The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-10

Beecher goes on to say: @If that man dies
in the spirit Of mind in which he now is,
l shall never meet him, but ii he changes
and goes to heaven, the first thing he
will say to me there will be, 4 am sorry
for that mean article I wrOte.'" The
attempt to conceive Of an abstract idea
as being damned il rather too straining
for the average mind. The Congregation
dlid gets of much easier, Mr.. Beecher Civ
ing It's editors u good character, and pro-
nounCing their treatment of him "iar
more decent" than the ChrORicle's, "The
CoagegahoaGlia Is comely," he said, Sand,
generally speaking, | think it makes a
great deal Of honey, but it must admit
that ut the working end there Is little
instrument that does not make honey
The Sunday services at the hotel we're not
gotten up; they grew. The big tent had
been procured simply because the congre-
cation had Outgrown the old aCcOmmoda-
lions and to relieve the hotel servants.
The prOprietOrs are not making money
out Of the serviCes-at least, not enough
to be 'worthy Of thought as a motive
for all the trouble they have been put tO."
They shut up their bar on Sundays, and
they sell fewer dinners than before the
trains began to run. The suggestion that
the hotel gets advertised ia a ding and
Simply mean" As to the railroad peO-
pie, Mr., Beecher does not suppose they
run their trains solely from religious mo-
tiyes; he thinks, however, they really be-
lieve they are doing good and "like to
have their profits come in the way Of
bringing men to meeting" As for the
imputations upon his own motives, he
makes short work Of them. lie breaches
because he loves Jesus Christ, because he
loves mankind, because his whole heart
is bound up in the welfare Of his fellows;
he is not responsible for incidental evils,
file believes thoroughly in the "Christian
Sabbath; how it shOuldbe kept is anoth-
err, serious, often very prepleXing
question. This matter Of running trains
to carry people to camp or other meet
| ings Is so new to hiul, that he is not
ready as yet to approve or disapprOvei
he Is waiting to see. II It Is vindicated by
good results, he will be for it; II It Is
found to weaken the hold OF the Sabbath
upon the people, he will be against
il. N shall not ask what Is the
best thing for men who are well
of, and have their own wagons and
carriages and property, and live above
want and trouble, and are masters OF their
own time through the week. | shall ask
what is best for needy men, for working
men, for men who are under the bondage
Of employers during week days, and who
have no free command Of their time ?
What is beat for them on the Sabbath day
will comport with the spirit Of our Lord
and Master, who said that the Sabbath
was made for man and not man for the
Sabbath. II you can preserve the Sab.
bath only by sacrificing the interests OF
the community, kill II dead" In any
event, Mr.. Beecher is satisfied that there
Is no good to be hoped from discussion
Of tho Sunday question In the temper
displayed by the Vermont Chronicle,
After praying for his enemies, Mr.. Beech
or preached an eloquent sermon, and ROv,
W. b. Wright, Of Boston, the Boston
clergyman who discovered such re-
marEable analogy between Christs case
and Mr.. BeeCher's, pronounced the bene-
diction. The number Of carloads OF pas.
sengers landed at the hotel, before and
during service, was d5; number Of vehi.
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