New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-28
pr,1cIoys SOBER THOUGHT.
exRyICFs IN THE VARIOUS ChO"N''i''
>,ytcNAI. GRATITUDR--MR. BEECIu

,rLa Thanksgiving sermon at Alymou'1
- asto,I,,, was based on the xith Chapter anu
roth verse Of ST. Matthew Aud from the ol' VI 49,
,he Raptis, untI now Tho the Kingdom OF Heaven GU
fereth violence and the violent take 1t py loioe'
I'm t-inca,,n Of Heaven said Mr.. Beecher, is the
.hsolute nfedomluance OF the son N man Of a. aPp9
90 lie world the reign OF the spiritual ,nronO
sScse parts Of the most like and nearest 70 ms own
nature. when that part Of me hnan SOU qua be D3ne
ment IL l tie ascendant IN the ln0y0ua 10 sGSt
an extent that 70 controls social, GIVE, ana hhuohai ~
fbe Kingdom o. Heaven has begun, and wnoo me
suuerlor nature of dominates entirely ms interior
1875 The GuTisn soul is a col, otion OF forces, great
@sny Of them not very different IN kind susceptible
of co6fdiuation, therefore Of snbordinat0n, anu
30 OF harmony and peace. This harmony rs
tSe moral meaning OF life, the end for
which we we're sent into the world propose TO- con:
s,i~ mis- matter in relation TO the life and condition OF
nntions what IS the distribution OF force What has
been galnodi How does the conflict STAND DOES IVY
cfuI, n pre none OF despOndencyG Violence there j.
vet sometimes the flesh is ia the ASCENDANT some nes
anti me sun stands thousand years IN me hrh9nen
The aniHal refuses 10 be broken INTO me
mora minded man and these conflicts are represented
IN laws mSI.99oIs nTd history society," is tho
history OF this conflict. IL IS worth our While even y,
sErsory or superficial manner, TO indure on spGh t
ss this what the state OF che conhietf ls The AhEuo
MI is s force the sum total OF force OF The races
raisiug or losngl There has been vague impression
nat tbe early races far stronger, wiser happier
Than subsequent and the presents tnat n Ihe h"
a lrtater progress Of degeneration BIAS boon MADE.
I'D rof sv hat the arguments IN my OVID Judgment
ere n,fhs and that that whole history Is fable, FOR
d. so f as history can reveal, when the genera
ing power he brain has been so great as II is tod
noelf s TO-DAY that there have not been, from the
earliest days single men Of magnificent braln' powei
sIG yberess now and then in antiquity before
the advent OF Christ there were single 6 men
ihat had been nourished ali around 10y
lie free access Of aad air, ana IaNng proper
that scarcely have been matched or e4uiea slS.
TLey solitary cases, and the dsLhctlve
winch has evolved by the growth OF eiylzatioh
ie d sou OF this growth throughout the whole COM
nunty and though there be single indYduals Adt a.
iguuitv has grown 80 wide and broad ana strong Like
The Allegheny Mountains, II you approach thelh ron
81 YOU so 90 them h by hill, in gradual ascent the sum
NIT is reached before ron know H. ana you 90 nor eaze
Ihe1ucroased number OF those who are thnAels ana u
those Who exert moral power. .....,., ,r,o+t.,h o
relative distribution Of mind ,oIees ia Tue oISmLeu
EODe ~ Soos t6at nro6nciyeness lie. mt the bot.
Tom or at tho topi The primary question IS, nat Is
fe worlds condton-botWeen ply steal and passional
torcIs ON one side and moral and intellectual on the
ether the former represented By Tear supeIsuIOn,
aud what noti II may be that the basiar forces
are Oauc weakened. dOn't think men ought 70 cru
city their passions II seems very singular 10 near
minister declare hat The sub stratum and iound-
;lO ON which we hope TO build better race rs ON Tie
productive power and appettes of the nation we nave
learned very lately that there IS no uesn
lion IL force, whether heat or, light or maSuetlsn
motion. You can convert one Of them lnt0
the other, aud they eau Dc made 70 iuu "IuuIu ~
"a circle bat that IS all you do with them; anu 80 II
81
thing conservation substitution ahd Tue aipcutSS
and passions be converted into social and moral
forces, and they Teappe8r IN me conscience IA oeep
lenCe, and m the moral senulehts glVhg 10 lu unI
favor aud power by which they draw the sun total OF
human enginory behind them. This Is going on. men
ana ought TO be broad at the p'se O Ie noau. n
whOse heads bullt ike ladder, small AT both Dor
80 be mebng and something that they never DO
IApplause.l ON the other hand, men who have power
1t he Transmitted into something other than physIeal ana
becomes moral the men 10 give US our ideal cohctp
nfrfrf
Force not decreased hut is applied far more thah ever
70 NE snougstlon OF me pnyssS nature ARE heD
Ter what men want for their higher selves
is beginning 10 be debated ia legislatures;
any one sts me where are miles that set up
ne distances travelled and marked out plainly Ipoin
fered under the sbsolutsm OF the mother country Wheu
Chatham declared that the colonies were TO DC mere
f,uGors 10 the old government when he declared tna
tlere ought not be allowed much manufacturing IN
the colonies io OF Djlrng tue Trade VI Tie mother
GREAT Britain know that hats were made IN this
r",ntr IN was Az much commercial battle
s,itsr catoraigu 10 come down 10 lsl2-anOthcr war
arise not caused 10y manufacturing, not invasion OF oI
territory because the rghs of our cit1ens under
liz American flag were violated. IL was The abstrs G.
tlOr OF Individual right the right OF am American
citizen VINO had become an entity. IL was worthy
of The national TO come 10 a still
later uerod during orr great civil conflict for me I'D
tyy the common man. fOf the liberty OF aDOf oI tle
sIgh OF humanity To sprOut and grow uncbecae1 Dy law
institutions, the Ieht OF great nation 10 pur e
NseI VI elements couradlctOy 70 Christianity ln n
oeatu-sIuggie, when the balance hung oFei' Wheh II
river friendship LIE, when millions OF our
il tne teid and every mans heart Was perptualy
IN mouth there came the cold, chilAns shade" or
Ensympatmzng hearts around about u.s. there were
violations O. uau0lal cOnlues. what Az lhe lulell-
g6LCe % this nation cay Let us appoint alDlIdVis,
una Jet tEem Juuge between as, and We viii
lmc arbitration bore witness that The tine
had come when conscience mad Won ana inc World ho
Dagun "a Low era On a higher plane. lAppiausc.l NOT
need point how, after he ir,t burst OF indignation
th0s1 men in The interior who standing mp for the
liberty Of being men az against the cruel bar Daues
OF war the nation here stopped balanced iis reason
upon rs and said Let not force arDitratc
lei ths matter be settled by men IL 10 be possible but
Ouly let az bring the sword into the settlement OF THIS
question al the very last II noble ctust ana il
argues great srowh OF me superior faculties III hS
nation over the Uasef iOfCeiai faculties.
GLEAINGs AFTER A POOR HARyEsT-DR cHAPIS.
The services al the Church ofthe Divine PaternywCr
conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Dr. +. H. Chap III,
assisted by the Rev T. sweetzer. Dr. Chaplin delivered
the taking hsltext FROM the WITH chapter Of H.
Malk 2eth, 27tb 2sth and 10Th verses
Inink. said he, may employ toe fundamental tCuh
Of THIS Tor this occasion. II s that The kingdom o.
nature EXHIBITS system Of processes ana results IL IL
hardly necessary FOR me 10 say tha NE process i, series
q processes OF st45es Of growth ana Development
completely made al once 20 Ia is Ihls u theory 81
evolution, % - fact IS ancient the world. But
Eny,hul we have thought is this action between
tecdtme aud harvest The hrs step in this process is
ge cannot trace The which is apparent in this case
IS sso he Jaw Of all things. A. We look across an inter
- We trace point by point there ATE no sudden leaps
II i- Ike transformations IN series OF dssOgIBR views
where Que picture melts into another Even rcvOlu
nom are not abrupt. DE TOcqueye found that many
ughs aud ideas laid 20 the FreDch-RevOlntiOn
were deeply imbodded il previous history. IL 10 the
same society and in the individual life Of men. Moral
gth ana intellectual powers are gradually devei
opod TIE universe - system OF processes. Oh these
processes those which work 10y man ano those
~hlch work beyond man Man cannot make the seed,
Lor the lie N seed. but he plants the seed the
mound and when the harvest comes he puts Ia the
'chic between those stages come in the intermedat
WA a
81 put IN he sickle Livery great invention has
a'toc up and carried HIM forward. Tue steam
sLe. the uniting pres and ILe eeeLnc elelTap