New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-17
R. HEBER NEWTON ON NATIONAL HONOR.
HE FINDS IT SADLY LACKING AND SUGGESTS vARI-
Gus REMEDIES.
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HE FINDS IT SADLY LACKING AND sVuuLsiS 'hni-
Gus REMEDIES
At All Souls Church (AnthOn MemOrlaD the
Rev r. IIeber Newton preached yesterday morning on
Honor" the second sermon In the series on Inc De
clouding of Moral Ideals IN Political Strife In MS
first Sermon on Purity" lie used Governor Clevelands
character to point moral In this he made some ree
ence TO Mr.. Blaine He regarded him as the elhp"uon'
OF the American ideal of smartness but he disucu!
affirmed that he had nothing whatever to say as 10 "c
truth or falsity Of the charges made against hi IL 'o
cent he thought that Mr. Blaine could safely say win
,o noot " wait onr trust is large I'm time" He dealt
ore extensively with the talk and treatment OF those
charges I'm the campaign He had no quarrel Win inc man
who conscientously believed Mr.. Blaine innocent a"u
voted for him. with those who conscentiousy peieeo
he was not worthy OF public trust and voted against mn,
hit I'm those who said II makes no difference ANYHOW
ne dscerned lameutabc lacking OF the sense OF hohoi
This led up to consideration of the general moral TONE
NJ the American people that question, ana ne iouhu
much 10 rebukc and lament.
Dickens" he said, years ago pointed OUT the latent
dangers for u.s. lying in ideal Of smartness anu e
sting of his cut has wholly died out yet NOT was he
alone in this Judgment. Every one who knows anytnmg
% Tho real sentiments OF Europeans concerning us KNOWS
that IL is not one mduly clac MS III we arc HUI
, noca "' we wonder at it What with our
Connecticut wooden nutmcgs our sPcr'w resients
our cities and states cooy rcadusing their debts ny ne
frank process Of repudatng the biggest part OF the'
Hn,py iihfS paper in The Forniqhay Reriec lately,
entitled Of ,Ss SaSs is: our c am% y
son the only people who do not steal ana whete ms
found that the chief pcculaor In the recent war
This huiniating view Of our honor is not conf'ncdto
strangers who may be naturally prcudccd against us and
Immersed by the surface OF our society raincr
than by the secluded depths Of calm ana viruons n,
which is hardly to seen In tourists hop, skip ana
immp' across the Continent We know that there are
such depths of honor cmbowcrcd In our village ana Town
onncncc which is Too of en- bought ~ runous price
preserving in these dcgcnernc days the spnoiW
corporation would have ycnturcd To brand iis cmpoycs
ms suspect by public exhibition OF the checks dr
vised against their cheating whereas now American cru
zcns are content to have hung round Their nees rs
knock down fares whenever they have a chance,
an Infamous badge of their dishonor Leading
having trust funds In his hands without those funds be-
ing merged in his personal account .no,, T..
1--WE have growing everywhere nobility whose crcs' is
the dollar whose manners the fruit TOO oen OF an
ignoble mind How is the popular ideal to rise g enc"
Capital before in the history OF man. wealth
is multiplying with marvellous Iapidty or pre9ccn,
for the cultivation Of the in'eiGGt 81 FoG lats
soil The English taunt sounds very fresh still. who
reads American books Society has thus been LETT Win
ont the ennobng influences OF genuine culture In the
absence of higher ideals material pleasures ana ma'ea
In business circles the speaker found men unable TO
distinguish between honor and dishonor,nen keeping
violating the spirit social circles he fonnd that wealth
was often the standard by which alone men were
measured Then he turned his attention 10 the remede7
He wanted TO homes where the atmosphere should ne
so pcryaded with fine OF honor and honesty. that
in after life the taunt of dishonor should awaken
instructive repugnance. In the schools he would have
less attention paid material resources products,
exports imports etc. and more TO the fine manhood oi
the country that here too the sense OF hOhor couu
be quckencd. and he wanted 10 see women setting
higher tone of conversation in their circles ana SO c
waiting appreciation of the nohler qualities tha society
would close its doors against the vulgar rlch man VINO
was known 10 be corrupt and finally he invoked re-
viva of the rne spirit of religion which inspired It's de-
voices above all things to fight good fight for things
sniritual things that endure.