The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-01

Since the exposure Of BEEcHERs moral
depravitv, he has felt the need of doing all
sorts Of things to please the public and to
make them forget the darkness Of his record.
He is in good spirits. and fat and hearty,
for through his clIrontcry and audacity he
has beaten back his accuscrs kept his place
a. minister, humhuggcd or frightened
large proportion Of the Congregationali7t-.
and made himself such a curiosity that by
going about the country and exhibiting him
self he can make a large income.
But shrewd a. have been many Of his
moves To- gain popularity, it IS all the time
manifest that he l. uneasy about his
position, and Is trying to strengthen II
wherever hr can. Not lnng ago he made "a
heavy lid for the good will of the Jews, and
now he has sought to please capital, the
rich men who paid the eighty thousand dol
lars for the costs Of his trial, and AT the
same time to appear as a great chvalric
soul, ever ready 10 champion the rights
II suffering humanity and To uphold
the dignity of the lahorer. The first
task he undertook two sundays ago,
ami the second last sunday. In neither
effort WIS he successful. and the llippaucy
with which he spoke of the work
ingmrn'- wants has made the name of
HEEcnER even more odious to them than
his fre,'-lovc practices had rendered it. He
was preaching on the great question Of the
relations between labor and capital. at Il
time when the whole country was shaken
with gigantic conflict between those
two great force, of society. The power
If the combinations OF lahorers WAS
largo share Of the railroad traffic Of the
country tens Of thousands Of strikers were
demanding more wages. asserting that they
could not live on their pay; and throughout
the Union poverty was prevailing 10 an
alarming extent And yet nj such q time
this fat and sensual preacher could excite a
smile in his congregation by smartly say
in-, that man could live Oh bread and wa
ter, and that a dollar day would buy those
lie has since qualified that funny remark by
saving that hc meant that man who had a
dollar day ought t. ho content 10 live On
il until lac could do better.
But it makes very little difference what
HELcHER said or did NO. say Ilc was max
ing his regular Sunday display. and doing
his best To- tickle the ears If his hearers.
His words could not have, with any
serious mind, informed a. to his character,
that sacrcdncss of association which u-u-
ally Strengthens the impression Of language
spoken in the Christian pulpit He has so
dciiled that pulpit that whatever solemnity
may have once attached to it Is now all
gone, and the platform on which BEECHER
stamps and atttulnizes is no more than a
stage for the exhibition or Il clever actor,
l. 70 a.,
liccntious conduct. Such man cannot
speak in the name Of Christianity without
shocking, instead Of solemnly imprc.sing,
all those who remember how he seduced the
wife of palishioncr, how he swore in the
Brooklyn Court. and how he basely be-
trayod his friends.
Let tine worklngmcn pay no regard TO
the words of Henry WARD BEECHER He
has 50 far lapsed into depravity that his
whole life is IL lie. and nothing that Is honest
or genuine can come out of him. He is all
the time playing part and whoever fails
10 appreciate that fact makes a great mis-
take, and gives tho man a sort OF attention
he does not deserve We caro- nothing for
what BEECHTR has To- say about the re-
ligious obligations of the lahoring man,
since no has himself violated all religious
social, and manly obligations, has proved
himself coward, and has shown that he is
fraud and hypocrite. What honest
man goes TO such person for re-
ligious advlcc2 A minister who had got
into "a dl-graccful -crapo with woman, and
wished to lie and check himself out Of
H. might, however, prolltably consult
BrEcHrR Not a few licenlious preachers
have. We dare say, already studied his case
I" tlelr advantage.
ErLcHrR thinks tho lahoring man should
hc content with bread and water if he can
get no moro. Undoubtedly BrrcuFR him
self would think that scanty fare for few
men are fond"r IL tho fat things of life than
j hes bat We believe that II lie had his de-