New-York tribune., 1872-12-09
TuE FRrrrs OF A WoRrHY LIE.

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The Rev. L. C.. Sweetser in the course OF n
on the text Be not weary in weil-1ong' said
in substance yesterday: Tie fruits OF uie OF we'll
doing arc an approving conscience enlarged ca
paoty the affection OF frenl The esteem OF acquant
anoes and finally the realization thar lcvery good deed
we have ever done has helped TO redeem the human
race Sometimes harvest s seen by the eyes az
the world. and 10 is only known him whogathers H.
But occasionally man Is given whose opportunities
are more extensive, whose life Is public whose sowing
Is done before the OF all tha world by of the
place he holds. anl whose reapng is equally thing Of
note; and when such TO the Spirit day after
day year after year. without growing weary, and O the
Spirit reaps bounteous harvest. should not let the
Significance or 1t escape notice. Such life was
tho llfe of Horace Greeley at whose funeral rites
whole nation has 70 lately mournod. There
arc many lessons 10 DO drawn from ca
reer Ike his and . death Like his, but among
them all there is that seems prominent than
that which our text so well Expresses. know OF no
man In modern times who has 80 we'll Illustrated the
truth OF an inspired statement Mr. Greeley has by the
well known circumstances Of his active life. His was
emphaficaly life OF well-ioing. Not that he
perfect he hd hs iuLs like other people, nut ne
general sprf OF his lie was spirit OF goodness spirit
OF phanthrophy a spirit OF love for his fellow He
was 1lways Wiling TO spend ana be spent Tor tue goOd
OF others He aimed in everything he Undertook 10 ben
cit humanity. Personal ambition Is laudnJe rather
than blameworthy whrn It is suboranated to desire 20
accomplish good. and this was Mr. Greeley's main de-
sire, frOm the day he came mo tnls ely,
fricndicss boy, 20 the day when he
was carried out OF it through lines Of
mourners. He was a good man he wished to do good;
tried 10 do good He began life on tnat principle, aud
followed it out to the very end. For that he wrote
spoke for that he aborpd with tongue ana
pen and pecuniary means. Hs made his newspaper an
organ OF good, or at oil events, Of that which no be-
hcyed TO be right, and he commonly rght. nc
made his voice messenger OF good. bearing udngs OF
freedom the slave, OF - tGe 0pprcsscr, OF kn0W-
EDGE % the ignorant OF advice ID the erng, ana on PITY
% the pentcnt. And he made one hand a frequent
am0nef OF good while the otuer WIS engaged M thc IN
creasig drudgery OF hs daily work. which he performed
with so much TAI hfulness.
lie did not grow weary OF wcidorng. He persisted
in il TO the last. And yet suppose that Mr. Greeley
bad as much to make him weary VI doing wei as any
man In all the lInd. He had large experience Ot IN
gratitude. He knew the bascr side or hnnan nature
from long contact with IT, hut never lost ms alth IN
man or God. Tempted on either side BIZ wealth and
power 20 f0rSake those principles, he seadasty put
the temptations behind him, and maintained his
kindness O beautiful simplicity oil character
He persisted In wel-Ollg and Lo has rcapel Ills re-
ward. HIS life ike tropical day, which has no
twilight, suddenly cXunCusleu, 50 that II startes anu
shocks us. His WIS Curious deaIL " KNOW mat my
Relccner vetl" All 10 is great thing 70 nave sild
fuat NJ such a time. I would rather dc Ale Horace
(reeev aud have such Ob-equies his than I've m the
grrutest earthly Tor hundred years am be buried
like one of rno OLD EsypuIn k,ags, Win PYRAMID
my tTrI