, 1874-07-06

made him rho lea6t OIL plHHy huu lnuHueu ~
corpuloncv, have framed Der roAoatc contniexion
ju a wealth Of silver hair, and her doap bno
oyes arc ~ clear and puro aa nznro, while thoro
I'd repoeo 10 her manner that sssB oyory one at
oasot aud ts quite enchanting.
''Fuost DAWN TO DAYLIGHT"
For the most part, however,. The rocollcctlon Of
Mrs. nooeher is not nnla ~ @ afgh e. fn'oeil 'n IN
accompanied him, Tho trouble tH IN an evil
hour aho was tempted to wrlto book, and. for
want Of more familiar sab5eat, tndugod Il,
Q, epectes at autobiography uader tho tttio OF
aud vioiss,tudea OF, her llfa tn tho Weat scro
minutclv doacstl,od. Tha could rot well ho
dono without other dramatis pcrsonp than her.
guls and fnsnl!y, aud the mirror She hold UP TO
nature waa nat as tlastering as TINT IN which 20
arc wont to soc ourselves. IN the then prlms-
tive condition Of society, the humble beginnings
Of fortune and iuuenco woro not ns wol
cr,lstca over az thoy aro nowadays, and the
blood III ons veins nay not f,avo been \" blue az
1t waa In tho vicinity Of Doston, but tho hearts
appreciation As konn aa could 10 found any,
whore In the world.
In aon,o of tho conneuts upon tue Dceehar
trouble thought conld pcrcelso n lingering
at some trouble to hunt Il up. II could nos hs
found, and was told tho edition had bccn ro-
called. Tl,osc wlo happened TO have q copy
said they cared 90 little for pofaesang It That 4
Ll&u RlUH MHlHltI. 1Uu k4HGIAtly 9ApIGEHGu
opinion was that 1t WIS tllo most slaiderous
Production ever penncd by woman. II oid
violence to tho good and t1uo frlont1s who
hnd stood by hor 40 faithfully IN tho trying
houls Of her piopocr life. Mira Yeecher, it iB
naid, wroto The book 80 quietly and lad it pub,
not know Of IL until lie found II On his table. 10
lie told old ffionda hore. spnaktnE Of it with
toep rnErot, hia own hpnrt beating WITH Bnch
true and fond love FOR tho friends IN hfs Western
home.
sIn nEEonER's WESTERN HOME.
After all there waa no element Of comfort OF
encouragement lacking in AIr. Beecher's Western
home. Ho waa poor, to be sure. but 10 wan near
II everybody. else, as Rip van Wlnklo would say.
Ifo first lvod In miserable little llouso on au
as good as tho minority Of other ho,,aes here.
Ho first proaol,ed in shamblsng old acado<
my, but his congregation was composed
OF mon. and woman too, Of talent. culture.
and tasto Before long 10 built, mostly with bis
own hands, d eiwelllng that ia still ono Of tlo
most comfortable in tho placn. aud tle large lot
adjoining the houso was BOON cunvortod from
the open common tn gardon in which bootned
aud GloHsoned every flower and fruit-bonting
shrub. "Mr. Beeclier building his house," and
ntitutlonH of tho town. Hore was he followed
up by ono and another nppreciatvo frlond, whose
at:er life has ottoa becn colorea by tho pfecopt
given by Ar. Beecder. with pant-brush or shovel
~ NaAus NuU CAu AAf SHAk LHt icnspl!d VI b0lilk
and endurance there learned havo not
borne frnlt In tho great preachers subso~
Qnent career, TEon. Or mn7 bo it waB bBforr,.
the church was ll,lls. and every Sunday tho left
hand line OF pews was fletI with tho most
taonted and Influential men OF tho place. Thore
was always a woioome seat for the atranger, aht
tbete WIZ room also for the poor, u,any Of whom
wore Mr. Boecher's u,ost trusted frielids.
III those days tho Abolition party was exceed
ingy unpopular. There weJe hut three or four
Abolltionists in the town, indeed, ant somehow
Or other they all found thor wny into Nr.
Doccbcr's church. It occurred to thoso mem
bars Of hlH congregation, finally, to whom this
clement was distRnseful, 10 Inquire into their
PASTORS slavery prociivltes, It Was then
tho large humanity OF his soul found
expression, and lo proached IN elo-
quont Anti-Slavory sermon. How all this
Is changed Tho mon WHO looked askqnce st
him then have Aiuce fought the batto Of free
dom ; and time las healed that uuly obiootion TO
Henry Wnrtl Deecher.
About tue time tho popular sentiment was
growing too ho. for Mr. Deechcr, Dfr, William L.
Cutter, Of D,ooklyn, N. Y. happened to solourn
for two or three dnys iu Indianapolis. One Of
those daY8 WAS SUNDAY, aud, line all the Htran-
gers That came 10 tile place, le went to bear 1lr.
Beeches preach. II lie was astonisled aud de-
lighted With tho carofully-rroparel morning ser-
moil, be vas falrlv carried away with the eItem
pore face-to-fxce conversational discourse in tho
evening, aud he loft the town determined to uBs
what influence he could 10 hava Lii. Boccher
called to tue church at Brooklyn. III very
short time the call waB n,ate aud accepted, slnca
which time thf career Of Iii. Beec4er hss beeu
known to tho wide, wide world. i. T..