The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-21
THE MONEY Crisis.

~ THE MONEY Crisis.
1--WE desire 10 call the particular attention
ofour readers 10 The following powerful dis
course by the great Iconoclastic Divine Rev.
Theodore Parker, of Boston, delivered last
Sunday, the report of which we copy from The
Boston Bee.] Hfas1 . ~
THEODORE PARKER on rHE PRESENT CONNER
CIAL DIFFICULTIES.
Rev. Theodore Parker preached yesterday,
at the Music Hail. "Sermon of Hard
Times" .whirh was listened 10 by ore ofthe
largest congregations ever assembled in that
spacious Hall. He took his text from 7lh
Ecciesiastes, 14th vefse-"In the day of ad-
versity consider He commenced by saying
that II was the duty o! the man of science to
interpret the world 6f matter to other men,
and tell the meaning and the use of things;
it was The duty of the astronomer 10 report Of
the heavenly bodies, telling mankind the
facts connected therewilh-,heir use ior mans
msterial business, their meaning for his spir-
i,ual development and delight; il was the
duty OF The botonist TO deal with those bodies
which grow out of The ground, the wafer. the
air, learn what they are good for and how
they grow it was the duty of the doctor TO
study human bodies, learn their structure, set
forth The conditions Of hea allh and long life, and
warn men against what will shorten their
days. All these men OF science would make
mistakes, observe wrongly, analyze imper-
fecty, reason amiss, and so fail of truth,
though aiming a, il, bul their very errors were
steps towards it, and II they stumbled, they
fell forward and upwards. So The minister
was 10 study the phenomena and essential
nature of the human spirit. He should use
all things to enlarge the amount of such
knowledge as is useful in .he conduct of hu-
man life, and TO deepen the consciousness of
duty He shouht show he use of all great
events for mans material business, and their
meaning for his spiritual development; should
poin, out the eternal law, the providential
purpose in transient affairs. He, TOO, should
inform mankind Of passing events, and give
them cast forward in The great journey of
human life should translate the brute facts
OF history into the ideas Of philosophy, and
bring them 10 human consciousness, and
thereby teach men prudence for their mate-
rial business, wisdom for their spiritual con-
duct, and SO aelp large development of
mind and conscience, heart and soul, in the
community wherein The lines Of his lot are
cast, snd which gives him his daily bread.
As the Rocky Mountains take hold of every
cloud which the Pacific sends thilIIer, and
wiring the water out of it 10 moslen their
own soil, and fertilizs the valleys below, so
to-day they would take hold of this CONNER.
cial cloud which comes up from the great
Pacific ocean of American business, wiring
tie meaning out Of il, learn its whence and
whilher, its use for their daily business, its
lesson for their religious development. In
speaking of this subject. Mr.. Parker said he
should have 10 speak Of some thing not often
spoken Of on Sundays in The pulpit, butvefy
often thought of In the pews.
We are in state Of great general prosper
iiy. There is no foreign war 10 waste the
mind, body or estate of the people. There
is no domestic war, except what The Slave
Power ie carrying on in Kansas, by the show
ofthe ballot box aud the reality Of concealed
bayonets. There is no pesiience; births
bear large ration to the deaths, and emf.
grafton enlarges our number still more; there
is no Iainine--an abundant harvest is gather.
ID, or waits for The sickle; we have no great
foreign commercial debt which mus, be paid,
and so will consume the harvest gathered
from the soil, the miue and The sea, or man
ufacinred thence. The imports of 1856 were
1860 100000, but The exports we're two mill.
ions more, and if s69,o0o,o 900 thereof were
gold, il should be remembered this is as much
. staple of American productive industry as
coal is 10 England, and SOIL We manage
sishily, il is no more loss for Us 10 export our
superfluous gold than ii. is for Sweden TO ex-
poa her superfcous iron, Brazil her hides,
China her teas aud silks. Take America as
a whole, and The demand for laboris greater
.shan The supply. This is shown at tho South
ty the constant increase in the price OF slaves.
and at the north by the continual increase Of
wages, and our anxiety 10 make such ma
chimes Is, in short time and cheaply, shall
do the work that else would require the cost
iy7tol of human hands to achieve. America
scas nsva 50 rich az today, in men, women
sad children, cultivated land, goodsroads, of
earth, wood, sloas and iron, in ships, houses,
shops, factories, tools, The usefnl metals and
minerals, and never 90 well supplied with
food, clothes, iuniiure, carriages, schools,
books, aad ell manner of things for use and
beauty So sseg s.l ss5,e 4syas =
Yet, IN spite Of all this general abundance,
there l. Q great ersis in The money mafkei
there is. distress in all commercial ciscles,
fsom Maine 10 Louisiaps. All the depart
n,euis Of commerce and business are disturb