New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-07
The Good Merchant.
APAssAGE IN EULoGY OF AMOS LAWRENCE,
From Sermon on TIE Means Of LiUiRe and the Ends
OF Lie preached at tRe Ncc Music Hail. Jan. =, 1852
I REv. THEODORE PARgER.
Prom The Boston Commonwealth

REv. THEODORE PARkER.
Prom The Boston Commonwealth.
Only two days ago. there died, in this city,
man rich in money, but far rich In manhood
suppose be had hs faults his deformes OF character
OF course he had. II takes many to make com
pete man Humanity IL wide and deep that ali the
world cannot drink Il dry He came here poor from
little country town. lie with nothins--nohing
but himself, mean and man is not appraised, only
taxed. lie came obscure nobody knew Amos Law.
renee forty five years ago. cared whether the hand
kerchof in which he carried his wardrobe udging 20
town was large or little He acquired large estate
got by industry, forecast prudence, thrthone in
dusTy forecast, prudence thrift lie earned what he
got and great deal more. He was proud OF his lie
honorsbly proud that he made his fortune, and
started with nothing but his banda Sometimes he
took gentlemen TO Groton and show ed them half mile
OF stnewall which the boy Amos had laid ON the pa
ternsl homestead. That wa something for rich mer
chant 20 be proud Of.
lie knew what few men NATURALIZATION 10 stop
accommodating Al the age when the summer of passion
has crown cool and the winter Of ambition begins
rioufy 10 set in when ayGrce and love of power of
distinction, and OF office begin tn take hold OF men,
when the leave. OF instructive generosity fall or and
the selnsh bark begins 20 tighten about the
twenty years sgO, when he had acquired large estate
he .ad to himseh Enough No more accumulation
Of that sort to make me mser and my children worse
than mil err 20 he sought 10 nSby what he had
moniary lie didntkccp
\ brave oa house. ~ soun'fil rat,
W.T. hsfafoofe o seryauu 10 vat AZ the gate"
He lived comfortably but discreetly
Hts charity greater than his estate In the last
twenty thirty years he has given away 10 the poor
larger fortune than he has lett TO hs family But he
gave with es much wisdom a. generosity His money
heightened bis arm because be mad good heart ia his
boom. He looked up his old customers whom he hal
known in his poor dayC-which their rich Oues--
and helped them In their need He sought the poor of
ibis cry and It's neghborhood and gave Them HE gold
his attention ana the sympathy OF hi honest heart He
pTsyedor the poor but prayed gold He built churches
not Tor bis own sect alone for be had piey without
narIswness, and took religion in natural way
churches Tor MethOdsts, Bsptsts Cayins.s unitarans
for poor oppressed black men, fugitive slaves ia Cana.
ds; nsy more, he helped them in their fight tie
helped coeges-gs,e them libraries aud philosophical
apparatus. lie sought cut young men Of talents and
Character, but poor and struggling for education, and
mede long ann 10 reach down % ther need sending
parcels OF books, pieces Of cloth 70 make a scholars
Jacket or clotk or money 10 pay tie terrnbils. He
Lent money when the loan was better than the gift
That bounul hand elt the -hore OF the Pacific
lie was his own executor and the trustee OF his own
charity funds. he did Mt leave IL for his heirs 10 dis
tribute bis beneyoience at their At his own cost
he sdminlsteredthe benefactions OF bis testament AZ
the end Of fortunate year he found 5000 more
than be bad looked for h share Of the annual profit.
I'm month he had invested al-in various charities
He could Mt ebt kls moFse elone-the good man,
HI btneyolence came out also ia smaller things Ina he
daily HE He let the boys cling behind his Carriage
grown men did - but nyiby; he gave sleigh rides 10
boys and grk, and had gentle word and kindly smile
for MI be met.
He coveted no distinction He had no title. and
wasn't General" Colonel a Z" Captainr or
Deacon u the end.
His charity n transformations as the dew In sum
rner blefsing the gyer BY the motive the receiver BY
the quicker lie and greener growth Il nade no noe Ia
falling to the ground Ia Boston, which suspiciou.ly
serulizes rghtcousnes with the same eye which bnEs
AZ the most hdeous profigscy though az public a. the
seet-even the daily press never accused h.s charity OF
lOyDg 70 be looked at
OF COED judgment, good eornmon-sense careful ex
act meiECdcsl, dilgenf, he not a Of great in
tslect. He had no uncommon culture Of the under.
tAndning orihe Imagination, and Of the higher reason
Eth less. But IN refpect OF the greater facultierin
respect Vt COINCIDENCE, affection. the religious element
be wss WELDON ~el-bred' emnsnty welldseipLned
BY hinseh
He was truly a religious man 1 do not mean 10 .av
tEat be thought as CALVIN or Luther thought or he
htved BY Peter, James John Perhaps he believed
some things which the Apostles rever thought Of and
rejected others which they all had In reverence When
cay be religious man. mean that be loved {; "A
end loved men. He bad no more doubt that God woud
received him 20 Heaven than that he himself would
roske ell men happy he could. Reyerenciny God be
reyeienced ne laws q Godl mean the nstural laws
Of morally the laws OF justice and Of love is religion
was Let aseere, but good na.ured and OF cheerful
oouht.nsnee His piety became morality The first
rule that be took 70 his counting house was the Golden
h . ne never sh oy'-buying, and selling and
gWng BY that standard measure SO he travelled along
N that path which Sidens and brshtens as il lead, 10
iesyep !"
Here was man who knew the odds between ,ae
Means Ct Living and tie Ends Of Life He knew the
q ne use OF rehes They served az material hal. n,
greet manly excellence His tun Of poid wa, 4 no,.e,
20 ieec 70 elothe to house, and warm and connforr
neeay men; power to educate the mind 20 cheer The
el"uonf, 70 bless the soul To many poor bow IN
many sad mother, he gave merry Christina on
celebrate Epiphany and New Years day Ia Hsayeai
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