New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-01

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said TO his brother, Be of good courage. So III.
carpenter encouraged the goldsmith and he that smooth
eth with thc hammer him that smote the anvil The in
dustria clssses Of the world employed in supply
ing each others the jewellers working chiefly
not for the idle and rich but for the carpenters AMI shoe
mskos, the ootheTs and taogs the silk are
supported by the wives OF tradenen and mechanics the
watclmalers by the farmers, and store keepers and
clerks The world. in all its various toas is simply
changing work barterng one kind OF skill aud labor for
Ireed no fact more strkingly exhibits this encOurag
ING truth and correction of the alarm nom an nerea'in
luxury than the fact Of the Exhibition ITSELF which not
museum for idle curiosity staring Incidence but great
rorular advertisement plan for letting the people know
whatis to be had and who has IL scheme for creating
wants BY exhibiting ingenious means of supplying them
and thu. developing new forms Of labor and markets
Tor tho In earlier ard less hopeful states OF society
the only exhibition at al corresponding 81 this we're royal
collections cuf0siiies and public isrbut ooth iaed OF
any similar effect and expressed very inferior idea. Tue
great declaration OF these exhibitions Il this Inc
people form the true market r every kind Of Industry
Let skill science. genius. toll capital wait on them IL
VIII obtain rs best reward for the publs better ana
more enduring patron than princes and mobiles
And what rebuke to Incidence and unproductiveness
il inflicted by this spectacle Who walk through the
aslos and galleries Of this palace OF labor and not feel
ashamed be is not somewhere making his Offering
to the wants and Of the race Is industry glO
rifed and eonsecraed when the beautiful harmony
Of its collected products and feel their adGptednoss the
various desires and necessities of our humanity What
benelactor il every inventor however humble his walk
envy the who has only given rounder eve 20 the
needle with which millions Of stitching together
the clothes of their chdren What economy OF temper
time and comfort does trivial Improvement even in
the fabric of pin, secure the human race Do we hink
il only the great popular author who berends the public
WHY little stronger thread Of cotton at the price
saves tears and groans enough among the poor seam
stresses Of the world, to have converted whole city into
mourning. The who hides or buries the talent God
gave HIM who merely fails 10 do the things nc sent to
do may be the negative cause OF misery whose sum
would chen sleep from his eyes forever could he see it
at a view There is power and faculty enough in the
world it all employed 10 drive poverty ignorance
crime, and every manner OF defect INTO the ses Inc
world wants nothing but the awakened and occupied
minds and hearts and hands il owns to convert II into
PARADISE Every ider is criminal a clog the social
wheel bar OF iron of the track The great, latent cap
tai Of the world is it, sleeping mind and unstrung muscles
Genius talent, skill virtue, piety, all lie dormant IN
the voluntary and involuntary drones Of society Industry
of the mind and muscles is the great remedy for crime
poverty immortality Every new Kind of labor, every
newly aroused want every increase OF demand from hu
man energies is fresh blessing Sayeges have no indus
try because they have comparatively wants Let the
annette of the public be stimulated to desire every
foit until he who produces nothing shall be universally
regarded pest and the worst OF criminals This one
of the loudest lessons OF the great Exhibition.
Iii But lastly the great Exhibition has n noble and IN
mistakeable tendency 10 unite man with God and TINS
fty by exciting disnteested, admring, grateful AMI de
voU emotions. Everything grand anu various oy simn
atiUg wonder aud praise, exciting emotion ana delight
possesses this power TO some extent. But suppose 10
persons the great Exhibition comes nearer than any
thing else TO presenting at view all the various
claims of Gods bounty, the benignty OF His
providence, the variety of Iks Endorsements dstii6
uted His creatures, the consplrlng OeneNO
lence Of the general plan for the Crystal Palace -
mcrocom, the ends OF the earth brought together and
its riches again 81 ut up not a. in the ark to DO preserved
Destruction but rather the ancient tabernacle ana
enrle for tie dedication and worship of men, envy not
the who stand beneath that dome only less graceful
and beautiful than Heavens OwD and survey the endless
variety and spendOr of vine gifts collected around him
without noble pride and profound gratitude that ne
the intelligent creature for whom God built the world ha
has yielded these treasures member OF the race through
whose docy and aptness the rich OF nature has been
wrought into the coin Of art and added 10 these feelings
deep humility in the consciousness of the nsignhcauce
and Ignorance belonging to each individual in the pres
ence of the overwhelming power and knowledge Of the
rece We do not readily feel BUNDLED in the c0ntempii-
ton of power Ike the Almghtys with which we enter
into Nc competition or in The view of wisdom which Is
infinitely greater than We are more humbied IN
prospect of the skill and ability Of fellow menwhich
we partly reckon aud emulate How much Is there to
ohasten self importance, to arouse the consciousness oi
very limited attanment,, to check pride and communicate
selfknowledge, in exhibition which al every turn, sur
prisCs with novelty perplexes with Skill excites curiosity
and battles understanding!
But he view Of the Exhibition unes man to God, n.
only by awake Rng sentiments of humility wonder graft
ude ard praise but also 10y illustrating IN an affecting ana
emphatic the partnership OF God with men ana
men with God Man il not only partaer in the divine
nature, but partner in Gods business: MY Father
"worEeh hitherto said our Savior land work" Hea-
y.nly CAPITAL AID earthly labor compose the firm in God
providence. Nature is the clay, s the tool-G)d
made them botb and His will unes them in the produe
ton of that finished nature name Art. In the end
all things Of God for marble aud sculptor pigment
and painter. and founder, wool, web and weaver
materials and skill opportunity and genius are all Of HIM.
and through Him, and to Him. but looked at IN the wiser
and more practical way of distribution, Gods part and
main part in the great psn Of Providence, are capable OF
being Disseminated and tho satisfaction Of voluntary
partnership in common work may De noted ana enJoysl
And surely nothing is striking in exhibition like
the present than the evidence afforded Of the aptness Of
nature wants and the apness of 10 natlre
development and use how palpsbe the profound design
entertained by Providence, VI awakening aud educating
mans soul through the necessity under which he lies OF
subiuing aud regulating the material world When we
member that there is nothing III science or art which not
product OF mans mind and will operating ON crude mat
Ter and that no invention is anything but discovery
adaptation of what previously existed No accomnodaton
Of any substance any thing but the of original tit
begin TO catch the glorious and affecting harmony
eNisiirg between matter and mind, the earth and man
or God providence and mans labor. Take the two ma
teas of which the Crystal Palace Is maderon aud glass
substances be less fitted 20 human use tor pur
Of strength and transparency than and sand
They have no resemblance In appearance in quail
ties the products Of which they form the base But
does any one the les doubt that iron and glass are the
final cause Of and sand and that God intended that
human genius shoud discover and apply them To the uses
they so perfectly serve What be less Ike regu
lated ard mighty power, practicable IN use and universal
in application than steam or less selzable and governa
bic than electricity ntractabe and remote rom
usefulness than tie elastic gum Of Parai Yet man 10
be esteemed the sole patee of the steam engine the ao
soute creator OF the magnetic telegraph the unasstei
ooDirver of the of india rubber Have not these
various elements and substances, been patiently seeking
their natural and Appropriate ends, knocking at the
doors of the human mind 10 unlock their passages TO
usefulness and yndcang in their vast triumphs not more
the genius OF than the benencence and fOreordaon
of God IL full Of undiscovered springs OF
health wealth, usefulnesso waiting the willow wand OF
a delicate observation to point Iemblngly to their
them their proprIetCrs and lords, the
human In the divine sympathy, prmorila cor
relation Of nature and man-of divine laws aud human
Of thmof material eemen; and mental aud moral
rppropriaiion accommodation of thum-Of nature and
humanityse behold the grandest and most glorious proof
the Being of that God that wonderful Designer whose