Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-11-04
Address to the Clergy.


Address to the Clergy.
observation-disclosures GENTLEMEN,-Temor
row is your day Of work. To you the original COM
mand sreverscd. Six days shalt thou oll and lounge
| and enjoy thysef-but the seventh, do then get
| into thy pulpit and do the work of thy master.
| Tomorrow is the Sabbath-the Christian Sabbath
the day appointed by the sacred Founder Of your
order 10 call back the mind from the things Of this
world and to fix il on the things Of God, heaven and
| eternity.
For many years past your conduct and your efforts
have been principally directed to the building up each
man his own sect-to the construction Of specula
tive opinions grace, death, and damnaton-to the
erection of splendid churches on cred-to the forma
ton Of fashionable congregations where elegance and
gaty mixed Familiarity with matters OF heaven and
eternity. Sometimes these occupations would be
diversified by religious convenion-a pious quarrel
an attack each others creeds-the damnalion of
this or that sect-the making up of match between
a rich young lady and poor parson-or the creation
ofa fund to convert the heather in foreign land.
Tomorrow is the sabbath of your master. On that
day, you will array yourselves in more costly habi-
ments than he did, and enter the threshold Of more
splendid houses to deliver his prccepts and sentiments
to this people than he had. To him in his short pl-
grmagc the beautiful wales of Juda, the blue vault
Of heaven was the roof-the eternal mountains the
columns-and the glorious sun in the east, the win
dow that let in the light of day to his place of as
semblage.
You are more comfortable in home, family frieads
salary clothing and public regard than he who taught
you all you know in his glorious pilgrimage
You live on the fat OF the earth. Have you locked
inwardly and examined your soul as to your duty
your great public duty? Many Of you look into the
vain novels Of the day-he pay controversies of the
age-but do you read with the right spirit the heaven
| taught sermon on the Mount the glorious legacy
given TO your predecessors at the enchanting Last
Support Arc you that the great Father of
| Heaven and Earth, when you tremblingly stand up
before him in the great day will ask you dd you take
care oftho morals Of the people, among which placed
| you7 Did you bend 10 wealth and power instead
OF standing up for poverty purity, integrity and
| humility"
AT this moment, one of the greatest questions is
now agitaiing the public mind that ever came before
free people, II is not the ordinary question between
batch of fools rersus batch OF blockheads Ii is
question Of deep and profound moral principie-it
| is question embracing the very elements of the
social system-it il a question looking to the grand
morcmento of civiIization in its upward tendency to
honor, dignity, virtue and national glory.
This question is the BANKING SYSTEM-that
system Ct fraud and horrible immortality which will
destroy our morals-des,roy our religion-destroy
cur country III be not reformed and renovated.
Under the influence of this corrupt and lcentious
system, scenes of progacy and crime have increased
fourold during the last few years. Lock at the afro
cous state OF society developed by the trial Of young
proHgate for the crime Of murder. In a portion OF
the cty-see hic protector ofvrtuous and lovely
MISUNDERSTANDING up, day by day, to shield the in
famous wretch from the just indignation Of the law
Mark the ready eloq,ence of counsel TO make white
black and black white in order to defeat the agonised
voice of Justice On such an occasioa the voice of
mercy was mingled with the voice OF utter gross and
daring RIGHTEOUSNESS See in th, conduct Of our
public men, an utter contempt for oil the moral de-
cenccs OF human life.
Say-oh s,y-yc sacred ministers OF morals and
purity, whether you can 70 up each Of your several
long asles and not feel that terrible iudpment Ia
hanging over this city unless the voice Of parity and
of ruth IS heard Look at the innocent, beauteoos
mcek-eyed, young women now softly raising their
pure besmng eyes to that EYE that sees them from
on High Do you not hear in those deep drawn signs
of devotion, the voice of virtue and of purity wills.
pering in your car call back the hearts OF this mis-
guided people these bad, bold men, arc disgracing
this city disgracing the age-dsgracing all nature
sndusdce by permitting these corrupt instruments Of
corup, systcm-tne friend OF the murderer and Sc
duccr, TO be rewarded with Office honor, and high
rank in Christian community"
Gentlemen and ministers Of reliaion-ye who are
80 particular about your words in Trinity, ST. pauls
ST. Thomas and in all the other saints cdiices about
town. look into your hearts, and also into the hears OF
your aocks, and st things to right in that uncultiva
ted region. Tue hearts II your female hearers are
right. They follow their own pure impuls s-but the
hearts Of your males are much corrodeJ and cor
upted in Wall street, that the devil and his lcgons
have pinned tickets 10 their button holes, thus.
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