The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-12

that he would reply to tho "no, first Men not
responsible Tor organization that they received
Taks me sense OF mirth, wit aud humor There
mon organized that everything that had WI ana
humor seems to be taken 10 INSTANTLY by them
They SEQ IL every time. Blessed such men, They
go through lie with springs and cushions ana they
were more blessed than the men who are driven
unhappy aud disagreeable in lie That which was
true OF humor equally true OF the imagination OF
tho faculty OF hearing and other senses.
THE RESPONSIBILITY.
That which true OF man IN tins respect was Just
true OF his power TO receive moral TRUTH and just
far az man was limited By bis organization 10 ms
responsibility Affected In accordance with the INV laid
down by the Master, which was that It was what
man hath and not what hath not that he 10 &C.
couniable Tor. Many q man was like nut with one
wndow-it only let light In through that enc aper-
ture; another man was hike palace where the lgn'
sble for the light that 10 him on every SIDE Men
not responsible, except In limited degree, u by
their education there had been miscarriage Of tho
truth. A child was not responsible for being Mo-
hammcdan, Tor IL brought up In that faith;
neither was responsible Tor the sentiments and
ideas that prevailed around him and which worked
WITHIN him a kind Of atmospheric belief This was
shown In the age OF witchcralt wnen Judges IKE pit
evidence Lawyers jursts, physicians held TINS Do
lief and 1t not until II fell away OF itself,
and the facts adduced for It's support failed to produce
any effect that wtchcraft ceased to be believed IN.
Men not 10 be hold responsible whore the themes
were SO spsruse as 10 elude the ordinary scope OF
thor thought or to put them beyond tue ordinary
grasp OF mons minds, as child OF three years OF
ago was not responsible II Il could not count mill
Ion.
TUE NEED OF CHARITY.
All this showed how large was the scope for chari-
table anu % nEnved
against the other, but yet II we went among these
secarians aud entered into personal deMberation,
should lind scarcely one among them all that un-
dcrsood onehaf Of tho crecds they protested to be-
lievc in. The crcods Of Christendom were great
theme, and how tow even knew anything OF tho
theory OF a personal God Even the man who
breaches this truth may not have more tnan warm,
personal faith and belief in tho truth; yet his
r,rao may ho ms n
the bench may DO good administrator OF the law,
and yet not know tho theory OF the law The iact OF
it. tor the trulh OF that which no taught
was proved by tho fruits that It produced.
There were many circumstances IN which men were
held to be responsible II they were ignorant Of the
truth and did not wish 70 know III as mother wno
found her Guild contumncious who was sent 70 LOOK
tor object and returned without u, because she
would not LOOK IN the place whore u was, and ro-
turned saying that she could not find II Men are
responsible Tor sem-c0nscous resistance TO tho
truth They also responsible Tor The casustry OF
tho fencing with the truth. IL was dangerous 70
90 against the primary sense Of what was truth, In
The whole scope those truths which rotate 10 moral
conduct Men, too, were responsible Tor an indiner-
important truths. and that leads them 70 miss
by simple neglect DIR. Beccher urged his hearers to
ponder to reflect, to think oil these things II was
our duty, hs saiu, explore that truth which was
parent excuses the child Tor saying. Il
aid not remember" q" iorgot''-excuses that
were the dcvii's traps Tor little children.
Men responsible tor all that ignorance Of be-
lief that from the distemper OF their organiza-
lon, which was brought about by the indulgenca VI
their PASSIONS. thoy leu immoral lives until the
elements OF their and their moral perccp-
soddcned by dissipation, thoy were respon-
sble Tor non perception oil the truth The wrath of
God was relriDuton such men, and IL ought to bc
There statement Of the doctrine VI retrlOuton
that quite consistent with the moral government
oil tho word man might como 10 that point whore
he destroyed his moral sense. Tho hight shiuch into
darkness of such man, and the darkness compre-
hendeth IL not There Is such condition by which
man emascuates his moral sense. In such case ar
gumens were addressed IN VAIN appeals were IN vain
Such men were dead beyond q moral resurrection IN
THIS lie. II was not transcending the bounds OF
proper spirit say that such men wore reprOuates.
Mr. Beecher said:-"l do not say that God cannot
work miracles. merely say He don't with regard 10
such mcn.o