Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-07-04


is one of The most prominent ruling passions
of The heat. Mt an homes, pIiie TO he
respected and esleemeo for all The virtues
uf our race, tor that is cJmmendahle, but
lcked, deba Ing aud contempub'e pride
~ hich ru as the leart With mOnaichial
sway. aud which conlfols our happ ness n
This world, aud ,hrca, ms to destoy our
fa lefty hereafter. The more wed ed We
are 10 the world and all lis pomps and
yanites, the more oi coyetousness wo pos
scss, The stronger our desire to eclipse our
neighbors in worldly display. the lirmer we
cling To life and all It's associations, and the
less We think of the life to come, aud
its fearful realities the more wildly does
this passion reign in the heart, and the
more destructive are It's effects.
Pride has ever been damnable mons
ter, which has triumphed on the earth
from The commencement Of time and ust
in proportion rs Poverty has afflicted, if
We may use the expression, many q! the
more refined Of society, has this besctting
sin had indOmitable sway. IL drives men
and women from the bright and holy path
Of re lous duty, il sweryes them from the
moral platform of all that is good, and
great aud pure, and it transforms them
from humble christians to arrogant devils.
1t riots with ianatical fury in the heart,
and it poisons all the wcl-sprngs of noble
thoughts ami commendab'e desires. 1t
creates an unholy ambition, and it keeps
thl soul as wild and restless as the ocean
in an angry stolm. 1t destroys the vltali
~ of religious principle, aud II lays waste
the fliresl domain OF immortality, the aspi-
ration to arise above The sensua'ism Of
earth, aud all lis hydra-headed concomit
ants. II originates a miasma in the soul
which is fatal to al happiness, and its
blightlng influence perInea,es our whole
being. Poverty causes this kind of Pride |!
|, creates foolish modification, because
we cannot make as much display as 9th
ers do just as if tie outwarI tlnsellcd
,rapplngs of man, or his es ates, was any
criterion whe.cby TO Judge of the inner
being, or the worth Of the inn orlal char
acter. All that we can have here is a
comfortable living f; aud whether we luxur-
late in the alDplest this world can give, or
seclude ourselves in the humb est cottage,
we all must come at last to the same
common level and al must inevitably oc
cupy the 'ame low mansion in the earth
At best, our duration here is but for "A few
br el years, and it matters not h0iD we live,
SD long as our deeds are correct Alter
death, we are soon forgotten the grca, oi
this earth, who Ilourshed aud created a
sensation by their wealth and cxtrava- ant
mode of living. few years ago, have now
passed away, their eilecs S are divided and
sub livided, and scattered among descend
ants, who, perhaps, have squandered II
ay,-and ihey have passed to the Sab
batism of the grave, which knows neither
riches or poverty, rank or distinction, but
which is a common democracy OF unds-
\ tinguishab!e matter.
!. I his pride for wealth and the rink aris
\ ing thereirom, is strange weakness oi
humanity, for the Redecmer of the void,
when upon ear h, increasingly rebukei it in
every form; aye, lie did even more than
this He brealhcd the terrible uncia-
L ton Of the eternal God-hca1 against it,
/ for, while on lhe coasts of Judea beyonC
Jordeni He told young man, who hac
kept all the commandments, that if h,
would be perfect, he mus, 60 and sell that
which he had, and give IT to the poor, ant
! he should have treasure in heaven. Th,
Il young nan went away sorrowIul, for h
had grcat possessions. Then said Jesus
unto his disc pies, Verify say unto you,
that rich man shall hardly enter into the
kingdom of heaven. And again | say ur
to you, 1t is easier for a camel 10 O,
II through the eye Of needle, than for
rich mao to enter into the kingdom o. God. .
II Here 10 a denuncia,ion burning with the
wlthering wrath Of Omoiporence and ton
| that day to this, the Remuneration continue,
II unrevokcd. During the whole mission o
the Son of God upol earth, lie prcache,
\ agains,.prlde, and lie lived in poverty
\ The arist0crais Of that day sneered at Him
and scorned Hun as a plebian inposler -
I Aud The ar s,ocrals of This aye would fol-
\ low Their example, if the machlesS Prince
4 ui Pace was nDw on earth. Was Chris
ever heard Of as the guest of hnugh,,
I aristocrat, a, fashionable Soiree in Jer
! usalem ; No, He was TOO holy and to,
4 pure, and HIS mission was of too momen-
tous character thus to disgrace Illms ,lf
rs lie lived and die / in poverty, and as h,
\ associated exclusively with The humble and
the ooor, and as lie cursed riches, follow
1 yc Ills example, and let not Poverty create
\ Pride, and Pride cause your const'nt un.
happiness here, and your eternal RUIZ
hreafter.
II Gj-Mr. Barney, ol Providence, Plan,
/ Forte Tuner, Nll lie in town The las, o
| this week or The first Of Loxt, and viii at