Morning journal and courier., 1882-10-16
Jay Gould and the ssocfated Press.

Jay Could and the A Associated Press. NEW YORK, Oct, 15.-The iSt0r tomorrow morning will publish long interview with Jay Gould in which he expresses his opin- ions about the existing disunion in the New York Associated Press and it's trouble with the Western Union. He says the Western Associated Press having been crowded to the wall by the New York Associated Press an independent news bureau with special facili- ties as to rates. He thinks that the way to b. eak up the Associated Press close corpora tion would be for any one of it's papers to pull out.
 Beecher's Disbelief i'm Eternal PuHish-
 
 BROOKLYN, Oct. 15.-Plymouth church seldom if ever contained larger eongrega- tion than it did today The pleasant wealth CT and Mr. Beechers new departure were the causes of this numerous attendance. The congregation was to great extent composed of people who did not belong to the church and many of those present were from the rural districts Mr. Beecher made little political speech after reading the usual mo- tices of prayer meetings, &o., in which he urged all good citizens to secure the election of honest men to city, county and State off ces. He thought it was high time that busi- ness gave more attention to political matters. There should be pure men placed upon the benches of our courts We cannot be too careful about the selection of our judges. The first portion of his sermon was devoted to tho discussion of the merits and demerits of ceremonies as employed in reli- gious matters. The law of Moses was full of ceremony and the priests had their hands full in performing the duties that were as- signed them. All this was in use at that time in the religious education of the people. As time advanced there was less ceremony, but none the less religion. We are worshiping the same God that was worshiped by Israel. Can any man doubt the existence of God? Shall God plead to man for recognition? We should be shocked at the idea of chief justice of the United States pleading before justice of the peace, but there are many people waiting for God to manifest himself, for him to give some special proof that he really does exist They ignore the fact that God has placed his autograph upon everything in nature. We are Gods children and we may rest assured that he will take care of us and provide for our happiness through all eternity Mir. Beecher repeated in substance his belief that there is no everlasting hell. No earthly parent would punish child forever; much less would God, who IS the very personlfica- tion of life desire to punish us during all eternity. The beauty of the character of Christ, he said, always commands ad- miration and love. When we see a person. age living upon this earth amid sin and temptations of all k1nds and committing no transgressions himself we have the best proof that that parsonage is something more than human, that he is divine There have been good men in the church, men whose statues may be seen in the Roman Catholic churches all over the world to day The statues are con- stant reminders to the faithful of the piety and good works of the church. The Roman Catholic does homage not to the marble figure, but to the virtues of the saint. The image is an illustration of the symbolism which prevailed as long ago at least the days of Moses.