New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-04
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JONATHAN GooDHUE.


f.rni the wsnt oi examples. IT, srcsf ,fsasnenl
81 .ch men hs,e sssiuss ~ imprscticsh.ss-.
{ While 10 adso,sies .re unable o. pat Their hsss'
upcn .hinins Illustrations " 10 power az 'pirit
( .he, want hoth me mesnsa esemphiyins re 3d.
TIME. al pfecept. .na II oononudius the ssspii.
c..n ~hioh deems it v.icusry. For x vas Ne hfs
o CHRIST thst orisin ais save ssthoriis o. - lesh
ms. and TIE e,o.pei owed 20 ms.nifcrnf sns
rspli triumph. iurins The frs' c-ntary b ~. sef
denying, the onrsistsat. tnt ne holy lives a sts
coniessors snd martyrs. TIE csuse of rehsioa has
tosn slstsiaci in the ~cr.d .incs. mainly hy ne
testimony u the faithful 'sw vho have iarn~ q,
divine fruits IN their hic al Conversation Every
generalization ID ia lsnsulsling latsre.s III. coms
In the form ~ quickened splns o. obciisnc--
The period, Of ln6deity have been s.s.,n.
wh.a ,u.ary. pnds aad sloth- when prosperity o.
wsr-wh.n vorldEnes, Ia souae shape .h. dlmmrt
ths virtue o. Is profes.,rs and thus ohscured ths
only ~. dencc " hich ], Practically potent ard an.
snsWc rah.s.
commoa AMI favoute form II evstlns th~
/ demands 1t the gospel b msintsin then 'ncom
psubl.iy with the necessary conditions 81 human
/ a.e nicr other and more favorable circam
stances. ~ invansh,y reason, she ,hrsuan lie
might be- possbe. and under s|mosi aay others
than those beneath Whioh We are suuEsins. ies.
f1.ca't while oar own provdeunsl sasifr seem
directly hostile g.. ID ~ ab,o.atey nrcornctsble
vito the snirit aud condaci repaired By CHRIST
N.thine bat examples ut the CHRISTIAN itic anicl o.
varieties oi circumstances and ama the me-
O., ing snd dissa ssnsaecoss soenc' can adequately
silence objectiss sac thes"
Tie world needs a. see uieu sprinsl ans a. in a.
busiest aud most exposed paths. Walking amid ine
flame. oi 10 most dcsuurns passions, hsnoIine
Is ms, hsuaying snd scdaftise epiccs-iu a.fe.t
contact With - mat poisonous e'ils,-ana lct
MAINTAINING their prncipic,. which are above ne
sphere in Which they mosc--ai mat sieop I" NE
level nn which thcy stand purify that . uot
=, be- cautaminated-a cha actcr above suspicioa
or repoach
in community Ike ours. there special dsa
ser thst the CHRISTIAN chsracter VII de,lur, ald
" Oh % the confidence - the pebiic in the fssutf
of Chrstian faith and virtue. We live cuuioss,d.y
n the midst 81 great temptations and sedustious
There Is nothing. perhaps. 'onccrnins ~hch men
Ilnht each other more than ln regard io ihcn
power o. Withstand tie temptations ~ money.
That "evcry man has his puco 10 rccc'cd
maxim nf terrible import whose practical disrfuoi
concerns the interests and even the cfedibiiiY al
the gospel more than tongue car tell.
It's o. tins tfisI by gold that We arc called 10
this commercial metropolis trial more a. he
dreaded than the old ,nal by tire
Amid the competitions and COLLISIONS Of uer
camille enterprise pressed by necc"lsS ani mo
Difficulty of speedily succecdlns IN order o. main
tain the expensive position here assumed-sui
rounded hy examples oi crowds ~ hose confessed
and only nbisrt Is accumulation supported in isN
prscticcs by the msxmsoi tho rarolcss-temptcd
now hy the entering prices Of rapid success. snd
then bv imminent pcrlIs ui Sudden iailure-eNaltci
bv thc triumphant ,pcculauous Of the adventurous
and dazred by the sOcia splcndoro the prosperous
-onvcrsant all day Iona i0f ~ ieastsix isys 10 the
week. with the ans and projects, ne ouuVcrsa
ton AMI spuit Of money making, what wonder r.
10 that riches come to stana iuf The principal thins
and the law. snd spun, of Christian virtue arc -
often found O. be- withcs al straw in the fires "a
worldly ambition and business enterprise
What We particularly need then in this commu
nity j. the example of men who are thrown into
tae hottest part oi this iarnace snd YET come out
an.eathed Men who enter into the arena %. bus
ness seek it. rewards wrsstie with 10 com
pettors experience rs temptations. taste its dls
appointments and 10. successes, 10 anxieties ant
80. qualifications, pass through ~ crises II panic
and bubble prosperity, yet through al Uphold
character and rcputstion tor ansposted honor ant
integrity, tor cquanllnity and moderatlon-in short
a,r gualiues Of mind and heart b. which worldly
success % maniiestly aud completely suhufdinated
The world may well be- suspicious Of an uEtued
virtue Of the worth II All integrity which sustaius
Itself ln secusi0n aud never measures ts strength
with the temptations of lie, OF professional good
ness which - hedgci about by Tho restrictions u
public opinion. OF a talking piety that mstakes
the glow OF beautiful and exalted sentiments iOr
tho and vigor Of moral principle, Of the
sraces which merely reflect the circumstances
that surround thcm-as, for instance, tho hsniilty
of the low Ia station. the amlablonsss Of those
whose natural temperament 10 equsbe, the scif
control ~ the unnp FASHIONED, or moderation ~ de-
.ires Ia tho.s who are " lth0ut opportunity 90 hope
II Advancement
What We need 10 confirm our faith In virtue. %
..I.t.. N.
the triumph u tempted integrity. the victory Of
.pint that feels tho hire of the passions aud desires
that agitate our own bosoms. and yet controls
thsm-tbat 10 subjected 10 our Ovn trying cif-
cumslsBccs and tums them 10 tho account Of
goodness
II Is no snoOmmon thing ~ hear men ss Il wcre
iouiiy INK their own moral resolution by .sssilns
The ordinary objects o. human desro-deDying
the desirsbleBess OF fortune-chargins the nsces
sary principles on which business Is conducted
with intrinsic immortality, aud stributiag 10 wealth
itself all the evils which arse from the passionate
love OF money.
When these words proceed from the mouth OF
the unsuccessful, or from those withdrawn from
the walks Of trade. they Indicate very suspi
cious kind OF past experience and very doubt
fol sort Of unvOrdlincss
m, truth u. the business Of the world mast be
carried on. There must be commercial centers
where wealth with all Its responsibility, perks sad
advantages will be concentrated. Merchants, IN
the largest Of the word, are necessary and
most imp0rtant class, a fixed, Indispensable and
permanent class 10 the divisions Of society. There
40 prospect whatsoever that the pressure OF care,
the com petitions OF trade, the increase u wealth.
oethe growth OF private fortunes " ~ diminish IN
place ike this. jus, here TINS work which yoa
are doing has 70 DO done. viii rems.a a. be done
and yOu and your successors VIII be subjected b.
whatsoever dangers and disadysntsges t. ths
moral nature belong to u.
II by no means follows because post - danger.
Gus that Il Is 10 be deserted, or that Il wrong h
occupy Il. II ia BY no means true that things are
unimportsnt or b be dispensed With, because they
are morally perilOgs Commerce "a dangerous,
precisely because OF the magnitude u the interests
Involved ia IL Money 10 "perilous stun just be-
cause II IL the representation OF al other physica
and much intellectual and moral value
This community Of business interests and busi-
ness men Is dangerous and dincult place b.
dwell in, because those exclusively occupied In
dealing with a commodity which most nearly and
universally touches the present welfare and imme
date necessities OF Millions feel the passions Of the
atom pressing back upon them, and shaking, with
convalsive energy, the nerves, which they them.