New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-25
THE HARvEsTs OF THE YEAR.

The Dr. Henry w B;eug,ss at Al Souls church
The Rev. DR.. Henry w. Bellows, assisted
by the Rev Robert Coycr ofthe Church of the Messiah,
conducted Thanksgiving services mt All Souls Church,
Yesterday. Mr. COyer called attention to the assassin
alton Of President Garfield, In the long prayer, suggest
ing that the people had to be thankful for The bless
ngg Of God upon the Government through the terrible
shock which It sustained.
Dr. Bellows delivered the sermon, dwelling upon the
intellectual and moral harvess particularly, taking for
his text Psalm lxx, 10: "There shall DC handful Of
corn IN the earth upon the top OF the mountains; the
fruit thereof snail shake like ebanon and they Of the
city shall flourish like the grain Of the EARTH He said,
IN part
II is a good custom which our fathers have handed
down to US to celebrate the haryess OF the year with
public praise. The first necessity OF life Is the support
Of bodies, and when that is uncertain or insufficient
there Is little time interest left to give higher things
The material prosperity Of country, If not the highest
any the first consideration In order The har
vests ill constitute In al popuous countries the greatest
factor in the of statesmen, Discomfort, crime
incmpcrancc disorder, immortality and irrelgion arc
the certain nccOmpaniments and consequences OF
squal want of threatening starvation aud Of desperate
circumstances OF living. and these all follow failures In
the haryests The alarming dsquetudes in Russia and
In Great Britain chiefly due TO economic dill
cultics and wax and with good and bad haryess
or course the modern expansion and swifurss Of com
morce greatly abatcd the dangers and mseres Of
poor returns from thr soil in any special
territory II there be any accumulated money In
country 4, need because its crops have
once or twice failed. All the money world could
not save country from this terrible fate commerce
were not seeking It's opportunity for carrying the
supcrnous ana grain OF prospcrcd wheat fields to
the lands that needing them. But It Is now well
established fact that tho accumulated capital Of the
whole world would not support The three years
without the annual yield Of the soil We are always
much nearer penny ana starvation than think and
the annual industry and the annual harvest are much
larger fnctors and more exiscnt necessities than sup
pose We have lately seen how dependent on the
annual rainfall. II precisely with the harvos-auy
considerable falling or is great calamity and occa
sions IN ENGLAND FOR few years past the most seTi-
GU, anxiety and distress. political AID social.
The condition Of English landnolders 10 truly ptable
at this time and present, almost great problem
Irish rebellion. The general abundance which our new
soil and wide and wcllwatcrrd territory yield the Amer
can D. opc h 40 the bottom 'Oi the energy, hopefuness,
Intelligence aud political c0ntcutmcnt which character
lie us among the nations. Whatever dangers our
material prusper may bring to The heirs OF fortune or
the droucs Of society are an incousdcraolo public
ou,.ripu when weighed with the benefits 10 the people
nj largo ~ .oncthug Ike enough 20 and drink and
the hcrcw!ha to De clothed and OF decent shelters
aver their heads. Isuppose there never lived people
ilr,. ns ours which fortunate IN rs external or
material conditions OF ne. am Yh-tly more Interested
I'm oh-erug The ply steal ana IA eral rise of conditions
III us rejoice then iu The years harvest tbs has not
been great year. but u ha been uc'euty generous
onc. an. thcrc 10 plenty al over The land
N,Kttutrc success 81 90" bodily labor expended In
lruWtl of oar schools aui The harvest OF intelligence
tcy annually yI,i. Happily our system ~ popular ed
the affections ol Doe nation IL Is widespread ma II Is
erovrg the respect aud confidence OF the whole poo
DO ~ IL especially encouraging IN The new States vest
and LA h. o. la .' Ism Ipi even Sd no" r m
I
nl.d What ii II really the instrument by which
human beings raised q" stat" four "id higher than
b,r natural one TIE rae" H. 70 certain extent, edu
cate, u u,Cc.it's ~ experience aui its native OBJ
| sci. alton A. rule people without boohs are At
play upon their Ignorance; they are the victims ~ Su
sis-. iut Mai arr looss those VINO know not how
io read aEat Is oven reading % those who know not
how wItci Tor "utn& n the chG YES, ~ wen a, the
main dI-c uc 81 men al powers II j. MOI TOO much I"
| say thai reading. writing an urithmrti' miuWy tne
mrtciuhl resources OF hh'4oH ''u"'A' anu CANT l'S
ne newspaper The universal literature Of our people
lie it,lt becoming library oi knowledge and art No
muu could read habually even one OF our chief news
thousnt "a great Vuickruiug ~ hiH intellect an sub
S,antia relation "it The Thought and feeling OF the
read well enough Ia ciluy hiS newspaper and one who
cannot, hardly 90 BE- estimated. suppose our news
| patcr education the most influential Of all In this
! country. But depends for its existence
aud ITS improvement on the preparation
| fnr ifs use aud enjoy mCn' made In common
.cnoos f. iu tone spreads la intellectual breadth
aud increases IN moral purity ns tho reading class DO
,t,. more numerous and varied. II great mistake
to speak uRhty of newspapers. The prcss think, has
a ,nurwhat romantic and exaggerated idca Of It's
pr,nncy In creating leading public opinion. bur In is
General educating influence, Its stimulus for thought, II
80 crr,a tendency To create taste for better read
ing than ITSELF supply do not believe It is easy
10 oycrrutc It's national Importance. Our schools ARE
! iu,pr,ying, and they naye made considerable
| progress wlnin the last generation; chiefly
Ia tnr attention which has been gwen to teaching
art II found out that teaching Il an art and
must made profession and that great economy Of
| time ami money is secured by creating schools for
teachers what ma, been thus discovered In regard TO
secular teaching Will ultimately have to DO learned In
gard to religious reaching Indced, laundering attempts
this direction already very largely exist but IA thcy
ARE usually bahed upon erroneous or mStaken ideas OF
religion they lack tue inquest advantages OF dehute IN
sjrucon me ann ~ SGsteu Is Soou put lhs system
applied is usually poor We snall have TO suffer for a
long time, bOn secular and religious education Ia this
country the consequences OF the necessary instruction
ade against tnc OppfessiYencss OF scholastic the
| OiOgy and classical trimming.
| A. 40 our political harvest we have, mainly by the
providence Of Cod reaped abunanty during the last
year A Certain solemn pause ana universal anxiety
lin OF our wrctched pary-Spois-policy and galvanized
rubc men are willing 10 resign the pornicious aud UNI
lawn r' her political supporters Indeed, It may a.
nost he con dered certain that the desired reform viii!
o,vt cp r""pcra0n least of all by their leadership
Inc latc President is almost the only man high IN party
Wisrd 20 use ~ OF managing the spols OF Office who
crms 10 nave honestly desired to abandon aud abolish
mo sv.tru lie EIucK some strong and hard blows AT
il i'm Congress ana on the ied OF party struggle But,
a. rule Congrrs,mcn aud politicians ana oice-hohiers
o., ,.t1Tnily opposcd the surrender OF system ny
winch they prot 40 much. though the country suffers
infncrby This Is natural 10 Ii just ~ In the church.
II never reforms itself because its clergy always profit
nv ina yrstcd gifts and uslgcs It's never purged from
LEM, uuu n ia aszaird from without The Office
holders IN the church have little reason, therefore, TO
wondrrat the teuaclty WIN when placchoders IA the
s,efe cling t. old and bad customs. The Cly Service
rcforul must without against the good viii
of our Cabinets, Scnutes, Congresses, parties and, III
abort without any other support than the general mtc-
pce al that great class Of people who value the country
ud br pubc interests than either party aud VIII
otc M tlry please aud good sense aud conscience
directs let party fugleuen % or say wnat they VIII.
This IL largely increasing class, and will shortly be even
worth the attention OF mOneymaking newspapers tnat
ns regard the prospects oil their advertising income
IN IL nctnay becoming almost respectable to insist that
tue Civil Service reform Ia tnu greatest practical
ISSUE before the country, and may determine the
nrrt Presidential election. True Congressman SIN