The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-10-21
the mos EY CRISIS.

1--WE desire to 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.]
THEopoRE PARKER ON THE PRESENT CONNER
CIAL DIFFICULTIES.
Rev. Theodore Parker preached yesterday,
nj the Music Hail. "Sermon of Hard
Times" whirh was listened TO by ore of the
largest congregations ever assembled in that
spacious Hall. He took his text from 7th
Ecclesiastes, 14lh verse-''In the day of ad.
versiiy consider" He commenced by saying
that /, was the duty o! the man OF science to
interpret the world of matter to other men,
and tell the meaning and the use Of things !;
it was the duty Of the astronomer to report Of
the heavenly bodies, telling mankind the
facts connected herewilh-lheir use Ior mans
material business, their meaning Tor his spir-
.ilual development and delight il was the
duty OF the botonst TO deal with those bodies
which grow out of The ground, the water, the
air, learn what they are good for, ard how
they grow; il was the duty of the doctor TO
study human bodies, learn their structure, set
forth the conditions of he 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-
fecly, reason amiss, and so fail of truth,
though aiming al it, but their very errors were
steps towards it, and If they stumbled, they
fell forward and upwards. So the minister
was to study the phenomena and essential
nature of the human spirit. He should uss
all things to euIaree tho amount of such
knowledge as is useful in The conduc, of hu-
man life, and TO deepen the consciousness of
duty. He should show the use of all great
even,s for mans material business, aud their
meaning for his spiritual development; should
point out the eerual law, the provdenlial
purpose it, 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 TO human consciousness, and
thereby ach men prudence for their mate
rial business, wisdom for their spiritual con
duct, and so lelp large development of
mind and conscience, heart and soul, in the
community wherein the lines of his lot are
cast, aud which gives him his daily bread.
As the Rocky Mountains take hold of every
cloud which the Pacific sends thi,ler, and
wiring the water out of il 10 moisen their
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
whittier, its use for their daily business, its
lesson for their religious development. 10
speaking of this subject. Mr. Parker SAID he
should have TO speak OF some thing not often
spoken Of on Sundays in The pulpit, but very
often thought of IN the pews.
We are in a state Of great general prosper
ily, 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 is carrying on in Kansas, by the show
OF the ballot box and the reality of concealed
bayonets. There is no pestience; births
bear large ration 10 the deaths, and emi-
grafton enlarges our number still more; there
is no falnine--an abundant harvest is gather.
ed, or waits for me sickle we nave no great
foreign commercial debt which must be paid,
and so will consume the harvest gathered
from the soil, the mine and the sea, or man.
ufac,ured thence. The imports of 1856 were
$3.50, 900, but The exports we're two mill
ions more, and if 69,ooO,OoO thereof were
gold, il should be remembered this is as much |
staple of American productive industry as
coal is TO England, and SO, if we manage |
eighty, ii is no more loss for US 10 expon our |
superfuous gold than it is for Sweden 10 ex-
port her supeIfrous iron, Brazil her hides,
China her teas aud silks. Take America as
a whole, and the demand !or labor is greater |
than the supply. This is shown at tho South
by the constant increase in the price Of slaves,
aud at the north by the continual increase OF
wages, and our anxiety 10 make such ma
chimes as, in short time and cheaply, shall
do the work thai else would require the cost
ly toll of human hands to achieve. america
sras nep.r so rich as to-day, in men, women
and children, cultivated land, good roads, OF
earth, wood, slone and iron, in ships, houses,
shops, factories, tools, the useful metals and
minerals, and never SO we'll supplied with
food, clothes, iuniture, carriages, schools,
books, and all manner Of things for use and
beauty. t,-s-- --...
Yet, in spite Oh all this general abundance,
there is a great crisis in The money market
there is distress in all commercial circles,
from Maine 10 Louisiana. All the depart
meuls Of commerce and business are disturb