Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-19
The Rich and the Poor.
Mr. Beeeher Pointing out the Errors O
 the Wealthy.

Mr. Beeeher Pointing out the Errors of the Wealthy.
 The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's text, in Plymouth church, Sunday morning, was the familiar parable of the good Samaritan. and
 his sermon was listened to by 8 large con- oreestion. The central spirit of the Gospel, Mr. Beecher said, is that we should love our neiehbors as ourselves, and ''neighbors" means everybody Society on this conti- nert is in danger of disintegrstion and dis ruption, or, at least, of such rustliDg as Il has undergone in other countries. There is no law, no constitution, no method of pohti- cal economy that will prevent such a rust ling except Christs law of love and sympathy for our fellogmen. This country, Mr. Beech CT continued, is just now entering upon a period when the Gospel law is required to hold it together. The globe had been held
 over America and shaken, and men from every nation had been showered upon 1t. There are more Germans in New York than in any city in Germany, and more in Chicago and Cincinnati than in any German city ex- cept BerliL. Vast numbers from every other country, especially Italy, are coming among us The Italians might not do much | good. but we can do them a grea. deal of good The Africans we have already with | us As for the Chinese, we have put up 8 ! fsh-net to keep out the Pacific Ocean. They
 have passed law tha. the Chinese shall not come to America, but MT. Beecher would like | to sit on the coast and see how they would be kept out. The great question WAS how are | we to hold together in unity all this vast, | heterogeneous mass of 10, 1000, 900 foreign
 born persons in our total population of %, OOO. 900. Within the mass are all the ques- | tions of labor which are now agitating the
 country. The poor are fifty to one against
 the rich, and already can be heard the sug- | eestion of the devil that the poor should hate | the rich If the rich were wise they would
 lay aside the idea that they could swell before
 society and look down upon and treat with | contempt the struggling poor If rich men | are ever overwhelmed and sacked by and by ! it would be their own fault. They should 1 live so as to show their sympathy for those | less fortunate. They could do this now, but
 there was a storm in the sky, and if, by and 1 by, there were agTarian outrages and mlsrale | in this country it would be because Christ s l laws of love had been violated. In America
 there is no aristocracy by law. Nothing but Gods law of humanity can prevent dissen. l sions between classes in society The top of
 society should not be carried up faster than
 the bottom. The top, middle and bottom ! should go upward together Ssciety IS not | the creature of any constitution There are
 great, eternal laws of humanity at work, and 1 they will assert themselves. What America ] needs, Mir. Beecher continued, is that all her 1 children shall come through her mighty com mon schools, for in the common school ell
 stand on level, and all are taught to feel
 that they are equal before the law. Men ! should take care of those who are below then l trying to work up. If anything is to hold
 the American people together 1t is love de- l yeloping into sympathy-the sympathy oi prosperity for those unprosperous. Vixen 1 the top rains down sympathy on the bottom l the bottom will never rise against the top