The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-25

started. 90 have you wings, n YOU only knew it.
we've iuil Of aches. very dull, snappish,
shaggy, rough: easily ruaeo. c,antsnkerous,;;
their Ses what had aAa the 'e pracpicsness done for
themg don't advise you to take 1t up as trade, or
profession; 1t Is not meat and drink but 1t Is cor
way OF liie and il Is the only thing that viii enable
you 70 see day by day everything brighter and
falth. The truths that we Obtain by the act or
ratlocinaton are like the figures cut by the sculptor
stand out p0pulous IN the heavenly land by awaken
Ing the affections OF the heart. Is this power that
given 70 Man man. to be crushed II was tins
q TINS thought q rs subject led up TO the follow
lifetime Of 3. NJ stanton, the nobest Of ali the men
who stood by US In the critical period Of the history
Of our country; the truest ana
THE wIsEsr OF MEN,
with will OF thunder swelling within him; one OF
those beautiful natures, with woman's neart
childS tenderness and o nature OF marvellous
energy / was speaking to him on this visit OF the
war and Of public affairs, and II was at critical
time In the history OF that struggle when there were
80 many recreants from our side willing 10 give all
up. We had endured all things, and were willing,
Ibelieve. TO believe all tnlngs our conversation on
that subject had ended; he went to his bookcase; he
another on general iteratnre-one OF Arthur Helps
books-and he read several pages to me- first from
great cloudy hour when the destlnies OF the Union
seemed 10 be In his hands. obtaining his recreation
ana bis rest BY books which were the produS; OF ne
ference but went to these pages these poems to un
bend, and hold converse with the invisible. as we
refresh our bodies by punging into bath. we had
learned the art Of living in the invisible; OF
living In the conscious presence Of God. BY not
most glorious chamber in the Lords nanslon-the
human nead-and lock 1t up most ANONYMOUSLY.
man a. was IN s eoep
ton OF God. This power of the Imagination enlarges
the range or our being; II gives new power 10
mans thoughts and II we exercise tt we open up
new possibilities, and our imagination-in the real
sense and not In the cant sense-is sanctifed. The
the drudgery OF their weary LIE. il must
be ot barren life tnat has made only
70 make p SUPPOSE one man or forty YEARS had
done nothing but put heads on pins; another forty
p ns pHs rnsre are men whose oa
clean
THE STREETS Or NEW YoBk..
whose daily NE is dull dreary, aisSesrsnins, and
and on ar Sny 81
thousands Of men at work in damp cellars LOOK up
ana there are men spending their lives In dirty dusty
dirty a. acs Thanks be unto Coo that there s not
Imagination. take himself far, far away from the
flthiness the meannesses of his daily toll, and can
heaven. have known men who have sung hymns
at their work which mas given to their toll an angelic
iuucuCcs 1ueS6 IlcH Huu III uHulVlueu iHtcTtSL III
the sunlight They may look at the treasure there
lsin the banks. and NOT be able to draw check;
valuable stocks; but they have Joy that no earthly
pleasures or possessions can give Greenwood
Is mage OF india rubber to me. I never look down
into the grave but rebound IN imaGlnatloh to the
heaven above ! never look at the regmental
march, the most touching OF oil marches. the long
array or chdrens funerals and Of cnildrens graves
without seeing the mothers the fathers the nurses
VINO have nursed them, the love that was around
graves so lndelibly upon the human heart" Mr..
Beecher here touched chord that was too much ofa
pathett unison both himself and his cOngreg "a.
ton. He finished the sentence with faerlng voice.
and the congregation to large extent found sud
den use Tor their cambria handkerchefs The sermon
was brought to close by an eloquent bur pathetic
description OF recognition OF friends In heaven and
OF our beng known there as we are known here.