, 1876-03-06
The PULPIT.
Belknap's Fall the Occasion
Of a Large Number Of
Timely Homilies,
Extravaganza in tho nabik Of So
titty Tho Cause Of I'LL Public
and Pri7atc Corruption.
Earnest Pleas for q Return to
Republican Simplicity
and 0ld-Fashionel
Honesty.
The Rev. z. III. Ellis Says
Farewell to the Mchi-
gan Avenue Bap-
tist Church.
Professor SWINGS Views on the
Good Things in tho Past
| Centuries,
What the "Advnnce" Thinks OF
tho BrOolslyn Advisory
Council.
What the "Advnnce" Thinks OF
tho Brooklyn Advisory
Council.
BELkMAP'S DOWNFALL.


6EnMoN By TIE nEv. D. J. Duln1IA
The Rev. David J. Durroil preached = sermon
on ''Tlo Downfall OF ex-9ocrotary Helknap :"
last evening In tho Westminster Presbyterian
Church, corner Of Peoria and West jackson
htreata. Tho church was Hltod by, large audi
once, and the gentleman preached Hitl, much
fcoling. Following iB tho full .cxt Of tho dis
conrso:
How IL the gold become dim How Ia the uost nna
gold changed i-Lamtntdsionst tu..
It is not oftou that tho wiros aro burdened
with message Of moro general or moro pro-
foundly Bad interest than that which came to i1st
in seomingly cndless paragraphs Of Guilt. aud
folly. and romo.sc, tho day before = ester1iay. It
fsllowman, much less Of one who. like soorciary
Balknap, Inns enjoyed the gifss Of public coofl-
denco and honor. We rejoice in not being ro-
qutred to entcr into tho details Of this laat and
most painful Of our many recent o1posures. IT
therc Is anything IL human natoro woEso than
itB natural taiut Of sin. It ia It's disposition 10
glory In tho sight Of dtshonor. How hard It Ia
FOR . man, t1nbleBt with the grace Of charity, to
look upon his fellow.mau, gEoye!lng IN dust or
ont sayIng Ahsl aIal" How lard it Is to iay
1uthlcss hands upon our worso nature and alay
It's ghoul And lyenn! How hard 1t Ia TO keep
before US that picture. drawn by Chrlat for our
inssruotion, Of p;oud phs1iace. standing tn
around him.. murnuripg. II thank thes,
God that nm not ~ other men :"
and al tho whilo bearing IN his own
unoharttablo hoart tho brand OF Gods anath-
ems It may bo we'll for Us to remember that va
arc nos chosen to cit In judRmcnt on our follow
mon for us to call down tlro upon tho people
Of Banaria ts to ususp tho Lords moat jealous
prorogattyr- Tlloao who read tho account Of this
vadsd b1 tue spirit Of tho Sermon On tho Mount
will bo only too glad to paes oyoF !ta voluminoun
dotaila with no comment but mlRerore and =
prayer for tho guilty and ahauo-atriclen man.
We cannot but recall here tho words OF our
Quaker poot, which vera written on an OCCASION
similar to thih,-a lament for tho downfall of An
honoted naulo
10 fallen 70 Loaf ! tho light Withdrawn
Which oneo he wore
Tie glory frota hia gray ha4ss gona
Eor6yermotn
Herilo him nos,-shs ronpter bath
Aqa p,Es EP.'g1af e. III. IT. mot '''En and wrath
Let mt thu land. onea proud Of him.
Insult hlnl now:
Nor brand With deopor shams h!s 5tm.
Disl.onored otov.
But lei tts humbled Sous, tnatsaf.
From aeA to lake,
4 long lament, ~ for the dead.
In asdness make
nf all 70 lo4ed and hono1sd, nauK1t
Fans power EcmAtna.-
A Afslltn sngcls pr'da nj thought
still strong In chaipa.
All else Is gona: from thoss sTess eYd
This soul has ded
Whom faith IL loat, when honor dias.
Ths nAn il dea4l
Then ray Tho revArcnes Of old days
TO lts dead fAmn:
Walk backward with Aveztod 8azA
And h!ia tAs shAIusf
But while, for u,nny good raauons, ne fosboAr
to dwell upon tho particulars Of this syont VIC
may prnftsbly turn our thoughts to certain facts
which sro suegented " T, Aud frat, 1t rotnts.
hfo- Hero, however. It ts ouly ono Of many slu,-
liar oyenta which mky Hol eorYo to point tnornl
for cur nation In its ono hnndEnth yexr Of oxist-
once. While bAnncra arc flying and drumb Aro
beating tho xavetlle Of our Centennial, there ts
another zide to tho picture. dark enough and
ominons. Tho abuses OF authority in evory do
pastment Of our pablo snry1cu ire being ua-
sarthed aa mover bofoso ana forced upol, tho
notice Of the poopla In tAa midst Of thsis
wo no sccuetomed, wllen birth
days como, not merely TO oelabrate
them With merry J-mhknE but to improve them
also for purposes Of so!t-o1amtnatton, mourn
10 "turn over il new lesf +" for the coming tiuao.
Now. this IL Just the experience through which
our Goyosnnont ia passing ltd eyes sro turned
inward for lttls while; i Aaa mustered all ile
lifted high ita voice In universal cry at "ro-
FORM" Lot us hopo that all this Ia more than
tho nero htful virtuo OF most birth-days. For
certainly no grand exposition Of tho fruits OF
| our national industry, nc waving Of flags 10
salf-glosiAeatiou. could mark ouE eutrAnee upon
nov century 70 neil ~ . return 10 tho simnle-
hearted patriotism and common honesty Of our
forofathorB. Lot III rejoice. thou, 1T tle teats
which arc being so vigorously applied In every
branch OF our Government. sYcn wlnle wa
mourn tho casting DOM Of many cherished
idoia, Tho teslse Ut avery good citizen must
bc thst nj guilty man should escape What
ever the result may b0 to parties aud traditions,
and preIudicos, lot us pray TINT tho fires OF this
nqualiun may 10 k!ndled soyen tttnss hotter still
II our Institutions arc worth preserving, thsy
will survive tue fires. God vii! at2ud By Ills
owl. ~ Flo did In the mtdst OF the furnace in
ancient babylon, and ~ for tho rest, pax ed
choral We have faith to bsliese In tho bright
future which 4As, from ita yofy birth, boen
psophoHied for our Republic; but lta destiny OF
greatness Ia to ba roacled, it at alL by tho samo
way that human aoala Rro 1ed,-t1Io way Of tho
crOas By the cEucihxion OF wAakoyor IL bad, and
tho saving OF nothing but what Ia pura and holy,
| aud Of good report The republics OF old al
| travelled smother way, aud thoy all died III uu-
| timely death,--died bou4uso, instead OF cautor-
| iznG tAelt soFos they covered them up, 1t ID a
good Sign, thusefofc, whan. from whRte ysr
| motive, Our cousoEa. and Grand JHries and
| fault-1nd!ng committees aro awake. md busily
| a. work. He arc accustomed to say, In tho dla-
| lect OF tho pulpit. that no man cau 10 converted
puslt he las tlfat been convinced OF gullt. Tho
e4uo t.utl. Will apply iu tue economy of political
] lifo,-lEss tho nxppsa then tho reform tbs
| ulcer must be fonud before 1t can bo removed.
| 4 nj Hrdtnx IL and It t,r1rnA IN hn n