Litchfield enquirer., 1862-12-04
loved. But she was not sad long nor often, for she believed that the sea shall give up her dead.'-' Once Ueek.'
RICHES.
INDIVIDUAL AND NATIONAL.

How to get riches, has been the chief end and study of man in all ages. In the earliest his tory of the world began the strife and compe tition for wealth and as the power which it gives has been more and more apparent with every succeeding generation, that strife has increased. and those competitions have multiplied. Good men and bad men the world over, are to day gold seekers. With more or less earnest ness, all the races in every latitude and zone are delvinc with hand and brain for goodly inheritance this side the flood. Some men are easily satisfied. They ask but little and when
 that little is obtained, they betake themselves to pleasure or repose. Others have such cravings that were the whole universe one vast treasure house of gold, and precious stones, they would cheertully give eternity of effort to obtain it.. if that eternity were at their disposal. The price paid for money has been, in some cases, well nigh equal to the value of the immortal soul
 We have known instances where men have deliberately blown ont their brains in order to obtain a snug fortune for their family from life insurance policy. What price for money :. We have known others. and rich men too, who have gone crazy in ponderin" over the possibll- lty of '' coming to want, and they have ended | life with raznrstroke or the halter.
 Thousands there are who resort to gambling Htu pll6lit'S dS llle SnOfttSi d SuftSG TO;tl lO wealth. Others and they are a host arc will ing to engage for fife in business grossly i'm moral, and destructive alike of soul and body. Others will separate themselves for years from wife and children, home and friends. Others wall peril their health and their very existence. Others will deprive themselves of all social cut turH, of instructive and refining influences, of Christian privileges, of proper food and ncces- saly sleep. OtLers will prostitute their own bodies, and steep themselves in vice aud shame. Others will plunge into every species of siecu ation, and make one venture of the gains of twenty years. In short there is nothing which the ingenuity of man can devise which has not been adopted anl tried as an instrument to obtain money. We have ransacked the earth
 the sea. :nl the skies for earthly traasures.- We have sought them in mountains and in val, eEs. on deserts and at the p0le:--evrryWherc.
 Nations have exhibited the same spirit as individuals. l lie greatest nation has always been that winch could show the greatest wealth .lches have been tie standard of emjnence.-, i hat klng or rupr has D en most feared and on vieG who cnn!d point o the fullest eXchequer. the most and largest ships to the finest cities, aEd 10 tic 9Teat~>t commercial activity Ma ;ons ;l;S Ike individuals, have been willing to jo deeds of m3nstruuS w;ckrdMess for the sake of ta,cip;! gain. They have gone both intel iigrntly andbiindIy, both boldly and tremh'ing!y into iniquity and have wnied at injustice ana cruelty If thereby tra'le could b. promoted and wealth obtained. Righteousness, which alone "rdtch any people, has been i"nore>l, ridicnled. an! tran:ill2d upon ; and the broad gate and highway of tyranny and corruption have been opened as the only avenue to po,cer and nation al glory.
 Tine wrong doing of o,r own people for the sake of money, trade, prosperity, will be the only rock upon which it will be possible either to divide us or to destroy us
 When man gives his life for money. he pays too much Eori |: for what c.Gn man give in ex change for his; soul ? W hen man resorts to gambling, rum selling, or any other immoral practice, for the sake of money, although he may gain a fortune he gets cheated. Vixen man negccts sacrifices his spiritual well-being for the sake of money. he will be for ever paupcr. When q man denies himself innocent carly en ioymcnts social culture, religious privileges proper food, relaxation, and sleep, for the sake of money, he is a fool. When a man sells hin,- scIt-hs prnci pes-for any golden idcl his proper place is in the unaie asylum.
 Nf!en d nation is bankrupt in justice anl hu manity. it has no riches worth counting. When 1t has conscience or moral ;ense it Is poverty stricken. A nation is indeed rich when commerce rrospers and good men multiply, when its ships fioat on every sea- and every soul who mans them isa colporteur 0! justice and freedom when its secular interests thrive. and the peO- pie love ighteousness-when wealth pours in like flood, and intelligence, refinement, mor tality, and religion abound in every quarter when Gods s laws are respected and feared, and the best interests of men for tir,e and eternity are cared for snd promoted.
 V'hn wholr earth 1rr,ns and rrconS ,n1or tho nfilucnce of her Treasures. Enough for all ?- Yes. and thousand fold more For whom were they created, if not for man They all shall be Laid at our feet and used at our command when tte nI'IIennial day of righteousness shall dawn, and all the people wIt!l united hearts shall proclaim the Supreme Hovprnsr of the Uni verse as our Ruler, and lis hiyhey lalo' as oul only guide.-N. J. Ldpendent