The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-08-16
Whit isthe Worth!

. NV llSHig ""HN 0NT'' 80 ~
lie sermons lately published in The IOde-
,endent, has the following
"Did YOU ever SEQ men made in this
yorld? fhey had no great wisdom; they
lad no great honor; they had no great
ieroism; they had no great patience; they
mad 70 great meekness; they had no great
wealth Of love. But they had certain
muck.wsdom; they knew how to thrust
their hands in where dirt was to be mold
ed they knew how 10 amass property;
they knew how to construct ships and
houses; they had kind Of ferreting eye,
a sort of weasel sagacity; they were keeu
and sharp; they were said TO be prosper
Gus, thriving men; they were being built
up, according to the estimation OF NELL
Give man FIVE thousand dollars. and you
have laid the foundation on which 10 build
him-you have got his feet built; give
him ten Thousand, and you have built hin
up to the knees; give him twenty-five
thousand, and you have built him to th'
loins, give him hundred thousand, ant
you have built him above the heart; give
him two hundred thousard, and be is made
all over. Two hundred thousand dollar
will build man in this wolld. Two hun
drcd and fifty thousand will make GOO
deal Of man. Five hundred thousan'
makes a splendid fellow, as the world goes
The great trouble. however, is that, al
though the materials may not be very cost
Ily as God looks upon them, men find
difficult to build themselves in this way
Besides, they are very easily unbullt.-
Where a man is merely what he owns,
does not take long to annihilste him.
> You can take mans head of with hui
dred thousand dollars. You can cut hi
in two with two hundred and fifty tho,
' sand. You can annihia!e him with
kick of five hundred thousand, so tn
there shall be nothing left Of him b
smoke!
, "There are thousands aud thousands
men Of whom, if you take away the
l houses and ships, and lands, and hsc
skill, and such other qualities belong,
u to them as they viii not want in heave
9 and cannot carry TO heaven, there will
= be enough left to represent them there,
D righteousness, and godliness, and fal
h b and love, and patience, and meekuess, a
d such like qualities. They have used
T. these qualities up for fuel for their II
1t chine. 1t has been their business in
to sacrifice probity that they might
IS rich that they nigh. gain power and
r fuence; that they might make their hc
'e on this world broader and stronger. A
ID if they can not carry forth these thlr
e. which have been the objects to the alta
ment Of which they have devoted all &
n energies, what is left for them to so
us of lie witb2 You see not only sin
lie specimens, but whole ranks ofthese DIV
it ed, insect class of men, patting each OF
fit on the shoulder, registering each otl
'ls weighing each other, and speaking
g. each other of "our first men, our "lars
so men," "our inAuentialmcu," tour Str
'st men, and yet, if you were to take a
from them that Of which the grave
divest them, you could not find tn
even with microscope!
ire "Do you not know just such men?
hS YOU were TO think of those belongn
IN, = your own circle of acquaintance, and
Oh not what this and that man are wort
oy factors in material things, but what
10 are worth as God looks upon them,
10 they are worth when measured by
oi righteousness, and faith, and love.
patience, and meekness-ttose In
er' which are to make up our manhood 10
len eternal world--would you not hnd an
er- them those of whom, if their selhsbI
'ior their hearIlessness, their grasping
- their worldly wisdom, were they t
from them, thero would be scarcely
'nu m thing leftF"