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Dzscomss ON CHAPITE
The following admirable discourse, delivered by the ttev.
br. Baar, in the Seal-stet Synagogue, is well deserving
of publicity, on -account of the liberal spirit in Ivbirli it is
written, as well as the sound charity the reverend lecturer
has inculcated. The learned Doctor divides his stbject into
three heads, and Then proceeds to handle 'each 4 them in an
excellent manner; inquiring, in the first place, To whom
shall we be charitable ? and he answers the question by
showing 'that 'amity is not to he confined exclusiadlyto any
particular-sect, nation, or relatives; but is to be exercised
on the broaa 'basis of universal benevolence 'towards all men.

fYh, Father, defend the poor and fatherless ; justice to the
afflicted ana 'needy ! Oh. Father, IlelivOt the porn andteedy out
istihe'hanasof poverty and afflictions !—Amen.

DISCOtrRSE

Brethren,— When the Lord our Mater :created man, 'he
gave 'him, as a still and sacred•companion of his joys and
-sorrows, the lonely tear in histeyes. Thus, is is a peculiar
trace of our beneficent Father, thatthe very instrumentliy
avhith 'we diffuse our griefs and pains, our afflictionsmnd
miseries, serves us at the sometime as a heavenly medium
'through which we express our joys-end hopes—our delights and
happiness. Tears of joy and pain will be shed on' earth as
long as a human being is moving on this terrestrial globe ;
and, indeed, it is highly interesting to the observer of
;human nature to ponder anilliteditate onthe various cha-
"racters of tears. If every tear could speak, you-wonld hear
the history of parental joy .and parental sorrow; if every
-tear could express itself, -you would hear Abe bless-
ings of domestic happiness, and the miseries of
'disappointed love; if every tear could 'be ren-
.dered in words, you 'would hear a -sermon on
welfare and an elegy Irnrpovertv. 'But, my brethren, it is
-.not my intention to give you to-day a discourse on tears. I
introduced only this untried, in order to place before your
minds that unhappy state 'in which 'we are plunged when
poverty this ocean of tears—takes hold of us. The tear
of poverty and destitution is the mast miserable and heart-
rending one of our lima-, nit blights our prospects, it darkens
our hopes, and brings down our soul to despair and des!.
pondency. The tears d'f poverty, caused by a reverse of
fortune, are amongst the bitter ingredients we have to taste
—the most bitter cap for those who have, to use the
common phrase, " seen 'better days:" Such tears, like
tutting in the sap or bark of:a healthy tree, grow up with
the coming course or development of our -lives, and form
everlasting monunaents'elf sorrow and giief upon the faces
of the unhappy.
Let us. then, in this %our df devotion,-try 'to find out how
1) wipe away the tears of poverty; or, to =press our theme
in one word, let us speik on Charity.
We take as a text, for our religious consideration,
Ecclesiastes, chapter eleventh, verse one and sixth : —" Cast
thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall find it after many
days. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening
withhold not thine henti."
Let us, in expounding our text, answer the following
questions:—

- In the first place: Towards whom shall we be charitable?
In the second place: When shall we be charitable ?
In the third plaoe: In which manner shall we be
Charitable

In the first place Towards whom shall-we be charitable?
We shall be charitable towards all men. Our text says,
therefore, "Cast thy bread upop the waters," but not alone
upon the waters of pesarty amongst the ;Israelites, but also
upon the waters of indigence amongst all men. Cast thy
bread upon the waters--;that is, throw the afections of thy
charitable sense upon the universal -stream of distress, and
be sure thou shalt fled pit again after many days. "Cast
thy bread upon the waters." What a beautiful similitude,
with reference to charity a similitude which seems to
express that in matters of benevolence we ought to extend
our kindness even to those of whom we cannot expect any
kind of gratitude or reward. " Cast thy bread upon the
waters," and look how it-flows along, but be unconcerned and
easy at heart, for if place and man, upon which thou hest
exercised thy charitable hand, should remain unknown to
thee, the very stream brings back to thee from other places
and men, blessings of superfldity and superfluities of bless-
ings. Cast thy bread upon the waters "—that is, dry the
wet face of those who appear before thee with a praying
tear, and he sure God will bless thy pious works and endea-
vours. Whether the unhappy has caused his misfortune
himself, whether he be innocent, leave that-to our beneficient
father, who covers his table daily for millions of men, amongst
whom we find so many human beings who are unworthy of
his bounty. But also towards thy enemy thou shalt not
shut up thy charitable hand. Beautiful and praiseworthy
-it is to cheer up and support the friend, but more beautiful
:and divine it is to have mercy on the enemy. Does he not
•deServe thy assistance ? 01 ,consider that 'he is in need of it,
.and so it teaches thee, our religion, saying : " Thou shalt
mot hate thy brother; say not then, I will recompense evil."
"Cast thy bread upon the waters." Do you know a reduced
family. destitute of - food, who ta toying •to keep up their
imiserable life ? 0 hasten to their -relief. Assist a poor
another in whose arms a number of uneducated children are
crying ; assist a poor sick father who -has -no bodily etrength
to look out for the necessaries of life ; 0 ! assist the helpless
forsaken orphans, who, without the proper means and
benefit of a sound education, feel, so early in life, in the
sweet days of childhood, the stings and pangs of poverty
and misery. Become their father, their mother,
their guardian angel. And if yen know a wretched
miserable family, in which a human being is lingering on
the sick bed without physician and medicine, turn your
steps to this abode of calamity. Relieve the fainting and
helpless soul from death, that it may recover and bless thee.
" Cast thy bread upon• the waters, for thou shall find it after
many days." Do not be prejudioed towards persons —go
out and gather experience yourself, for the prejudices
instilled Within us by others pre-occupy our hearts very often
with seek -wrong notions that we treat unjustly, our
fellow men. Charity, genuine charity, does not know
any prejudices ; it judges only according to experience
and facts; it pulls clown the veil of -calumny from
the face of the innocent; it destroys the evil
reports from the mouth of the mischief-Makers ; it
dries the tears from the eyes of those who have been
slandered, and establisheth again the good renown of those
human beings whose name and reputation have been
wrongly attacked and injured. Nothing can excuse a want
of charity to a fellow-creature in distress. He is pear,
perhaps, through his own folly, or that of his ancestors,
and we are rich, perhaps, through our own industry, or that
of our ancestors. We need not often insist on the difference
of merit as the reason for a difference of condition.
Therefore, once more - "Cast thy bread upon the
waters, for thou shalt find it after many days." The mist
arises from the earth, and the fertilising showers return
again into its bosom ; even so the love that man sheddeth
abroad upon his fellow-creatures is repaid by happinets
showered abundantly upon his head. Charity is the soul of
religion, and that charity which flows forth through the
melting tenderness of compassion, and betokens :a heart
alive to all the deep-seated sensibilities of humanity, is what
commends the .soul to heaven's complacent regard, and
gratifies for the enjoyment of heaven's favour. Charity is
a fundamental element of our religion; "it is the breathing,
the air, the light, the glory of the heavenly world."
In the second place—When shall we he charitable ?
Brethren, we answer this question with the second part of
our text—" In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening
withhold "not thine hand;" that is, be charitable always, and
at all times ai often as an unhappy being does present
himself before thee, Do not harden thine heart, nor shut
thine hand from thy poor brother. Is charity a virtue ? then

practise this virtue in its proper sense and signification.
Look at the poor widow of ZArephath, who dealt her morsel
of bread with the prophet Elijah the Tishbite, and who, in

consequence of her charity, received that Heavenly blessing,
that the barrel of meal which she possessed wasted not,
neither did -the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of

• the Lord, which he spake by Elijah. And another example:
Bring to your mind the charity of the good woman—the
good Shannommite who prevailed upon the prophet
-9sll,ai as often as he passed by, to turn in thither and to
et °read, and who, in consequence of her charity, was
blessed by our Almighty Father, that she, :who had no
children, very seen embraced a son. Therefore, "in the
morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy
hand." Be charitable as often as thou east an opportunity
to show thy good and kind heart; or, to express myself
more distinetly,'support the unhappy as soon as thou seest
that pains and sorrow are spread over their faces. For as
the rich and happy man has periods in which the sunbeams
of joy are shining gloriously upon him, so the poor and
unhappy have times in which the night of misery is
'dark, and where no star is visible to enlighten their road.
-The heaven is like iron, earth like brass, disease is brought
about by the gloomy season, and a painful case of death
draws after it a multitude of calamities and
afflictions.
Look, my brethren : in such an hour it is the greatest
charity to assist the needy. The Heaven will bless you,
when you, in such a moment, look aowii from your height,
at the gloomy depth of your despairing. brother. The
Heaven will bless you when, in such a critical period, you
appear as an angel, sent by Cod, to bring relief and support.
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening with-
hold not thy hand." Be charitable as long as thy bodily eye
is able to witness the effects of thy charitable heart, but
also then when thy eye is going to close itself for ever and
ver. • •

There are persons, being possessed with such an avaricious
and greedy desire of money, that they do not like to con-
tribute to charitable works as long as they enjoy their active