The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-10-28
9uttrestlng Sermon.
THE MONEY CRISIS.

We desire TO call the particular at:en.
tion of our readers to tho fo!lowine
powerful discourse by Req Theodore
Parker. of Boston, delivered on Sunday
the report of which We copy from the
Boston Zee
Theodore PaSEe- OF TIE Presc7I
CONNER rc3sI DSaficuIty.
Rev. theodore Parker preached yes
terday, at the Mrsic Hall, Sermon
on Hard T;mes," which vas listened to
by one of the largest congregations ever
assembled in that spacious Hall. lie
took his text from 9Th Ecclcsiastes, 1lth
verso" In the day of adversely con-
sider." He commenced by saying that
it was the duty OF the man of science to
interpret the world of matter to other
mon, aud tell the meaning and use of
things; it was the daty of the astrono-
Raer TO report of che heavenly bodies,
telling mankind the facts connected
therewith- their use for mans material
business. their meaning for his spiritual
development and delight; it was the
duty Of The botanist to deal with these
bodies which grew out of the ground
the water, the air, learn what they are
good for, and how they grow; it was the
duty of the doctor to study human bod
les, learn their structure, set forth ihe
conditions Of health aud long lie, and
warn men agaiust what will shorten their
days. All these men of science would
make mistakes, observe wrongly, annlyze
imperfectly, reason amiss, and 50 fail Of
truth, though aiming st it; but their
very errors were steps towards it, aud if
they stumbled, they fell forward and
upward So the minister was to study
the phenomena aud essential nature of
the human spirit. He should uso all
things to enlarge the amount of such
knowledge as is useful in the conduct of
human life, and to deepen the conscious
ness Of duty. He should show the use
of all great events for mans material
business, and their meaning for his spir-
itual Development; should point out the
eternal law, the providential purpose in
transient affairs. He, too, should in
form mankind on passing events, and
give them a cast forward in tie great
journey of human life; should translate
the brute facts Of history into the ideas
of philosophy, and bring them to human
consciousness, and thereby teach men
prudence for their material business,
wisdom for their spiritual conduct, and
so help large development of mind and
conscience, heart and soul, in the COM
munity wherein the lines of his lot are
cast, and which gives him his daily
bread. AS the Rocky Mountains take
hold of every cloud which the Pacific
sends thither, and wiring the water odt
of it to noisten their own soil. and fer
tilize the valleys below, SO to day they
would take hold OF this commercial
cloud which comes up from the great
Pacific ocean of American business,
wiring the meaning out Of it, learn its
whence and whittier, its use for their
daily business, its lesson for their reli-
gious development. In speaking of this
subject, Mr. Parker said he should have
to speak of some things net often spoken
of on Sundays in the pulpit, but very
often thought Of in the peEs.
We are in state of great generas
prosperity. There is no foreign war to
waste the mind, body or estate of the
people. There is no pestileuce; birthl
bear large ratio to the deaths, and EN-
igration enlarges our number still. more;
there is no famine-an abundant har-
vest is gathered, or waits for the sickle
we have no great foreign commercial
debt, #hich must be paid, aud so will
the harvest gathered from the
soil, the n;2e and the sea, or manufac-
tured thence. The imports of 1856 |
we're $3.50, ,O0o, 600, but the exports were
wo millions more, ard if 500, 900