The New York herald., 1877-01-22
MASONIC TEMPLE.

wISDoM--sERMON BY REV. o. B. FRorHlNGHAM.
"wisdom is loving spirt' quoted Rev. O.. d.
Frothngham yesterday morning. These words arc
found in the book of Ecclesiastcs aud were written
somewhere about three hundred years before the
ing OF Christ The book is characterized by deep
earnestncss. Its key wcrd, If may usc The tcrm is
wisdom. To wisdom ascribed all the qualities that
the Scriptures arc ascribcd to rcligiona kind OF
omnipotence Wisdom can 90 all things Nothing Is
secure from the eye Of wisdom; wisdom is the mirror
OF tho Almighys greatness II is the inspiration Of
God. Wisdom Is learning simply, for learned men
are often very much ovcrwse than wise II is not
genius for genius is apt to be eccentric. II is not
faith, for faith is built on experience, rests
observation, and only runs out long on the firm
lessons which knowledge discloses Tho knowledge
OF natures laws and Obedience to their demands
this is wisuom. It Is practical spirit IL deals
purely with the comfort Of lie. II takes things as
they arc. It nnds some good IN tho lowest. Wisdom
Is Knowledge OF the world; but what Is the world
The world Is a very vague EXPRESSION The world Is
what we make IT.. narrow mind has narrow world,
q broad mind large world, and thin mind hn
world. Tho world to many consists ia eating drink
ing and amusing oneself, whose politics consists N
SIMPLY putting ccra,n person ,n'o CERTAIN place,
dimensions This world that has no wide sympathy,
that demands NO herosm escapes trouble and suffer
ing and cndcavors TO keep out OF the way OF dark
percnces. The speaker contrastcd u conception OF
The larger world AS one grander, higher, moro SYM
pathetic, hopeful and unsel6sh, and recited
renee OF poor woman who. while sitting u curb
stone In the city begging for aims for her sick child had
the child frozen In her arms IL naturally produced
inquiry, Wbere the Christians in this Christian
city that could permit such thing TO happen? But
protest was confronted by protest. and one Of the
worlds largest and heartest workcrs-one whose
whole life had been devoted the attempt 10 help and
comfort the poor and the sorrowfuI-came out and de-
carcd that this ouicry against the uncnartabeness OF
the world false cry. The speaker said that the
hearessness and Indifference which the world decricd
was occasoncd because the conditions of ic had
been observation-disclosures we had not looked at things
they were. really Kind hearted person might refuse
to give aims to bcrgars on the supposon
needing their request produced idleness and
pauperis The speaker remarked that the neglect 10
study the social conditions OF wealth and poverty had
bcgottcn apathy, apparently which was hopeless.
Tho old system OF hepiuIness abolished the new
system Of wise bcnciactoD had not yet boen fully
studied. The speaker also touched upon the female
suffrage question and said that tho adjustment OF
were complaints about II which must be listened TO
with commiseraton The question was how to bring
about new adjustment; how to accommodate the old
system with the new. lie recommended that women
should accept what privileges werc granted them walk
through every door that opened for them
into larger plane Little by little they would gain
footing. II would not be acquired by any act OF
not changed They were obsolete by disuse Womon
demand their place, and by carnestness and per-
severance work their way into society and assume a
new position.
The speaker closed his sermon by urging upon all
the study OF true wisdom which would lit them upon
higher plane OF lie, and acting upon nober prnc-
pies would be blessing to the needy and unfortunato
ana finally convey them to brighter world whose
gates would be wide open to reccivc them.