The New York herald., 1872-12-02

NO harm can bcfall with my Comforter near
the speaker selected for his text, Acts ill., 1.-THE
work whereunto have called them.n He prefaced
OF New York to prepare for the future world, and
referring to the death OF Horace Greeley, he said
THE E GREATNESS a OF @ THE SORROW. !,
presence OF great event. 1t is right and proper
that we should learn the lesson which that provi-
fallen upon this land within few days, and fallen
upon 1t Unexpectedly and suddenly. We never
Know e now mucn @ we iove ana nonor our great ones
know how to measure greatness until 1t has biddcn
US good-by" and gone forever from our midst.
While 1t is here we find fault; when 1t departs we
gratefully remember that 1t was with us and that
II pleased us. The young men OF this country
learn very import rtant lesson from the life OF that
great man, that good man, whose light has gone
out and who has left us for another, and we TRUST
better world. The nags all over the Continent at
knowedged worth, the bells all over the land tong
out their dirge, are signs OF the sorrow OF many
thousand homes throughout Tie land Three weeks
ago we uttered harsn criticisms but death stops
tongues; three weeks ago we were In the midst OF
partisan conflict, our prejudices excited,
our passions reused we were ready to attribute
possible bad motives, and ready to forgive any
weakness II 1t on the side where we stood; but
hope God will crown that victory with ten thou
sand blessings and that whole nation may be as
grateful for the victories OF peace as It Is already
on his ber-his race is run, his battle Is OVERRIDE
feated douby- douby defeated, say, by the victor
in yonder distance, and by that other victor vino
never lowers his lance to us. Let us look at that
life for q moment. Had he been born on the
mountain top and kept the even tenor Of his way
along the royal ridge he might have lived and died
almost nnnoticed, but our hearts are bound TO him
with peculiar affection, because he began fifty
years ago where you and are working n0w-away
down In the depths OF the valley, with nothing
but large ambition and q good dream
in our hearts, our eyes fixed upon that
lofty pinnacle which we hope to reach at some
time In the future. You LOOK at him and say he
was formed by circumstances. No. You are
wrong. Circumstances were against him; but ne
fought them and conquered He had no better
chance nifty years ago than nine out OF ten In this
congregation. Not half the obstacles which stood
in his way stand in your way to-day. How did he
VIM BY right down honest work, by physical
temperance, by selfcontro, by selrpoise and by
seldirection by having an aim in life, high and
lofty purpose, and by determining never to yicld
until he had won the fight; and before he died he
was, think, If not the strongest, at least one OF
the strongest influences In the land. Agree or dis
agree with the conclusions OF his mfnd that fact
remains uncontradicted. He exerted an influence
that felt in every hamlet this side Of the Rocky
Mountains. Men loved him who had never seen
him. and the influence the illustriOus influence OF
that mind flashed its presence over the whole
Continent. Senates were Influenced and directed
by HIM.
lie SAT UPON NO THRONE;
only upon the common chair OF the editor OF daily
journal, and yet he was the power behind the
throne, which IL sometimes greater than the throne