New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-11

was by the Rev. Dr. StOrrs, who spoke III SUBSTANCE
as follows:
t,, Sc Allied IIy an assembly gathered by great pun
Inc disaster in the city in winch we live HencfiOrth ~
hang with unerea draDeres Bat We are not mere atone
The sympathes Of continent are o3hsJLsins %pV s
sembled All over the country men have haa upon nnyc
baS mon their minds the sense IN all these DAYS of the
sadness and the grief and the calamity anu we pun VI
this event This city has been Distinguished by ltS sor
row. IL has been endeared 10 by its rdld anu ls
growth in all the elements OF civic power ann % a.
II IL to be endeared 20 them hereafter ny the az
soeations of sadness with it, aud by the way in when y
has borne itself II me qss ISL o. \, eogiz the dead
although we might speak words OF euiORy lha1 "ouiu
N was INV fortune know few OF those who died
in that terrible catastrophe ana can Deai WT95 no o
their modest faithful, and manly demtanOr in al the
relations OF lite in winch mes them IL seems 10 me
that the very manner Ol e iat snS one fact con-
nectA with tnat terrible night to which tho IMAGINATION
Goes back so constantly and to which ine heart elngs
irving 10 interpret the mysteries of its darkness mas so
impressed as tine heroic silence win WhicH ue oOV
met their death Whence came that silence aou may
tell me suffOcatng gases, and the hTe ana shOAe
binding confusing and destroying lfo Before Tue nle
had touched tho frame, douDt nor that tle anY w
lulled killed IN mutudcs by the smoke a9d cue lasts
was heroic Datienee, silent resignation and teaa
ness 10 meet Whatever fate God had appointed Oi tIC
al similar eatastrophes itself eulOgy upon the moral
Training aud attachments OF those by whom ~ was man
eacTiGce are worthy Of remark do not know mat ny
thing has touched my feelings moro IN connection WIN
the, naTenfs have rendered their thanks to unknown
benefaetors for the saliva of their children, ana
friends Tor the rescue their friends TO those who ad
never seen the of those whom they saved bat WHo
Others at the peril Of their own j When read Of
the nurse who had two little cipdrCn Win ner, anu Wa
10 myself There is the very spirit OF tho Master oJ
could not redeem teir res D' o s Se and care
In this simple touching story OF woman VINO u Iot
II in the instinct Of her love under the training Of the
Gospel, thinking IT was NOBLE 10 Ie w ,b, oeS p Ter
lesson for you and me tan ever came lY, ,S ~ 49,
philosopher Specializing upon the poSsio'lte 81 human
SiaIs,ctsr and the nObleneSs of human Scl0A Ana III
how Inay hearts that sei-sacricc was pres, h We
sSal of pow until the revelation Of the hyttcr CStS
its ream of hight back upon the terrible He'''N'S VI
Ne are here not to euocze them, but TO sliOcSS our
serves 10 the work which is 70 be tef lSa COZ M
IN A. nor 10 be- in the monument that IS to be erected ia
Green God. Erect that; let its foundations "e S.E;
enn 9rehecture and let it ten 10 the eyes OF the taou-
sands who shall come aftef Us IN Succce0-S AS 80
the story the suffering, and the story OF INC onT VI r
city called out by that suffering Yes, put rtnem.St
what The great German sad nat me MODEST t i
Nc can bnd 10 Our beOyedIS wipe the els OF Offers
not 10 shed tears ourselves aud the greatest su9 VIZ
can hang upon that monunel. Is e1i n,nHs |
and Of flowers let US build monument IN our own
have died so suddenly, sadly, and So heIOeiIy III e
midst OF Let us resolve ID thG touchIT No VA
PRAYER that there should not be desoate household
into which through its darkness the night ol our SYN
patty shall not enter into Wmch the streams "a V
green Let us resolve that this shall be no passionate
spasmOdc impulse passing q% MN anc l1,uf and
in our gifts that shall reach INTO the future ana Dies
those who no unconscious OF ther loss and
society far the spllntrs OF ILLS casualty IeiVu
the I9" 0rd If is not merely the wife who
lost lie husband the friend who has 0st me iIle
this evnIrin flame Les lberality be so large that
not merely present wants shall be relieved bnt tne Guy
shall tske upon its burGcpvd, responsive heait ms
young iiic desoate and backened VIA The fuy OF Is
catasirOphe and carry that Young HE INTO me iGuie
with and affection, ana ldunGh IL upoh
It. career in the world with promise ana nope, -
mother monument which to build is in our own
character remembering, reminded By the Wil-
ing upon the say, the uncertainty OF me present ne,
and the Open door, which thIOHs Oh,iS,, ~ resi- one
Us INTO glory OF the life hey ond ana 70 i've every Oo
OF us, noolcr, more unseish, more deyon anu m"re
divine lives, 0y reason Oil 'nc IolnI'ai',,dS and
pyess.On OF this event on all our h0useIo.uS anI
on all our hearts Goa grd c S that mai rSul its
fntnra wears Man never Is great really ana Aoi'tlIy
aa 80 oeS,e s mora grea6Ss until bears suffer
ing profits by It, when the lessons OF ,isaS'CI i &
won't God grant that the lives Of those wIo ied Ins
other night may spIg P IN n NE of Inc city in ali
generations, and that the city iiselI, Pufieu, 49,
elorihe t.Irough ITS higher moral attainment may Dg
come 10 them monument in comparison win WnicH 3a
the grauite and the marble that tlS arena anu Wv
sculptor can pile up shall be trivial ana transient
Judge George G. Reynolds then addressed the assem-
b]age using in the course Of his remarks the following
words
one practical lesson this hour for is sympathy for
those who, midst are bowed down In unuterabe
Distress We NAV not intrude upon the homes maze
d Hv this visitation We cannot; if we try conceive
OF the anguish which in its fresh bitterness now Wrngs
60 many hearts. When sorrow snail have been par
TALLY efaced these desOate homes VIII sun De yst as
Soyerty So terrible especially in this Indictment season.
The help that give, and the spI1t tht DrhgS IT,
the body but consolation to the heart And Then let MS
learn wisdom from this bitter experience Lei us el-
poy our dearybOught sagacty in deylsiug safeguards
Tor our future security. And let us, with reVeFent hu-
mity ne thankful that, walking in the midst OF dangers
80 few Of which we nave seen or can see we nave 50
long covered and protected by the overriding PROV
idenee OF God.
The Rev Joseph T. Duryea. d. D., the next
speaker. He said, substantially:
We cannot reach the dead. Their sgonies are over.
They are with Him who IS inst all and gricyeh none
without reason. The afflicted are not here IN thcir
silence. in solitude with bowed frames ana l@ces
fbey arc struggling with the beating Of heavy ana
wounded hearts. We not here to commemorate the
- t,,yr not Ne ore hero raj her 10 ave expression
sponYe 10 the su1erngs and agones OF those VINO deo
and in sympathy with those who mourn, IOr tne sake
our own manhood out Of the instincts OF our common
christianity We come tgetn6r DTTduso y L T@s
vast community touched In tho tenaereSt sensOniy'
strained to the utmost excitement o. haa. aylnPaty,
hard and insensibe human suffering and grief in time
10 The terrible calamity taught how much Of
the divine is left man, and we should think better OF
men than we had done III the past:
Che fIae now to consider Of this disaster We
yould not hurt the feelings OF those who VIII boar III
th forever the weight of this calamity II hgre
Us arIessness there are those who know the care oss
agents. Not word of profit VIII be needful 10 Ter
dying day they VIII reineoe u, 6p s 1S NOT now
as minister OF the Gospel speak not now as url an
but ths saw that no man should open place of enter
tsinment for he people until makes IL safe for The
peOpe TO gather in 1t. IL cannot nave any sort OF en-
frteinment except at the peril OF life, inspiring
n NAV be to the intellect however oXatng TO the sens
biities however eunObng TO the character we cannot
sford to purchase it at the price of lhe
The tbeater belongs not TO this climate 1t belongs 10
the Orient and the semirOpical climate Inc iIObanS
md the Greeks built the theaer on sOld rock III cou
or hufl N was