The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-02
BEECHER'S BRIGHT THOUGHTS.
Pertinent Sayings and Pithy Remarks from
Sundays Discourse.

New York Herald
The text was Matthew V, 43-4S, its burden be
ing: Love your enemies" In the course OF his
sermon Mr.. Beecher said:
1.-THE supreme art of life above all other arts,
is the art Of living together justly and chartably
no other thing taxing, requiring so mucn
wisdom, so much practice-how to live with our
fellow men,
Everywhere, in all nations, men can get along
with everything else than with the highest crea-
ton of God"
GAS rule men get along very well with nat
ural law-everywhere outside of their stom-
achs."
"A man gives to the barnyard fowl what the
barnyard fowl wants; he makes its necessities
the rule of his conduct No man cherishes a
turtle as he would canary Bird
''When we reach the sphere of man, supremely
endowed, carrying within himself more than all
the rest ef animal creation altogether-itS there
that .nen break down and hardy anybody knows
how to get along wisely and well with man, or
ever has known
''Men don't keep step; they don't march to the
same music, so that they are out of sympathy
with each other III various moods. And yet what
a whirl there Is! what a drive Of intensity there
Isl Men are swept along with masses of men"
I'm political affiliations men go on together.
What would the rebellion of one thread in my
coat amount to! 1t can't help itself: it is woven
in. So men are woven into party; when they try
to work themselves out they only make rent"
''Oh, if ones life might be like the life of a
skiff or yacht or any boat of single sail, in a
sequestered lake, where the winds did not blow
too hard; if ones soul ,ould withdraw it would
be easy to live-that is, it would be easy to live
if there were not 50 many men around
Can man carry himself in this lunatic world
of population and love his enemy!-do good to
those who hate him! / wonder how many pray
ers you ever sent up for those who hate you! 1t
wouldn't take up the top of the page in the angels
record book"
''When large house-dog comes out with an
announcement of himself a man knows what he
has got to meet: but when one of these nasty
little Spitz dogs without bark at all, runs be
hind and nipS, you don't know whether to run or
stand still, whether to fight or give it up. Now,
an enemy that is an enemy outwardly, and
strikes fair blow can be met but whisperels
backbiters, mean folks who follow you and nip
you, and sneak in and out the fence to save
themselves-and we commanded to pray for
them You don't need any command to damn
EN-. That nature dictates. But grace turns
that all out. The meanest kind OF men, who
with all the manner of a coward have the venom
of a serpent-Oh, mayn't | damn EN-! No, not
till after you've prayed for them first"
Into this.maelstrom of human life men are
sent without knowledge without experience; not
of their own voition. We wake up and find our
selves here: are not responsible for being
born as are
Il don't wonder that some mothers weep when
their daughters are boln and cry, oh, that II
had been SOM There are some sad expert
ences that would lead mother to pray that
every one of her children be men,
''If you had the opportunity of saying whether
you should go all through this life again, would
you do it! l wouldn't With what l know of
this world now, if should be asked, VIII you
go through anothcrF l might do it for Gods sake
but for scarcely any other reason would | accept
a repetition of the varied experiences of such
life as this. Once is enough"
[ never fat spider on a summers day
peering out of his retreat until a gauzy fly
strikes his net, when he pounces upon him. that
I don't want to hit him-be spider myself for a
wl,ie and fight him"
Pick out the worst, the meanest the dirtiest
rascal of the crowd-bad as he is, there is within
him pearl"
You haven't done it last year; will you en-
deavor to do it next year"