Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-01-29
p OV L r Il Y.
happy.

uuo,v many eat the bitter bread ofgrief,
or .h,;ok ;oto the so.did hut Of cheerless pow
ehy."
Iftherc is any thing in this world that can
subdue the passions, the ardor'-or
euench the lofty aspirations oi tue man "ho
Is exertng every sinew TO attaih 'i'e o'Joo'
Of his desires, 1t Is poverty. no" n,e"y 20"
erful minds have sunk under its chliiihS iiinu-
cnce. How often have lntelicctS, rom "h'c',
the scnti,laton Of genius irrauialcu, anu
sbone forth like the brilliant meteor III nS
transit across the s.jcwelled arch Of night =
ecl;nsino by its superior brightness, the gilt
,ar;r,, noints that adorn il; how often, say,
have such intcllects been dimned, or utterly
ex,inruished. by povcrty's whitening touch;
How many, ut the very thought oipenury ana
want, have
-"ra; sed against themselves The mnIneiou' '''e'
! And r. shed int" { e presence o. ti''' o'u
| Uncailed, and unprei aren.
We who have been called to sleep in the arms
arlrvurv whose steps have always trodden
unon carpets of"Turkey's choicest looms, :
,yhose shelter from the wintry storm is the
snlendid mansion, where no chilling, piercing
v;nLs have ever entered, to freeze the cfim-
son current that meandcrs in your 'eihS;-
whose feet never wandered into the movers
of the poor. or ever beheld picture OF nu-
man misery. You cannot feel or symPat!!i-e
| with such, in their atlctions. -,
Il But We rich ones of the earth, II you woui'
! op;ov the wealth that Providence so coplous-
|lv siowered upon you, seek out as often Us
! Won have opportunity, the wretched awei-
! linrs of the poor, and as you behold willow
| cd mother stretched upon her bed ol straw,
With three or four little children around her
! crvinr piteousy Tor bread to allay the glaw-
/ ings of HUNGER, while at the same time their
little limbs are shivcrng with cod-l!icn'
saw. if you would enjoy your rIcheS' IS'Se up
| the desolate widow from her miserable oeo;
administer cordial to her parched !iPsi ieeu
and warm the starving, perishlhg cli'uten-
and if YOU do not experience iuAu'y yccu
never tasted before--thc widows gra'elui
i thanks-the Joy expressed in the countenan-
COS and restnres of the little ones; ana more
j than all. The satisfaction Of an approving con-
science, for having done good actloh, ''iei'
there is no such thing in this terrcstiia aoooc.
II The above remarks have been elected ny
hearing Discourse at the Methodist Episco-
nal Church, in Bennett street, being the An
riversary of the "Relief fSocicty."-Scrmon
bv the Rev. Mr.. Stevens, young man aoou'
twenty. who had been stationed III TINS chy
only few months.
lie described in the most fervid eloquencree
the situation of the suffering poor-,he WIG
! owed mother-thc orphan chlld-ahd reih'e'
n case of actual suffering, which came nhoe
the copnizance Of the Society, oi vir'uon
family who had seen better days; and this ol
the last thanksgiving, in the midst OF the pop
: ulation of our city; the hand OF chaiity re
5 levod thcm;-but when he described the SUI
rerinys Of one family in another clty OF on
republic, the sire taken away, the mo'ne
leit widow with five children but WIZ
! economy, enough for their support, had not
i, ferd.hke villain robbed them OF II their dis
u trcsscd situation after their little propefl
was gone: their separation, and the death o
their mother; and finally, when the yo"th''
y sneaker broke forth in that strain OF eioquehc
= which can emanate only from the dceP an
J. intense feelings Of the heart, and win 're
-, mulous voice uttered to the listening audicnc
. that HE. HIMSELF, was one Of those orpha
children that he had just descrlbed,--it wa
like an electric shock to the whole congre
cation; for one Simultaneous, audible sooo'h
broke forth from every person III the house-
n in which the youthful minister, quite Owe
@ come by his own feelings, was forced to Joi
!. and he at length closed his discourse after
A hours continuance, leaving scarcely an ey
y not suffused with tears.
q Boston Traveller.