The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1859-12-22

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No man can show that the IL of gold, in
base idolatry as the worship Il The goldsn calf.
A sordid love Of wealth Isl one of the lowest
vices. Its effects. on character are extremely
debasing. When men have nade:large acQuisi-
tons of gain. the uses to which they apply it
show its vanity, its utter worthlessness. The
wisest Of wealthy men, who was exceedingly
rich, y(,yet, a. that, time governed by worldly
| fselihgs:}s made him great works, builded him
houses, planted him vineyards, made him gar
dens and orchards planted in them trees ofsall
tinds Of frgitss made4 im,poels Of water. got
siOns of great and small cattle, gathered about
him Abe expert .muscians with the best in
fstruments, and abounded il, all the refined lux
uries ofsthe world: But when he looked on it
all, he pronounced it wholly unsatisfyipg--
sanity, yea. more,la source of positive distress
|-reration Of YirH. Such7an experiment ought
to have satisfied the rest Of mankind. II. was
made under the most advantageous circnm-
stances. The means were not strained, but
ampte.G Vet the fesultwas what it has nlways
proved to he. nj 15f..., ,5fti+. ~, ~
This effect was not confined to any age or
latitude johnson spoke but the truth as ex.
hibited in the history Of his own times in Europe,
when he said: 8 Money aud time are the
heaviest burdens Of life, and the unlappiest OF
all mortals are those who have more. Of either
than they know how to use. To set himself
tree from these encumbrances, one hurrics to
Newmarket another travels over Europe; one
pulls down his house and calls architects about
INN another buys seat in the country and
follows Ills hounds over hedges and through
rivers one makes collections of shells /; and
another searches the world ortulips and carna-
tions' d.. ,.....l 81 ..., :. = : :
The illusions in the last sentence point to the
wild speculation in Holland in tulips. 1t is
said that the best saddle horse in England or
france, would not have sold for as much as one
Dubious root in the Netherlands In the same
spirit the English went mad over deyecotes. as
much as two hundred guineas being given for a
single pigeon. In our own time we have seen
no small part OF our nation go crazy after
switches and hen coops. The multicaulis trade
ana the hen fever enriched few and i'm
poverisbed many. :.
We do not generally despisc men who spend
their money freely, though it be iooishly, if
no mischief directly follows their wastefulness,
But we detest one who boards mp his gains. and
neither receives nor imparts any real profit by
all his wealth. We cali him aniser, which, sicni-
Ties miserable. Yet the Bible tells us he has one
pleasure in all his wealth: lie detolds IL sr;th Ii,
eyes. That pleasure is. however, greatly d.
minishcd by being attended with dreadful
thirst for more. Lis }stl 49,
The right use of money is to secure for us
ana our diependants the necessaries and COM
forts OF life, and the best possible educational
and religious privileges; then to employ it
in the largest liberality, and in direct and
honest efforts to spread abroad truth, peace,
righteousness. the knowledge of God, and the
love of Christ. How easy it would be to make
al! the honest, virtuous, industrious poor of
THIS world happy by at once raising them from
AFFECT poverty, which is but another name for
affect misery. ,pg..s
To do good and communicate, let not thc rich
forget; for with such sacrifices God is wull
pleased. Let those who have more money than
they need, remember continually every bencvo-
lent plan and enterprise. There never was a
time when riches rightly bestowed seemed to
do more good than at present. Nor was the
cry from perishing men ever louder than now,
Come over and help us."-Rcu. W. S. Palmer,