New-York tribune., 1870-08-08
RELIGIOUS.

xxxy s. "They spake unto Moses, saying, The people
bring much than enough for the service which the
Lord commanded" After referring TO the tabernacle,
and 10 the generosity Of the Jews contributing to its
service the speaker continued: We in very much
the condition these Hebrews were in when Moses
made his appeal In such cities New-York and
Chicago and everywhere through this land we are lay
ing the foundations Of great and wonderful future
Things just now are plastic The mold Is made or max
ing and the seethng metal is pour in and take the
form finds and then to harden and abide for ages NO
ever be important this for laying broad ana
deep the foundations Of noble Institutions and we should
rordncy. This falling back in thoughts for churches
libraries hospitals, and picture galleries, on 4n fhe
men in my own city, is really sort OF lazy panpensn
Of which we ought to be as much ashamed as We are OF
any other mcaDer sort would IN these matters eN
pect men OF vast fortune TO 6e godhKe III hepnS ony
those that help themselves The preacher should insist
on the need Of Just generosity, not merely toward the
church but toward an things hat are noble ana needtul
honeycomb and not of the sponge; the sponge gives
YOU squeeze IT, and the you squeeze il the
honeycomb rvcs because You touch IT, sweet and free.
Igo great dislike TO the sponge business in my old
Methodist communion, and have always felt since like
keeping clear Of it. II you dip spring too low and too
often yOu foul the water but let il well up out OF its
spare There is need for an who say must he lust be
tore am generous, TO add but must he generous IN
And to speak TO you to day Of some of the
hinderances that keep us from this Just generosity ana
d some OF the helps that ana us 10 H. fIiei oI al ~
would not be dicat to be generous II we did not want
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to spare because they consume much in personal
self qualification, in having what they call good time,
them from Heaven what they doing than it IS
to the barren that the husbandman is watching IT
Tor fruit. They absorb all Gods blessings unul ther
ives become like quaknc Irish bog. Once where every
SSer sG Gear and beautiful as the day but something came
at last To dam up the runctS and the son begah 10 fb
the springs, and then the wretched weeds tnat
only I'm the n0rass, grew ana roted ana oaGhenen
and land alike, and so at last came the desoaton
In their worst form men and women or ms typeare very
seldom found in churches. Therseh'hness speedyeats
up all longing for the service Of God. and they ul the
mind earthly things. BU there is always danger that
the great majority Of MS shall fan more or less into this
attl tendency. Personal extravaganza Is one of the
most subtle ard dangerous evils chat we have To en-
Htces of luxury and ostentaton creep in and urench
themselves i'm our lives once IN while we wake up ana
where drifting make q resolution 10 reform,
break 10, and at-as hnd that about the easiest thng
back something that onF conscience tells ought to 60
To noble object, II We mean 10 do our snare OF lhe
world nearer Heaven but TO keep it ont of hell Vast
numbers 81 youns men OF noble hat4Ts ana nurtIe IT. N
the April days OF ther hves VINO should now be Jhhlhs
Ogeug married. dare not entertain the idea because
Of their personal extravaganza and that of the woman
on whom they VIII set thelr heart II heE nave any mart
left when the wedding day comes Dr. STARK, the Reg
many bachelors die as married men IN that country,
and the cannot be very different in America
compared with all the cigars they want and all the fine
garments aud he theaicr ana opera ana whatever
young TO he simply and sweetly welded 10 the
Sp a home What is all that compared with
silks and Jewels. and fripperies and fOlles Or if
welded and have that noble chance OF Illustrating
IN Our home life the simplicity and the grace that may
shine every homeland that do shine thank God, III so
many-even then there is still this eternal danger Of
OstentatiOn and luxury eating away our comfort and
Solomon In an his glory and have to say, IL cannot
afford it," 70 the very peadings of the angels from
very forefront and fights finest opportunities to he
generous aud great hearted tor others ana ioI GGd
Another hiudtriucc from this just generosity with an
other large class lies IN the fact that they want to keep
too much OF what they get Tor their children, and to
leave fortune there Will nt uttu Tor
the second generation TO be useful like the first II has
been well said great German bears ON
talent than ON poverty and when the OIL OF rehes Is
poured the hot passions of youth, only the n0Dies
and most pure has the power 10 keep himself from beng
dragged down. Many man sees now that he wonld
not much money have had much money IN his youth
physical moral and spiritual deSeheracy hyslCa De
To develop, and harden, and brighten his organism.
Moral because the temptations 70 20 "Yig aS "eli Us
the opportunities, have been thicker about hlm Spr-
bs TreG has iood light between him and the sunlight
Df the good Providence that every heathul soul learns
to find ana trust through the struggles and victories OF
nau said once, good constitution good trade. anda
Bible. and that il fortune enough In hye-andtWenty
years the OF true mark Will not be the sons OF those
that building up great fortunes hut those young
fellows thai are coming from farms ana cottages ana
thick,et lindruces their true place. To set my
IA the heart of fortune, in land where so much de
peuds on intrinsic hanHOo IL ilhC st'InE l'ln vi vi
sO in the heart of dunghil The tendency Is to make
the wealth o. the roots OF ms life. 1t is unspeakably
harder 20 r, riches INTO emlnencc than through
kosan and am the wlte-stone houses in Chicago
nothing beside prares and backwoods and granite
lls and chores ior bringing out noble and nanfnl
youth Rich mems children might be as good and
lsefM the best beside, If their fathers would
rain them 10 hardness and sefreliance. But
they trust TO their fathers money, and when
comes To them they drag wcariy along or ritter
swe or f,nd II and 70 abroad leaving the land of their
Oirth To- take care OF itself do not remember any
writer who has recorded his thankuness that he was
born TO d great fortune. l do not remember single
preacher 0i the English and Of commanding power
who was the of man in very moderate clrcum-
Il great hnde eIance IN some men dt lhey
much for their children, and IT ~ sadly
certain tra such saving cldom does the children any
good The third great bnderance to generosity Is wfSt
tmay call grcenback paTaly SIS which Is paralysis of
the power t. give, accompanying a mighty growth Of
.he power get In some excellent persons growing
wealth, instead al developing a corresponding geDerOs-
n.y. works just lle other There Is story In the do
mcstic annals cf MethodSm Of woman who was always
g6neIous while poor, but she had fortune left her.
and her first gift after that was only nan OF
what she had before gwen Madam crled the hdpess
sskcr how j. TINS You gave much when you
were pcO," "Ah," she said, have 10 be careful now
as could then You must take that nothing" And
he had De content! once let the passion TO accumu-
Wkere may lead him. Pitifuly, then the soul cries
out from behind its great prisO-bar Of gold, The good
that do" These. them are the three great hIderances
60 Just generosity personal TatifcatOn pat terna am
alancc between getting and giving Now, what help is
there toward this just generosity
This. first Of all in my experience that cannot
for the life OF feel as If had the first right 20 what
possess a man comes 10 my house and says he wants
K, h, married him in four five minutes and
he gives dOilaIs. few years ago would work
week for ten dollars, ANA think had done very Vel
Or lyecum wants lecture. sip down IN the after
i ,oti rc,nrr,bcr yglri, worked AT the anvil
did every Of work that i'll and my wages
name To S73. NOW four times year 20 10 our church
TWO wears al my old work. and then plume
myself in my secret heart on my handsome
Now What religion is there in my saying that this is n
riusicay mine TO spend as WILL when Bill and Johnny
sre haInnelug away the Old spot at lower prices If
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