The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-16

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Ts1t-"Am ~ Brothers. Ksspsr'"
Look where we will through the world we fiBd
mutual responsibility to be the keystone of So
ciety, without which the whole fabric would
tumble &c the ground. The existence of govern
ments implies the accountability of the people to
their rulers; the frequency with which they have
been overturned demonstrates that the possession
Of power carries with IL tue obligation to WELD 1t
well. Each man must contribute TO the public
treasury 10 proportion 10 his wealth. The Law
not only compels men to abstain from injuring
their neighbour in person, property or reputation,
but holds him who is privy to such injury,
and who does not exert bis every energy to pre-.
vent IL, IS participant in the crime while So
cety demands a decent regard for those rights Of
individuals which the law does not protect.
Every man Acknowledges this general response
bility, nor does he seek to throw it of, nor could
he lie would. His brother is his keeper, and he
is his brothers. hut let Us look further into this
subject. Let us see IT, when you have satisfied
every claim of the law or the social c0de-each
but pronoun standing for your fellow man-
4 large class of duties do not yet remain as i'm
peIatiye as any legal or social obligation.
Has opulence poured into your lap her thousand
luxuries and happinesses! She gives you With
I u
use Of each one Of which you must give account
at Heavens Bar. Use your wealth to aggrand.ze
yourself alone, and although men will bow down
20 you, (Or rather 20 your gold) and although the
law may never place you under its ban for any
CfIense against it, be assured that the cries OF the
uufed and Uuclothed, whose miseries you might
have relieved will 30 al the air around you, that
although YOU know not the cause your ears will
be deaf 10 the voice of the chsrmers your gold
has created. Aud know, too, that when the books
Of Heaven are balanced the utmost you can ex
pect lie the cOmmeBdatiOn--" For the children OF
This world are wiser in their generation that the
children Of light"
Has fate appointed you to sit in high places, 50
that men look 10 you for counsel, aud guide Their
conduct by yours! Society expects OF yoa
social virtues in proportion TO the station you
occupy; and the greater your elevation, the
greater and more inhexible are its demands. But
are there not other claims upon the judge or
physician than legal or medical lore! IL not
more required Of the statesman than statesman
ship? Yes: for the higher q man rises IN the
particular sphere that he has mlrked out for him
self, the more weight his opinion carries outside
of that sphere. Hence, every addition which
man makes 70 his reputation for excellence 10 any
one thing adds TO the responsibilities Of his entire
life. Take, then, o ye mighty men OF the land,
the name and fame which ye have won reye,
rentiy, as gifts from God; and be ye sure that
they are ever cast into the scale Of truths Tor II
they are thrown into that Of injustice, wickedness
and deceit, their very heaviness which bears
down the beam for wrong will prove milestone
AN'"A'N : wv - ~ 80
If Heavens rarest, best gift, which, by the
potency OF Us magic sIen, can transform the
Commonest objects into
seems Of purest ray serene"
II genius be ours. heavy indeed are your respon-
sibl.ities. BY the lifting of your little finger you
may tighten many burden by the singing OF
song you may ease many heart, wounded ana
bleeding ron Hle's conflict. Use yOur gift thus,
and blessings will rest upon you aud your work
But woe unto him who allows his talent to lie hid,
and a thousand times woe unto him who uses
Gods gifts IN ths- service Of Gods enemies !!
Anaihems Maranatha will be upon you, ye
Humes and YOltsires, who so perverted your lofty
talents as not only TO send your own souls TO
eternal perdtion but TO cOnsign myrlads Of
others 10 the same dark doom by placing before
them sweet for bitter, and bitter for sweet.
Every lost spirit ye have deceived will meet
you At the Inevitable uyst around the great
white throne an accusing witness there, TO
proye your Nemesis through eternity.
But YOU argue, have not wealth, position or
genius, how can | control others! Assuming
that you lack these, you yet can give your
brother your example and how contracted
soeytr your sphere, the good you may thus do
is incalculabe. II is not necessary 70 don the
gown TO be preacher. You may be conse.
Grated minister of God without the laying on of
the bishops hsnds. Make your own circle your
temple. Live christianity; cling TO the cross in
trial refuse by so much as a word, or a look
TO bow the knee % Baal, and you preach Christ
Crucifed better than you could by thousand
NOMINEES 'thuugn you spahe WIN 'Ho 'ousu0S VI
men and augels.'
Mapkind's neck has ever been uneasy under the
yoke OF responsibility, which intuition teaches
Them they must bear. The Parce were one
expression Of the universal desire OF our race, snc
history has yet % chronicle the people which
uniumed by Christianity, haze not, in some form
or other Acknowledged the sway OF the three
weird sisters-snd although their spindles are nov
broken. men have not given up the attempt 20 hnC
other avenues whereby they may escape the con
Peuuepces Of their own actions The Mahomedal
tells you that what Is TO be will be, for tis the vii
of Allah: then why strive! The predestinariai
informs you that FROM eternity your soul was des
tined 10 heaven OF hell then why struggle TIT
Upiyersalist with bis very comfortable and, at rs
sfght, very beautiful creed, demonstrates to yo'
that the Allmerciful and Omnscent could not hAS
created YOU for any other end than happiness
ergo. your salvation Is secured whether you wis
II on not; then why work. Argument viii ava
uaupht against these acknowledgement neye
has accommodated much for Christianity IN con
paris0p With what has been done by the lives 0
It's followers. Then let men see you consider q
YOUR worldly goods-nay, your very liie-as loaA
10 be returned with interest, and you will do NOR
90 persuade them that they are accountable oe
ings than If you deluged them with tnesis site
thesis the result of human learning.
These truths have recited are, perhaps, sta'
"a Won o. my reader All truths are stale. but
trnJhs will bear repetition. This has not bee
written with the expectation Of saying any me-
thing. only with the humble hope that one NOR
reading Of truths may induce one more person I
appreciate their Importance kAVALiSOK'