The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-06
The Largest Audience of the Season in
the Mountain Tabernacle.
Scathing Reply to an Attack Of
the Religious Press.
THE SABBATH QUESTION CONSIDERED.
j Sermon Oh the Cross of Christ in Ancient
and Modern Days.


To-day, notwithstanding the unpromising aspect OF
the weather audience very largely in Of that
which has assembled here on any previous Sunday
gathered under great listen to the fifth of
The present series of the Rev Henry Ward Beechers
mountain dscourses There forty five in the
various trains which came from Stanstead in Canada
and from White River Junction, Plymouth Lancaster
and other places, bringing passengers from the
stations their respective The number of
vehicles that came from neighboring villages and hotels
was 145. Not only the tent full but it Is estimated
that l, 900 of those who by the latest trains
being unable to find accommodations inside of the can
vas remained outside The seating OF the congre-
CATION was difficult task than either of the
previous Sundays but IT efficiently performed by
The enlarged corps of ushers that had organized
Tor the purpose The singing admirably conducted
by L. Emerson, Of Boston As usual, on the plat
form we're several Of beautiful flowers and leaves
large portion of the intervaloccasoned by the late
arrivals of several of the transbetwecn the hour APP
pointed for the exercises to commence and the time
when they began was occupied by Mr.. Beecher with
remarks respecting attacks which have been made upon
the services held here from Sunday to Sunday, and
upon him US officiating at those services
ATTACKS
He said II will call your attention few moments
to the portion of the religious press the
subject Of these meetings in the mountains. That
the Sabbath day there should be preaching among the
houses in the mountains where resort for summer
rest and recreation to plain and unettered men
thing for devout thanksgiving, and should be-
forehand if not acquainted with the religious
press suppose that above all Other papers the
try they would express thanks tt the great crowd of
pleasure seekers had opp' unity the Sabbath day.
however far from hts' to ship God, to hear the
truth spoken and to deive and bear back
with them, it might be- some sanitary moral
influences. do not undertake charge
the whole bod Of religious journals with improper
spirit for Ihave not hem but there jour
mails that have thought il meet to CRITICS, this ter
whose articles have been "a my hand One of them
ls the CongregatiOadliSt G and the other the
Vermont Chronicle. Both of them are estmable
religious journals. do not know how it is with the
others, but one Of them is conducted by whose
names eminent in the Church. and whose good
qualities am glad to recognize l. therefore, think it
lair for myself for tho gentlemanly proprietors the
Twin Mountain House the respectable and nota
Bile congregation that assemble here from Sabbath
Sabbath, to mark with emphasis the spirit of the crt
eisms that have been made. Let begin by
saying first that of all external institutions
none ought to be cherished more seduously and
ought to be better loved than the seventh day of every
week, or the first day of every week, day in
Beven. In every community where the Sabbath is lost
sight OF that community may be said to be almost like
observatory out OF whose telescope the object glass has
fallen, and which reveal worlds aar Off That
which degrades the Sabbath weakens its power and
treads it under foot Whatever it be, no patriot,
and certainly Christian and patriot, ought to
hesitate for a moment to condemn IT, We can spare a
great many things, but spare the Christian
Sabbath Now in the progress of civilization in the
introduction OF agencies, all business Is trans
formed, the relationships OF the community
changed and things which impossible and
needless hundred years ago have become common
and Indispensable, and the consequence Is that
KEEP SABBATH
day is very serious and often very perpexng ques-
ton l don't find fault with any teacher editor or
preacher who desires to discuss the expediency pro-
priety of any particular custom which may obtain in
regard the Sabbath day But what ask that they
Iha discuss it till they have taken pains know the
facts about which they talk that they shall
tempt to preserve the Sabbath day by violating the
prt and the letter of the dccaogue themselves that
hey shall not undertake to keep Gods Sabbath and
pct disown every Of those feelings which mark the
Christian character and Christian disposition
myself say that the running OF trains the
Lords Day to camp meetings or TO places of
preaching is to me comparatively that am not
prepared to express approval disapproval of it 1t
lqueson about which | wish facts and more
lime If 1t shall be found the whole weaken the
moral affections with which people hold the Sabbath,
shall not hesitate to join those who would dissuade
ny fellow citizens from such practice But if it be
ound not only that il is harmless but that conduces
TO the great ends for which the Sabbath itself Gre
Ated TIA en- shall defend the custom shall not ask
what is the best thing for men who are well off
and have their 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 workingmen, for
men who are under the bondage of employ during
week days and who have free command of their
timer What is best for them the Sabbath day will
comport with the spirit of Lord and Master who said
that the Sabbath made and not man for the
Sabbath II you can preserve the Sabbath only by
eacrihcing the interests of the community
DEAD,
for there nothing the earth in law or govern
ment organization that has value comparable with
the welfare Of the living people who are under law
under government and under organization. We must
ask what IS best for the great of the peo
peY If the running OF trains to religious services on
Sunday is found to be preudicial to them 1t can be
easily stopped, but II cannot be stopped when such
spirit is brought to bear upon it sorry to see
manifested in the Vermont Chronicle from which pro-
pose read to you My friends fellow citizens Chris
lian men, propose to read to you paragraph from
this religious journal, and ask you is It manlyS Is it
ChristianS Is it decenY will not put the whole of 1t
INTO you After going on with general remarks of dis
APPRECIATION, which well enough 1t says
There three parties who mainly responsible for It
ma especially Interested In H. First there the keepers
the Mountain hotels who find II profitable thing sell
sinner sunday hundreds Of those who drawn there
IN that day and having been riding all the morning find
hense possessed of good appetite Besides milking
me sabbath peculiarly the profitable day OF all the
Eeek the coming Of such the notices
eited thereby most eecua advertise their business
Now, in the first place, wish to say that these Sab
bath conversations were not got up they grew Five
years ago. coming to this retreat refugee from hay
ever felt, although it was my vacation and had no
strength to spare that could not see 200 or $50 people
u the wilderness without any service on Sunday and
1t the request of the boarders the hotel agreed to
nold a Sabbath morning service. As soon as IL was
Known there began to from the Fabyan from the
Crawford, from other ncighboring houses and from