St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-16
Henry Ward Beecher.
CHARACTERISTIC SPEECH BY THE PLY
MOI TIL PASTOR.

CHARACTERISTIC SPEECH by TIE I'll r.
MOUTH PASTOR.
NEW loEK. July I3. y large mum
Der of people. under escort OF Il band OF
music and military company. waited ON
Henry Ward liccchcr last night at
PcckSkill. Judge Wells. III speech
assured Mr. BccchcI that the occasion
WAS an expressions. 10y the cItIZcn> oi
Peek skill. of their confidence" III hun.
In response. Mr.. brcchcr said he
could scarcely he approached III Il way
more tcn,erlN touching Ia his heart ana
feelings 10y his tclluw-cltizcn>. 1t WAS
his hope to die there in Pcck>ill and hc
buried in their midst. He said hi, life
had been spent in IN ambition I" make
his fellow men better and in being an
honest man. THIS have done 10y the
help of God. | make tins assertion
more emphatic becaII>c not Il few news
papers seem to think have done II 10y
the help and permission of newspapers.
but have done il in spite of them. |
don't ask that they should care. f"r my
future is in the krcpiu" of the Lord
God. to whom my mother directed me.
and should like to know who l. going
To stop my mouth with Il muZZlc. my
hand that it cannot write If II L.
given Ia me to say things which men
want to hear. and write things which
make men better every man that l.
Il man. that has help and courage and
patience. and that il right ut heart aud
mead has his future in his own hands.
tApplau>c.) ask II" hurilc~-mg. ask
II" advantages. simply let me alone
.,,.I | i'll t.,l At tI,,. \ an
have attended. >ir. the thai through
which | have gone.
Well. lett that behind me 81 lnm"
ago that | feel as The l>larliic> would
have felt Whrm. after gnin" over the
Jordan. some one had talked ct the
misery OF llIc Red Sea passage. went
through the Red Sea. hml II WIS Il long
time ago. The fact l.. gentlemen. that
ab"nt l-1O and l>1l and t"r three "r
four Years had /" =" through petty
deep water at times. but | kept il Il"
Nsclf. y rrN citation "t II to mankind
came within Il year. but | had got
through it. | am receiving" scores and
hundreds ot Letters couchrd in most
r:lIm..>t and allrctiou;tc cnuh"lcncc iul
lIrr fiery trials through which | am go
iu": huI. bless Snu. tiI, ashes of that
the are scattered Ion" ago. | am gain
in" in strength and elasticity of body.
am all righl. (AppllrI~r.D
~ T." the lutrIr" he said he had uu
mrN course l." take. am To" old to
change my position. shall go on
rru>tIu" men. have held that doc
irur all my life. and only once in forty
Nrar> have made Il mistake. | shall
=" ON trusting mrn. (AppiIH~r.D |
snail love men. | shall NOT stop To
think of THEN faults before love tirm.
II Il man i good shall love him i,.-
,.:tuI>c hr l. good. II lIr j. h.ld | shall
love him hrc.IrI>, he needs ii. pro
pose /" =" on with my work confident
IT. men. NOT preaching" merely the dit
ference hrtWccI Ii.hI and Wron.. bat
This shall preach. that there j. II" jus
tIcr. II" severity. II" punishment that
air good. unless they aI, administered
III the >piIlj of love.
He then referred Ia the trIai again.
sly my the r\prlI>,.> III the IIill have,
been enormous. rnnu9h Ia bankrupt i
country minister ("liuciu4 AT the. three
or tour ministers in the rIoNdb iil,
times over. and would have DESTROYED
me but t"I Ply mouth Church. aud even
with Ihrrr help | shall barely gct
through. t"l the "\pcu-r~ "t the tina!
to the have hr,.Ii oNti >1L.thEI. p,I the.
Other side they have. been Nrrl la.,.
hut they have ""t L." u"u,N 10 i,.,
thr"r with. tl.au"h'ri.D liz. closed hN
{ thanking hI~ fellow citizens ut l,rk>kI!I
Ton the manifestation "t HEN runildrnrr