The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1861-02-28
From the Gin ein natl Gases.s
- RBACT9CAL SERMON.
TRIi 0H1D IN fHR CYNrEAL HRrsayrERI.S
CE0BcU, CINCINNATI,


great theme tlat we scarcely know wher
10 begin, and having begun where to end -
As we wish to address ourselves, however
especially 70 those who wish to do good.
is perhaps the most natural order to te
those who profess TO want work where the
may get Il
!. The necessities and opportunities 70
doing good 10 a part of the subject OF
which II wo6Dd be useless to dwell. were
not that g many in their half waking. half
sleeping state actually inquiring: "Wh'
will show - any good? and we will do it.
10 point ont that necessity and those oppor
sunitiss may moreover help you. my breth
rem, e esst your own sincerity. l nav.
heard = men going out to seek work. wher
thsig acighbors thought that they would be
sorry ehosld they find it. More than ont
beGulr have we seen, whose sad story was
Of : es9eQrving family. and tie utter impossi
bthty ~ obtaining work. but who on being
psoopnted with an axe or saw, quietly tool
1eove in way that showed beyond doubt
that work was the last thing he was after
Yse il is possible that that man would hard
~ have owned to himself that he was un.
willing to labor, until he was fairly tried
willing to do it. There are drunkards to
q
sand drunkards' children to be led and cloth
I'd. There are widows and orphans TO be
looked after, and cared for. There are
sick TO be nursed, and mourners to be com
torted. Virtuous poverty needs word of
encouragement. and often more than mere
word. Vice must be met and resisted At
every turn Public virtue must be promo
ted.i The gospel must be preached. and
those who preach it must be sent. Your
neighbors must be influenced to come to
the house OF God. That ungodly man, or
That pngodly woman lives next door to you.
The14hAye confidence in you, you can have
FnoFe ifdnance with them than any one else;
y isshcsdcd that you should talk with them
abdns their souls.
5 IuF6ufk, my brother Where are your
kgfWheu did the world get so good as
- Has the millennium come at last?
- D4nSno sickness, no sorrow, no tyranny,
What means that groan.
ehsleky that lash tearing the flesh
5Nhat poor wretches' back Why shiv-
= eok pale. care worn woman, over the
mbers of that windy hovel. And
r es she start at that heavy step upon
oshold? Why does she press her
= &loser to her bosom. and why do the
!. t6t kGfjs children cling to their mothers
md insfinctively cry for help. IS if a
heest had invaded their home instead
1sor owa father? All there is sin
/ in the world yet. and while ever
Z sin there will be misery. and while
Are is misery there will be work.
Wv, having discovered the work. the
hing is to do it.
- text is eminently practical. I, does
not cay think good. or plan good. or talk
Ia IL th,e
would all be willing enough Tor these
Thet there would be a world of pious talk
about doing good 10 the poor, the distressed
and the oppressed that these things would
be all discussed at the anniversary meetings
of benevolent societies. in the pulpit, on the
rostrum and at the fire>ide he knew all
thai, aud he knew, TOO, that The difficulty
alter all the talking aud planning. would be
to get the plans CARRIED into execution
And just SO ii is; men would rather sit in
their study or their family circle and plan
grand schemes for the continent Of Africa or
all the Pacific Islands. than u take their
hat in their hand and go down the alley
with loaf Of bread under their arm and
kind word in their mouth for that poor fam
lily. There are many, too. who would do
all this and more, nevertheless. need TO learn
very much OF the art OF doing
good. He who has real benevoence in his
heart does well, but he who knows how to
express the benevolent feeling and do the
benevolent act in proper manner, does
better.
HoW to do good, therefore. is a question
second only in importance to Are you
'caiing to do goods"
The first thing is to go to work, and the
next is to do in the right nay. The field
is by no means confined to :he poor; kind
words and kind acts are due to the rich.
but they are more likely to get them. SO
true is it that the world. in dispensing her
gifts. goes on the principle. ITO him who
hath shall be given, and from him who hath
not shall be taken away even that which he
hath" The world is ever ready to lavish
millions where they are not needed. Let US,
then, say word for the poor--for "the
poor ys always have with you" And LIST,
in doing good to the poor:
l. We are TO have regard to their bodily
Taats. II is true that their GREAT want is
often the want of religion and that is al
ways to be kept in view in all our efforts to
do them good. But there is none from whose
lips they will hear the messages of mercy so
readily a. from him who has visited them
in their sickness and given them substantial
Aid when they needed 1t. Nothing Will
break down their prejudice against religion
and religious people like this. just at this
juncture they may not be able to appreciate
your prayers. Aside from everything else
they may wish you and your prayers far
enough. A visit from a stranger such as
You is in itself q positive annoy ance, aud
the prayers and the pious conversation will
make it superlative. and whatever may af-
terwards come OF the truth which you have
sowu, ten chances to one If they DO not curse
you as . rsnting hypoerite the moment YOU
back is turned. But here are some thing,
which they can understand. which they d.
value. and which make your visits accepta
bic, and thus give You an excellent oppor
tunity for doing good. That basket 10 th.
corner which you brought upon your aru
is fully understood. and undsr the circum
stances it NAV do more in preparing the WAY
for the reception of the truth than the mos
eloquent ser,pou As you raise up poo