New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-22
SIGNIFICANCE OF DEATH


,vp-ypr LIFE UNDER TIE OUTWARD ArrHAn
nr.ru-pEATH OF DEAR ONFs NO
-. vop soRROw-DIFFERENT VIEWS VI
S-.rv-xRRoR OF THOSE WHO REFUSE TO BE-
,,rvr IN A GLORIOUS REsURRECTIoN-DfiNu 10
ONLY BLOssoMlNG ~.
A comnaratiyely small audience heard Mr..
acechcr at the Friday night meeting OF Tn"o
enurch last evening Tho usual white vase Oh ",
y,eecher's table had been moved, and In us s'e"o
- toll sid.d glass vase full Of Spring flowers
N, and Mrs Beecher entered five minutes ia'e,
Nrs Beecher taking seat almost crecuy !" -
of the pastor. The exercises were opened ps TUG ~
Of the 52eth hymn and prayer by Mr. Hll, hi'ei -
Mr. Beeeher spoke Of the death OF Mr.. worm "u" 80.
ehepherd the latter OF whom had Just re'uihe' ~
vassar College He then made a fervent prayer auu
sfterward announced the hymn, what Is ine' ~ So
4. vapor; soon 1t vanishes away upon un' w
yb,s ia a memorable hymn To me- "heh h'eu " "
a,.nanolis was called to deliver an address IL was
tang distance of over two States We were goe '"oio
49,. uoets and took my wife and child and on return
Ing with various experiences we had got "lInin io"
miles of Indianapolis and were as light ana merry a"
Won can imagine anybody to be. We met one Vi
NV elders riding out from the Guy, anu
he said after stopping and talking for while nave you
h.ard tho newsf" "No, what is it." "Your brother
George has killed himself" didn't say word M!
wife did not say word Nor did ne ray ono W.
more I moved on, and as rode couo NOT heip
thinking "klled himself killed himself" III was nearly
An hour before got home and then learned the
,hat had taken place. had been out shooting anu
:. was his custom after firing barrel blew the smoke
away and while doing so the other trigger was Puiieu
Ind he was shot dead felt hetter when iouho was
not suicide. all gathered together that eVeins on"
,h nv brother Charles who the musical conductor
s this book meaning the Plymouth Coneeuon we sauo
,h;s hxmn Well score OF years have passed. and my
brother george who was the elder to me- was
kind Of guardian to me, has entered lh'o ui"' .oes
here he sings infinitely higher and nobler songs but
this hymn remains to me perfumed by memories anu
made full Of associations. We will sing IT,
The hymn was then sung, after WINCH MT DeecneI
spoke a. follows; 40
Irecoect an article OF Dr. Cheevers some years ago
m which he undertook TO show what was the reason OF
the difference Of effects produced upon us by morning
light and evening light. He attributed wholly 10 asso
Citations He probably had not then become aware tnat
the light itself very different That the shining OF the
sun all day long raises vapors; that theIc arse
dust and exhaations through which the sun
shnes at evening. and that II Is n,eh 80
and changed in its tone. so that Whatever uu'n
there NAV be in the fact OF the different
state of mind in the morning fresh and vigorous IN the
evening weary and sad these are physical reasons Now
there great deal of truth in the idea th' We are
Impressed by the morning and evening dnerent on &C
count different associations and on account OF e
asere15 condition of our Swm and spring
n the Year is TPr'n{h hardly know how
sw Won fCe but the two months year that the
most exquisite June and October Really II i:
moi u aSo 5n' And in October the birds have ceased
sh ereke have come Rg leaves 2eye aIe
In pastirase with a niggardy hand where the
ready to stop and over it all there the resplenden!
the 6amy atmosPhere the w91drons ng h ana
light or frosted night both to heantily the earth
.n S' the e aG2'h SoayS Ad trees '
bald, and one after another herr you see u1 me
:''' last are some packing @ 'us 81,
sre cone Now YOU can see the house that two weeks
peo you could not see at all The horizon Is larger o4t
sns; hSd on oy the 15Tf i p mdan dSR tbs
sUhs ana soose a nt from one side Side ''''
A When rO' men die hey shut OF all that have
Se es t6e eTe no longer beams light the hand
longer ready and bOqni Vet a pean tb seams ans
hal runs p tie road to my cottage at Peekl, each
sc @e ts Sfnndet n NOR "a %s that
and has not the prophecy OF sn0tneI year " today
those very trees which saw go into death standing all
sn Of them lad in il what it showing. the tender
bnd tho exquisite ooOred leaves, all the banners that are
FsS the warm aad iqq nou 'G1y f Her aefe
the same things in all Of them -. And when ,h at
begins 10 come. every OF these buds opens AGAIN
They had gone through the Winter There they ere last
Winter there they last Fall That tree dun drop
he leaves until had perfect buds which would take tne
There is not a man who lives who has not his buds
formed When he seems TO die TO shed his leaves IL Is
again There Is not single flower out IN the field That
has not its seed, that il may multiply Itself. Ii IL simply
,ponsSe to heat waiting to be spread in little time
You go into country there is the Birds are all
The spider begins 10 spin his web all things are spring
Ing life and nisterng TO HE The grass has come
The violets with the grass and the other mowers are an
ready to come forth All the heavens and the earth are
alive everything is dong nt one ba9
made the preparations for it last Novenber
That is what the ice meant that Is Wnse t th
meant the poor mans manuIe.hat Is VIA, me q,
Winter did. Gamered II, preserved H. Kept IL uhln IN
f,etfC fUue e.
lifted itself from earth with glory Now when 20 INTO
the country IN such time az TINS wlsh ChItstLny
and that might have the month. corresponding wan
the parts Of the year and Would naAe inc month Ol
thing il in resurrection. do now, for keep httle
calendar my own | do not say that form and color
effect upon my mind Tney do. But all these are simply
preparatory 10 and other associations 80 that the
heavens the glory God and the earth shows
his handwork. and look upon all these things not
poet nor an artist bat as Christian man In tse ar
of the breaking Nfc. the muruuring sOngs OF the
brooks, in the a,Liored song OF the BIRDS and in all
snIighened rupture there is to me- in Gods elation
amessage full Of mercy hope, and goodness And re-
coming days. Flowers speak OF other flowers.
and there are already the, signs Of noble de
me feeling that my children. whose
going have wept are blossoming; and that great
bunber O. Christian men and women with whom have
for Thirty years are bOssOming Some Oi them
have gore Up; doutt forget them. | remain in the
fellowship Of the Cner and when one drops on ana
another and another, don't cry for the wllted stem
or the rarehed root; rejoice wien You die
mother, companion and friend, child. my beloved
you 20, and if those you leave behind call me to your
funeral, shall come Gods minister, feeling that
autumn means Spring ana those VINO are dead ior the
Now Paul Lad precisely the feeling that Ilave
got IT from him, only fix II my way and lac liked his
lAughterJ IL other words, there are two states Of
death-that which standing down here, and that
H. Wpe 'Ve hcs w,bey are foIers sec Thai ~ 2
see depu efr4id N lOOE n