New-York tribune., 1876-10-27
HARD TIMES.
HENRY WARD BEECHER's SECOND LECTURE.
Harry Ward Reecber apDeared before New

HENRY WARD BEECHER's SECOND LECTURE.
Henry Ward Beecher appeared before New
York audience for the second time this week last evening
at Chckering Hail. and delivered an encouraging lecture
upon the dscouraging and well-worn theme OF " hard
Times" The audience apprecatiye and larger tah
the one that listened to the lecture upon Wealth. ior
il completely filed the hall and blockaded the entrances
70 tile gallery few seats in the parquet circle which
were too near the door be pleasant alone were vacant
Many OF Mr. Beechers personal friends were present.
and his parishioners on this side OF the river
had a generous representation. The only mem-
ber OF his family in attendance was MS son,
william Beecher A sprinklng Of Centennial
visitors was noticeable. Mr.. Beecher was lhtro-
duced by j. b. Pond, and after the applause which
greeted him had subsidized plunged Immediately into the
midst of his subject without much preparatory flourish
The lecture was genial and earnest but did not aoOuhd
in humOr or pathos
The lecture was begun with reference to the warm
and mellow days Of October soft and genial Dut io
lowed by Swapping chill which made seek the COM
fort that clustered round the forgotten andr0ns ana
the speaker keued these days the prosperous times
Of the war and the chilling influence OF the hard times
which came after The basis of the financial lhe OF
America he said was credit and it was not to be
demned at wholesale was often the fasllon, MhaI
would those do who had no money the MAXIM OF ray
ne1tcr who had no capital to buy chest OF tools be
told 10 buy a iaclknife and whtte his way to
h,s ese tn Giisee nInne or ' twoi would it not be
better TO trust his honesty ana i9aLiiood, niu ~
give him credit and the chest Of toosf Certainly II
ould be better: credit was a foundation for poor men
and young communities. But yet. when credit was not
given capablity and Judgment 1t vas weak Nnc ID
mis- and I'M other wavs il became extended, when every
BODY Was owing everybody else, then reaction was
sure TO come Then the community had 10 setue; ana
sc;tlincup was generally setlngdowu. Mr.. Bcechcr
then with few statistics concerning the estaDi shInent
of libraries basis eNpatated at considerable length
upon the causes aud character OF the prosperity whlc
had prevailed country for so long, and attributed
the cause the hard times To the Over-Wcenlng specu
tiun and the evils Of incOnyertlOle currency ne
SAID that money was plentiful that men measured
more around their pockets than they dId anywhere rse
Then he likened the fictitious values which TINS per
gave to property glass OF ale which was tWoluIIs
froh and ouc-thrd ale, and regretted that "heh te
crash dd of sufferers were the hulhprI
CLASSES of society," who had read in religious papers o
the advantages ~ investing in Northern Pdcinc kalOa
bonds He closed by cuumeratng the blessings ol du
times property was not gone men were DrOuGn1 70 a
het,cr ind Inut and knowledge Of themselves eNtraNa
gnce was curtacd PRIDE Was laid lOw ana men were
Taught that tbs earh good enough pace Ior q #
and stranger was not good enough FOR eternal abid
ing home,