Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-06-09
Editorial Correspondence.
A Trip TO New Scrk--Centrai Park
Beeeher, Tailmadge, &C., sc.

trees were in blosSom-the menagerie
was loose-the Elephant grazing on the
green, the swans gaily sailing on the
lake, men, women and children in gay
attires. and magnificent array OF car
riageS Of all style and figure. with coach
men and iootmen in livery OF every
conceivable pattern. For twenty five
cents one can ride all through the Park,
and for ten cents take o sail in the pretty
and neat boats on The lakes. The Park is
about six miles up town, but it is easily
reached by the horse cars at an expense
of six cents. 1t is the great breathing.
hole oil this vast city, and OF incalculablo
benefit to the populace. who justly prize
lis beauties and benefits.
Tho stranger in New York, stopping
over Sunday, must hear BEECHER. No
difficulty in finding the way. Tor if one
takes the Fulton ferry TO Brooklyn and
follows up Fulton st. halfhour before
meeting time, he will strike n current OF
humanity which will carry him To the
church. The building is an old one, with
none Of the attractions OF modern houses.
Il is Beecher who draws. not the house.
Ca Sunday, May oath. beautiful day,
the crowd outside and in was very large,
and many had to leave without securing
an entrance even. The Indiana editors,
on theh way to Boston. were received by
Mr. Beecher in his private room aud fur
nishcd good seats. Mr.. Il. commenced
his professional life in that State, and we
thought their presence, on this occasion,
stirred him 10 unwonted effort. His text
was-"By grace are yc saved. and that
not Of yourselves lie showed that there
was an ideal perfection OF manhood in
Gods law, which was only atainable by
grace. which he defined rs that grea,
generosity, Astounding merey-,hat Soul
OF God. which is Divine. There is no
traflicking for it. BY the grace OF light
and heat the daisy is what it is-by the
grace OF God we arc what we are. Man
inherits everything from his ancestors.
The first child in family is not q type OF
the second, or of succeeding children.
One has Imagination, one Is practical. In
the same brood OF children there is an
infinite variation. Every one has an in.
diyidualily OF his own. We inherit
morbid conditions. rs well rs healthy.
Some are born with appetites for which
they are no more responsible than Tor
club foot. No man has "bill OF items
when he is bora. No "bill of ladingn
comes with him. The parents don't know
the infants nature, his capacity or tastes.
The child comes into the world empty, TO
be developed by stumbling aud in being
ioslled in the busy world. We should
also consider the surroundings in which
children are born. How happy those
who are born halfway in heaven in their
mothers laps. No one man is model
tor another. The favored few are not 7
the types, but the whole human family. /
We must look at life as il is. to see what 7
mans nature is, not what is revealed alone .
il Gods word. You might rs well tell /
some to perfect themselves in Gods law, !
as to send man TO sea on a raft and tell /
him 10 build vessel as he goes. II is /
folly to say to a man, "bc sc perfect, or /
be damned
We should consider the forces Of so Z
ciety-,he habits and temptations so
common to throw man out Of divinity. /
Sec the pull. baeks-how few the upward /
attractions, and have charity.
God requires perfection, but is bearing
with Us all through lite. lie is patieat
and merciiul-let parents be us much 50.
The theology that represents God n
being Of iron is a false one. While there
are denunciations for voluntary sins, we
find the declaration "God so loved the
world. &c"
Mr. Beecher defined what is called total
deprayi;y-itisatru,h rightly understood.
Oar natures and tendencies are depraved,
we are made up mixed-but "what we
shall be, doth not yet appear"
Do you say. says Mr.. B.. that this look
ing AZ facts-at mans nature,-and not At
The Bible. is wrong. say we must inter
pref the Bible by the facts outside Of it,
in the light Of our reason.
Mr.. Beecher is evidently not q Uniyer-
,alist, though lie makes many declarations
more liberal than orthodox usage accepts.
lie is q great preacher. and holds his in.
huencc over the masses wonderfully.
In the evening, VIC went to hear
TALLMADGE, in his new and beautiful
Tabernacle. Since we were there, two
years ago. the old building has been
burned, and new and splendid ediice
constructed. 1t is in 4 semi circle, with
galleries, andsseats over four thousand.
When lighted the sight is magnificent.
The chandeliers are OF gilt and variegated
coloys, and look very rich. The organ is
a monster, larger than the one which was
burned. Avery large audience assemblies
here OF Sunday evenings, and probably
in The morning. though We never attend.
cd it then. There is a devotional element
about Tallmadge's services superior to
Beecher's. Tic nieces snnr are familiar.