The New York herald., 1877-10-28


The nrst lecture on his recent travels In Europe will
be givcn tomorrow evening These lectures will be
profuseiy illustrated BY ssereopticon views viii be
OF special interest
CHAT BY THE WAY.
II you are anxious TO do some hard missionary
work leave your club and spend your evenings with
your family.
There IL NO neutral ground In morality. II your
purpose in life u not high you may be that
| Il is . low ono.
One Of the very hardest things Cor 70 do is 70
own that he has been In the wrong
II the heart which constitutes age not wrinkled
check furrowed brow. may DO old whom he
IN young or young whom no s old. The best rule v 70
enjoy life you 20 along, and then neither you
your neighbon will ever know how old you really
Edward Eggeston wont 10 hear Spurgson preach
and came away saying she thinks In tether" We
have always thought, on tho other hand, that AE
Spurgeon 'shnks In clover" He never gives you the
impression that he 10 bound but that he 10 intellect
uaiy nibbhng boundiess field Of ripo grain, ana
hts only wonder that you stay the other side
Of the fence and be satisfied With short grass
"Religous Opportunities" 10 Q and expressive
phrase Of the French brain II is intended 70 ap
ply to class people Who not satisfied with the
Catholic religion and who looking for an open
deo. Woll, gentlemen, II you don't like spiritual
restaurant why not pay your bill and quietly goko
anothcrf No church Is augmented by tho number Of
iss malcontents Thr trouble with folks 10 that
unless they have great parade At tneir funeral
they sorry they died. Tho door 10 always open,
but don't disturb the congregation as you 60 out
4. p Whppio, who sometimes boils the maple sap
or verbossy down TO the maple sugar OF enduring
proverb, says The troube In most OF theologi-
cal schools Is that sxegcsis oren means ',exis
han n tude Int -
OF tho fact feels bigger than tho Bible but
when he discovsS tho sad fact that no doosnt know
a. much a. he thought no know, ne knows Just
enough TO be able to study tho Ribo IN tho proper
| spirit
Major Lapcllare was an eccentric man. bat not on
trcy wrong In OF his conjectures He insisted
on being buried head downward, because tho whole
world s at present topsyturvy and he that
WHOM things 70 be Strengthened out they
doubtedy will be By and BY, he will nnd himself right
sdo up. II people would 1.-Two with heads little
down, instead OF holding them high In tho air, ws
should not have 10 wonder wnen they buried
whether thoy will bs found wrong side right up
In tho day OF reckoning.
II will never do throw stones at others whe We
ourselves brittle. We talk great dea about tho
atrocty Of bull 1ghs in Madrid and is hands In
holy horror that such spectacle be endured and
ut tho time we have not only "bull" lights, but
also ''bcar" baitings tho great ball Of tho Stock
Exchange and think II proof OF high civilization.
Moro men are squeezed to death and badly eorcd
every. woek In Now York than the aroma Of Madrid
ever heard OF Bipods, whom they reused by tho
lust OF speculation, can light harder and longer and
blood than the sharpes horns OF any suad-
rupcd that ever maddensd by red shawl
Children sometimes ask questions which philosophy
can't answer lttlo four-y yoar-old said, on cold
winters night ts-"Mother, there lots OF poor little
beggar boys cut In the why don't God tako 'em
all up 70 heaven. whore II Ii ?" We are consoled
the condition Of AFFAIRS however, by the feeling
that the peggars themselves would rather endure tho
pangs Of and hunger ltto longer than trust to
the chances of climate which might be compar-
ativeiy warm, but superiatively hot
One ought TO get much consolation a possible out
Of his grievances Wc always admired the cheerful
ana hopeful spirit OF the colorsd man. who whom
struck by lightning. simply rubbed the abraded spot
his skull and remarked, "Das makes FREQ times pvc
been struck; now, shouldn't wonder n Il lot mo
alone" There some people who grumbe even ct
good fortune because IL s not better aud others who
manage TO pick up smile oven from heap OF groans
Tho speech Of those Of tender years is oftenttncs
very suggestive. small boy looked his paternai
guardian Dlandly In the Taco and said "Fasher was
mother moro sighted when she married you than
sho ~ now2" Tho old gentleman put his spectaccs
and gaxed thoushtiuly At tho face Of hts latest
born, but quizzcal smile there. lilo simply re-
marked that the boy's head large for body,
and told The not crowd him his studes Tor
ioar oil some brain trouble
Language Is sometimes only tho deceitful covor or
the thought. We have been wondering what tho iato
outgushing enthusiasm Of IN old lady Mcclellan
mcant. She rushed up to him with Wild mpetuosty
crying, "Gencra, my husband was with you In the
army, and was killed, ond then added, sho wrung
his hand, "God plcss you, General" OF hor exact
psychological condition, whether II OF ecstatic
bliss or one Of intense misery u might DO hard to
say though tho probabilities point strongly In one d.
rection or tns, wc are sure, however, that ~ her
husband had been able TO hear the remark he would
havo got up IRON his honorable grave and In tho at
titude OF .'charge bsyonet would have demanded an
explanation
A great moral question Is about 70 be settled, SLOW
80 many people 1.-Two without employ mont 2" A
gentleman who declares that he has had nothing to
do Tor months adverscs that no Is ready for proper
com pensatiou, to yield himself TO tho experiments
OF the medical faculty. Poor fellow. The chances
are thai though doctors may be abio TO tell the
precise effect which overdoses produce tho man him.
self won, DO say anything after lttic while
Just think OF dying at dollar a day This really
a case In which man gets his board compensa.
tion Tor his agreeable company All be has TO do 10 TO
stake thingsr In order 10 insure n welcome. Such
man is an anomaly, and ought to have full employ
ment In mis- chosen profession. Hc will certainly
no cause Tor complaint, Tor he will probably enjoy
unquestioned monopoly.
Words depend Tor their meaning upon locality. A
Western Judgo told two who had been brought be
oro him that they ought settle their quarrel among
themselves. At the afternoons session he asked ono
Of them what progress had boon made, and ho replied