The Republican journal., 1875-06-17
Beecher's View OF Death.

beoCASi > view OF DeatHb
In hi@ last Friday evening talk at the
Plymouth church prayer meeting, Henry
| Ward Beecher presented his view OF death
as tollows:-
II recollect an article of Dir. Chcrver's,
some wears ago, in which he undertook
TO show what was the reason Of the differ
ent effects produced upon Us by the morn
inc light and by the evening light. He
attributed it wholly to association. He
probably had not then become aware that
the light itself is very different: that the
shining Of the sun all day long raises up
| vapors; that there arise eNhalations. dust
I smoke, through which the sun shines at
evening, and it is changed in lis tone, 50
that whatever truth there may he in point
of fact, the different state of mind on our
part is produced Early in the morning
fresh and vigorous, late at night weary
and sad These are the physical reasons
Yet there was a great deal Of truth in the
idea that we are impressed by the morn
ing and evening differently on account of
different associations, on account OF differ
ent conditions OF our own mortality.
Now, the difference between autumn
and spring in the year Is worthy OF some
such like consideration, | hardly know
how Won feel, but the two months OF the
year that are the most exquisite to me
are June and October, Really it is not
until June in our latitude that nature gets
herself agoing; and in October the birds
have ceased singing, the Shrlll crlckets
have come the trees are changing color,
the GRASS grows very slowly. replacing it.
self in the pastures with nigGard hand
when the cattle have cropped it; every
thing seems getting ready - stop, and
over it all there is the respleudent heaven,
the balmv atmosphere that i of wondrous
LIGHT beauty, and the color5 GROW iutrn,-
cr. and. whether ii be day light or lroStN
noht. both seem 10 beaut;ty the earth
1t is the month of dying, and at the last
part of the year, in November, the trees
grow thin and bald, and one after another
you see the trees go packing up their buds
until ut last some rain, working of with
mighty winds, and the few leaves that
| were Yesterday on the trees are gone,
and noW YOU can see houses that two
! weeks a1O YOU could not see at all The
! leaves are gone the horizon is changed
and nothing is now growing any more.
I 4 Jew things hold on for the haryestcrs to
| pluck up, but everything Is gone almost,
| and everybody feels melancholy. This is
/ diving, looked ut from one side
When men die they Shed off all that
we have been accustomed to see. The
voice ceases in the house, the eye no lon
ger beams light, the hand no longer yi9-
bv ministers to Us, and death seems u
though it were the winding up of our in
/ II, I, hn lo1n n
that leads from my cottage at Peekskill
there is 4 double line of maple trees
There is not branch or Il branchlet nor
twig that has not cot in it the prophecy OF
another wear, and what that means YOU
will lind cut next year. To-day those
very trees that saw 90 into death and
stand helpless are showing the opening
The tender leaves, the banners that are
waving in the warm sun were wrapped
up, held in readiness, last November. AL
through III january, February, in bolster
Gus March. they had the same things il
them, and then they We're waiting, ane
when ut last slow, laggard May came Oh
the latter days warmth began to come,
and every one Of those buds opened again
There is no soul that lives to grow old
As our brother Work has, that has not go
his buds, and when he seems to die it i
only that he may enter into Jesus anl
blossom again. There is nothing in death
to he afraid of give you all warning
when am called to Your funerals | shal
come as u Joyful minister, for know tina
diving YOU shall live. Some people make
a terror of death make the death cham
Der cold and comtOrtless; cover up the
pictures and the looking glasses and hang
out a strip of night from the dOorknOb
People think they must feel unhappy ol
else they do not show respect for the dead
then they want q sexton that looks as
though he had been I'm imp sent up from
darkness, and they must have blacl
hearse and black plumes &c.
Now, this is what Paul said, and | say
the same thing, only we mix it different
IL. They are soWn in corruption" ant
there are some Christians that do not see
anything but the corruption If they
stood where the angels stand on the othe
side they would hear the shouts at is
raised in interruption" Don't be atrait
to let your children die Dying is bios
soming. Don't hold your children let g
when God wants them. Don't let anybod,
cry when | 90; clap your hands for Joy
let anybody say, ''Here lies Henry Ware
Beecher," for God knows | won't lie there
If YOU stand with your feet on the tur
when am laid there look up, for wont
hear anybody that don't speak with hi
mouth towards Heaven"
How Gop Provides Mr.. Spnrgeor
says: "My grandfather was very poor
minister, and kept II COW, which was ;
very great help to the support of his chill
dren-he had ten Of them-and the COW
took the 'staggers and died.
"'What will you do now said my
grandmother.
"I cannot tell what we shall do now,
said he, but know what God will Ito
God will provide for us. We must have
milk tor the children
The next morning there came t20 t
him. lie had never made application tc
the fund for the relief of ministers; but OF
that day there were Is left when they hat
divided the money, and one said, There
is poor MIR. Spurgeon down in Essex, sup
pose we send it to him. The chairman
q Mr. Morley Of his day said, we hat
better make it ElO. and I'll give E5.' An
other f5 was offered by another member
if like amount could be raised, to make
it up to E2O; which was done. The.
knew nothing about my grandtather's Gov
but God did, you see; those gentlemen II
London We're not aware of the import
ance OF the service which they had render
ed"
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