New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-08-01


Meeting the other day friend of ours 700 much
given to contrasting the conditions OF the Rich and
the Poor reminded US OF the brief but compreheu.
sive lines in the play OF kin- John;
Well wlies am a bcgcar. VIII rail
And sav-there sin but 10 b. PicS
And being ricn. my yirtIe then shall BE-
To s6y. there i vice but Begsury.
How true and natural are the above lines and
every DAYS experience but adds to the ruth of
them Who but the Bard OF all time could have
embodied INTO with brevity the always existing
feelings of the two different classes OF mankind +
Here he holds up the mirror wherein every man
may see reflected his image. with discomfort mark
ed thereon. Whence this gloomy looking impress
OF discomfort. and how came II there : Let US look
al the cause Of such Disagreement OF the beauri-
ful creation. Pause but awhile. Sons OF Earth :
and think what We are. IS this world the only
sphere OF Your action. that You should be always
longing for change OF your condition Know You
not that happiness IS independent OF wealth =
The rich man who lives well and rides IN his beau.
tu carriage is not 10 be envled. nor is he happier
than the hard-workins mechanic. He. like his
brother the poor man. wants something he can't
reach he has an aching void-an unsatished de-
sire This Is the chief cause Of all our ILL., longing
to fly something we know not OF And tile only way
to be happy is to forget condition and seek 10
be contented with it by moral and intellectual cul-
ture. Let not look outwardly for the remedy
but inwartllv. " thin we have world eternal and
wonderfully made not by man. but God. Let us
seek to improve it by culture, by ruling the pas
sions and curbing desires Man is not day
work. nor is his usefulness in this life limited. The
conditions oil lie bur Incentives Ia hoher and
better work. and recoliect that misfortune and nd
versty are towIy. and TO us II Is gwen Tor I'M
provement OF our virtues and affections Let us.
then think OF the object of our being not to hate
the Rich nor despise the Poor: each has his work
to do here and the conditions OF lie are but the
means of action And when we come TO view the
different conditions OF life as divine net, we can
not bur admire the wisdom of our Heavenly Faith.
He has made us and placed us where he IN
tended and for the development of faculties the
fruits of which we know nothing o III this world.
but as the great future Will reveal to us To the
Poor man we would say Be contented with your
lot for YOU know not what IT may be productive OF
There Is hand that directs sll things invisible 10
be not stubborn buU yield to its guidance Let
not your vision be limited TO the palaces and equi-
pages of the Rich but rather let II penetrate the
conds and look upward Ia the palace eternal, not
built by man To the Rich we would say, Love
the Poor help and assist them they are Your
brethren--you know not but they may be themes
of your lasting happiness and look but on Nature
and see how the smallest and most indifferent plant
is cared for much as the lofty oak. Look at the
analogy and learn FROM Nature n lesson of useful
ness To the Rich and the Poor We say. Think oil
the end ot your belng-the present Is transltory,
the future is lasting. B contented with what You
have and cultivate that Heavenly virtue. sweet
Content. HOMO.
- We ike the philosophy of the above as far
il goes. but it does n great way. To say
to man who can get no work and has but scanty
and diminishing means of buying bread Be con.
tent-the Rich have their troubles well as You
is poor consolation He very properly answers
you " II great Riches bring misery as well as ex-
IRENE Poverty why not reform them both
would gladly be content you can wish. but my
hungry children, my grumbIing baker and grocer
my stern landlord won't let me. Please go preach
a little to the latter and see if he will forgive me-
this years rent ON the strength of Your sermon
Homo needs to observe more, think more ami
feel more before he undertakes to philosophze on
Riches and Poverty. He is ont OF his depth here
entirely Ed. TrtGnae.