Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1904 — Spencer and Beecher. [ARTICLE]

Spencer and Beecher.

The recent death of the English philosopher. Herbert Spencer, recalls the only t rsit he ever made to America, ■ brief journey in ISB2. pn that occaEion a banquet was given in New York In his honor. Henry Ward Beecher was one of the after-dinner speakers. “I am asked,” said Mr. Beecher, “how I reconcile Spencer with theology. I don’t. “A man who has a bald-headed den-' con watching everything he does, or a gold-spectacled lawyer —not a fat one’’ (looking at “Mr. Bristow), “but a long, lean, lank one” (looking at Mr. Evarts) —“can't afford to talk Spencerisni from the pulpit. “It Is to be borne In mind that when a man is driving a team of fractious horses that are just all he can manage anyhow, he is not In a state of mind to discuss questions with his wife by his side, who Is undertaking to bring up delicate domestic matters. ’’ It had been said that Mr. Spencer had no sense of humor, but he joined heartily in the merriment which Mr. Beecher's speech provoked.