The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-21
- BLOOMSBURY, COLUMBIA COUNTY Pa. WEDNEsDA'

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of this state Of things is very painful. Some
men lose their estates; few great proper
ties are scattered at once; many little compe.
tences come 10 nothing. Sometimes this
happens TO the best men in the county,
men with liberal ideas, with habits OF gener-
osity. You all know what has recently be-
fallen one of the most honorable, generous
and Christian men in this town, who, ss u
thriving merchant said, has done more for
the rising generation of Boston than any ten
churches that could be named. You all de-.
pio'e the misfortune of this noble phihnihro.
pis. Now and then chance shot strikes a
coward in his tent, but commonly il is the
brave soldiers who get shot in battle. There
is "forlorn hone" in the battle of produc-
tive industry no. less than The battle o! war,
and he (Nlr. P) looked on the honest mcr-
chant who turned out bankrupt, as he looked
on the wounded soldier, covered all over
with honorable scars, got in front, manfully
| confronting the foe. He has suffered, but ii
was IN the cause of God and his county,
Just now, we are in Baaklava batle, and
som ebody has blundered. Let us do honor
10 The "six hundred,n remembering how
they erode onward" meaning right.
IN conclusion, Mr.. Parker sci forth the du-
ties devolving upon honorable and Christian
men, in this time of trouble and Distress
He counseIed forbearance towards solvent
debtors as long as possible; the payment OF
small debts 10 lradesmen and artisans; the
avoidance Of all waste OF articles of food or
clothing, Tor we had hard Winter before us,
and should want all we have got Yet he
did not think il manly or Christian 10 make
large rerenchments in these times, when a
man could afford his previous expenditures,
for by so doing, no simply shifted the burden
to another mans back. Charity should be
remembered, for he thought much of that
would be needed before the Winter was hal
through. They should be humanity gener.
| Gus TO such as fall through mistake, humanity
Just against delrauders, swindlers, cheats, o
whatever name; charitable to the iollles o
the weak, the errors of the wise, bu, stern
agalns, the cuIpril's meJiia!ed wickedness
and concealed crime.
| The remoer duties were TO reform the
whole monetary syslem, make gold and sil.
yer the medium of business, and depart from
the habit Of buying and selling on credit lo
so great an extent, When the potato rols in
| the ground il tells us it IS not fit TO be ma.
| lions bread. II is the voice of God crying
out Of the sronnd-"Bcware beware p
Cholera, yellow fever, typhoid, the plague
leprosy, they also have a warning, telling us
what will follow if we violate the condnioEs
Of life and health. They also, though ou
broIhers blood, are Gods voice, crying
"Bsware ! beware The spot whereon yor
stand is unhoy ground. Make clean YOU
cities, breathe pure air. Turn ye, 70: why
will ye die" And when a commercial dis
tress like this occurs in nation full OF plen
ly, aud wealth and industry, and wisdom
sursly it tells Us that VIZ have made mis-
take that the experiment does not succeed
that paper money is a TOOL that does no
work well; that extravagant expenditure
waste, The importation OF luxuries, dishon
esly in trade, are not wise.
Besides, have we not made a mistake
which lies deeper, nearer, likewise, 10 The
business of the pulpit Have we mol though
little loo much Of properly. fine houses
gaudy steamboats,, New York hotels, costly
GiIEc1 II ic nj ,,h IL, bot IL
ment above the body, and the meat more
than The soul which should consume ii. The
millionaire is not the highest product Of hu
man civilization. A rich man, nch city
does no, necessarily possess all the Christian
virtues. "Money answereh all things,
says the Bible proverb; but it cannot answer
for honesty, it will never do for virtue, it can.
not take The place of confidence in Thy high
er law, thou Father OF earth and heaven -
Is our trade conducted on iaif, just princpl ples
Does the Golden Rule lie on the merchant.
desk, measuring ou' between man and man
The rule of The market? Have we not for
gotten Gods higher law? Certainly, we
over-rate wealth to-day, just as our fathers
thought too much OF fighting. The great
end Of business is not the accumulation oil
property, but the formation of charsclsr-
''He heape,h up riches, and knowelh not
who shall gather them," says the psaImlst
but great virtues, prudence, wisdom, justice,
5enevolence, piety, these may be gathered
from your trade; they are not uncertain riches
but imperishabls, undeiiled, and which fade
not away.
''In The day OF adversely consider" Amer
ica will learn her lesson from this CONNER.
cial distress, this scarcity OF money, lack ot
work, temporary hunger, transient fear. Let
US be thankful that our teacher comes with
such mild face. If we 10 not learn by This,
then the lesson Is 10 be taught Us, not only
with mercantile failure, bat with lhe thunder
of cannon. When God spoke 10 England
through the jinglius dollars she did not heed
Him, but she hears when be speaks through
the Crimean cannon, and i50,0oo,0o0 OF
men in rebellion on the other side Of the
world.
But we will learn, and then shall the light
break forth ou, of the darkness, snd the solid
blessings ofprosDerity shal. attend thought