The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-06

trains commenced running as were accustomed 10 be
fore Although the days which these services
held are days which enYious and uncharitable per-
may say that they seeking their interests, say,
and il is due TO the dessrs Barron that should say IT,
that they 20 against their interests by shutting up their
bar and permitting drinking at their house those
DAYS and making extra provision in any way what
ever to lure their table; but feeling it, on the
whole TO be incOmmodious 10 their stated guests and
submitting to it because It seems TO be desired by their
guests. do not believe that, so far pecuniary
sideratiOns concerned they have ever made any
considerable sum--anything that can be worthy of a
thought motive Tor all the trouble that they have
been put TO. have also word TO say about their adj
vertsng their business This fling Is simply mean. IL
is a ding which gentleman max ng once in your par
lor would be found IN your parlor again make If you
cannot have piey in Christian men you ought at least
TO have
ORDINARY DEcENcY AND COURTESY
If IL does advertise their house I am glad OF II.
When years ago there great distress in New York
for food Mr.. A. T. Stewart millionaire opened soup
chamber or room in his large store where thousands
and thousands of the poor Of the city received nutr
ment; but many men, through the newspapers flung
at Mr.. Stewart and said sneeringly
''Oh, he knows how TO advertise his business"
Myreply then was and my reply now is that of all
that in which you hitch humanity to your bust
ness and make your selGshness serve the welfare
to become noted by the Astounding Kindness
with which he conducts his business, II a hotel
keeper is willing for the sake of advertising his house
TO help five thousand people TO hear the Gospel
preached, and so promote the good of humanity then
say let them have all the advantage which they can
derive from such course This paper goes on to say =
The railroads adopt the view of the matter that the
hotels do They run the trains on the Lords Day contrary
their usual because of the expected additional
pecuniary gain 1t gives them days the in
which torepensh their instead OF six In order
carry this plan, both the hotels aud the rail
road IN nm nave on 70 e spo %rge number OF
from their homes and their ordinary places of Worship be-
sides disturbing the peace and good order IN hundreds of
spend the sabbath pleasure excursion without perhaps
after ALL giving them any opportunity to sanctH
their holiday by coming where they could hear the voice Of
prayer praise.
There you see the cast Of mind Not one effort to
find good motive; not one single statement Of any
advantage; low toned imputaon OF sinister motive
only to the railroads, but to you saying that you
your desire Tor Sunday excursion by pretence
Of prayer and praise in this tabernacle. Now,
do not suppose that railroad corporations would
their trains purely and merely for the
sake OF promoting the public welfare even in preaching
But believe that the gentlemen who control the great
railroad corporations are men who while running their
trains somewhat with eye to profit are glad that
their profits III the way of bringing men TO meet
ing. | believe that they have we all have, mingled
motives and that among their motives is the real belief
that good is done by the running Of their extra trains
have been accustomed always TO look for the best
motives among men, but then | am not orthodox.
certainly am not if such man as wrote this article Is.
He says still iurther:-
The third party dissertation of the Sabbath Mr.
increase the business of the hotels the sabbath have
the railroads excursion trains that day 10 his
sa on s sacred % and to oS dspG h
stiffness of the Sabbath along hundreds of miles of railroads
BY the screechng Of engines and laundering of trains
OF these things would he done.
Look at the style of the imputation. That preach
not because love mankind; not because love Jesus
Christ, who Than father and mother
brother and sister; not because my whole heart Is
bound up in the welfare of my fellow men, but for the
sake OF helping this hotel That is the Christian editor
If saw that man could pray with him. and could
love him. have only an abstract idea before my mind
when speak bitterly of him.. 1t is not the personal
| have no doubt that he Is good fellow, but he
is using the wrong stops in his organ He continues:
single word from him would put stop lit. We re
gsgS mem # he Should decline to- od renc "G services
except Win the tat they were for the guests
mood who could not well be accommodated elsewhere it
would put end at to all these sabbath trains this
ira work and this Sabbath ourneying.
In other words, when breaches the Gospel he
is responsible for all those incidental evils which
pany it, If mans horse away with him when
hc is gonto the village church, such IN editor this
If that minister did not haze service on Sunday the
man never would 80, and he would run risk OF being
away with"
If IA man journeys and gets dust on him. the infer
is, according To such logic that he likes dust
he would not make a journey. The bringing OF 5000
people here to attend religious worship has ITS Incl
dental inconveniences, no doubt, but 1t Is not this
mans idea that preach the Gospel in the hope of
ing you Gods judgment day better men and better
His idea is that | preach to help the hotel,
and because like 10 hear the roaring engine during
the meeting Well there is another passage here that
is, think, exquisite
any these parties suppose Beecher himself
preached truly ana eyangecay by the pastors in all the
Such upposton is hardly conceivable. Mr. Beccher may
oratorS more Of the exceency of speech and
the enteing words =, Of mans Wisdom than the
evidence is there that he has OF the spirit Of his Master
Certainly revelations which the past years have
given Of his principles and manner Of life would hardly war
excellence than his humble brethren in the ministry
purity religious service mountain with preaching
by MT Beeeer cannot be urged as any valid reason for
by thousands when individual who hears him could
how Mr. Beeeher should be willing to pursue which
Is grief to sr OF Christian people all through our
railroads ana others TO the performance, OF IN
forward the dissertation of it. We have hoped, we
have tried believe him innocent of the charged
upon him. He would help faith in him ellousy
would conduct himself more like man conscious OF his
sured that others believed him innocent in order that he
tered in him such morbid craving for the incense OF
praise and applause that he cannot his annual
doing him homage in satisfy his restless feeling
insure his peace Of mind
There is Chrstianity-a lovely instance Of it, Ihaye
answer to give that If that man dies in the spirit
of mind in winch he now Is | shall meet him. but
If he changes and goes to heaven the first thing he will
say to me there VIII be-
~ am sorry for that mean article wrote"
Now ask you again, ladies and gentlemen, Christian
citizens, that the temper III which we are to have the
Sabbath question dscussedr Can any good of
such guardians of public peace and purity
have disposition like atY Is II not morbdly wckedp
Is II not conceived ia the very
LOWEST TENTS MEANNEss?
shall be glad the Sabbath question discussed
and shall part myself long its discussion all
the seeking how best to preserve the Sabbath and
to bring out Of II the good that Is in it, But appeal
you whether the Sabbath question, with perpeXi-
ties be discussed properly II there he mixed
with the discussion all manner OF personalities and i'm
putatons of motives anu criticisms of conduct and
character which are VOID of truth and which ms
represent facts. Are such men friends OF the sab
bathY Are they not dehling ny Are they
trampling with hools into the groundY
l not speaking OF the individuals; | am
speaking OF the abstract man called editor should
be guilty. of an omission II | did say that the Com
gregdtOnda Is lar more decent; that while 1t repro
bles IL does not by thousand degrees approach the
bad quality OF the spirit OF II trtcle, parts OF winch
have read to yOu iOr the LO, cCutOhaiist is cOmcy
and, generally speaking think II makes great deal
of honey, but il must admit that the working end
there is little instrument that does make honey
Al the close of these remarks the regular exercises of
the morning began. The sermon preceded by IL
couple Of hymns and prayer. In the prayer occurred
the following passagc:--
PRAYs FOR OUR ENEMIES.
''We beseech of Thee, If we have enemies not only
that Thou wilt forgive them, but that Thou wilt bless
them changing tneir nature their dispositions IL
we have wronged others may make haste to make