Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-03
TIMELY TOPICS.

Mr.. BEEcaER intends to preach series
of sermons on the subject of ddUdnced
thinking among Christians, which, he says,
conforms itself to the very innermost
spirit and genius of the Bible. Mr.. Beech
er is not worthy to be accepted as an in
terpreter of ''the innermost spirit and ge-
MUS of the Bible" by the orthodox world.
HENRY WARD BEECHER thinks human
science shows that the world has unfolded
from small beginnings, and that it is rea-
sonable to suppose that the human race
has unfolded in like manner. No
honest preacher, he says, could believe,
that the sinfulness of the world came
from the fall of Adam. That is now the
Beecherian theology. Science" before
revelation-science that is foolishness, at
that
SUBMISSION to divine ends. when it is
genuine, has a wonderful charm and is
touchingly attractive. But how many
mean to be submissive and think they are
when they are not. They do not know
themselves. Real self knowledge is one
of the greatest OF human attachments.
An anecdote of the late Rev. Ephraim
Peabody illustrates the spirit of genuine
submission. About twenty years ago he
was driven from his pastoral duties in Gin
cinnati by bleeding at the lungs. His
only child was laid in a New England
grave, his young wife had temporarily lost
the use of her eyes, his home was broken
up.his furniture was sold and they went to
board in a country tavern in Dayton, Ohio.
One day as he came in from a walk his
wife said to him: II have been thinking
of our situation here and have determined
to be submissive and patient" ''Ah," said
he, that is good resolution. Let Us see
what we have to submit to. I will make q
list of our trials. First, We have a home.
we will submit to that; second, We have
the comforts of life, we will submit to
that; third, We have each other: fourth
we have multitude of friends: fifth, we
have God to take care of us 'Ah,' said
she. Il pray stop and l will say no more
about submission"
The encores in .theaters are not always
what they seem, unnecessary encores, from
whatever motive, are always a nuisance,
tending to drag out the performance to a
tedious length, without adding anything to
its interest. An art journal says the genu-
inc enthusiasm OF an entire audience over
thoroughly great performance is one thing:
the calculating applause of steady minor
ity who desire more than they have paid for,
is another. The mechanical, stolid clapping,
the strong thump of canes, is well-known.
The performers themselves cannot correct
this. They rather like it. They indeed,
desire and appreciate applause. The jour
nal alluded to speaks of several ''encore
fends,'' such as the mercenary fiend who
wants double programme: the business
variety procures an encore for the artist,
that he, as business manager may gain
some benefit by his Or her fame; the kind
ly fend who calls down an encore on a
weak artist to encourage her. This is the
most terrible.of the 6ends. There are still
other varieties who from one motive or
another produce senseless encores. 'What
is necessary is THAT the fend should be
s.erngly squelched by an indignant and
long suffering public remarks the musi-
cal art journal
AT the funeral of Thurlow Weed the other
day, Rev. DR.. Kenschell, who oficiated, and
preached the funeral discourse, connected
the name of the deceased Journalist with
the names of Albert Il. Tracy and Addison
Gardner. The connection was natural and
dience who happened to know what man
ner of men Albert Fl. Tracy and Addison
Gardner we're and what their work in life
had been. But how many were these?
And yet Chief Judge Gardner and Albert
II. Tracy were eminent men and men of
real weight and influence in their day, and
their day ended not only within the life
time but within the active memory Of men
still in the prime OF life among us. We
call this ''young country But it is old
enough to have forgotten armies OF able
and distinguished men, and we need not
cross the water for lessons of the vanity of
human ambition. The other day at Al
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yard to build market house, the wnrkmen
turned up the bones of a man described
upon well preserved tablet above as a
great hero in the colonial wars. But no
tradition has preserved his deeds nor can
his name be found in any record. Last
week, too, the iaberers at work removing
the foundations of the postoffice, in New
York, into which the old Dutch church was
converted, came upon The remains and the
cofin-plate of young man who belonged
to family still fourishing in that city.
and who was a school-fellow of Washing
ton Irving. But the fact that he lay in
that ground had been forgotten by his own
kith and kin.
TEE "ive-cent music business is de-
nounced as a swindle. If all that is report
ed of it is true, it is not safe to purchase
it. An editorial attache of the Cincinnati
Enquirer has been investigating the mat.
ter and presents the following features OF
the fve-cent deal: Another well-known
music dealer who was seen said that the
pieces issued we're not in complete form
and one that the reporter saw was certain.
ly not. The fve-cent firm have a catalogue