New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-22

The Rev. Robert Couyer spoke last night, in the
Church of the Messiah. upon Emerson. When
h- ros. 40 gln his lecture he said: see l.. i.
Buu.m sitting Ia back pew of thi, church, and
Invite hin 10 come FORWARD and take seat III my
family pew. Nj. bdiuum always gives ne
a good seat ia hi, circus aud want 10 give him as
p,,o0 "A ODe Iu Iuy church. Mr. BaIuuu took the
sat amid the -ulle- of lac congregation. Mr.. Coll
yer tueu began Ills lec uIe.
W love Dost, hs said, what is caleI q speaking
likeness al our absent OF dead friends. II Is sucn
pict IRE of urrsou tht tens of thousands Of people
CHERISH ia their hearts when they see printed
portraits. lIc more tAdu most men needed Inc m
of the lns JiiaIUn that came when he was
speaking from tue Lecture platform 10 BRING out the
hidden hues OF his nob.e face and 10 make lis
whole presence shine with bis inner % gt. In he
mlast of TIE tnlrd quarter of an hour when Lmcr-
sou mad touched gu ,dc, then you saw your man
love 10 think of nlm as 81" MN last year " hen
J went TO see MIN one happy gay lH tne IdiI; lie
went housing about hls STUDY NOT Tor books, is
Won MAY THINK. but iOr some nne pears he had hlduen
AWAY uli they should grow rape. linen he sat
in MS Ole chair Ike one III dream. and We looked
AT each other IKE persons IL cream. line INST
had fallen upon him. Thought ana memory were
maiden far wIihlu, and only At odd moments did
they CLEAN toIth a. Of Oid. II was NOT sd sight,
for he had become as lit lee child. Ii seemed as II
The Ilgi!t OF the eternal morning had me through
the mists Of old age ana lniu1Lt}, dhd was fcstu-
upon his mt gray head. HE great, hue busy
BRAIN had gwen way, but his hear. beat
a, deep and true as ever Emerson WAS IN
the nODest sense man OF lie world. concord was
good enough for him. Boston Was his celestial city,
ana his friends were Ills angels - Il made nm SAD
TO see hat b. must soon leave them al met him
once ON i}eacon-sy. ana he was looking very sad.
asked for one friend. " lie Ii growing DID, Mr..
Emerson replied sorrowfully. asked tor another.
HE'S gro wing DID," still more sadly. gu are look
Ing well though, III. Emerson" sad. " les, am
well enough" lie returned, but l am
crow,pg Old. too Well could
49, went. he said it 50 sadly. But
att.rgard came TO cherish II as one of my dearest
memories of HIM Ii Is touching TO see what love he
won during his life, not from those III ais
own school--If he had One-Out IRON ali classes oil
men | have not seen nor heard OF a notice from
either the pulpit from the press That qdt stiOIs
his life or his teachings Yet thirty years ago he
was abused roundIy by both press ana pulpit lie
Was a. sincere Is great mirror IN when there Is no
crack or warp. The great Uuth he tlled To teach
Us is that a man should dare 10 cal
his soul ms own and that he should lay this princi-
pie down and work out his whOie lie from H.
When he went 10 Europe nifty years ago. he sald he
became more OF an American than ever. he ala not
become an Englishman by crossing the Atlantlc ana
Erenchnan by crossing tine CHANNEL his DOCK,
English lraIJs," SHOWS that he had deeper lh-
sight INTO English character than almost any one
since Shakespeare, and think That Wueu In ana ;
great days are over and she ncsties under the
wing Ot her great daughter, she VIII
Cherish That book a portrait OF herself when she
was greatest. Some have said that Emerson loved
nature more than God. tie Was like many children
who are brought 10 know their fathers love through
the mother who IL nearer 70 them. We love Emcr-
son because he SO dearly loved his mother and