New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-11
NEwyoRK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY JUNE H.

continuous garden, for her not friends precpice"
ILL smelling flowers OF hatred" the hilltop OF cheer
fulness'-wel, think beautiful expression and de-
scrptve Of that frame OF mind which Mr. Beechcr usually
possesses and INDUCES The roots and branches and
leaves OF morality "anoher beautiful idea and iustra
ton "a bird loves kind OF shy familiarity in
the dry hay" anorOus 0custs" Speaking Of an apple
tree he says. In the month Of May, apple trees 60
c0urtng is hOmely sober matter Of fact tree May
seems &c stir up loveeat in Its veins You must not con-
denim moral Niagara" submit, gentlemen, after ex-
pressOn Of that character Now these express not only
the habit Of thought but the modes Of expression Of that
gentleman and do not put them or use them for the
purpose OF mpung any rhetorical improperly, or any
impurty OF thought to Mr. Beechcr. He fguratve
language, and expresses and illustrates with great
beauty and force ideas aud sentiments; and 1t Is the
great attraction OF his preaching IL IL that which,
every day of the week. sts the hearts and emotions Of
his audiences and the holy temple of God leads them
to break out In rapturous and noisy applause and he
cannot discaim them. They indicative Of the ndi-
yidality OF the And when you find in the records
OF his conversations and declarations given by wit
and in the documents presented in this these
unusual and exravagant expressions they lead to the
identity Of the author.
"A SECTION OF THE DAY OF JUDGMENT"
Now, take the phrase, "sectiOn of the day
Of Judgment" in the conversation had with Mrs Moul-
ton. Why, my friend Mr.. Porter says, Mr.. Beecher
could not have used that expression e does not divide
the day Judgment into sections" Well he and will
find am afraid when to that time that thereare
ut least two sections to that day Ofudgment Laughter
This lady, Mrs Moulton continually impressing upon
him the idea OF confession Submit to the discipline OF
the Scripture confess your sin stand no more In this
attitude Of conccament and secrecy and duplcity BE
the man you profess TO behe exalted teacher OF moral
y, the ambassador OF Christ. Live up your weekly
teaching in the pulpit Let there be no more OF this de-
PRAYED inconsistency between your conduct and your
teachings"
And is 1t surprising. with his ardent temperament,
with his impulsiye expression with his habit OF rhetoric
would have been surprising under these circumsan
that Mr. Beecher should say 10 Mrs M0ultOn "Why,
come to you for encouragement and for rest for cheer
in my sorrows for that solace which only come from
"a womans sympathy and o woman's hand and you are
forever holding up TO the terrors of this oense and
mpressng upon the duty OF confession and exposure
Why you TO me like section OF the day OF judg-
ment.' Henry Ward Beecher throughout And adopt,
gentlemen little commentary found in OF the
prominent papers OF the neighboring city Speaking Of
Mr. Beecher and Mr.. Moulton, this paragraph says
He comes to her for comfort and consolation as man
goes in his trouble She is under the unhappy
circumstances of his unhappy whatever they really
have been-the only woman TO whom he can go to DO
account, does she dol Day after day, she TO him,
Confess make clean your breast OF all this and he for
given But, she says rather than do this he told her
he would die. And yet she continued TO urge upon him
that which she says he declared to him than
death. What wonder, then, that he should break out
upon this pcrverse female Baalam, who would not say
what she expected to say, and who held up ever be-
fore bm the vision OF great accounting to come and
told her that She was like slice Of the day OF Judgment
How graphic. ow humorous! How perfectly Beechcr-
hkel How it tells OF the disappointed longing of soul
that sought consolation and found threatening; that
thrsted for the sweet and tasted the bitter! What
warning TO that they should not put off the white
robes of mercy and don the erminc OF justice! And what
light 1t throws upon the the witnesses describe
it, That and harassed man, lying upon the sofa,
looking for the soft lnnlstratons from woman which,
whether they touch the root Of he hearts disease not
are balm to mans wounded spirit and hearing only that
constant warning counsel Confess" - longing for a
glimpse of hope, and seeing only slice Of The day OF
Judgment.
Now, il seems to me that commentary expressed pre-
cisey the situation the position the state Of mind the
character of thought feeling and expression belonging to
the two parties OF that interview.