Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-19
MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1919.
FoR President ~ lS44.
III L. y X n e. j. a u.
FoR WICK PREslDENr,
JOHN DAVIS. OF MASSACHUSETTS,.
PROFESSIONS AND TRADES.


or all the learned Professions the clerical per.
/ haPs. is the must susceptible Of bcrg turned to
account in the cultivation Of the powers cr the
mind. literary and scientific research and general in.
relligence-Ihuugh that. IL the duties Of the Office
arc fully discharged but little time for all
-'ruse studies or moral or scientific reflections The
preparation of two discourses a week, seem TO the
loo,er on hut 'riGing duties To perform, and they
would. indeed, not be very severe; hut The clergy.
nan Who Joes his duty has oher uRd far severer
duties 10 perform. lie must receive visits from his
parishioners, he must hear their onplans aud their
vie rs upon all points. administer to them as best
he can, visit his parshIoner,. visit the sick. al.
minister To the wants Of the mind diseased
consolation Ia an ctiil. counsel n sin. Tie
feelings are narrowed. the nerves unslrung. and
unless there is a full aud perfect reliance upon and
love Of God, his mind musI become the charnel
house Of human miserics. afl icons and crimes
Yet, with leryent rehgiuus faith. and capacity
To cast al the feet Of his redeemsr the burIhen Of
woes Of which he is made the depository, he will
find occasions when he il pre3aring hls discourses.
rhlt the mind al free itself from the shackles OF
earth aud rise into the world of unrusira;ned thought
! thread the mALes Of the visible creation aud more
intricate sill, the labyrinth Of the human mind its
powers and uses. its habits, It's strength and weak
ness. and It's tendencies the connection ami The dit
ference between the finite aud infinite.
L. The medical profession there is us much To call
iorth the better feeling Of man ia the clerical;
hat unless done at the expense OF the profession
there is nothing cultivate, aad no time to cult.
vaIe that which is merely intellectual. II is
rare-perhops from familiarity with human sui-
ering. death aud the dead. perhaps ir ON false de-
ductIuns from the knowledge attained ia the study
OF the human system. that life. thought and necessa
rIly the soul ia life is dependent on The material
wurd-Ihat rel gion is deeply seated aud erveur ia
the physician than in any other class. The suffer.
ings, therefore. they must witness, tend much t.
deaden the sen,ibilIies aud destroy the elasticity o
spirit that is witnessed other classes Jf life
Even II in small practice. there are more or less
lives hanging upon the skill "f The physician, ami
The fearful responsibility. if he IS a good man. will
lead HIM 10 devote his mind-not only while with
the patient, but when IN hls study ia hIs house
with his family, at his table, in company or any
where-to thought up)n his patients. symptoms the
probable effects Of medicines remedies aud stu
dying the opinions and practice Of those who have
g1ne before him. lie his hItle leisure Tor the cul.
tvaliOn Of mind beyond the scope OF his profession.
The JnrsI has less TO excite his sympalhies. less
u call forth deep feeling in the practice Of his FRO
lession than eiIhcr Of The above; but as much to
perPIeI. TO reE and TO weary. The reading he did
while student. merely taught him how to study
law. The study Of the profession is a hard task for
long aud we'll applied life and to rise ia his
profession. he must be constant and hard aborer
IL lsa labor that lays wrinkles the face, sprinkles
gray hairs in the head dries up IN fountains VI the
SOU Land while IL teaches 10 grasp at all things
II sears the Imagination, burns as with an iron.
The merchant to sustain his business and his
credit. must keep his mind bent on liars and
cents his liviugs depends upon the exercise Of his
mind "a the way Of business, aud with all his puwers
It must be applied, or failure dishonor and poverty
follow
The editor is worse than either. he must apply his
mind 10 all subjects, on the same day, aud almost al
The Same time. IL thus becomes a machine His
mind Is taken out Of The common truck and put to
mechanical labor. Il works as his ngcrs do grasps
t' " NlON odl WIN the same case pOedleul 10
The power Of the UiH Il has no freedom. forgels
what elasticity is. AID goes abou preparing IT'S daily
public meal, q kitchen gld does a break fast, only
It has not the foiid hope aud expectation Of having
good supply when iIs master and mistress, the
great public are satisfied.
The reader may ask. what profession is, then,
noble, aigni6ed aud deserving of The attention
Of being that is immortal Any one 10. which
enables man TO supply hi' wants by the use &c his
hands, and where Il IL only necessary 10 call the
head 10 20 ASSIST Them occasionally. Turner or a
mechanic has a mind at liberty uhed he is az work.
u Nhen at leisure they will road.-reaI little and
think Of Il while they are az work wiih their hands
fJf their daily bread. they eau bercme great and
s'se. heir minds ne free; aud they have ust ont,
he suJoymeut Of The present, the hic here hot the
mind scars where q will, con investigate. compare
AID sylye Al nature Is is plpy ground and 10 ID.
ample folds Gao find space enDsgh 20 exercise o.
seIG These are really, the noble aud eunoblug
rolssslons not those "a Which e man must sell hi
JraIrs 10 buy tools and heei-ieak
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