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We like to see men VINO measure every
thing BY the "~aImighty dollar"
Tell him Mr.. A, who has lately come to
town is an excellent man, we like to hear
him enquire, sswhat is he worth?"
Tell him Mr.. B is a talented preacher
and useful man, we like to hear him reply,
we suppose he can make more at it than he
can at anything else.
Tell him young MI. C has q fine genius,
and is a very promising young man. He
will Immediately ask what his capacity for
making money is, &c. Has a comprehend
siye mind that man.
We like TO see men who have made their
thousands of the people, and yet the histo-
-ry of their operations fail to show where
they have ever contributed ten dollars for
any religious, benevolent, moral or public
purpose whatever, when their own pecu-
mary interest was not Immediately and d.
rectly concerned. And then We like to see
these men wonder why they are unpopular,
and to hear them curse the people for their
i1~gratitude.
When wealthy men have any mechanical
operations on hands, we like to see them
send any where else for ~workmen, rather
than employ our own mechanics, provided
they can save 1-2 of one per cent by the
operation. The way to make one popular.
We like to see a merchant encourage a
customer whom he believes TO be good, to
deal largely with him on credit. But when
ultimately, through misfortune or misman-
agement, or perhaps through both, but with
perfect honesty Of purpose, the poor fell
low becomes pretty we'll stepped in debt,
aud is likely to fail, we like to see this cred
itor tile first TO poance down on him, ''bresk
him up," sell him out, even take his home
from him-and yet worse than all, to ex-
cuse his own baseness, we like to hear him
SANDER him by calling him a dishonest man!
Charitable mau that creditor.
When q physician has piled and piled q
patient, until he has piled all his constitu-
ton and his property aw ray, and the poor
man sends for him again, we like to hear
him swear he won't attend on any man who
won't pay him.
When a physician has made himself SO in.
de, eudent off tile affections and necessities
efatbe people that they won't employ him
a~sylonger, we like to see him retire to pri.
vate life, and k0re his practice just in time
to keep it from earring him.
We like to see ministers of the gospel
vine will argue stoatiy that they have had
q Dir.ne and unnaisfaGuM call to preach
the gospel, and get when the wOrM has
sailed them to sell goods, OF practice med
ieiuR, or teach school, or do anything else
that will pay a good deal better, why then
we like to see tken 4 little doubtful about
the perpetuity Of the Divine call. or at all
events conclude that it is the only way he
can sappozt lis family. &c.
We like 20 see Q minister Of the gospel
associate almost exclusively with the more
respectable and agreeable portion Of his
congregation, o. those WHO will be most
likely to help him most, without noticing
the poor and needy, the ignorant and uned-
ucated. Wonder If his heart amt in pretty
near the same part of him that other peo-
pies are?
We like to see christians Of different de.
nominations fall out on their heavenly jour
nsy; perhaps their conteations will smooth
the asperit:es Of the road-or rather, per.
taps, the darts they hurl at each other may
serve TO keep them from straying out Of the
"narrow way"
We like to see persons very o~ficious ir
attending on the sick amongst the more re-
spectacle or opulent families, or those who
need no attention-while they never think
to cell on the poor when they are sick, the
really needy and destitute.
We like to see persons who are willing
to contribHte their money or means, to start
some active young mechanic in business,
vine may have sustained some slight loss BY
accident or other wise, or who will contrib
ute to anything else that the public will car
ry along, bst who Reves think that in their
very midst, there ere widows snd Orphans,
who are positively suffering, and who are
unable to help themselves. -.
We like to see men 80 firm in their reli.
gions or political sentiments, that they will
neither read Ros hear anything on the Other
side of the question. II there isa posi-
bility of their being wrong, they will be
likely to find it out, won't they?
We like to hear persons avow that they
don't believe that men are free agents, thai
they are impelled by the laws Of "necessi-
ty'h 70 act Just 90 they do act under all cif'