The New York herald., 1874-07-28

jcct but whom we nnd the press or the country
stu deifying these men and holding them up as
Church, In the name OF common decency and pure
religion we must protest against sucn proianatioD
The tribune says :-''Unless this friRhtiul expos-
ton Is answered promptly and iully, the most
famous pulpit the world has ever seen, since Paul
preached on the hill OF Mars. Is slienced."
Just think OF comparing the sanity st. Paul with
Henry ward Beecher, o man whose doctrines
are founded on Pagan IN mythology on. snd whose 9Se
Pantheon better than the Christian Qi Chris
tam congregation OF Plymouth church 1T y
almost too painful to dwell on these things"
says the plous HERALD. The classic" and
superb -Englished" World describes rilton as
',koprophagous," which beats Snerdan's abuse OF
his landlady The Advertiser denies that 1T was
necessary to keep open the wounds already given
for the purpose oil spreading the virus through the
system OF an already sufficiently contaminated
community" The Golden Age says:-"our IDOL
has been broken; the richest jewel In our casket
Had such a gross scandal occurred IN the
Catholic Church, what howl OF pious Indignation
would rise IRON the Puritan Pharisees on All sides
We though instead OF rejoicing at the lall OF such
a man as Beecher deplOre It, Tor, however high ne
stands, still his fall Is only that OF an indivioual !;
and the ransgresSi0ns OF the most elevated person
cannot inlure the teachings OF christianity or the
STABILITY OF church founded upon right and the
doctrines OF Christ.
We regret this whole scandal, for IL will have a
terrible debasing influence on society, and what
ever Beecher's errors may have been. he is . man
OF liberal ideas and transcendent qualities. and
ms ian would be regretted by all pal ies wne ther
Catholics or Protestants, who admire talent ana
ton OF the man. if we are TO believe the state
ments OF the parties concerned iu this di5graceu
affair, Beecner stands branded sort OF clerical
Don Juan, a man who prostitutes religion TO
CRAFTY hrs own base passions, ana VINO swears 10
false statements TO shield ms own IN amy. As 10
1i,tOn, viii simply Judge him by the following
extract from his own statement. lie said:-
One great grievance of my wife that was not
Clergyman. Thank God, am not mnIserl want you
put IT down, Mr. stenographer despise the Church
despise creedS Not but that am religious man.
though am religious man love God, but de spise
the churcn saw the cowaraics OF the Church in the
anti slavery fight and it has always been false
But Elizabeth has always mad a reverence tor the
Church and she has been greatly disturbed because
could not the doctrine of the divinity Of the Lord
Jesus Christ could not receive it. had to reject t
and disturbed her very much 1t is sort Keystone
whole faith that Christ divine, and my refusal
believe has been the subject OF many conversations
and many ot her ayers.
As we have said, 1t Is none OF our affair but we
must come TO the conclusion that both m0rahty
and religion would be served 0y terrible con-
demnaton Of men, no matter how great their tai
ent or high their position. who nave so heinously
sinned against morals, religion and common de-
Cency.