Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-02-02
A man is not to be a hermit, an as

A man is not to be hermit, an as
cetic-he was not born for that.
There's suffering enough with any
body courting it.
A man has right to large in
stallment of the property he has rails
ed round himself.
If man should give all his mon
ey to the heather, In year or two
he'd be heather himself.
Beauty may be said to be Gods
trade mark in creation.
The heart is the same whether un-
der one or under another garment.
1t is part and parcel in every mans
life to develop beauty in himself.
believe in building fine houses,
so that they are we'll proportioned;
and in beautiful furniture, and i'll
beautiful men and women to use
them. It's not selfish.
For myself, I have appetites that
are higher than my mouth. Every
love, every noble or heroic feeling,
all sp ritual forces become appetites.
There's an equator that runs just
under the nose-all that live under
the equator are animals; all that live
above it are men.
Men who have riches should be pa.
triotic and honor the government
that protected them. Every just and
good man who has money ought to
call the tax-p=ying day his thanksglv-
ing day.
Brooklyn-the center of the earth.
Rich men, of all others, should be
generous men. A man may be gen
erous and liberal, or liberal and not
generous.
l know men who would give away
$4,000, and dicker with the man who
cleaned the sidewalks whether they
should pay him fifty cents or thirty
seven and Il half.
There is no s1ch sculptu as that
Of character.
A rich mans pocket ought to be
like an old-fashioned well, where
they had two buckets; one constant
ly coming up full, the other constan-
tly gong down to get iull.
We have right to kick against
the pricks; rich men ought to be un-
willing to die at the appointed time.
You ought to have a right to set up
your own will, and say, IL won't
die"
Your greatest pleasure is that
which rebounds from hearts that
have been made glad.
The subject of hermits and ascetics
Mr.. Beecher illustrated with a little
story. Inagine," said he, "a rich
man dressed in 4 suit of handsome
and costly broadcloth. One of these
hsrInits says to him, Sir, how can
can you reconcile your conscience to
wear such expensive cloths while SO
many poor are suffering all around
you? Why do you not clothe your
self in linseywoolsey garments?'-
Th" rich man thinks it over, and
next morning comes out in homely
suit Of linsey-woolsey. Then he
meets another hermit. "A good step
is very wise STEP says Mr.. Hermit,
'but don't you know sir,that you will
have to have twenty suits OF lindsey
woolsey to last year? It's more
expensive than broadcloth. What
you should have is suit of tanned
leather, that will last forever SO he
gets a suit of tanned leather. Then
along comes anotherof these hermits
and says, You are trying to avoid
extravaganza and lead a plain and
Godlike life; but you need more light.
Why not wear untanned leather,
which wears twice as long and costs
only half as much Then he got. q
suit of untanned leather. But up
comes another Of these long-faced
Christians and says 'Um MN, Il
very proper step, Mr.. Rich; but
why did you not, before you put on
the suit clip off the hair!"" The
story was to illustrate the point that,
if you begin denying yourselves the
proper luxuries we will soon drift
back to our original barbarity.
AT the close of the lecture, and
many times during it's delivery, Mr..
Beecher WAS loudly applauded.