True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-01-27
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THE long predicted X soabnnqreaisI, ling Il and
financial crash bas come: Stately houses
and firms topple down. Mighty monied
institutions and corporations swing from
tBeiE4mooriGgs2 ana are tossed up. and
down 1ftse va WI9lifsb + upon The boiling lile,-
A. quiyer ofjapprehension shites even
stout hearts that we are as, yet only in
the beginning Of sorrows. e34 shtdder OF
fear runs from Wesl,to Easfl from North
toI South, All men suffer q such times,
the rich and The poor. Thousands are
thrown ont of their regularenploy oymehts.
If We lose no do llars ID de- sweeping
failures, VIZ lose peace, ,seppity, trust;
we ,ccSaannSt but feeb deves in aihe most
peaceful retreats Of Priyatedlfe, the agita-
ton Of that tremendous storm ithati
howls like Defenders Blasts through
MANY Of 0pf ciiiess # one oanlq lqalpn member suf,
fers all the members must Eufferowilh it.
What are the causes,of such calamilies,
and what are the elremedies? The causes,
.in-general terms, are the ignorance, folly,
or mistakes Or cyl, passions Of men; and
and the remedies are. wisdbni, prineiplsy
better apoli'icaleco conomy, but above an,
a more thorough snd universal spplica.
tlon Of Christian ,,preSepls, to everyday
life. The Ledger, the Arithmetic, the
Revised; Statutes, and the Banking Jour
nal, are vary good and necessary books
but we need to know they cannot keel
the business world from CHAOS, unless you
add the, New Testament. Great, laws
are necessary in little acts. 'The sublime
sentiment Of human brotherhood is requi.
red 10 save men from cheating in selling
apples or pigs. All the legal penalties Of
the Stale are less efeetualio keep honesty
clear and Bright in shop and street, than
one persuasive precept Of Christianity,
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one flash Of moral sentimiment through
the heart. n ai i ,sdi orrpi Ell
Conscience is d clew better than the
clearest Intellect divorced from duty, to
guide Iss : tthr6agh! the labyrinth of, compIi.
Gated affairs How poor thing it is,
therefore. that Christianity should go or
preaching, praying, singing, exhorting in
one sphere, and nmen 60 on trading, vo
ting. sailing, legislaiihlg il anoiher N sphere
when the very purpose Of Christianity il
to furnish checks and balances, right rules
OF life, equipoise difficulties, equipoist
Of interests, so that mankind may fal
neither into the FIRE Oh one side, nor int
the water on the other Life never car
be righted until it is tfeaIed more as on'
grand whole. ,aDa2 v!ii ia7 'tDo'
We believe with all oGr heart tha
false principles; are the first source Of, al
such social and business difficulties lies
principles at war with the Gospel, an
with, human good.I Let me specify: AZ
. Thus, men cannot trade or max
MONEY rin any way, and be perm aahissntl,
prospectus. ,ifcby such a, course they ar
IiWuring their Jelloie:men; for in til
end the good oflone is the goOdefalb an
the evil of oneiis the evil of'all. 'nl hia
opptess the'RVOr, 7 may def9tapd., y ! ma
taks AXE sad4Iygaptsgs " of II, the issp0Sanse, x
! weakness, or necessity Of yfellow'mar
and may seem yto hayethe bestof' til
bargainVo Butiih SO tloing,I doaa create
injury 2to myself than,, Thy worst eadh
could desire. put a rotten pillar in IN p
house, thatawill, by iand,by bteak, ,hwhen,
most neediit, and tumble the whole ed
. fee into ruins. Retribution . is On h
!, way; slow, perhaps, baaf sur z e.an A sttpnl
! e. hand, q more cunning ming, ,yill. Dc,
. me what have done to aao!hers Thu
| the British East India Company ms
,Dgrow fat on the Hand taxes of fmillicl
|, Of Hindoos, and govern them moi ,by Il
> golden, but by lthey iron rule, but u
/ fiery day Of reckoning and epnnisAme
blazss at last, out, ,ofthe skys and makes
whole empire,quakestD'its fcundations.'
, Splendid private fortunes Fday be conf
> red up by speculation, by usuriOus inl
! rest, by traffic in articles pernicious to h
i highest uses Of society, bgamodes Of bu
:, ness athatycannots stand ths' test oftt
Y Christian rule; but ill-gotten gains so
! take to themselves wings and fy away,
|, sbeeagle towards Heaven. Forthe sal isal