The New York herald., 1877-10-14

would not live Away" wrote under Il with piece Of
chalk, "Sour grapesi'
There two little words which contain about all
tho advice you need. They 'give" and "forgve"
The nrst teaches 10 have charity toward physical
want and the second you 10 touch lightly your
neighbors moral weakness
"There are people who live behind the hilr' II an
old German proverb which means that tbere are
other folk In the world besides yourself although you
may not them.
Charity and also sound Judgment remind us that
u tho same temptations which have trpped our
ncghbors should assail We also might fall. II 10
greedy appetite which picks the bone OF now
dai for another morseL IL is necessary exten-
uase fault because you ptifui toward the maa
who commits IT. 1t 10 better be blind than 70 have
eyes that are continually hunting for some ones
weakness, and bstter to be dumb than 10 be con-
stantly expatiating ON the moral disaster which
just bsfallen former friend.
Some one wisely says. you can't say anything
good OF the man who the subject OF your gossip,
don't say anything II OF tho late Rev. Starr
King that he never spoke of q competitor with
out saying something kind. The consequence
that every found himself saying something kind
about him, and when he died, even those opposed
him all their lives Joined in the procession and put
immortcllo on his grave. The poet pus the into
rhyme whom he sang,
Mr. spurgoon Justly crticises the Americans on one
point He says there Is hardly corner OF tho globe
10 which he has not beon invited Tho people Of Aus
traia told him that II he would visit them they would
raise money enough TO put his college ana orphanage
sure foundation. Whom Americans invited him,
the other hand, 10 was for their cmoument
They have invariably asked him what he would takc
to deliver many sermons lectures "I don't care
TO 90 anywhere in order TO show myself . curios-
homo with SO much money In my pocket US the only
result Of my visit"
There is both theology and powerful exherta-
tion In these lines sung . negro camp mcesing;-
Come bredern, GIT In de go.den car,
Dar's room for you and me up dar.
Come, sit down in do ANXIOUS seat,
Kase am sour and 'lgions sweet
Sometimes has only 10 state his in order TO
carry every heart, when the old lady
on the stand teasod and rctted beyond
by fiery Cross examination burst forth with this
eloquent statemcnt:-"How do you suppose, sir, that
l am TO know anything about anything that don't
know anything aboutP" We have heard OF questions
Of casuistry just as subtle.
There s good dea OF sarcasm we'll sadness In
the letter which minister to the Homo Board,
after the HINT that he should happen to ind another
field Of labor, hts congregation would give him good
send or tho way OF OF resolutions He says:-
will not forgive me; have grown DID," We don't
treat our superannuatvd clergy mon we'll
old horse II the horse has served US many years
eithcr merciiuliy knock him In the head him
pain OF knowing that he has outllvcd his usoful
ness. eso We take OF mis- shoes, turn him out to
pasture, and let him die In clover But gray-harcd
ministers book agents, work which is closely
allied to suicide, the temptation get
OF life almost Irresistible Tho great shame OF the
Church Is It's neglect OF Of It's most faithful
vantR
il Is well known fact that clerical jokes apt
be peppey than the lay article cven. Preach for
tonight viii you I" said ono pulpit orator TO
othc. 81 can't possibly do IL" was tho reply, sfor
am almost sick with the headache Tnen came tho
shot--.oh, well, como along just the same; you
won't have to use your head, you know" good
temperance joke s refreshment. whom IL tells
against ourselves We certainly ought 70 match this
with something Of lay character II We can. Mr..
Evarts presented his little child with donkey, and
aftcr while received letter Of thanks and
ceedingly thoughtful and suggestive query y:-"Dcsr
father tho donkey yory lonely and wants company.
When are you coming homo, father :"
II you hnd any undue excitement In your church
and you fear that tho religious enthusiasm Of the
people beginning to carry lhem away, just suspend
tho service Tor lew moments and pass tho contribu.
senses at once A man may easily havo enough
lgion make him shout Amen, as though he all
ready 60 slory but II you ask him for dollar
you will find out how doep hts convictions
We have often wondered why u Is that tho commu-
nifty every once In awhile to drop below its
dinary level OF morality. There Is q certain perio-
deity in crime II runs riot awhile then there
comes luil, after which tho tide rolls in again with
the forco OF seventh wave Mr.. Huxley has, how
ever solved tho problem to entire satisfaction.
He says that "mpared sccretions depYave tho moral
sense" We have sometimes thought that tho way IN
which ofnciais have managed to secrete the public
money did indicate that their 'sorgans Of
uonn were In any way simpaired" but we bow ths
dctum OF science. Wo venture. nevertheless, to OBJ
the secretory processes Of large class OF
| tho community must DO IN fearful condition. and
hope that specific will be discovered to PIT the
digestive apparatus OF the world In better working
| order.
Tho ministers or the West have evfdeouy
| poyed in tho circumocuiion office. When one Of
their number brought before the council for lying
they found him guilty Of '.not always banding tho
| English language with sufficient carcfulness 10 meet
the demands OF yeracty" ny takes these ministers
sorry to hear them preach. Just imagine minister
OF this sort saying TO his people, "My dear friends n
sucn relation to the known forces OF the world
| monty termed laws. as to produce want OF
| harmony between yourselves and the great
Intelligence which is said 10 govern all things
/ you will undoubtedly and hnally nnd yourselves
that place whore the tresn cooling OF the
North never blows, where the thtnnest summer
| garments will bc burden and whero the mercury in
the slender tube Of tho thermomessr reaches an ap
paiiug altitude" One of Mr. Moody's shortest utter
anccs as, Tor instance, when he says "My brother,
you lie and cheat you will 60 to he'll has more 10
n 10 convert tho world than oil tho 'snfthlcs" and
'.tcnhhcs" which constructed out Of the
| abridged dictionary.
There is q largo number OF people the world who
to unhappy extent, resemble potatoesthat ts they
| havo eyes but they cannot SEQ with them
A MONSTER METHODIST REUNION.
BROOKLYN METHoDIsrs TO HAVE A GRAND DIN
| NEB AND HANDsHAKE IN NovEMBEn-BELIEF
| FOR FINANCIALLY EMBARRASSED CHURCHES.
The financial condition of several Methodist churches
/ in Brooklyn and vicinity, notably William street. York
street and Flatbush, has perplexed the minds and
hearts and pockets Of liberal Methodiss for several
years Last spring Bishop Peck called convocaton
OF pastors and churcn onicIals who the chapel
OF Summerded Church. to consider which OF the