Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-09-10


Of his sermons.
1.-The life Of every individual may be compared
to river; rising IN obscurity, lncfelstng ~ tho
accession Of tributary streams, aui after flowing
through longer or shorter distance losing itself
in some common receptacle. The lives OF Indl-
yIduals, also, like the course Of rivers, may be
more or less extensive, but Wi. al vaui7h anu
disappear IN tho gu.i Of eternity. While a stream
is confined within It's banks IL ferillZss, earches,
and improves the country through which 1t pass
es, but If il deserts is channel II becomes inII~
rious and destructive. sort OF pnbhc nuisance.
and, by stegnating IN lakes and marshes, It's eN-
haIations dIffuse pestllence and disease around =
Some glide away 10 obscul'y n0d uslgniicance
while others become celebrated, .raverse CONT
nents, give names 10 countries md assign the
boundaries Of empires Some are Tranquil! and
gentle in their course; while Others, rushing IN
torrents, dashng over precIpiccs, and tumb'ing IN
water fails, become tIects of teTraf and GIsmay.
III the economy Of human life, men ndapt-
Cd for every station which they are called To &C
cupy. Every man mas sphere in hich 70 move
with pleasure to him eff aud with benefit to 9th
ers. But It he goes above Dr belov, or aside from
tins, he Is ont OF HI place, there Is Il Earring IN
the machinery, waste Of his 8o*afs OF mind or
body There IS an almost endless variety Of sit
uItlon7 70 bo filed, anl there are those who arc
fitted to occupy them. Blt get, nov many are
out Of place, How many have Mistaken heir
''|- ~ - ifA'iE ar, p-1d - !tE 'Jr4it.'HS IA
lfs, tur wh.ch tney have 10 mss,ai, moral or
physical aprtulai E.cry department Of life t.r>
GIshas many Illustrations ri n ont OF their
place. How many men are IN the ministry, who
ought never 10 hay1 been therci they are Ia
competent 10 the IN 'ntai or moral exertIons which
II requires. Their lives are passing away--and
they doing no good. They are conscientious
they wish 70 BE- usef4i-t.ov accomplish uo'h.
irg aui lhey uuhaPPy. We do not mean that
every minister whose iaboufs are productive of
but ltttle good has mistaken his calling, because,
whilst he may be fitted for usefulness, it may
have been prevented by i'll health, improper
location, aud variety Of outward circumstances.
Bat what we DO moan is this. that those min
Isters, whose usefulness is not counteracted In
any Of these ways, and who yet accomplish moth.
Ing, that they are out of their place; that they
would have uGeu apple. anu i.,3,t
some other calling How many there IN the
legal profession, who eniIrely OUT of heir
places, and whom their friends would advise to
seek another pursuit, They have not that logI-
cal turn of mind, which delights in profound and
abstract thinking, aud those habits of patient and
conIInuous study, IN Investigating abstrnse prln-
cipies, tracinr them, out IN their individual APP
plIcations, without which they never rise toI
ernincnce IN their profession. They are skim
mcrs upon the surface of things. They DO not
succeed-thcy are mortified and dIsheartenod.- =
They accomplish nothing for themselves, or 9th
ers-their time, talents md energies are wasted.
who destitute Of that active and inquiring
state of mind which is constantly searching IN o
the causes of things; of tina, close and attentive
which allows no tact 10 escape unob-
served, and which Is constantly treasuTIng away
iacts-and Of that ready tact tho application
of we'll known principles, essential IN helr pro
fesslon! The consequence Is, they never dstin> |
gulSh themselves 10 their profession, md though
the OBJ ject Of their profession the benefit Of others
yet the amount of relief they afford to the suffer
ing is exceedingly small. The same IS true Of
the mechanic arts, and all other pursuits In all
Of them constantly finding men out OF
their place, and they are, but little more than use
loss drones in society. Thus aside from the great
variety of other causes, yet from this alone, there
are multitudes, now living 10 purpose at all;
whereas in a different profession pursui, their
success might have equalled their nnticipations
This Is a subject fruitful in reflections, but we
cannot pursue 1t further at present. Every man,
sho finds hImse out Of his place. ought forth
with to right himself No pride Of character.
should be allowed 10 keep him IN a situation for
= hich he has no 'aete, md no capabilities Pa
tents 10 selecting professions pursuits for their
children should look well to it, lest they pu, them
,ut of place and thus perhaps entirely blast all
heir temporal prospects.
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