Year: 1873

ent with the fact that life mas much Joy. Never.
theless, the sorrows Of life are unerrne, radical
and universal. The Joys OF life. after manhood has
begun, are earned. Joys are the harvest that
comes from the sickle, the spade and
the plough. Men have large compements OF
faculties and they do not use them, or II
they do use them, use them only ut their lowest
power. The primary action OF the faculties OF the
mind and body are pleasuraple; pain is the
IN the best way. We are made with a soul
and body that are magnincently made and
point 10 a nobler sphere than we see here DESPITE
all this, we see away down and beyond ministra-
tion OF sorrow II we invite savage to our table,
and he eats and drinks that which does him harm
and not good we see Two things: we see that there
is table spread for pleasure, and We also that
the savage could not help his ignorance First the
conditions in human life are such that the struc-
ture OF the human mind and all the circumstances M
che results OF 1t and what his destiny s we say 1T
does not yet appear what he shall be-" secondly,
we sometimes say all suffering among men springs
from violation OF the law, and 1t only needs that
the


Law SHOULD BIZ KNOWN,


and then suffering would not be the result. This
Is certainly true-that happiness will largely in
crease In the reach OF such knowledge; but that
pleasure part and parcel OF the moral constitu-
ton OF the race. Where are these natural lawsY
ey s 10
birds viii go to the the cats. The stronger bird wI
get it. The philosopher says If that bird had
only known the laws OF nature and the
and been warm arm in his nest nest. But it didn't Suffer
ing Is the Bchoomaster 1t sets men down to think.
Suffering Is Just as eternal as pleasure itself No
amount OF knowledge or schooling In the right use
OF faculties avoid certain phases OF suffering.
Ne race ever came TO development except through
erred to the indirect effects OF want OF knowledge
or OF


For example, he said, the father and mother Of the
prodigal suffer more than the prodigaL One OF the
noblest developments Of human life is such q con-
be separated from from human % joys and stS. sor-
rows man that has Kindness in his
sorrow, inasmuch as one with an eye and ear for
God must, like his Master, be q man OF sorrow
and acquainted with grief For example, one
oak in the forest-it brings down others. The Bit
terness Of commercial loss is not what mans
After all that have said have not produced any
conception Of the magnitude OF the wisdom and
depth Of the suffering tnat Is moving abroad IN
literature. The OF the poor and the silent
souls who hide their trouble, who suffer IN silence


TELL TALE.


The outlet and the consolation for all this is to be
found in the hope OF q future. II man is no more
than leaf IN autumn, then, taking the race
throughout, it would have been better that there
should have been no human race It is only to have
the experience 1t has on earth. This idea OF future
life is not put faith in by those who are tired Of
the world; but 1t is the idea OF those who would be
encouraged on their way through It. You see the
photograph TAKEN you know not what goes on in the
dark box when the plate is presented to you
there is nlm covers its face, but let IL be "pro
you love. We aver like this life TO large extent Is
the box OF darkness, and our way out yet has q
nlm upon 1t, but by-and by we shall see how IL
comes forth, more beautiful than our highest con-
ceptions. Mr.. Beecher concluded by cautloning
men from being discouraged by putting their
consciences under magnifylng glass and compar
ing II with the ideal before them.