New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-05-18

Try the same principls ia mercantile life Let man
under your employment be cent 20 distant Pont 70
transact some important business he makes ouncel
and loses hundreds Of dollars and his excuse Tor u
his sincerity the bunder Is repeated. and he loses nOa
sands and when you reprove him for bis esreessness
hs only excuse Is. wss sincere in believing that Was
seting in which would best promote your in'
teres;s You would reply, Your sincerity 10 none the
less ruinOus and musi discharge you
Try the same principle In resPec: 70 your own feel
ings Suppose msn should say you are knsSe and
upon your asking for an explanation be should say
admit that said So but now &C knowledge that dd
wrong was Ia a passion AZ the time, and said II in
haste sorry for Whist have done. and ask your
forgiveness This would be q balm to your wounded
pose tas instead Of this be should say" did call you
knsve, and believed H. snd believe i now This
would be the most venomous part Of IL loa would
say" Il Is not enough that you be sincere-you mus'
substants,e your belief BY proof will have recourse
TO the Law" And if you hold 10 the principle OF saying
what you think Is true. regardless OF tne feelings ana
character of others yea sas bear the penalty OF IL
Now here Is principle that is false in every depart
men, OF life, ill you come into MOrslsana that prn'
cpl- which business would not fora moment support
is applied and insisted upon In arguing MorA ana he'g
Gus questions II does make difference what we De
ueve God will hold US accountable for our belief Just
as true he wiz hold US accountable for our actions
TIE only infennce will attend 10 10 this: That God
will held MAJ accountable for their opinions under the
Gospe and for what they know. Then II may be said
will be best for them not TO know too much. But lie
viii bold them accountable for whs, they do not know
that they should know.
For example; misery and selfish guardian of
deenceess orphan sppropriatss to himself the whole
OF his ward and upon the fact being known sfut
is brought by the friends Of the orphan 10 recover the
properly Il Is found TO be clear case OF fraud and the
estate can be easily regsned. The whole community 10
aroused aud all their sympslhes with the sggreved
orphan At length the trial comes on-ihe jury 10 EN-
psnneled and the opened. And while the evidence
is going iurymsn Is reading newspaper another
ia talking to friend. and several sseep as II they
In church When they 90 out they remember
nothing sbou, the merits OF the case. They put one
thing and another thing together ard come out and give
verdict not in favor OF the injured plaintiff bu, in
favor of the defendant
Now what will the people sag TO these jurymen' one
OF them sometime stter this occurrence 10 humble
seeker 10 serve the people by going to Congress lie n
rem, bered and il will be said this Ia one OF the men
hst served that infamous course on that Jury Ana ms
says in extenuaon OF bis conduct IL was my detire 10
render verdict In accordance with the eydence put
Idid kuo,c rkri Gas - Did not know what Il wasf
some sturdy old farmer would say TO him, what were
YOU put there for II il not for the express purpose
OF hearing the evidence and rendering Just yerdict
Your excuse only stamps you with deeper disgrace
than your fsse verdict hsd already DONE snd u PROOF
positive OF your unhuess to MI any station requiring
common wstchiGness and honesty
Now God mas given the light OF Jesus CHRIST God mas
opped the career OF his whole government and inter-
posed new system God hss rent the heavens In twain
that he might bring the truth to light and NE and I'M
mortality star after star in bright consultations have
beAned out and Jesus Christ has brought truth TO gn
Truth preached truth sent through the Bible and through
living Ministry TO the whole people Ana row II any
cue seeks to eyade il aud syoid IT, God wiH hod every
such guilty man accountable for bis ignorance Inc
truth Is here and il is your creates, interest to know IT,
and you are ignorant of IL at your peril
Finally If this doctrine 10 true, what VIII De the &C
/ count that we have to give to Godi
remark that YOU will have 10 give account before
Cod in respect to your relations to yourself to each
/ other end to God. , ,
Let US see how msny points there are under each OF
first the duties which refer partic ulsry to our
selves.
Each of you will have to give account to God Tor
your time or every hour TOR every moment You VIII
have 20 give account 10 God for every power OF nd
for the use OF every one for the culture OF every one
/ for every power of Thought and Imagination Tor All
your glous and social faculties. lie VIII CAL you 70
account Tor all your passions aud motivesOr all your
conduct My friend, you may well feel some terrors
when YOU reflect that all that conduct OF which you
were ashamed. will be revealed by the Amgnty IN
the dread day of Judgment and you viii be compelled 10
look ON IT, and your neghboTs will look on H. snd all
the assembled hosts OF Heaven and He'll shall look upon
Il and upon you as the author OF Ano 10 NOSE VINO
DO not now feel any would say that there
| Dav of Terror coming when God will call you 10 &C
count for all the Divine efforts made IN your behs-oI
all the special Provldences that have been sent 10 your
dOoror all the personal influences thst have ever been
brought TO bear upon you the sanctuary or out OF the
secondly God will call you to account fcr all the
duties which you 10 otbers-ior the discharge oi
! your public duties as citizens.
Are YOU an officer God will hold you to strict ac'
count for the manner In which the duties oil that Sfce
are discharged. afraid my friends from the signs
of the times that this doctrine Is not much preached or
understood namely that God will hold those Ia place 10
| hi9ker account than those beneath them. God VIII
call you account for the manner In which In THIS lie
you discharge your duties oyour family your neghoor
hood your town, your state and your whole land An
inert citizen unpatriotc man will have something 10
answer for at the bar of God. Every time you have
voted those lots that right and just Tod has noted
them down though men have not. And you Will called
TO account, tor all the opportunities to do good That you
have neglected to improve II theres young man in
this world that light have been held BACK from MEM
perauce by you and you did notdo it, God will hold you
accountable for IT, It's not safe thing Tor man 70
I ne glect 10 do good in this world
For all of .he influences you have exeTied intention
allv or Internationally God will call you 20 account
Thsre are many men that study malign infu
ence upon their fellows. Well, let tbem DO H. lhey
wag their empty heads and swing themselves down
through the streets independent ana nee 70 40 what
thew choose The world owes me a living say they
| and will have IL. | for no man, care Tor no
law for no public opinion God has his eye upon
them No archer ever drew a surer bow upon his d.
voted game than God has done upon these men and BIS
avenging bolt will fall with fold terror on their heads
when they shall find the grave yawnng to receive
them and fearful will be their tate when the black bill
lows OF death shs sweep them resls,es' to their mex
orable doom
10 less degree Il s no less true that msns uninten
tona offences will have TO DO accounted for Is there
man ia this who has children that ne loves
Have they ever heard the voice OF prayer raised In CRATE
fnI acknowledgement from before the family altar. 10
the Dispenser all good Thstdesr and beloved daugh
ter that growing up now into man estate-has not
the whole Of your conduct been such A. u practically
teach them that there IL NJ Cod You may have told
them of God In a cssusl the same as you have
of Alexander and you mAy have in formal, liieess
manner informed them that IL IL their duty TO obey
God and 20 love and serve him. But your ie--your
whole warm spontaneous liie-has ever preached
doctrine exactly the reverse and which do you sup
pose child will believe hrst fathers talk or fathers
ifei Most Internationally the latter and If that has
told your children that all that God requires from MS
children Is lip.servcs and they grow up without ever
coming b knowledge of Gods saving mercy and their
soul, are finally lost God will hold them accountable Ia
their measure but you will be held accountable, also, az
accessory 20 their guilt and fearful will be the dread
account W hich you will have 10 meet
Lastly. For all our duties toward God, we shal be
brought % strict account
For the way In which have treated the oyertures
Of mercy made through the Lord Jesus Christ Tor the
hardening Of our hearts against The persuasive Bhu
epces and Efforts OF our blessed Redeemer for our sal
Walton God will call b. account Is thefe man va
this congre CATION who will say ! DO not behave inst
God vii punish me for al through eternity Tor my niue
sinsf Give u. your hand on that You have 30 nshy
great sins that God will have enough % do TO punish
Won for them alone without taking into the account
what you are pleased to style your little SINS FOR
d.sipz your whole nature Jr the prostitution oil your
powers for tuning yourselves VINO we're me sons OF
God into base materials Of the hesh for ms oesuueu0n
of Yourselves God will call you 20 strict account Ana
I Dare \