The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-07-09

hy their hearts. without any examination
ii lle quality uf their heads. Tie eonss-
queuoc 81 which Is that wc haze a hrs
tan ministry IN lhs country larger, and
probably a purer race ut mcp, than can be
found IN ans Glass In the world. But a'
least half Of them have no appreciation Of
the power u The ministry Of Jesus Christ.
They break down under labors Tor which
they have no adaptation. They iml TO
command the attention and respect 81 the
world around them. ! am not competent
TO decide 50 delicate question as tins
matter involves; bat | may be allowed to
say in all honesty that il would be much
better for Christianity in this country Tor
4 man to be first-ate Christian lawyer,
n frst-rate Christian farmer or iirsl-rale
Christian shoemaker than a .Fth-rafc
Christian minister. Because a young
man become, religious, il is not necessary
that he should become a preacher nay,
the pulpit may be the place Of all others
in the world whore he would be most like
" 10 Do damage 10 the cause be loves.
With a respect for Tie Christian minis
try Of this couniry--boh from a Puritan
education and acquaintance with its meme
bcrs--I am compelled to believe that fully
half of its members are little more than
mouthpicces Of their theological schools.
Il They enter their profession, not because
they are adapted to it, but because they
are moved TO it through n mistaken
sense Of duty ora false idea Of professional
4 liie.
/ Of the old professions of the law and
medicine speak with less hesitation. Go
into any preparatory school, aud you will
/ find that nearly every boy is aiming al
one of these two professions. Now, II you
viii reflect for moment, you will come tc
the conclusion that the number Of good
lawyers aud good physicians is compare.
lively small.
In Tie popular idea the medical profes
sion is the least difficult of the three whicl
We call learned. Yet think how organ
ically peculiar that individuality must bt
that is perfectly adapted to that profession
Think Of the delicate nicely that is neccs
sary to Judge distempers; 10 detect th'
true relations and sympathies IN diileren
tempcrS and constitutions I; the tendersym
patty that is necessary 10 him who stand
beside woman in her hour Of trial, wh'
bends over the cradle of suffering chill
dren. who moycs from house 10 house (
bring solace 10 poor humanity in its ex
tremity. Think Of the pure heart, un
swerying honor, and Christian integrity
.t..., -I.--ln - MS about wl,e- I" affair
of five hundred families cluster. 1hinl
Of all this and much more that might b
named, and think of the men who 80 ioril
from our public Institutions. Many G
them arc dissolute and unprincpled som
. Of them have studied medicine simply be
/ cause they we're unfit for the law--llk
, the man who was supposed 10 be good 10
.. physic because he was not good for any
j Thing else. Laughter. Because ma
4 masses an examination before corps {
professors, he is not necessarily qualllle
: for a physician.
+ Those who know more about the prC
a fession of the law than do, will tell 70
i that It requires rare acquisition TO con
: prehend lis philosophy and master lis prif
S ciplcs so as TO treat every question rs
!, rises.
i The members Of the barmay be class
G fed as lawyers OF eminencc, lawyers
d respectability, lawyers Of mediocliy, al
e lawyers Of absolute inferioriiy. You vi
+ be able oiudgc about how many Of the
d have mistaken their profession. A ma
e has no right to be inferior in his profe
n sion-rather, perhaps, man has no rig
z, TO be il a profession in which he IS abs
d lulcly inferior. Every man who can
Grst-rate has no right 70 be filh-rate.
But, at this day,ii Is in politics as mu,
l. ~ The professions that VIC see the effect
le these unwise counsels a poor boy ris
Ii to become governor many a poor b.
a. has risen 10 the highest fro n the humble
le position in political life. To the youl
l. mind these positions are respectable-.lh'
VI are prizes for which they must striy
y The young have not been taught by The
81 counsclors that manhood is the hight
n human position; especially that Office ca
ID not confer manhood. They hapcnot be
Ii. taught that to desire ollice--to labor for
ey for the sake Of lis honors-is the mcant
hi Of all ambitions, the most degraded OF
m pursuits. They have not been taught
TO distinguish between the self-madc m
ail and the selfmade governor. The con'
uc quence Is, that boys without boards N
be counted by the hundreds, who look
al political distinctions Many Of the d.
TO gers that threaten this country spring frt
b. the greed which men have for Office, a
y. thc case with which they obtain it. VII
lal the good and worthy men who do not nc
m. Office, but the men whom office sa'
II needs, become Disguised with politics
re cause Of the uncongenial society i
he which it introduces them, the country m
an well tremble with apprehcnsions. WI
he the stable gives place to the library, q
to the Ioy who does chores for his bo;
, a puts his feet upon the table--when mad
stays home with the baby, while Bid
,g makes calls--it Is about time 10 think