Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-10-22
REV. HENRY WARD BE ;HER on
THE COMMERCIAL PRESSURE.
sLEssOSs FROM rHE rMEs."
From the Evening Post.

sermon last sunday efepihg 10 Ah lui'He"aS
,udei,ee, 10 Plymouth erafcl, Brooklyn,
pn the sL.sspns ifm the 'rruss," sug ss"''
sl fruu the present a. nms'ciai pressure
rhs di-cour-e ATS ous - grs1t 10 ser, aud
produce a pro puui i,nlrsssiou. !
Sc. 3eeeLe. teal was irom Aatt- Ev',
9, 5:
awhen it Is evening", We -ay. il will he
f,r se4tier; ior tie SKY + rel. Ahd !"
.lrr n1rnlns. It ~lll br f,ul weather today.
fyr tie say Is rel An ! loSerng. o, ye.
h,pocnti.-. W e,n ,Ii.c-ru the fee Of the
XIV; hui eau Je not dl'cern tue Signs d
tue ums,f"
Every s@asu is indebted To that which
has pon. beiure Yet. the ir-t labpr Of the
new life If grass Is tn push away the old
.nd oyeriaylng growth. MIny trees are
Obliged 10 b-gln the spring with sIougnIng
the leaves uf the previous yer. Thus
was IN the moral world 1t the advent
Cnrlsts fi,St and bis last alversarle' were
thnse who r.pre>ents1 tie religion ot Tie
times. They were the men who we're re
igiousIy conc.lted; and who, und'r Tue
pretence Of nctity Of truth anil the Ve'l
erablenes. Of holy things. refnss'l to let The
new growth come on which God appoints
10 e,ery generation. They were the rell
g.ous conservatives Of that ddy. Glamor
Gus about the truths Of the past, aud yer,
ignorant Of the truths Of the present, they
seemed to think that all Coils teaching
to this world were already issuei; an'
they we're tie Kings p'st, in whom thes
teachings, sealed up like letters, were to b
conveyed to another generation; aud the
Q supposed that their business was that
r Sacred Mil Carriers, to convey unopene
and unusel messages Of Col " those WI
, should come after them.
OF course such men would seorn u
ethical activity Of their age. Mens hus
uess WAS 10 take care If the legacy II II
past, not to plough and SOW for new ha
vets.
l. Il was this kind Of men that met Chr
y a: every step; that were shocked oe;A,'
l. ne ate aud drank like common men; b
h cause he went among common people at
- taurht religious truth--nOt in the con>ecI
h. ted language Of rabinnical sehonIs, hut
D the vernacuIsr; because he sat 10 th'
I houses at meat with them; because
n gave them liberty IN the Sabbath ia
ly and declared that that day was n't inca
Is to restrict, but to help men; because he
We his disciples sit ut the table with unwasil
to hands; because he preached to the oulc
and took the side of pubiicans AMI harI
n against the respectable Pharas'es; in she
tn because he took the part Of rel i'm asai
H. religious institutions; be;ause he took Sit
an with the religious spirit, which is a'w'
%, Young aud vese aliug, against reg''
ty usages, which are always veneral IN P
u portion MS they are nothing else.
ie 1t was against this kind Of religion,
un these stubborn, conceited, unearnng a
inpractlcabe religious men. that he
tered these words, Men who had apI
W. reuty never suspected that Gol had
il way of teaching the world except ihrou
ID. them; who would IS soou have !ookei
into the street fhr goi aud silver asto HI
net looked there for divine revelations;
nut who. when God sent armies To Jerusa
ty or drove them awsy, when de sent
ec yoke or broke the yoke, when tie raj
nv. up worldwide commotons or gave p
, in To the foaming waves of contention, lie
If no moral lessons, stS 10 DIVINITY
,bh looked point-bI,nk up1n GJd's proyld
h. tial ,le,elnpn ntS without seeioG Gpi.
The, We Vet 81 atlantlSe to tnat VI
which sounde thousand Yeas bel
npon Slnal that they did not bear the
,: l4nt thunder Of Gods vince now III Il
:; own streets, and right AT their own do
~ ~ Cnti,t REFUSED them. He put u
.ouduct in striking light by compsr
H. Their habits in trfmg things. The 81
Nv :" Of the weather they could Judge by 10
~. J." lng at the elements t the weather.
~" ,he stale of Gdd kingdom in their mi
" while miracles were wrought, truths "
- deIfulIy spoken, the po1r rellevei' the
u" gracionsly healed, and Gods law "f L
which thev had changed TO stone'
s,nitten and caused to gush forth dl'
lri- water fos the poor multltIdes that
Ter. athirst in the comnumty-lrom all u
ton things they never suspected that the &
i'd: dom of God hai come nigh to them'
ter The truth to be remarked is tn 81
u!" we are bound to understand Gods deal
ate, with the times in which we live.
Because, by such discreet consldera
,r?' of current events we learn the natur
human conduct, and test the wisdom d
liar. rious courses.
Because, by such study, we come
es' right apprehensiom Of Gods moral
ernnent over Ills world.
liars 1t is thing to be remarked, nov
benefit msu have derived in the long
perience Of commercial life.
'ure The same misc iefs occur every u
fifteen years. GouIses upon winch
ind. bible pronounced sentence two shou
years ago. are entered upon again
,;.r again, as II nothing were known OF
P'"s God has spoken to him that bath Or
Ihear, upon the nature of greedy selfish
6! in upon unscrupulous devices IL business
,on making haste to be rich; upon
At Of aud hard handednes'; upon deceit
guile; upon the inf'tuations OF hope
the supreme folly of unwarrantaOIe co
D lat The blessings Of contentment; thS
sings Of good name; the bles"n!
but Gods service instead OF M"'nmo"