, 1874-09-01

successor lot llotlfy "h4u 0oosAAoA 80
plymouth Church-ln 1H73. Th's waR
brothers. criticism upon BROTHER ito
back twenty years, aud We como to the yoar
1852, Then Harriet Doechcr Stowe had sot hu-
man;ty and nrt at work againat Slavery, and
THE SCHOOL OF SENTIMENT
began to take political form mud intontlon.
E1uo(ieuoy and Progress became tho dcc1ara.
t,ons of the great Brooklyn proachor,-in othor
words, tho ond jua.ifieB the monua wAicl, is tho
old principle OF tosuitry. Tnao advantage. to
advance War. Dodge. 10 gain tho 1oftiost
stature. Whatoyor your obligations. got III your
argument. ....
first SAW Henry Ward Doocher, about tho
yenr 1856. in CONCERT Hall, Philadelphia. Ho
had contracted to lecture for Bum Of money,
and to avoid iu any way the discussion OF tho
QUO tnnto Of Bocial contention: Slavery. Hb
finished his lecture, and anid, with Rnirk:
II Now hnvo kopt my nngnEomnnt. Those who
don't like to hoar MO talk Slavery arc FREQ to
70. suppose that, utter tho lecture In ovor,
may soy what plcaao."
Some people Haid that this was nnprincip'od;
many more thought it uaa cloyor. Looking back
at II from tho present climax, an impressed
with the fact that 1t WAS n case Of
ExrEp1ENcY."
It was dodge, an artiiico. Lot man practice
tint policy for 20 yoara, and might he not lind 1t
expcliout to avoid tho consequences OF IN ill.,
trigue by calling " the best frlond God ever gavo
him " b!noknlnilor?
s.uonry's philosophy: tho sacrifice Of clear.
exact, ideal integrity. IN his cry OF Progress
Again, this IL 4 brother to sistor, upon
q brother. This granted, and what do wo
have? A man who cares leHa Tor hiH
self-rcspect than to push his broaaoplag dog,
j.Ia fro+A 3Sri!f
into lloct. Where do We fluid examples for such
q maui Not iu thu Now Testament. II tAo
older book no hnye Jeroboam the SOL Of Nebat.
Said to Frank Moulton:
tDo yon suppose Deechcr over 1noaut to con-
fcss his guilt with AIRS. Tllton?"
"Not bit. 1Io expected TINT IN forlorn,
contingency, ho might have to tell his wifo au1
family, and entreat their sympathy md help
md 10 expected to got sreat deni of conliort M
conscience moro cayily than auy nlan over saw:
Ever 40 little concession to candor liz thought
q comforting relief to hs soul; aud then he
shook of caro-, rnn with the boys, aud drove
tLau ever to tic Lord lilo loved tho worldlieHt
kind Of company, and would have attended prze-
ighta it ho dared. aud out Of tho romorso OF bis
nnil1ial life came Lis deep spiritual cntreaties.
If it woro not for tho "pootical naturo' which
might be very aclE-loying typo Of hypocrito.
There is ono Of tho Divine examples, however,
in which he was mover imperfect: Keeping tue
company OF puhlicuns md Rlnners: What
praucher evor cut such . figure III billiard
saloons, bolind Dexter, driving four-iu-iiand,
mud oven now. in the nakednesH Of exposure,
down on his knees, not to aee II the aoor OF
Heaven Is still aiar for him, but If thore is space
this man was but yesterday on the ragged edges
Of dospair Truly nnturo 80 volasilo can ouly
reach uoaven By evaporation.
We must boliove Mr.. boecl4or'8 sister,
to be- crazv AZ biz awyots ;tu sny and her lunaoy
bears d striking relation to lls own, or wo
rot q droadtul inngnt into her soul from,
her long aud Misunderstanding eplstlea to
him. She sends her poor. husband away
perhaps, Without mo at bis side" Atncmust
Tor ? Because. she says: I would no~n go
abroad with him, leaving you alono, aa it fere, t1
bear whatever might come OF revelation.
withstood tho cntreatios Of my hnsband ~ the
last" . D.,
Truly, the magnetic soltlRl,noBa OF .thonry
Ward i}eecher betrays ull things, involfas 1lis
blood, his friends wifo. his wealthy, patsons,-
nil. No wonder he could a.lyiso wife to loAve
sick old spoitso to die, and to his iar-or eu-
treaty to come to him, sontlng message coldor
than tho ocoan~dopthH through Which il flashed :
| mo trouble horo. Go to Italyl
But wlat good did Mrs. Hooker 800 In her
brother tint sho could educo TLis, only
"Tlsat you had philosophy Of tho relation OF
tho soxcs 10 fur ahead of tho limos that you
| dared not announce it, though you consented tc
| live by it. e.. .....--..
| DEEoIER Az 4 sootALIgr.
Here we have socialism, adultery, deceit, COW
ardlce, aud sonBuality, charged by aistor upon
u brotLlor; aud sho adds that, it they keep this
up aud prosoytize upon it. GOD will keep you
mo pf" saa + Es 0bb be
with stud Tom Bcecher'a estimate Of Henry mud
Belle. Ho aays: "IIonry ID my coward, ant
Woodhull my hero. but I protest against tht
whole batch an4 all its belongings.
This il tho kind Of man Plymouth Church yo
wlrma: tho Veilod 31okanua:
Tull Of those dreams of good that, yanly grand,
False views. like hat horlzon's falr dccot
Whero Garth and heaven but seem. aiaa tn rnent3
TMK NEW PHILOSOPHY
Tho question may ho seriously asked. wlethel
tho secret tntions OF Henry Ward Buochor
luado to Elizabeth Tilton, aud by hor confessed
! to hor husband. wore NOT tho aame wi,ich Belt
Hooker demanded lor brother to teach openly
II ho had ~ now philosophy" Which, llo was toe
much coward to proaci, might llo not lnvo pu
it III practice OH ono convert, aud Bho, distais,
ing such coWar1iHo, revealed tho philosophy u11t
the act to hcr Auabauds Thus wo may owo tt
rilton's, retribut!on tho exposuro Of tho most
or tho world asaiaSt tho tamiiy.roiation. sit 10
what did Mt. Dceehar mean in Qua Of Ills groa
AsBoclation Lectures in Nav York, whom liz as
Bortot that tho individual. and not tho fan,sly
was tho unit Of uoeietyi This zecosaod nuil
secondary part Of tho Moulton statement is a
complete as the direct aubstautiatiou. It SHOW
an idlo and yoluptuouh Christian pastor tanlpurp
with, ayo aaaontiug to, tho darNost propoa1tIon i
ii, Simon, Poarl Andrews, and j. i. Noyus
min.liug with Atheists aud Socialists, and drivo
OIL 6y d tremendous atllnlal natl,ro and fancos
siielt at home, henling tho hoxsona to com
down to his urrainablo crosture wishes,
THIS AT HtxTy-Foun!
Why, at TINT aga, tho l,oydSy In the blood Shout
hnyo beon oyos. But thoro Ii no life 10 l,bilil
, o,,A Us tho ltbidiDonB rlniates. III tint ccrir,
+ oInsot. tic Abbe rroyoBt draw tho wansok pi.
ture Of AIanon Loscaus, and tho ourato Rahela
royo.oa in yiio husnulB IN tho 0n!ot forDas I
AIoudon, Nothing cau save Ill s,md nature
pontiiicala but rigid dovot,on anil duty.
The egotism Ut Iloeohor III Aolold tn thl
RcYtlegp under tho limitations Of nnnoyalaay, i
would oBsort tho eutire arcAna to bo wrong ratl'
, than lie, aud reduce tho most perfected lnssltl
) ton Of uocloty 10 hta tioBitod., Tho dn
t family, tic Dsshop who should bo tho hu
!. band OF ono wife, aa tho Apostle wrote, aceop
ing tho Crock fn1nl!y-institNtloa as proper t,
. Chriata, practice, and Which has dcscoudod
I Inv