The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-11-30

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honest man IN the sight Of Heaven or
Earth unless he perform his duty with nm
scrupulous care and undertaking fidelity.
The man who hammers the iron, the
mechanic who builds the locomotive,
and the engineer that runs 1t, should
act equally in the light and un-
der the power Of conscience, re-
membering that the neglect Of either to
execute. his work properly. or to,,do his
duty faithfully, may not only endsnger,
but actually destroy the lives of thousands
Of his fellow-men.
| A like moral responsibility rests upon
the common laborer that mixes the mortar,
the mechanic that lays the brick In the
wall, and the architect that undertakes the
erection of building; and should be felt
and acted upon by them all.
This thought was further illustrated by
special allusion to the felicitous state of
things that would exist if the physician,
the lawyer, the politician, the merchant,
and the minister Of the Gospel, too, in ad-
dition to their intellectual competency and
qualification, were under the control Of an
educated heart brimful Of human love and
sympathy, and under the power Of con-
science that would teach them that they
best promoted their own interests and hap
piness in acting with wise reference to
the good of others, and with an eye single
to the glory Of God.
The Doctor then alluded to the fact that
the young men around him were to be the
future governors, legislators, judges, the fu-
ture mechanics, politicians, voters, SC. !;
that he could wish from the bottom Of his
heart that they were oil profoundly edu-
Gated in mind, refined in their tastes and
manners /; but such an education only quail
fled one to be potent for mischief unless
| the heart shared in the educational attain
ments. Better that the mind be left a
blank, devoid of any mental picture what
ever, than to have it cultivated at the ex-
pense of the heart. Better to live and die
in the bliss of ignorance, than to have the
mind expanded into intellect while the
heart is left wilderness, in which noxious
weeds may yegitate, and the thorn and the
thistle unheeded grow. A mind of gigantic
structure and magnificent proportion, in
either man or woman, commands my ad-
miration and overwhelms me with its
mightiness, but if associated with an unrc-
generate, an unweeded heart, it is at best
q great desert, magnificent and grand, but
black and dismal-no oasis, no green spot
to relieve the cherries vision, not even
{" One rose of the wilderness left on its stalk
To mark where a garden had been"
Grand, indeed, such mind is a; but it is
the grandeur of the mountain peak covered
with its eternal snow, brilliant and daz-
zling, but dreary and cold. No genial
sunshine melts it into good for man. Such
minds are both giant and beautiful, but
they are like whitened sepulchres-archi-
tecturally beautiful in their exterior finish,
but inwardly they are full of dead mems
bones. They are like the apples that
grow on the shores of Jordan's dead sea
without they are fair to look upon, within
they are but dust and ashes. 1t is well to
excel in knowledge, in taste, and in man.
ners; but better than this, than that, than
all, is to be pure in heart for "the pure
in heart shall see Cod" t..
In continuation of the discourse he ex-
hortcd his hearers to give up their lives to
high and useful purpose-to be each one
a hero devoted to the doing of good. "That
a human life, and he only lives whose life
is measured by the good he has done."
"we live in deeds, not years; in thoughts,
not breath;
In feelings, not in figures ON a dial.
We should count time by heart throbs-
He lives most, who thinks most, feels noblest,
acts the best"
In conclusion, he expressed for the young
men to whom the address was delivered
"the wish that each one Of you may per-
form faithfully and we'll his allotted work
in your allotted time-that living, you
may be useful and happy, and that dying,
YOU may sink into the bosom of mother earth
like one
who folds the drapery Of his couch about
And lies down to pleasant dreams"
The church was crowded to overfowing,
and the discourse, of more than an hour in
length, was listened to by marked and un-
divided attention. We noticed in the au-
dience DR.. Ryland, Mr.. Jones, president OF
the Baptist College, several others of the
Baptist clergy, together with number OF
prominent citizens.
Services by the Rev. DR.. Jeter.
At the First Baptist church there was a
combined meeting Of all the Baptist
churches. The Rev. DR.. Jeter, of the
Third church, delivered the sermon Of the
| occasion from the text "He hath not dealt
with us after our sins, nor rewarded us ac-
cording to our iniquities." The minister
said that
The poet, in this beautiful ode, cele.
brates the Divine mercy Of which his for.
bearance-asserted in the texts an illus
trious manifestation. 1t is as true in regard
to us as 1t was of Israel in the days OF
David. The Lord "hath not dealt with
u.s." SC. These words, by Gods help, /
purpose to elucidate in their bearing upon
us of the present time.
I. Our sins haze been God -prorOki,g.--
Select the most holy man, the brightest
Christian, among US, and of him / affirm
that he is q sinner his virtues are defec-
tive; his good works are imperfect; his
sacrifices are defled; he has profound
sense of his sinfulncss and demerit, and
deems himself unworthy of the smallest OF
Gods blessings. #,
Ifsuch be the character and demerit Of
the best man, what shall we say of the
worst? He is without God, knows him
not, hates him, tramples on his authority,
follows bis own inclinations, serves the
devil, &C., is monster of iniquity.
1t is to be feared that o majority Of peo-
pie among us approximate the latter rather
than the former character. What crime
does not prevail among uss Ingratitude,
intemperance, injustice, lewdness, pro-
family, abound in the city and in the coun-
try. -,
All classes are involved in sin and guilt
the rich 1--WE have few rich now) and the