Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-05-02

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author and publishers.
A sermon for the poor and weak"
scathing, true, dealing with the coal
strike in Pennsylvania. denouncing the
selhshness of organized capital and the
cruelty and injustice Of organized labor.
DIR. Hills follows fair via media.
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Henry Ward Beecher." A sermon
preached in Plymouth Church b. y.
II. Hills. Same publishers.
An eloquent discourse from the text:
Let us now praise famous men. These
were the glory Of their time" MIR.
Beecher is the worthy theme. and not
word too much is said in apprecia-
ton OF his great abilities lis bound
less sympathy, his exalted love of coun-
try. He was !..-u. 90 .nOng the few
supreme names that other nations
recognize are those of Washington.
Webster. Lincoln, Grant. Emerson and
BeeCher"
The sermon Is an appeal for a
shrine" in the form of a hall dedi-
Gated to patriotism and Mr.. BeeCher's
work; noble room that shall hold all
the BeeCher relies, his great portraits,
his pulpit, his old chair, the MSS. of
his sermons and lectures against slav.
cry. the great MSS. that contain his
statements Of the love of God.
There is scarcely week but score
of people from Canada and England
make their way to Plymouth church to
enquire for his" (BeeCher's) grave,
but that grave has been so deity hid
den that few pilgrims there are who can
ever find it. And now comes the per-
emptory statement from leaders in the
Board of Education that unless we use
these lots next to Plymouth church, the
Board will condemn them for public
school. And SO am here this
morning TO propose to this, his church,
TO Brooklyn and New York his city.
and to his country plan that will bear
witness to the love we bear him"
OF Mr.. Beecher's remarkable life and
work DR.. Hills speaks earnestly though
temporarily:
Abraham Lincoln never belonged to
Plymouth Church, though Abraham
Lincoln sat in yonder pew both the
Sunday before and the Sunday after his
address In Cooper Institute. but Abra-
ham Lincoln once laid down his morn
Ing paper, containing sermon OF our
assembled Elijah, and said that he knew
Of no man whose counsel, sympathy
and daily friendship he would more
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Holmes, after Mr.. BeeCher's return
from England in 1868, said in the At.
lantiC Monthly, this minister has fin
ishCd a more honorable mission than
any enjoy who has represented us in
Europe since Franklin pleaded tho
cause of the young Republic before the
Court at Versailles. Unaided BY any
official title, he has reached mobiles,
courtiers, cabinets and the throne it.
self. His influence in breathing the
cause Of the rebellion can never be es
timaIed'
The greatest leader in the Congro-
gatiOnal Church in England has said:
'BeeCher carried more genius than any
other man of his century
"Spurgeon called him the Shake
speare of the Christian pulpit
"Dr. VIM. Taylor said of him: The
world has heard no such eloquence
since Demosthenes.'
20. =. Morton said that he laid out
his whole political life along lines
pointed out by Beecher in u ride the
two young men took through the for
ests of Indiana in 1915. Lying
on his death-bed, John c. Calhoun
asked that Mr.. Beechers article on
Shall We Compromise should be read
to him a second time. Phillips Brooks
said: i regard Beecher as the greatest
preacher Professionalism has ever pro-
duced.'
THE world owes Beecher n great
debt for his views of the love of God"
Then came the shadow of the great
trial through which he lived, upheld
by his own clear conscience, and the
knowledge that he had done no wrong.
What u blessed thing this Is for the
man who is falsely accused! Nothing
can hurt him-priests, protestatiOns,
and powers! The worst charges that q
bad man Of low instincts and immoral
life could make, were brought against
this BeeCher who had lived all these
years a good man; his family was
dragged into it, and the wife of the
accuser himself. But the victory came.
Right prevailed and, after four long
years of trial. BeeCher's character was
sustained, while the false accuser suf-
fered his due punishment.
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