, 1860-09-17

e'@'ca Jto'a AAe Uoe1 peiore IL S1d mas StrUrK
ar11aan7 sauguine hearts to work for it. The
cautions Of fconee1vative middle life are heard
and the couuBels of age are listened to reve
rentIy, but the youthful heart beats to the mu-
sic Of tda "forward march,"
And what an age is this for young meu; We
can lire fase1 :haa our f.theEs. The epi.het sast
young men" il re2roacafuI, ard yet how can we
help being fat in the age when our meteor is
the hlsslnE d1e.heud; our news man The swift
winged lightning. cur artist, the light which
numbers ITS ,nil.s per second by the milliau,
II We move By steam, We must 70 fast. if re
must tall by Lightning how can we bo " s!or Of
speech !" If We have the swift n, ed lieht to
paint our features as it aiet, we must be in
haste, o. We shall be blacEer Than the ten
ebraus psrho7fee whose A1titdlis tie adjacent
fuel When prices are reported esch morning
from he eaooa'd, We cannot trade es once, iu
digui6ed business.
What a theatre for young men! It's the
grandess geographically aud physically the sun
shines On, ard within it shall he fought crest
corac Of the race 1t isa magnificent arena.
within Which snail be wars Graudsr than were
wagcd by ia Titus aud D ;migods. and by the
Bacnes nader Thich they marshall.
This, however, lis not left doubtful here.
Joined with the wards atre sdy 4soted is sno.b.r
determining Jour status, and declaring ,hs
test. This is Young Mems Gh-7s:iaa Asso-
citation. Its standard is the Cross-i:a ethic,
the Gospel. 1t fellows tbs fortunes Of the Nsz.
artne, and asks no uobler leader.
It il banded to push en- the grand 4 signs of
Christianity and brig On ths day Of its final
triumph.
Gardener may l. who hsvs not yet passed
from the ranks cf youog men, venture to iudi.
este position Of duty and danger! 1t is i'm
portant t. place soldsers true 6nd tried in tie
posts Of danger and responsibility. Chris.teu
young nea # Chicago hlyc placed you precisely
there. There is no point, on this earth, OF
greater importance or difficulty than the ore
ynu occupy
It's pnlpits are to b. m ana q, and no ordinary
men can here command tuccess, and l trust
that il Gods good Ep:r;t shsli draw You hith.r.
you will not b. disobedient to the Hsavenly Vi.
sion. True it las little Of earthly gory to Offer
you. Heenau, the bruiser, finds, ien,cld men.
tlon IN our eecular press to tue most eloquent
preacher OF the dATl 1t hath srlal1 need Of
wealth to proml.e, fer the ke-per Of q saloon
on Randolph stree: has profit exceeciag tue
salary OF any minister in America- But there
IL fame that endures, and atreasure thGt vaui.h.
es never away. Each awaits, the faithful man
Of God.
But the idea is mistaken one, that there in
no sc7pe for Christian chiva'ry sass iu tho pul.
pit would dlsabuee your miuus Of such q
feeling, and lead them to another field. Wtat
the world wits Tor and nte eds, is religion in a
soort day dreas-relipion at the receipt If Gu j.
toms-1etigion in business. II 4caitstAe epangA
Of buslntn gospel.
"The silver and the gold are the L..d's."
! do not believe in assigning them 10 the de71l.
They belong TO him By divine right, uad bis
servants should possess them. But they ara
not to attain them wrongully. 1t ia Eeesei
nov that Christian ncn shall carry their priu-
ci2!ee, as Christian men, into trad: end profts-
s!ona1 life. When the world shall ste Chris
tianity which will not sanction usurg, which
will hold NO fellowship with meanuesas, which
disdasns to environ Itself with cut.hroct mort
cages, and acts upon the Golden rlle, it will
receiTe new riew Of its grandeur, new evi-
dence Of its truthfuluess more commanding
ihau scores Of Ancloges, though written by The
&uperiors Of Butler.
Our city has been a marvel It has lesped
into life with nnwouted activity, aud itz rapili-
ty of growth has unsettled old ideas md forms
Of thnnght. Money has become the caisf.good,
and there has grown a sad reckes. ness a. to
the means Of obtaining it. God has given US
certain directions bearirE with unmistakab;e
directness on this very thior, and ihe dulv to
which he calls Jou is 10 stnnd and say, "We
will not po1lute our ha1ds with dollar gained
unjustlr." uone:ty, Justice snd rigid truthful
ness shall mark our busiueEs life. The ma,to
| propose is rot AZ Honesty is the best policy"
The sensEasat Is truthful, and yet is ton bcsi-
nese-ae. too calculating to reach the great
truth. Honesty is too a sacred thing to be
measured hy policy 1t is no. be weixhed in
the grrocel's ecales, OF measured with The mer-
chants yard-stick. 1t is something for IT,.
Ae1rt. The true motto is al will do n.h.."
This will bring trial perhaps rersecut ons.
They mast be meet. 1tm.y involve presrnl.
or may be permanent loss-no matter. The
mapdate Of Christ il imperative. We must
follow HIM, though all be lost. believe in
busiuess activity. | would encourare every
poung man to aim at success, but Christian
young men, 10 matter what custom may say,
no matter what the laws Of trade ray sanction,
or the laws Of State permit, you mus. be gov
erred by the Dirine ia,o or cease to b. Cnris.iau
uen- Apply This to morrow, and trade Oh
Lake a2d Water stree.sswill bs materially
changed.
Young men, enthro:e Christianity in your
business, its tu:elary grooves, its ruling genius
When you do that, Jon will hare spoksa the
do lt3 Give the business man the yantaee
ground Of IN unbleDished reputation, bis ne It
character il to be that Of The Christian benefac
tor. He has o6taine4 means, how shall he .s4
thems
Let him come forth ard belly acknowledge
the supremacy Of the Christian code in The dis.
tribuliou Of bis gains. Money! is power. and
| the religion which triumphs over its DONNA
ton is akin to 0mniposence. Where are the
business men who will resist upon one ride the
encroachments of fashionable display and on
the other those Of rigid parsimoniousness
Who will recognise that their silver aud gold,
taeir houses and lois, and stocks are not theis
own, but that they hold them - trusts for tue
Great Master? Such men lead sublime lie,
and many shall rise up and call them blessed
They dispense Erd scatter abroad. They are
benetacfors OF their race, and their beneroterce
brings It's own exceeding great reward.
NOT IN The department Of Christian hbsrslity
alone ts the Chria:ian mau Of business called to
act. He is needed iu the Church as an act,re
worker and rhn 1n ~ ~ nj
efficiently. Tbs ndronitions and exhortations
Of the preacher are BY many consid red ~ per-
functoFy-as merely professional. He is ssla.
RED to say just that. Besides be has {so men
aay) no practical life. Hs lives among his books
for nix days, and in his pulpit the seventh
Theirs he stsode, calmly serene. lie has had 10
notes to pay, no sharp monetary crisis to psss.
lie knows not the trials OF ordinary life, and
therefore his gospel must ba taken with some
grain of allowance. 80 reason the nany, and
there is enough Of plausihilitr TO mako the rea-
son Il neutralizer to much Of the instructions
Of the pulpit.
Now let q lawyer whose religion hes kept
HIN pure amid tho excitements OF the bar; the
physician who has maintained his INTEGRITY. the
merchant who has been busy during all the
week, who has shared the trials and yexations
OF commercial life, hut amid all has kept up an
acquaintance with bis 1ord-she mechanic who,
amid labor abundant has "euduled ns serving
NE sonterence.rocm. the class room and prayer
suc,e, aod witness the gospel of tho minister
!es toen eng age in The mission school. let them
ne o1Stlpntors of religious literature, let them
s&and up Tor Jesus, beaide yon street preach
ef OF temperance lecturer, and enforce his
teachings, and none can tell the resultant forces,
These are men of facts and fguree-they aro
6choo]ed IN the worlds hard school. they are
shrewd aud far-eeeing. They hare no worldI =
interest To promote-sure1y theirs must be the
religion Of fast, and they aver it to be that oi
hallowe ed feeling,
Besides busineys life gives rare mental dis.
cipliue which pecu1itrly qualities for effective
| labor. Business men have boon transferred tc
Senatorial and diplomatic life, aud hays sue.
eeeded. as have few trained to these puEsults
The tame is true Of the ministry. Many eu
nent Preachers had their training In business
"lsh this training, it may become duty for somt
TO enter the pulpit, but there may be eminsn
P1e.y and usefalneas without
BUSINESS is not a,vsrse to piety. Christiani
| II Is not that eaeminAte thing which denandI
&C. = c1oif.er ior rs development aud perfection
no. Eaco lawful arocasion may aad should he
GONE means OF grace. The Christia7 seilo,
may explore the most di,tant seas: the Chris
tian traveller may, with Livingstone aud Barth
pass all others, threading his way b. side Is rir
ers unknown to sang;" Chris:ian merchant
may preside on Change; Christian lawyer
| may stand FIRST at the bar Christiaa pbysician
| ehould be the most eminent Of their noble pro
fession, aad the Christian artixau ruaY excl i,
his vocation. There il that in our reliaio,
which demands IN effort after excellence in Il
our lawful works, aud it teaches US to refuse al
| others.
No. He ISLANDERS Christianity who represent
II ~ winning it, uohlest laurels in tho cloiste