The New York herald., 1871-12-01
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laud lsIorincd.
Mr.. Beecher preached at Plymouth church yester-
day morning sermon full OF poetry wit and WIS.,
dom, In which he showed that New England con-
the OF the great of civil ana religious
liberty that nov Ovc.shadows o continent. ANY,
body born out of New England. saia ne, cannot
have the true flavor OF New England III his
mouth, and 1t Is TO the happy saints, born
in New England, that l address myself TINS
morning. not forbidding others TO catch the
drops that iall from the goblet. When The cnil-
dren came home to Thanksgiving the scene was
memorable in my fathers house in old Litch6cld.
In those times the community was well of, because
It was poor, thriving, industrious ana Away about
TO be rich. Wages ranged at nifty cents day. Hear
mat, ye bricklayersi The domestic loom still
CLICKED; hear II now. Tic shoemaker came round
once q month aud dld up the making and
menling. The tailoring was done at home. the
best suit was clearly marked or from the rest OF
the clothes as sunday was from the rest Of the
week. Every child had some oil the household work
to do. Be.Ore was ten years old learned 70 sew,
10 knit, TO wash dishes aud prepare them to wash
earned whippings. male fires, went TO school and
didn't study, and boy that nobody could get
along with or without. Tue house I lived IN
was large ami rOomy, especially for the
elements. Woe TO those who had to burn rcd oak
wood, splitting out sap at both ends while the
Nothing could live In LtchneId that wasn't strong;
go all The members Of my fathers household were
healthy. Tine Iare was nealthy. We had meat and
bread, the
HISTORIC GINGERBREAD
and plain cake, ana We had pes. Let no evil man
speak against pies; he Is enemy to the history
OF his country VINO speaks against pies. In those
times dinneriess day TO me was like suit OF
clothes composed OF a hat ana shoes there was
hQ iunin an n n and mi m mil 40 nws
ing boy the lack OF meal occaslonea more sorrow
tnan any lilte grace that mad begun 10
grow In me could make up for. When
,ne snow made pam sor tue sleds The
was Jublee. rne ovens we're iull vi good thing ys,
ana, tel ~ not III olt tneie We're barrels OF nome
Know ol my latners tahiug sprlsnous lquJr. He
came nome SICK Que DAY. alU saw HI II get some
rum rom tne calaa closet. thanksgiving a. was me
Toward To II hili year, aul looked back
to 1t lhe otner nall. Inc harvests were all
III, and surrey II was right 10 oner up bounteous
hrst Ifult-. tne geese were put III training weeks
and weeks be ore ihe turkeys were appointed
Housewives consulted each otner. ihe cnilaren
were caugni ana put t. service. Did we not chop
nllncemeat M We almost wsnel there more
mincc pies 10 mol remember that Sunday when
the Governors proclamation was unio.ded and
read. aAd We listened. smelng altar Oh, the dinner.
At last 1t ctme-J..e .ooKed-or day. Tne morning
was like Sunday. No skating, no shoutIngs. Tae
houseKeepers we're the Only ones permrted to
church. No sooner mad meeting let OUT rhaI any.
tmng was allowed. ne nour Inat elapsed before
dluner, now did we i've through ltl AT last the
TARLE WAS SPREAD,
the long blessing Was sald AMI every conscientious
chilu ,rieu To tas.e something OI everything the
llb.e. Ihe enoru To hOld out against surrender
cOu.d NOT LONG lie sustained ana the children lell OF
one by oae. ana the ilius,oa vi the year ended.
thanksgiving put those VINO practice III some way
tne econol, OF New Engauo. before was fifteen
cents haever mad OF kite or sled learned. Alter
working al the year InankssvinS Joys could be
aDDiecls ed. an lola That the original stock OF
New fngiand Is rann.ng out do not oelieve this.
believo In the New England OF the past. but De-
richer, auu more IIes,ins Inan ever beioie NOW
l am gong 10 boast. anu those
who 40 not IKE # can st, stay ana take
was s,aid and sober. because the conditions were
limited. Not one IN ten then ever Went ont OF New
England who were born IN IT, Living secluded in
tense indivlduaiism was developed. AS dynamcal
iorcss there neye, Was anything better TO cut lea
Enssand. You can better tncin II You WILL but
better mcn than those New England prodaced'
kcIigoD, patriotism, ubIic spirit, arc criterion OF
any aand , nners &c Is .enfss ~ mere ana mere but as
! AS To PATRIOTISM, When the nag was humbed, from
The men VINO xept close 70 the enemy wliere rom
the bleeding ranks Oh
though In saying this do not forget the great West
ana the Middle State5
1he Yankee does calculate. Most peope woulo
not lve SIX months II lney had no better place to
live IN than the Yankees had before they suodued
tncr uucongenlal nome. Iney do sometimes pncn
slxpence, but 1t Is because plnching Tie granite
COT tnem IN the notion ol II. 1hey nal frgid win.
ters anu a shallow SOL, but they mad God Win them
anu the Yankee conquered. The doctrine Of State
lights first originated IN New England.
where did the common Schools come from?
Whence was the doctrine that the state must have
Intelligence II 1t has pOwery Where Is the religion
that looks out Tor The community rather than the
Churcng In New England the .hurcn Is for the
common weai. In The long conflict between the
spirit OF IDer,y anu slavery you know there talk
OF leaving New England Out No greater compliment
could be paid Dy The devil TO New England when he
resolved 10 organize he'll and leave out New Eng
land, because there was TOO much good IN her. The
people there instructed IRON the pulpit look
compare today IN business aud ihriit with other
parts Uf the land. Never was she better OF than
Today was told that all the trustees In given
neighoOrh0od In Connecticut we're freshmen, and
that educational anatr5 were never so well TAX cn
care Of When an freshman s
WELL broken IN
he Is glorious fellow but woe to him who under. |
takes to break nm In. Let The blood be well DIFF
fused. There is IRE IN 1t, there Is genius in 1t, and
mingled with our people II Is destined to career
hlMler Lhan the irishman could nave known In
hIs own little isle There NAV be heresy in New
ing at all. The acuic research betOkens setJle-
ment by and by look Tor revival OF true religion
in New England and for u deyelopment OF art such
as has not yet been seen IN America.
Sermon by the Rev. DC Witt TnImnge
Thanksgiving.
The Brooklyn Tabernacle was almost filed yester.
day 10y members OF the congregation ana strangers,
who assembled beneath It's spacious roof sing the
praises ol the Giver OF all good and to enjoy the