Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-11-19

others undone The voice Of God
warns m4n Lot u shear the earth of
it, fIre-ts. anr To live in uncleanly,
crosled streets The voice Of God in
the pc THENCE warns man to live
healthiy. The voice 81 nature teach
rs nun NV terrible lessons how to i'm
pr,ve hum n life and human cities -
| think my without any fear Of
cOairtdict,nn that thi, fi!e is not an
accident; it is not an event sprung off
from the great natural law The city
| aa> violated certain great natural
! laws WIS u right tn have streets so
narrow that the flame could reach
across so es>ily? People say it has
been so 800 ye RS. and there has bean
no fire Yes. SO there are plants that
take 100 years to bloom, but they do
bloom every hundred years. There
is city rot far from here that may
learn lesson about this orc Of these
days Was it necessary that build
ings should be carried up, story upon
story, not fire. proof, vast N height
and that then cap should be set
upon them. quick to take FIRE and oul
of the reach of the fremen? Is it
wise to lay the foundation of them
solid. to carry up the first story fire
proof, the second story fire proof
the third. the fourth. the fifth story.
all fire-proof-and then put Man
said roof on the top of all, to taSe
fire and to scatter sparks around the
neighborhood? Those great buildings
which are our pride aud admiration.
admirable for business purposes. and
now. as it proves. although this was
not intended by the architect, admir-
able for fire. But territory is small
and land is valu1bie, and they can
not afford TO build other Than narrow
streets. Can they afford 70 burn mp
again? Do you suppose it the streets
had been broad, wide avenues, do
you suppose if there had been inter-
sected here aud there an open square
or some small park, would there have
been any such coufiagration Do you
not see what contracted lane there
was-a direct prOvOcatiOn and temp
tation to fire. with an invitation To the
fire-devil sitting on every Mansard
roof? If Boston repeats her error now
after suffer- e it will be because this
fire has been without profit. We also
learn that it is not enough in con-
structing public buildings that they
should lie made convenient for bust
ness; there is a lesson in this that
every complete bushes should be a
fire department as well. that there
should re such instrumentalities, such
hydraulic cOutrivances that every
house could take care of itself. We
have learned to build hollow walls
how to carry air, light, heat and wa
ter through all the house, and it is but
a step beyond this to make every house
an engine-house, aed every man
fireman, every building fire-proOf, or
with means of extinguishing fire.
Here are lessons to be learnt by this
fire. Instead of asking if God meant
to humble Boston, let us look into the
future and see what are the lessons to
be learned from such confiagration
as this. Let us hope that in ten years
hence Boston that tonight mOurns
the calamity will give thanks TO God
for the benefactiOn. Meanwhile there
are some thoughts that are proper
You should never see calamity befall
another man without taking home the
consideration it may befall me. When
death knocks at your neighbours door
it may be on its way to you. When
blight desalates another mans field
it is to teach you likewise that your
own fields may come TO csnker and
sorry. When great calamities befall
other cities it ought TO warn us that it
might befall ours. Mr.. Beecher con-
cIuded with an earnest hope that the
nation would come to the relief of the
suffering city and help to bear its bur-
den.