Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-01-18
From the Phila Ledger.
ABSTRACT OF A SERMON
Delivered by the Rep. Mr.. Clorhc; Rector Of
81. Andrew's Episcopal Church.

Delivered by the Rep. Mr.. CI0rhe; Rector Of
81. Andrep's Episcopal Church.
MEssRs EDIToRs IL observe. with pleasure,
that You have commenced reporting and pub.
fishing sermons And there is twotold ad-
vantage connected with this new undertaking (
it tends, first to the dissemination Of Christian !
principles, aud secondly, enables readers at a
distance to enjoy the discourse which they are
unable to hear delivered.
have taken the liberty TO send you n few
remarks of the Rev. Mr.. Clark, (Recior Of 81.
Andrews Episcopal Church,) which he made
in his discourse of last Sunday morning, with
the hope that you would give them place in
the columns Of your widely circulated paper.
In the course of his sermon he remarked that
he was dsCoursng on an unusual topic, and
that some might object to its being introduced
into the pulpit but when he saw that the ten
dency of Christians, and persons openly profess
sing themselves such, in these days Of traffic
and gain. were such as TO disgrace themselves
in their calling and offending their God, he felt
himself justified in his course, and sought to
| prevent the increase Of the dishonest means that
such men used in their secular business.
| With these PREDATORY remarks, remain
Yours, &c, +. d. A.
"Man gocth forth unto his work and his labor
| until the evening. .'-PS0im civ, 23.
| This is brief eptome of human life. Man
arlseth in the morning OF lie, and laboreth un-
| I'll the evening OF his days, when he goeth unto
his last home. The world We live in is admi.
rably adapted TO our existence. If there were
no curse resting upon us, then would this
world be pericc, one But in the fall of man,
when his sentence was pronounced, "ih the
sweat Of thy face shalt thou eat bread" this was
q sentence OF the most merciful nature that could
have been rendered against the whole family
of man, since we well know, when having no.
thing to occupy ourselves with, how heavy time
hangs upon our hands.
If the earth brought forth fruit spontaneously;
if there were an eternal spring when The soft
winds breathed their refreshing and balmy
brcezcs over us, instead OF the hot simoom or the
piercing blasts Ola frozen region if the fruit
stalk, aud man had nothing to do but to pluck
eat and be satisfied, then would the occupations
ofthe agriculturist and the tiller Of the ground
, the mil.wright and the produce merchant, b'
at an end there would be no need for their ai'
in our getting our food. So " III the artlticer
i and he that workr,h IN brass and iron the,
, would be superseded by the hountifulness otna
-, rurc the instruments needed by the farme
1, and the miller would no longer have their use
All traffic and barter would cease, if such wer
=, the case it the earth and sea produced foo
spontaneously, man would relapse into indoenc
: and be unhappy. But III the dspensaton unde
Ia which we live the reverse of the above is ou
, lot, and, in the language OF the psalmlst, MA
h goe,h torth unto his work and to his labor unt
the evening
1t is our purpose to show the three differer
> posi-, ions which should influence men in the
- daily vacations
/ Mcn shouH hare an honest business
AID men should chuuse such a business OF pr,
-, ie>sion az which they can labor without dom
.. others any INJURY. In some occupations, as, i
u instance, maker and vender of poisons or a
-. tclcS OF poisonous nature, which are extel
>, svcly and dally made use of in the arts, he
not bllmcabe If some of his goods are used
the murderer or suicide but If in his mann'
. OF disposing of them he is not cautious, or do
not glye the purchasers warning Of their de
tructIvc effects, then trade in the luXuries
~, late ; and /, for my part, cannot see any ohie
ton to tins traffic, Cor II Is difficult to say whc
comforts end and luNur es bsgn. The cor
=, forts which many people ENJOY IN the prescI
civilized state of life would bc rendered by Il
-. untutorcd Savages the very exuberance
,, luNuries aud 80 would the pleasures of mo-
atchs htr among the most civilized and enligh
enrd na,ptrn OF the earth.
~ > Men shouid deal honestly pih one anot' e
:. No one %ho Is Christian, or protesses hImSe
.,r one, should take an undue advantage over h
so neiuhbnr For instance, If should be maxim
No IA sale with some person, and knew more abo
#. the wor,hlessness OF the article than he was
u. ware Of and # did not tell hlin aft, aud we
p. To receive his money, | would be doing a dish
nest act. Bat il il was merely my own COME
iure or opinion that tomorrow the Article wou
tall in value, IL would not be dishonesty on n
part, tor he would have his eyes as much ope
ed ss my own, and after all ! might be mist
ken. Il is where one man takes the advantaa
over the other that it becomes dishonesty.
nOiher nrevalent kind of dishonesty, Is Nhc