The New York herald., 1872-09-09
LYRIC HALL.

The Great Works OF tho Summer
Livingstone Found by stnnley-The
Horrors OF q Lunatic Asylum Madc
Public, and the Fall OF a Corrupt
Judgo-Sermon by o. B. Frothing-
ham.
The sudden and unlocked for change from cool
weather to q repetition OF one OF warmest days
could not keep the many admirers Of O. B. Froth-
ingham within any four walls but those at 723
Sixth avenue. At this church they have had
generous vacation Of two months, and yesterday
was the first Sunday after it, After some intro
ductory remarks he began:-"This last Summer
has been fearfully warm one. When 1t began
severe apprehensiOns were manifested, especially
by the farmer. as he looked up into the brazen
heavens and down again at the dusty earth A
drought was feared, rain was prayed for and it
came in good, plentiful showers. We live crops;
all our energies depend on the grass. No business
until the fields have rpened When the
Summer comes the workingman lays aside his
tools, the merchant goes to the mouL tains, the
physician takes his recreation, the lawyer has no
client, and Is therefore travelling abroad; the
clergymans congregation Is scattered about at the
different watering places, and nothing remains
for him but to go there too This appearance of
idleness in the Summer time Is not q reality.
Nature in every hour, teens with animal life. The
stars pour down their rays upon the planet All
nature bursts forth into exuberant luxuriousness.
You can almost
HEAR THE GRASS GROWING.
Before your very eyes the verdure developes ITSELF
In the midst of nature man responds to nature. In
the political field men are considering the law
under which they live. In these Summer hours Of
idleness they forget the venom, the purely party
watchful eyes into their national political affairs.
This great work Of reform has been going on
sciousness has been awakened, and determines that
the state Of life should be managed better in New
York. The corruptness or Judiciary has been
brought to light, and one
CORRUPT JUDGE
has fallen. While this work has been going on,
one OF our great journalists has sought for and
found an old traveller IN Africa, who was supposed
to be dead; another has sought to open the lunatc
asylum and bring before the public all the horrors
FULL fair holiday to the poor girls and boys Of this
city. He brought them from their dingy garrets
and unwholesOme cellars to give them one good
sight OF the world in which they live, good leap
grass, which they never before saw. These
DRIFTS OF HUMANITY
had at least one DAY OF unalloyed happiness long
to be remembered. Anything more benehcent
was never done. 1t was only day, only o few
hours, but an eternity can be lived In few hours
II 1t be blissful. 1t was day which told them there
less less deep de- When nature hrives most uxariSntly
man crouches and dies. The power which brought
the grass from the barren ground brought man
the dead a lady who belonged to our church. She
was OF noble and gracious presence and always
% esS thu the Companion Of OF the - ciesan sSe had
travelled abroad, but the world left her untainted,
for she was always as modest and simple as
young girl About eighteen months ago she
identified herself with this society and she was
always with US. AS said, the extreme heat OF the
Summer overpowered her and among her friends
she passed away, leaving her soul with US. She
had been brought up In the old religion, but liking
ours better adopted It. 1t was my painful duty to
fhn nf Vnor hn vuoo nY nNf
the most devoted members OF our church, and
who met with a sudden and untimey death at
the seaside. He had been brought up gentleman
,,r~ EfEoANr LEISURE, -
and life seemed pleasure to groundhin. re-
verse OF fortune and he gave up his studies, aban
doned his tastes, and commenced to earn money
for those VINO were dependent upon him. He did
not ask for dilettante work which ne might 40 with
ing over his table earninga few dollars for his
widowed mother. He made money and had just
which he mad purchased at the seaside, when this
sad calamity cut him or In his manly beauty.
widow lady had purchased home near his, and
was residing there with her only child, little boy
lie wished to go In bathing very much, but his
mother did not consider 1t quite safe. NV young
friend offered to take the child out he being an
took the child into the breakers little by little the
TREACHEROCs WAVES
carried them farther ana farther, until the boy be-
came alarmed. The young man was last using up
his strength trying to push the boy before MIN TO-
waru sn0re, Out ne Slpped from MS nanuS
and was lost. The man looked towards the
shore There was his wife, his little children.
suddenly tremendous wave washed over him and
soon after he lay upon the beach-a corpse. We
| took him up and laid him In the soft friendly
ground, knowing that his spirit was In better
hands than ours. He was on q
MISSION OF KINDNESS
at the very hour OF his death. sweet woman will
be LETT without shelter and dear little children
without protector. Society is bereft OF shining
member
THE NETS
put on from New York filed with passengers who
had no Thought but that Of the present pleasure.
| Everything seemed In good order the vessel was
In good condition, the watch was there; suddenly
! mist, fog. She strikes. In vain they attempt
| TO discover the break and still go on The boat
soon begins TO fll, and goes down while hundreds
Of people are hanging upon very
| THREAD OF EXISTENCE
With one vain grasp with nature they are
swallowed up by the pitiless Old ocean.
No explanation, no apology, no answer to human
question. Somebody plundered; nobody knows
| who Another boat puts or all right. A heroic
man is in command; suddenly, without the possI-
bility OF conjecture, amid groans and shrieks one
Of the most awful tragedies In nature occurred.
| The winds murmured no beuedictt0n or requiem