The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-23
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j: has been rOiug the rounds Of the papers.
copied from tic New York sun {P0iice Ga
.,ifc 40. y, that Mr.. Bccci,cr has been say
ium some very un@racioEs things Of Law
r,l!crlur". III order that our readers may
know for themselves just what this great
nin did say about this, his former place OF
residence, we copy from his papcr-thc
CHliStiGn ti,;oi--thc portion Of his remarks
in reference 10 his residence here. The re-
marks were made al his lccturC-room talk on
Friday evening after thanksgiving day, on
which occasion the subject was tie duty Of
everybody having Il Thanksgiving spirit for
blessings they hld received. The whole all
dress is admirable, but we can only spare
space to give the portion Of most interest to
Our readers, rs follows:
- think that people who have IN ahund-
anr,. who are well eff, are not ilar rs tlallk-
iul n. those who are not. People who are
NOT we'll oil erllmhe enough, but / do not
tnjnk they are so Giscnntcntcd as people who
arc well oil. think that where persons are
pyaSrcro,.S in lie their desire 10 get more IS
stronger than their feeling OF thanksgiving
for what they have got.
thankful for the comforts of my house as |
did when ! first began to preach and had
two rooms, and felt that they were mime, and
went around among the people of the neigh
borhood with the thought WAS there ever
a man 50 happy rs ann
well. may rs well tell you: when be-
gan TO preach | never expected to do much,
but meant TO do us we'll rs l could. | never
expected TO go anywhere.
IL was asked 10 cross the river from Gin
cinnati and preach in CovinGton; aud went
over and BEGAN to preach there. | did not
know but was going to stay there AND l
was Uar.ectly willing to stay. But 1 was
soon called by Woman TO LaWrchceh'ir=-.
She was The tuctotllm OF the whole church.
And went there and spoke to Wcll-iil%h
empty building. l was settled over town
with two distiIcrics and twenty devils i'll ii.
WAS very poor. There WAS no patrlmony
coming to me, rs you know. The moment
WAS o1t OF the seminary was without my
fathers support, and was obliged TO take
care Of llyself. | had salary: but it was
Il salary of only four hundred dollars !;
and | took hall Of that to go TO New
Ennland to get married with. And as
the parish paid only half of it, and the
other half was to come from tile MIS-
siouurv Society, | found myself very short
of funds. I had just eighteen cents Ill my
poc,,et when | came back. Twas taken up
liz = GOOD Methodist brother for about a
week; and Chen | got these two rooms TO
which ] have alluded. They were up stairs.
one was the kitchen, cellar, and sitting
room: the other was the library, bedroom,
and Uarlor. So that We had six rooms
calling each three. Tie cellar was MADE by
ruttine things under the bed and the otner
rooms were added by sllndry devices. You
who go into flush houses furnished by, your
grandlf,pas and grandmanms Go not kno"
ANYTHING about the joys OF housekeeping.
Persons ought to begin at the bottom 10
know what these joys are. Ana DeSah
down there. ,..-
81 had no idea that | could preach. 1
never cypectcd that could accomplish much.
I merely went to work with the feeling, Il
will do rs well as / can, and will stick 10 IL,
if the Lord pleascs, and fight His battle the
best way / know how And was ihahdul
as could be. Nobody ever sent me spare
rib that / did not thank God for the klndness
which was shown me. L recollect When
Judge -- gave me his cast-oh clothing L
felt that was sumptuously clothed. wore
old coats and secondhand shirts 1or TWO OF
three wears, and l was not above IL eltiiei,
although sometimes, rs was physically
somewhat wcll-dcyclopcd man, and the Judge
was thin and his legs were slim, they were
rather Il tight fit.
"There was humorous side to this, but l
could easily have put dolorous side TO it..
/ could have said, 'Humph! pretty business
son of Lyman Beecher, president Of thee,
logical seminary, in this miserable hole, Where
there is no church, and where there are no
elders, and 10 men to make them out
Of, This Is not according to my deserts.