tds0 and the true
When an Irish gardener shot 10y an Irishmln from
another county, refused surgical assistance on tho
ground that he wanted to die in order tat tie other
nan islt he hung lie had his wish; BE- not only died
bat his assassin Was strung up rms was clear Rn hnt
rot kind that We would care 20 initiate H. II related
that in old Frerch town whore they we're dependent
UPON vel for their supply Of water, fi.her hsd
dro%th. The agony ho suffered IN seons his child
suffer ".a terrible SHns, lthiE, tniS man mi f Inn
he icu many gears aiterWard IL VIC found ia' re h'l
l,f his entire fortune fund from N, 10 c,pPy
hin, to yI Win an abundance Of pure water. TINS -
the cnt;siasm The heart Tor S"ho g'c. Pup9'r no
moor soui went out OF nm hi4 vcr! dciormty Dtc1mo
hi glory. still there is q Iihitf lN''S oi 81.
victoria IGNORED him wn, tokens oil her fesaI' hat
g.. .i.n l..eU