The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-02

obariots shall rage ia toe feets they shat
ostle against another in the broad .ys
they shall like torcars they shsli run Ike the
h hD,t the gates Of the rivers shall be- opened and the
palace shs be dissolved" For foreign by
this agency OF The steam engine IL ao knS it,
mighty expoits AS you star tue deck OF clippsr
flip fsng this port 20 day you mark her NIL and
trace the les deter min ed after fifty Centuries Of
pertinent and thought LOOKING alot spars and sails
and ripg g. ycu di' the last npr, OF
score 81 gsueiatans u seafarrg You tue debt
or 10 them alt you but the pupils of these old school
masters Posting yourself at the binnacls and watching
that his glances a. the te uous needle
IN the compa box, while firm arm turns the wheel
AID steers the ship right into the of With
confidence snch you feel while walking in these
streets you may discern tbs practical results Of science
That has mappei the heavens and sounded the depths
the ocean and traced tie geography Of the earth and
subsidized the most and
and tasked the strongest o. human intellect
human Will as tributary To navigation and to
But while are meditating thes things tsat
your ship Is altering her at the bidding of the
ke wmds; you are overtssen by majestic structure
pro roned like the ark gliding without sails past you
aiming at the prov and breathing smoke from out her
ostris; her great lungs heavng at the furnace and
sending her life str<am through veins and arteries Of
cylinder and pipe going upon her course against
against currents OF the ocean, undauued by old Nep
trave sc waves, right into the winds eye straight
ward for her port and you d In that ssamshi
These st, swift shuttles of the modern
chant Passing to and fro bet the nations Of the earth
across the warp threads stretched by the merchants OF
past the great loom of tin and weaving the
so0f OF ual interests into welt and fabric of world
charities and International aiaton that discussions
can hereafter rend nor any war can tea to pieces There
was time when stranger accounted enemy, and
one Latin word (osis) signded either you pleased
But the time is when both stranger aud enemy
growing Obs 1ets has broken down that mid
de wall of partition b. tween men,
again peace of thirty years. the average term Of a
neraton in human life, has resulted in transforming
I Only Flu ope, bat the world, into a Workshop The
generation that row people both hanisphsres
maiks bic above al their progenors in addicting
selves to the tolls OF the mechanic and the calculations
0 the merchant Ia no age have the useful arts aud
manufactures, and trade occupis, in this age the
hands the minds, the passions OF tho humap race
The best triumphs OF science ack ged in its
complete conspicuous ard bepe6csnt applica
u.eiui arts But it ia himself the most remark
Of communion welded with conscious nsss OF
Individuality The primary truth Of personality
and fellowship il wrought int~ mems habits of
n. uebt by the competition ani dependencies of trade
This Is truth which religion teaches from higher
source But commerce has made it easier for ap
Prehend t. The grand principal Of commercial credit
which the operations Of trade now conducted r.
qures that the merchant would the bonds
brotherhood while stands erect in the dignity of self
respect and independ nee And that, notwith
standing instances Of dishon deceit and fraud
never period in the history OF when truth
of commercial dealing since the peace Europs
there has been like it in OF the world
Never until the dawn of the latter half of this century
in 1851, has it been possible for foreign merchants
to look each other in the facepossibe sense
for to look one another in the with
out blusn-possble, In ply steal point Of view for
of every nation to meet together
the fruits of their industry and But this grea
event this unforeseen possibility has pass
pie differing in religion in language costu me in customs
In mode fving and habits of labor been brought
contact to and beneath the tumphal lice of An
glo Saxon kill all gazing at each Others roducts all
teaching and acquiring knowledge all mbbing
for human fellowship all itching dire from ulaon ia
crystal structure in Hyde Park founded by princely
gscty and reared by the mechanic art of British work
zen in the commercial capital Of the world 1t stands in
the midst Of the monuments OF warriors by land
surrounded also by memorials Of clustered learning
and of Christian sympathy; and besides with
the proofs Of living civilization Of the highest type and
filed with carious stus IL at industry wrought aud
commerce has Elected Men every country evsry
nndIec OF the lands are copgresated tnereiu speaking
the tongues whtrewith they born, yet feeling that
there is common lspguase that all can understatd be-
longing to the family Of the nations In Imagination
am beneath the transparent srch looking upward
armament Of the tkes ard outward upon the ca h and
around upon tho of mankind and conceive that
! am contemplating the progress Of commerce, its
triumph, its promise, its gorgeous jubilee (AppIause
Thst crystal Palace synabol-it was the outward
and visible sign Of national eowshpit was the diadem
of peace No former sge has been competeat to produce
the phenomenon Of representation of the world: NO
otter age has VI messed universal
undihturbtd contdng serene, AND traDq l of
their security under the of Law other
geDel alton has able furnish an op-
ptanity for heart to beat heart hand to in
fixed snd taking rootit is already reproducing itself
IL growing bt autifu in the midst us-t bear
ing ruit IN other countries The spirit Of the age h
commerce. and its temples shall be reared in every land
but this spirit OF the suggests CANCERS and
as weas hopes and gratus lions. The imminent danger
commercial Ia cove.ousne.s The rapidity OF
commercial agencies has accelerated everything they
touch. more impatient than whe the wheel Of
intercourse went slow The argosy made voyage
year hate to be richhaste 10 realize q fortune-is
dangerous 81 are to honor and to honesty. Beware
then of that idolatry which shall end in sha me |;
hrSrrs Of tie love OF mons' which ia the root of All
evil Gt has msd conmercs the POINTER his Ie
aon He has purposes higher holier and blesssd
than to prt mot merely the temporal Comforts
kind The merchant should be mindful Of Gods designs
and providence The merchant should beheye that She
Ia miLter and steward az the mysteries of God in his
appointed spf ere and Let him. then be
mere shopman trader, selfish accumuator of filthy
luce but let him be the statesman the phlanthropst
the Christian The fate OF Tyre awaits those cities viii
of bread fsgetful of him who gveth us power to q,
wealth." Let us hope better things; for ha
wrought exploits in civizisg the world ought
espsc' her to fulfil her mission In helping the Church to
Chrisaniie thswor Thus shall the poets idea be real
lied In the merchant of our dsy-thst accomplished
merchants accompl he'd men y Let me conclude
with DR. YouDg'ss cor cu ing In his "Ode to the
Merchant"
Merchant! re lis ion is the care
To grow AZ rich NJ angels
To know false coin from trus, to sweep the main,
That mighty stake beyond
The strongest tie of ned pond.
Commerce gives gold religion makes 1t GAIN
False and Exaggerated Eulogy In Popular
Orat0rs.-Dy Rev. Henry Giles.
The Rev Henry Giles deliveries ehe third lecture Of
upon the above subject at the Brooklyn Institute
on Iurhcay evening, before usually numerous and
preciatDg audience. IIs commenced by referring "a
Conncls powers Of wit and Of sarcasm his prodgaity
at times in praise and appauss which he could apply
with equal facility and with the greatest effect or the
most unsparirg severity; his language occasion,
might be unqualified in approval but onstent with
ranly justice as 1t worthy Of rebuke The subject
TO be treated upon the misuse of euogy in oratory
which might be termed the sycophancy free coun ry
but had no effect upon the individual SO long a
he was not an gnoramus or q fool. The trade O
courtier was one OF excessive difficulty, Will,
excellence was arrived at only by experience tt
stir up language to prevent lassitues If pomp-tc
strengthen email tall with saicssm, and never 10 any
forget the dde servituas i'm Piled no ori
nary connuati Of tact and talent But the fat,ery
multitude instead of monarch is easy as lying The
occupation Of courter might BE- considered meaner tn,
d.ma. but 1t not for 10 the hour Of danger
couiers have been as courageous nulttudes stirred
mp 10 action by eoquence Ju gng from pa blio suo
gees one hears there motives obscurity which
night astonish and the world ators may say
they sfe greatest that live and this is the greatest Of
ages but after all such IONS 10 1t the men of
e. large mines who make their marks upon the era Ia
which they exisu There bs no true con pariso
between nations for there m frjn 20