The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-21
PLYMOUTH LECTURE ROOM.

Mr.. Beecher's Views Of the Effort to Sup
press Drinking-Orgsnixatt Through
tho Aid OF Churches.
Plymouth lecture room was crowded as usual
last evening. Alter the usual services Mr.. Beecher
said: -
We see in nature two modes OF actton-one the
cnmactertc notion So we have nightly dews and
gentle rain, and on the other hand mighty
outbreaks, storms, both admirable; 1t would
influences alone, and 1t certainly would not oe de-
slrabe 70 have perpetual storm, and SO the ordi.
nary mode In nature Ia what may be called the
quiet one, and the occasional one the tempestuous
There seems something like this in human society.
be the ordinary, and just as little question that at
times comes natural upltings to q higher scale.
We have remarkable instance now going on In
the West in the effort to suppress drinking.
parallel in the past, and don't Know Know that lat
sion OF dram drinking, considering That there are
other things worse in the specially, but not uni
ss s osam y te Of
on women, as being least able to take care Of
themselves. 1t is kind OF evil that has dehed
we have lost IN some respects and gained in
others; and now, under the providence OF God,
there mas arisen MORAL. ovo,onr
perfect tempest OF influence. It Is one Of the
fruits of the agitation OF the question of w0mans
subject, though l am devoted nrst, middle and
last TO the cause OF raising woman, aud she il
have You gained by III This movement v emf Yer
could have taken place only for the agitation Of
am not sure but we are going to have this
whirlwind come here and cnange the creed OF
those who DO not believe In women's speaking.
SO mucn moral power as belongs to woman
HAS RIGHT TO BE HEARD
even In other places tnan the household 1t Is true
the piase Tor the candle is IN the candlestck and
window be open shall the light not 60 out to glad
den some poor wayarerf so woman's place trst
Is m nea H no shs Is e to
forever loaded and never fred or (Laughter.)
the first sphere we admit to be the household,
Sn Ss so It to az nas 'hs not
sne must not say It with her tongue she may say
what she VIII in the house, but she must not say 1t
outside: y tell you II Dante had lived IN our time
for the damned he would have thought OF sem
sltive. pure, proud, high-strung nature, beguled
idol turn into clay ana be vpnged to spend her
life with q fend, hog, week after
week. month after MONTH year after year tell
imagine suffering greater than that. Have they
no right to destroy the destroyer This was not
tion. There never was q thing more noble than
this. Everybody ought to pray that there shall be
great good done. observe that all great unac-
die away. 1t Is certain kind OF
ExAGGRRATED FAITH.
that sees no obstacles, but all this power tends to
De excessive and exhaustive. Now 1t Is a great
pity that this power could not be economized, and
last longer length Of time am afraid 1t win be
like u IRE on the prairie, burn away and leave no
sign. 1t Is dinerent with revivals OF religion I'm
which most heartily beeve), philosophers may
criticlse as much Is they please, but at the
bottom there Is philosophy In true re-
vival OF religion. The divine influence
rolls through Q community and spends it.
SELL but while the sparks are gone, the
embers are LETT, to make provision for another
blaze. Now, take revival among women, 1t has
nothing behind It; It Is much like the prairie fire.
l greatly lear; for want OF some organization 1t
viii be like the aui ora light, unless 1t be trans
ferred. II 1t could be put into churches then you
will have associated 1t with great permanent re-
igi0us ORGANIZATIONS, and think IL much to be
desired that such movement should be
associated with churches. But there 10 another
point TO be considered-the right OF women
to pray down 0 mans liquor. The question
IL this-HHve women who have mothers'
hearts In them, sisters hearts In them-have they
not right to beseecn, with all entreaty, to Law
aside the infamous traffic You must not suppose
the evil is going TO be stopped; II never will be-
Every man has somewhat In hts nature Of q ZION
and OF the swine, and IL stays; you have got to
tight man BY man. Whether that
BENIGN INFLUENCE
will come htther cannot say. II done. &c must be
done from the soul. We must not do Il here be-
cause they are doing IL out West. But you can't
labor for that without aborng for q revival OF re-
iigion for temperance IL John the Baptist and after
him comes Christ