, 1879-01-21
DEEClIER.

Il
,uouut0cn,a]ty succet.fItt,nt In 1lllrr tha cotr.ra
~ - ..s..x,I..s 80 ".I,s,. -. WV ~. 49,,
a., wv ls, ."put4.'on ~, "a ",'en no !" ae "eaa
aha ahimaitnE spirit, Ills own petsonst
reward has been greater and evcn more
remarkable rct. It has bcrn said that,
1iLo o,b,+ ,no-, or .,on,,. H. Tns...- l..
el,nr,,s,,r =. -, ,,o ,t'nss e. III, ~ ~ ,,,s
T. W.. "n,sv uM ,ha aan
rona. Ul this sad fact tho distinguished ,ityipr
makes M secret. 1ndtefI. IN !. cb.r,ctcr,,fcat,v
tol,y war In rnaIcs i,rat as n sn,, rcve, ai,om.
ii. M own money matters to worry T him an N .ota % or
keen him on ragged edge for a moment.
With tho possible exception of the lata Daniel
Webster. to whom m oncy wu. AZ ,rosx nn,l hcht
chronie foc. ~ ,n.s H. '',sss, "aS 10 pss ana oeu'
can ever made money 50 faptdly Or sEent Il as
easily a. Henry Ward Beecher. In round nun.
bers be haa handled, outside of tbs fund, of HI.
church. mt 1.a. ,hon r,,, -, ill.,. ~ ~
49,, ~ - s ...'.. . '.'.'o', " aohAf.'
Ahd yet u nc were unfortunately to die today II
is doubtful II his estate, after his debts were
paid, would net s50000 In cash. In bts carly
ministerial days he lived on charity 10 n rcrs ,in
o,,nnt-+ho, Ia In rrc,r,o, H., ..,,np,.,,,. .'ss,
e11entI'nat 10, ne pscaenesl N ehlrc'''s unatle
10 10 pas us sa'ary, ana at ~ He 9te1 slated in sMh.
H. ho "as ,n beneficiary OF tl!u American ifumc
Mission Society. without Whose nsd ncithrF he
n"r Its charge could hays lived.
ltis salary When iie becatne Faster nf Plsm-
oush Church, wos At firss sl.2oo. although 1t
"Ao AHtF-A W VAaVH%s he kHC
church and society grew mud prospceed the frst
sitort made was to pay OF the church tlcft.
Then tllc Iastnr was remembered. and Il was
not long be!ure lie received The then handsome
average to gay thns VT. Heeclcr's compensation
during his iltat Brooklyn decade was g., 900 Ger
nnni which SUN sne'uacA wl,at he may have
received nt meetings anil ua presents. I.y this
tltnt He was 4aHc populAf 1e lecturer before
socletcs. Like nr. Chaplin, Or. Thomson, 1'arke
bcnlasf!n anu othcrs. Mr' bgechcr was very R!A1
e Iest!9 Tor ~!'at Hi,t n,;,, nr; chapn called
pcnscs." engagements poured In rapidly, aud
lie soon found that tue oa!y way In which he
c"nld restrain tsc rush lnr his services was to
viii viii @ @ a resort failed f' ha and d. he ratsed
TO sluot wiea eum y Mas eheeraul'y patd BY asto-
elatlon. ~ t.as iouM' ~ u an easy matter to make
from saoe r. Si,up w the operation. A low
tla ilrst ten yeara % his Brookrn life T. geo
pcr year. Putting hfs pulplt Income At ShUtU
year and hls lecture receipts at e9,0. Is clear
ttat DO made not tess than STOW, or s7o,ooo in
the young .nan's money making faculty st,li
oto sIrpttsgy, ;,r 1ls people kncw the ,ese.
sy 8 xss 5 It be.toS 'ss 5
tho Old tark.stscct tAurch' and New York was
whiting to build him great tabernacle, cen-
trnlly locatsd, ~hcfe strangers " well AZ resi-
4 AENt5 AAlGHf AHItN WE Ff0SuIG u 4bkELllut LII
| Ills eloquent nilnssrnt!0ns i series VI rcvivats
aud several tnIssortuncs :untpfrrd to kcrp Mr.
l.recllcr In BROOKLYN, where hEs salary was grad
ua]ly Increased, and aroraged 1uring tho sscuud
doylde tho cheerful sum OF e1U,0Q1 per h1luutn.
THIS was tho term VI his greatest activity, when
he prcaclcd political sermons, SERMONS on tho
W4r, sermons on Tho 1sGntty Of nlan, scrlnups
| that from his standpoint tnMTlt men how to
serve tho State. Naturally tie ono fed
the other, aud atr. Bccches's serrlees
III the lcciute-tctd werc tn increased de.
n,anu. liz prepared several arropo4 to the
| sta.e sowing liberal xccd III fal1ow ground, and
making money rapidly. 1ta iuulu mt lrss than
sj, lO1 yrar, aNd probably much more, hy lect.
| urlnl. In the second term Of tuu years. It VA.
during tl,is time, also, that liz went tu Europe,
faced the liriissl .nobs. nrl earned the gratj.
tu.!e nf The natlu,. Fur illat great frrytce he
received no COMPENSATION except tho thanks OF
Tho tiuycrnmcnt n,id tho empty compliment VI
| Il lev btryrtA tn this army fur l:v 9pp.
tiaying bccu tl.r pa.ior Ut tlio leading Con
| crryattn1,al church for twenty yrars and having
carried the corporation which hs served through
| n prrloI ot financial dcprrsltup, It Eas bui