The Portland daily press., 1871-10-26
The Rlerc antiie Library Assoc'atp"-'

troduced by ID. T. iubish, Esq, who prevl-
ousy announced that ne second lecture would
be delivered by REV. AyAsAsE CoeunREL, of
Paris, subject: -"The Tive sieges of Paris"
next Wednesday evening
Mr.. Cough said and acted great many
things in his hour and half of ,hich the fol-
lowing are very few
The questions on the lips or in the hearts of |
niL e-tenths of the men we meet hn,rv
through the streets, crogding the exchange
jostng each other in tie offices of business at
the stores, the banks, the markets. on ,h Ss
docks or avenues ip n shs !, parks at he What
shall make or Use! Wln " Pay III ~ sne
seeking to meke it pay, that is, striving for re-
muneratiop Commensurate with their plans,
schemes Of labor. l maintain that 1t is the
right and duty of every mantto take care OF
and provide for himself, to accumulate wealth
by honest industry, to ain at valuable results,
useful consequences to labor for an accession
OF GOOD, and avoid dstrment or damage to
himself The Bible obtains iniunctions and
inducements to indus'ry for personal gain.
maxim often ASSUMES cffensiva andfcontempti-
HE modes of exrcsssiOn. Take wise care of
No. / is every riin's highest duty. What is
No. 1? 1t is myfelf, my whole being; not
merely my bdy but my mind, my intel
leet nv spirit myself as a whole. Thus the
| question homes important, reducing it to the
ssmnle 1Wtat shall do to benefit myself, to
accpmplsL the besttresults for myselt?' and
this mo be asked in the spirit of large-heart-
ed bervolence, helping myself that 1 may help
| other, and God has SO ordered that helping
othej is the surest means of helping myself, in
| theiighest sense. The ambition of personal
/ gaa or advancement is noble, till lit degener,
| as to selfishness; and it does not paw, This
uieston naturally enters into SO many varied
circumstances of our lives that it is aim ost I'M
iversal-"Will it pay?'
There is more light than shade. Yet some
see gloom even in the sunshine-anticipating
trouble, looking for disaster--propLetsl of evil
They perceive the cloud in bright skies. OBJ
serve such a one. He would throw a damper
on funeral. The face set in such torlorn
and doleful expression, you would imagine
that no smile could ripple the hard surface or
relax the muscles SO rigid is the cost of utter
misery. Ii the sun shines on bright morning
"Ah, it won't last long; there's mackerei
sky. believe there are but few instances in
which kindness has been fairly exercised but it
subdued the enmity opposed to it.
know there are hard cases, men who will
resist and resent any approach, but from my
experience and observation believe that there
are few, if any, so hardened but persevering,
| iudicious kindness will touch some spot in the
heart, for they are human. Anfhere the lee
| turer Tected a little incident showing the
| power of kindness and irmness. a parish
clergyman of Scotland, who had called ON a
refractory and ugly customer, was suddenly
taken aback by the refractory and ugly custo-
mnster minister, W" what 0d Do you w am tSe
! ave called to see you" The man came up
Gloss to the minister and stretching out his
hand said, "You have come to see me, have
you? Chen see me. Do you like the looks OF
see me? and then he came near. "Now,
said he, Twill kick you down stairs" "Stop
stop! Don tkick me down the stairs now, for
l nave a call to make above, and if you kick
me down now shall be obliged to come all
the way up again. Don't you see Now if il
VIII be any qualification to you to kick the
minister down stairs who has come to you out
| OF pure kindness and good will, let me 90 and
make my visit and than will place myself al
rum 'um,' and he shuffied back to his seat
The minister made his call, and returned
opened the door and said, "Now, my friend
here am. 1 told you would cali again, ant
if it will be any qualification to you to kick m,
down the stairs now, am at your disposal
did you come to see me?" eyes, did" Isl
down." and he began to talk with the minister
not as it he was brute, but as man and
brother. Soon the poor creature cried out
while the tears ran down his face, "Oh, sir,
am the most God-forsaken wretch on earth.
Then he told of a wife and children, of sorrow
and sin, degradation and despair, and the
minister poured the oil OF sympathy into hi,
broken heart. Many other interviews fol
lowed. And now, restored to wife, children
u
slant attendant on the mnistrations of tn,
man who by persevering kindness had touched
the fountain of feeling in the heart SO lon,
hard. 1t pays to persevere. 1t does not psy
to be mean and unmanly. 1t does pay to be
| true and noble. Some men are always paying
too dear for the whistle, paying i'm mense SIMS
| for diamonds which are only paste, and reed
lessly making bunders and mistakes, ard in
| discovering them only when too late. What
| price is paid for fashion. Fashion carrts the
day against philosophers and physicians, rea-
| son and common sense. Reason advise fash
| ion acts; common sense speaks; but tie SEN
| tence of fashion is above appeal.
| The old caricatures of the enormous wigs of
| our old grandmothers are not more riulousy
| absurd than the horrible chignons which, thank
| fortune, have had their day, although, proba-
ply to make room for some other enomity. 1t
surely pays to get money, to accumulate prop
| erty. 1t depends on the means by which you
| get it aud how you use it. Ask the man who
| has stopped to mercantile dishonor and base
Dess, aud who by successful vilanyand swind-
ling has realized an envied fortune. "What
nave you galned?' Il have been sfrewd, long.
headed; smart; am prosperous snd man Of
capital" Is that al2 A philosopher says that
man without money is poor man with
nothing but money is poorer What has such
man but money? Yes, he is man of CAPT
tai. He owns houses, lands stocks and shares
of capital. What is capital? Character and
honor are capital. What capital has man
when integrity and honor are gone? he must
be Judged by what he is, not by what he has
Give me integrity and honor, and when die
let me leave the record of an upright life, and
my be simply, s"H :! lies the body Of an hon
fingers, but when it becomes golden calf,
men worship it and it does not pay It does
not pay to run in debt. Nothing Weighs more
on sensitive mind than debt. What an aw-
full incubus is the dread of duns, to be afraid
OF meeting your creditor, to avoid one store af-
ter another till nearly all are closed TO you; to
Hrna val of thn moi fnrf of ,i,,I
er OF debt; to sneak about with furtive
glances on either side! How the blood will
Jungle when the question is.asked, "When will
it be convenient for you to settle that little
bill?'' 1t is always a little BILL" though it
would take all you are worth to pay it. The
lecturer next referred to the West, and gave
lengthy and vivid account of California and
the Valley of the Yosemite, which he said it
would pay any one to visit.
Then, practical jokes. Practical Jokes are
one sided and the fun is generally for the pro-
pritor, and there is often vein of heartlessness
ii not cruelty, running through the whole
transactions, and such practical jokes do not
pay. Does it pay to drink :? Young men, as
you lift the agleaming wine-cup to your lips, in
the jollity and recklessness of the nights spree,
will it pay? 1t is gross insult to call a man
fool. Every man would resent it; but in the
suffering OF the next morning, with disturbed
rackiDg brain, hot fevered tongue, and all the
horrible reaction that come, does not the VIC
tim of aches clasp his burning hands and Bit
terly call himself fool! foo!' If the first glass
brought at once the suffering of the reaction,
and the excitement came the next morning,
who would drink? NY friends, it does not pay
to begin. Seach the United States and you
cannot find one man who will say, 81 regret
that | did not learn to drink when was
young" but you can count victims by the
thousands who will each declare II am ruined
by drink" 1t does not pay to begin. 1t is the
past that must tell for or against u.s. How Of
ten we say, st is passed; think no more of it,"
Why it is only when it is past that thought
begins. The present begun, the past only re-
mains. We are making our prst as we'll as our
future. The present has moved and excited,
drawn tears or provoked laughter; the mirth
has f1ed, the sorrows are comforted. the excite
ment has died but the past lives and is perpet-
ual. There are times in every mans lite when
duty is plain. often difficult to perform Ease,
comfort luxury, inclination stand in the way
If duty is performed it must be at sacrifice.
but it always pays to take the hand of duty
and let her lead, whether through storm or
sunshine. darkne or light, grief OF Joy life or
death. Duty, duty; always first Men have
fought mighty battles, but ever when they
have yielded to sloth or fear or inclination. il
has been at a loss; and when, triumphinp over
every obstacle and apparent impossbility
they have obeyed the stern mandates of duty.
1t has paid them; glorieusly paid them. IT
pays Tor man to do his duty. Truly it paws:
now and for all time it pays.
HE Tribune gives official records of the real
estate transactions of the members of the ring 4
1t appears that Controller Connolly who was
sued for debt in 1866 has accumulated since
shen two million, three hundred thousand dol
lars worth OF real estate and bonds, and that