The New York herald., 1871-02-09
BEECHER ON HAPPINESS.
Lecture at Plymouth Church.

Electufe uL rhyme u iurCm.
Plymouth church was partially filled last night BY
people who were anxious to know what Mr.. Beecher
had to say about happiness. The famous preacher
fwho, by the way, Is not 30 interesting at lec-
turing as at sermonlzing) made his appearance
with his hair brushed to o secular ana
anti BE echerian state Of amOothness, and
seating himself at the side OF the platform waited
meekly to be introduced, after the orthodox manner
oflecturers. This necessary ceremony over, he pro-
ceeded to say that what organ Is In vast cathe-
dral under tho hands Of an ignorant player that is
the soul In this life. But the instrument was not
made to be harsh. The soul was royally
MADE TO BE HAPPY.
The resources OF man for happiness are great, ana
the product s great but is In proportion to the
causes that ought to produce this result.
Mr.. Beecher does not belong to che grumblers who
say that men are shams and women are men over
again, only little softer yet he thinks that the arc
OF happiness has never been well learned.
There Is no chart that Will direct surely to happi
ness. A lawyer without clients
AN UNSETTLED MINISTER,
sweet beiress waiting, like candy In window for
a purchaser, will say that occupation is the secret
Of happiness; but the statesman and
chant, who have much more than they
can do, think that leisure Il the secret
OF happiness The nygienlst says. obey natural
laws, Dut the Ouy SoS3 Cali
non pali through circumstances tand woe to tho
natural laws, while his weaker companion falls at
ms side. Almost everybody stumbIes over most OF
the natural laws before he inds out what they
The normal happiness intended for man Is too tame
for most people Men go out TO finl haDpness for
getting tnat IL always depends upon themselves.
1T is THE MAN
that carries the happiness 10 the circumstances
Happiness Is the response OF faculty. and you VIII
have more happiness than you nave the powe to
germinae III you. 1t is not The mana that MAKES
the sound 10 only provokes 1t In the string. Diss-
patton Is the rising up OF ones nature by excess.
and there Is such thing Intellectual dissipation
sions There Is quality oil nerve that Dredlsp0ses
to ioyanother quality tnat predisposes to sorrow.
Some men secrete sugar, Others secrete acid.
BLESSED ARE THE SACCHARtNEi
Happiness f5 received IN proportion as we have
sensiblllty, and not excltaD.lity Men nave only
ctement rom their or glnai nature, bus happiness
from the higher parts Of their being. 1t is the
vous system that distinguishes men from brutes,
yet there IL nothing that are perlously Igno-
rant OF a. OF the nerves. The peculiar folly OF our
age Is the waste OF nerve force. the stmt
n, as Of ACTIVITY T. too great for heath
very air and each man Is whirled along by the col
ecti,e WILL Tue loss OF power TO sleep ~ growing.
Such Aen navea
CALL TO LUNAric ASYLUM
and they VIII make their own election sure. There
white, red and biack disspatons patton OF
the BRAN, the blood and OF the lower pas-
de s ,he wine mnu cno @ nus h w 1 5v e w MOI
How many men and women there are wno have lost
all cerebral health The faces 0I women alter they
have passed middle lie Is OF the saddes sights
/ see. TIE faces OF an audience are often Ike
DanGe's Inierno, y Illustrated by Doie. alter the
nerves are sapped there Is no happiness. In be.
leaguered cities men look well to their supplies,
but, brain and nerve forces are squandered.
Life Is set on too high ke,. Men
need tonlng down. IL not necessary
thai she uld crowd so much in o the DAYS, for
happiness not Ia proportion to the abundance Of
his goods.
The most dismal instruments or torture are
FASHIONABLE PARTIES.
They hinder ra' her than help social intercourse
Men hardly can be called human beings wnen they
are dressed for fashionable party. Only rich men,
thank God can afford them. Men al tue parties
have not seen food evldenly Tor a long time by the
way they lunge
RIGHT AND LETT INTO THE EATABLES.
There is real soal good at q private house
where the feeling Vi home Is sacrificed. We should
that that get real social intercourse by them.
Though there are q great many good sayings to
prove that money does not inake happiness yet
nobody believes them. IT Is other peoples money
that we desplse, not our own. The that ran at
rich men those
WHO HAvN'T GOT RICH YET
Men are learning TO money better. More
money Is expended on the household. Men spend
money on pubic institutions As an Institution
religion has produced as much sorrow as 10y: Uut
the fruits Of The splrit-love, peace long suffering
produce great Joy. AS a life, disposition, nollGg
gives so much here and promises so much hereafter
as true and slnieigned religion.