The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-02-07
IseecIer ON Labor.

TION OF AMERICAN lOUIH-lHt
GREAT PASTOR OF PLYMOUTH
NOT A POWER IN WASHINGTON
Last night, (Nov. l2th) Ply
mouth Church was densely crowd
ed. A force Of police was stationed
at the door to restrain the eager as
semblage from overriding the ush'
erS. Inside the church, before the
hour for services, there was a buzz
as in a thtater before the curtain
rises. At 7::225 the choir entered,
aud five minutes later the Rev
Henry Ward l5eecher mounted the
rostrum and threw off his heavy
military coat
The choir sang, "'The Lord ismy
shepherd, | sl.all not want" This
was followed by chapter from The
Scriptures. Then tie 1924 hymn
was sung, all standing except Mr..
I,eecher, whose car voice rang out,
singing-"On .Iordon's rugged
banks | stand" After a prayerthe
906th hymn was sung: 90 Zion,
when | think on Thee" Then Mr..
Beecher took his text from Ephe-
s;ans iv. %;
''Iet him that stole, steal no more;
but rather let him labor, working
with his hands the thing which is
good, that he may have to give to
him that needeth."
That is the pattern Of a reformed
man, said Mr.. Eeecher Some peo-
pie gain their living without earn
ing it 1t causes suspicion Of slight
ofhand. let him that stole, steal
no more. 1t is necessary to have
leen a thief to steal, but there is a
great deal Of stealing not done by
thieves, aid | advise all those who
obtain their livelihood in all i'm
proper way to earn it in . proper
way hereafter.
''nY THE SWEAT OF THY BROW"
Every man should earn his own
living. | do not say it is q misfor-
tune to be born rich, but | do say
that Of one hundred men born with
money and one hundred men born
without it, the chalces to find vir-
tue and happiness are better in the
last hundred. He who is born in
life to rise early to work to earn his
living is happy man. \ man who
works is healthier and happier than
he who does not, and he is, more
over, debarred from those tempta-
tions which spring from the posses
sion Of wealth, aid those pitfalls
that have ruined so many young
men. 1t is not only necessary to
earn our own livelihood, but we
must rise with the sun III summer,
aid before it in winter, and work
with our hands. There is 10 deg |
radiation III labor. 1t exalts the
man. 1t was not diSeSteemed in
earlier days. Ol.ly in Greece aud |
Rome it was dispised because the
Greeks and Romans owned slaves.
That nation to which we owe so |
much, ard from which we have
learned 50 much-the Jews-taught |
their children some little craft, /
and they were not drndges. A
drudge is q man who labors with
his hands and has no mild to con.
troll hun, no conscience behind it, no
MR. BEECHER AS AN ACTOR.
III were a cabinet maker, do you
.uppose cuud construct a cradle
without singing a lullaby all the
lime? laughter. Cm a ! saw,
plane aud rub; saw, plane and rub,
initiating the moveme t Of these
ools), aid not put my heart III the
work !? Ii I did | would be a
lrulge. The builder is q drudge
who, every time lie drives q nail,
where lie can get a poorer
md cleapcronc.
lten tell us that o mars charac-
er may 5e told by his writing |
AN tell yua the character Of the /
miller, architect 1t cold big house.
.hat man would IL lleartieSs aud
llooll2ss. b0t goilto nice, warm,