Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-10-22
MLLERsBURG HOLMES COUNTY, OHIO THURSDAY OCTOBER

8. These are the times for men to detec
unnamed vices and crimes, and give then
their place and proper designation on th'
list of evils.
In all vigorous communities, where en-
terprise attempts new things, by new meas
ures, We may be sure that selfshness viii
pioneer conscience. Many things will bt
done, as We see clearly they have beer
done, which are wrong to the last degree
But because men had not yet annalyzet
them, or sat in judgment upon them by
moral rules, they were permitted to go oil
as if right and permissible.
Gods providence judges human conduct
before mems consciences do. And we fine
out what is wrong by the punishment witt
which we are surprised, rather than by the
use Of our moral Judgment. 1t is shame
that Gods whip should have to be bet
ter judge and interpreter of rectitude than
a Christian mans conscience? a
4. These times ought to point out the
attention of men to the sure punishment
Of greediness. Haste to be rich comes
more speedily through the stage in which
they give equivalents, of skill or benefit,
for wealth received, into the always wick.
ed and demoralizing stage in which mel
desire to enter without giving fair equiva-
lents for gains. This appetite has nc
bounds when once planted. It is Raging
fever of avarice. 1t is the peculiar disease
of spectators, of stock gamblers, and Of
all ether gamblers.
A man who deliberately purposes tc
gain wealth without earning it, by some
substantial equivalent rendered to the com.
munity, is a thief. He may be called,
down here, by much softer Names But
above he is unceremoniously called theft
Nor is Gods justice silent or motionless.-
While these men are ripening, the sickle is
patient; but that is all that it waits for
Where are those inflated spectators that
use Gods great round of time and provi-
dence as a gamblers box to throw their
dice with, who venture penny, and rise
from the table with uncounted gold?-
Where are these greedy men and theil
greedy associates, and where are their gains
now? "He that hasteth to be rich hatl
an eva eye and considereth not that pov.
erty shall come upon him." God has
written these words so high up that all Fl,
nanciering hands that stretch round the
wolrd greedily, cannot reach to rub them
out. And every generation of men, wheth,
er they like the ritual or not, are compel
ed to say, Amen. At this time, men are
affirming this truth with deep and bitter
pronunciation.
The ship that was struck by this mighty
gate and well nigh overturned, is already
righting. May we not hope that the worst
is past! Already streaks of light are ap-
pearing. There will yet be struggle,
but the fierceness of it is over. Some will
yet 60 down, but those who are strong will
stand; and now, if there be Christians
among these thousand merchants, who can
rise little above their own selfshness,
and, though in distress 90 to help their fel-
lows, how true and devout gospel shall
such disinterested and leroic couduct be.
There is many and many friend whom
you may cheer, encourage and help: and
your coming to such in this stormy hour,
will be to them like Christ walking on the
sea in the night and tempest, pressing
down the waves to tranquility with his feet
and casting serenity into the storm from
the peace of his own divine face.
Not again in mans lifetime may it be
permitted him to do so much good for God
and Christ, heroic endurance, by cheerful.
ness amid danger, by helpfulness when
the instincts of man would make them
selfish.
Good men, true men, Christian men, all
take hold of hands, put shoulder to shoul
der, stand, and make others stand. Aftel
little more trial, you shall come forth as
Nelson's ships came from the smoke o.
battle, pierced and crippled it may be, bu,
floating still, and able TO float; and after
wards, every shot, every wound and every
loss, shall be healed by victory, and they
become ensignia of glory! "The night IS
far spent, the day IS at hand"