The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-15
7WEED.S EXAMPLE.
Brooklyn Clergymen Discussing His
Career and Death.
MIR. TALMAGE'S SYMPATHY.
The Morals To Be Drawn from
Such History.


salutary lessons Tor young from the life ana death
OF William NJ. Tweed. The text was taken from IL
Samuel xviii, 20-.ls the young Absalom safe ?"
NY friends, said Mr.. Taimage. the question which
David tho king asked In regard 20 his boy Is tho
question that rings In the hearts OF hundreds OF pa
rents In this assemblage The fact is, this fc Is full
OF peril He who undertakes il without the grace OF
GOD and proper understanding Of the conflict into
which he 10 going win most certainly be defeated.
To prove that this lilo Is an awful peril,
point to that wreck OF Friday At Ludlow
Street jail, showing what y desolate coast
strong craft may crash part Let there be NO OK
hliaraton over that mans fate. Instead OF the
chucke Of satisfaction let there be in Christian
soul deep Sadness The fact IL that there are tens OF
thousands OF men in this country who, under the
same awful pressure OF Temptations would have fallen
as low Instead OF Dragging and boasting OF now you
would have maintained your Integrity, you hadsbetter
go down on your knees and thank God that His al
mighty grace has Kept you from the same moral
catastrophe There Is no advice more appropriate to
you this morning than the advice OF the Scripture
"Let him that standeth take heed lest he
laLn All my sympathies are for tho afflicted
family OF that dead prisoner. For the last ten
years some OF them l know have endured
an inquisition OF torture, ana may the God
Of all comfort help them to-day, when
there few pray tor them. In the presence OF
this Christian assemblage | invoke the God Of all
compassion tor mercy upon those bereaved children
All, my friends, let us remember that that man made
fun expiration TO society Tor his crimes against II.
Let US remember that by pangs OF body that no doc
could and BY horrors OF soul which no I'M
agina.on describe he fully paid the price OF his
iniquny. Let Others do as they may. will
No munster OF religion, no man who stands
us do Sabbath morning. Sabbath night and
EVf upYUh hAf
trying to help them and educate them for timo and
eternity allow that event of tho past week to 90
by without drawing from 1t lesson OF the fact that
lite Is awful peril without the religion OF Jesus
Christ and that the way OF the ransgressor is hard
No souter young man ever started out on this world
than Wiliiain NJ Tweed He conquered poverty, he
conquered lack OF education, he achieved m alder
gained position IN the conrress at.washiug.on and
then he took his position on the financial throne
Of power Albany hts irown !, making sg gns
notoristy with James Fisk, Jr., OF being the
two great miscreants OF the nineteenth century.
Alasl alas young men look at tho contrast
Behold elegant compartment OF Wagners palace
Cur, surrounded by wines and cards ana obsequious
attendants, going TO the Senatorial palace at Albany
then look At the plain box In the undertaker's wagon
three o'clock OF last Friday a. the door OF prison.
Behold the contrast-the pictured and bouqusted
apartments at the Delavan lverled servants admit
ting monnatres and Senators who were fiattercd 10
take his hands then the almost frendess prisoner
TO clutch that OF Luxe, hts black attendant
Behold The wedding party at the mansion,
harps Of tuberoses and japonicas, the whole
scene bewilderment OF costlIness and magnhcehce;
the dngy street. where poor, exhausted orsaken be-
trayed, sick William N. Tweed lay dyingl From how
high up 70 now low down! There wore many people
In New York VINO for years were persuaded by what
they saw that an honest and laborous life DID not
pay. Az the coach swept by containing the jeweied
dsspoier OF pubic funds men thought OF throwing
down their burdens and finding some other way Of
getting livelihood But where II the clerk on $500
a year. or the scavenger OF the street. who
would take Tweed's lot OF fraudulent prosperity
II he must also take Twecd's sufrerngs and
Tweed's dishonor and Twecd's death There never
was such an Illustration for the young men OF New
York ana Brooklyn OF the truth that dishonesty will
not pay. You tell me that IN tho last hours in
last days, the man OF whom ! speak read mis- Bible
three times day. II was BEAUTIFUL and u was appro-
pirate God could save that man as easily be could
save you me. Had been called TO do so should
have knelt by his cot IN the prison TO pray tor his
soul with much confidence AS would have knclt by
your bedside. Lord long suffering, merciIu and
gracious, height ABOVE all height, depth below all
ueptn, any man who cries Tor mercy snail get IT, But
society evon Il In his las. moments could make his
peace with God and enter heavcny
"IwEED's EEAPINa WAS TERRIBLE"
At the Lee Avenue Baptist Church, wiiliamburgs J.
Hyatt Smith, took for his texl:-"Be not deceived
Tod Is not Knocked; for whatsoever man sowetn
that shall he also reap "-Galatans, VI, Z. He CON-
menced by doprecaing unch aritabe leading arti-
Gle in a Brooklyn paper OF Saturday. which charged
the papit aud the press with being silent during the
time OF the gores Of the Ring or speaking but to
praise. The Leo avenue pulpit for was not
dumb, but had spoken out against tho WISH
bio corruption In New York. Tho pastor
always deemed It his duty to use every
passing incident OF the times 10 point or enforce
moral Ii a righteous man died be would hold mp hs
carce for emulation; II thef, for detestation As
rcaplhg will certainly follow the sowing in the natural
world, also In The mental and spiritual worlds OF
which the natural Is but the model The present gen.
era corruption Of public morals IRON high to low win
n A
pupits and faithful papers, and u Ia the duty
OF both to-day TO mako crime criminal. the spirit
OF the day Is tho apology for great criminals
woe be.de The small Tweed could not have grown TO
his colossal size In crime but Tor his building tho
who most supple aud bending In the days OF rs
glory now most loudly denounce HIM. Tweeds reap
as we do now, aud think what he might have done
with bis strong natural abilities But he Is gone;
have nothing TO do with his hereaer that 10 not the
duty OF man, God will attend to IT,"
OCCUPATION, STATESMAN: NO RELIGION"
Rev. W. G. Steele, IN the Methodist Tabernacle
situated South Third, near Twelfth street, Williams
burg took for his text-"l gave my brother Hanan
and naniah, the ruler OF the palace, charge over
Jerusalem; Tor he faithful man and feared God
ABOVE man ."--Ncnemiah VIII, 2. Ho said What a
contrast between the man here spoken OF and the
who has just died in Ludl'w Street JAN,
with tho inscription over his door, zoe.
cupotion, statesman; no religion" hauaniah,
fatniu, with regard Tor MS fellow man anu fear tor
his God faithful 10 his country, Tor patriotism Is
part OF the Jewish religion. Hananish served Gou IN
wing the people faithfully; no lightcncd the public
burdens and rendered pubic and private property
secure William M. Tweed through hrs unaithiulness
TO his constituents, substituting private greed Tor
public good, sought power and place only 70 nicn from
the puulic treasury. His wonderful innuenG aud
magnetic power gathered around him men who culg
10 his fortunes and weep Tor MN Today rhe poor Of
the Seventh ward cling 10 him through his judicious
using OF the pubIic funds for their assistance Ito
poisoned the heads Of both parties the PRESS
ana by tho free use Of money. tact and sk postponed
tue day Of Judgment ana exposure HIS doVtsil
teaches two cssousFirst, tbat honesty 10 the best
policy; that a competency acquired slowly oy indus
try ana probity better tnan the Ill gotten wealth
quickly OBTAINED by quit and dishonesty Second,
that pun shment surrey overtakes the eva doer Poor
old mani living IN wealth ANA luxury, the envy oil
thousands; fond Of show and display, dying at last
wtnIn the walls Of prison. Tho oxidation OF Fisk
Tweed for time poisoned the nina Of our youth,
but both have passed away aud once moro the Old
lesson OF honesty Is Impressed iorcbIy on ALL
ssHrs LIFE AND DEATH WE'RE COMPLIMENTS"
Al the First Bupttst ca or corner South