The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-07-28
BEEtiHER.1

CIR "oS StCf UeiOFG
SO Literally r'F'rded for sedncing
his neighoor,s wife as Henry Ward
Beecher has ncn. He has had a
large number Of bouquets, eighty
thousand doll in cash, Ind sere-
nadss togsthe Nith other things too
numerous to Mention. We can not
but think thatto permit Mr.. Beecher
to 60 acqultled was making sufi-
cient 'distihSion in favor of MIR.
Beecher's procession. We have great
respect for tie ministry. We think
that the ppfession should receive
special favofs. Its members should
unquestionably be allowed to buy
books at allexceptionally low rate of
discount. They should ride free
over railroads. They should be al
lowed to goto a tailor's shop, or a
furnishilngggoods establishment or an
upholsteretIer.a peddler Of oranges
andspurchsse wares at n religious
discount, They are engaged in a
great aud good work. It is2the sa-
cred callisg They are occupied in
lifting nlen up. These paltry dis
counts ars but'a feeble recognition of
the lofty york in which they are en-
gagged, Whch is. bright with glory
and shinsth as the stars. ID But that
the effntbDaessadors Of the Most High
should be paid at the rate of $50, 900
per cafm for seducing other men's
wives, aad in addition, be garlanded
and laup led and serenaded with pro-
fuseness seem to us to be Il little out
of propEtion to, Thu, admitted excep-
tional srvices they render to the hui
man rice, but, perhaps, we see
through q glass darker. .ad
Beeeher was serenaded on the 18th
inst, It his Peekskill home, and
made r. speech. He publicly pro
claimsthat he is growing in strength
and Elasticity of body" As he is in
49, Is 2
his sixty third year, this is an ex-
ceedisgly consoling circumstance
to hihself.,' It may be, however, that
he isflled, with an imaginary buoy
ancy Eighty thousand dollars and
a sefnade may have infused new life
into his veins, for the moment. It
was unnecessary, for he has never
beet Hacking in bodily strength and
elasticity. whatever he has lacked
If these are on the increase, there is
reaSn to. fear that they. will in time
getthe better of the spirit, and that
the expenses of Plymouth Church
will be enormously swelled. 1t is,
INDEED, to be hoped that Beecher
mi took u spasm of qualification and
gle for the physical exurberance of
youth, Beecher says that "oniy once
in forty years has he made a mis-
tax. ",p 70 only be caught once in
foty years is creditable to Beecher's
prudence, sagacity and knowledge of
human nature. He administers q
pisce ofiadviee to the country clergy
lnsn which partakes d little Of I'M
clristian. sclffshness. He warns them
of He says that "the expenses Of
tie trial have been enormous enough
I'd bankrupt . country minister five
tines over" This is slightly insid.
ids, it must be confessed. 1t will
nit please; the earnest preachers of
tie Word, whose lotis cast'in rural.
PAGES. This unkind comparison be-
t Teen country and city ministers is
Aggravated by the statement that
efen he only realizes $4,000 in cash
opt Of the enterprise, his expenses
having abeen $4,000, and and the Ply
mouth Church donation only $4,000.
This issaimsy encouragement for q
0untry minister. Beecher is a poll
tic an.-[Cincinnati Enquirer. aa