, 1873-09-28

with it's 1eeting shows from their thoughts, aud
concentrate them upon tho future state and It's
eternal roalitica. There aro no ohcoks to DO
drawn today, no deposits to bo made, no drafts
to be protosted, no whoat to buy or aoli, no
baukB to burst, no notoB to cancel or renew.
Tho whole crazy financial machine comes to
stand.still, and tho wheels, which haye been
running all out Of goar, with tho boiler
ut the bursting-point, stop their eccentric
revolutions. Tho noiBo, aud bustlo, and fury
and insanity Of tho Exchanges the Chambers of
Commerce. and the atroets are hushed, and tho
holy pcaco Of the Sabbath morning brooda upon
everything liko q dovo. Upon suoh m occasion,
therefore, 1t Is meot that mnn should give him
self up to dovout thought md solitary roaling
and meditation. md Danish tho world far from
him, TINT 1t may not disturb the holy peace.
To further this end we have to suggest that
bankers and dopositorH, gold-gamblers and whoat-
spectators md corn-cornerers, note-holdera
and note-pnyors, and all mon who havo money
iu tho bank, should rest their weary brains aud
calm thoir porturbod spirits by quiet perusal Of
the Sacrod Scriptures. The unfortunate Houl
! who ia sore oppressed and knows not which way
to turn from Lis financial oppressora will find
it written: "Thero the wicked coase from
troubling and tho woary arc at rost," aud ho can
take this consolation to himself that thero is
one place where tho bauks never break. II he
haa ak notes coming duo on Monday, ho
will find 1t there recorded: tic shnll deliver
thee in six troubles; yea, in sovon, thoro slan no
evil touch theo." Those whose nights have boon
restleas and who havo tossed to and fro until
day-broak, will find aweet comfort In those
thoughts. "lTy days arc swifter than q weaver'a
shuttle and aro spent without hope, Q, romom-
ber tlat my life is but wind loatho it.
would not live alway; lot mo alonc, for
my days arc but vanity" A careful study
OF Job, who waR worse off than any
Chicago dopoBitor. will show TINT tho old
patriarch had much sound philosophy where-
with to console himself, aud We commend to
those who arc troubled about their moncys, his
emiueatly sonBiblo remark: II havo made
gold my hope, or havo said to the fine gold
Thou art my confidence /; II rejoiced because
my wealth was great, and booauHe mine hand
had gotten much, this wore All iniquity to be
punished by tho Judge" Above all 1t is noe
essary that man should havo 3 realizing scuso
Of his lttlencss, and no longer utter vain knowl-
odgo, or ILL ha belly With tho oast wind. He
! should understand tint II Mnn that is born Of q
| woman ia Of few days and full Of trouble )" that
le cannot draw out loviathan with hook, or
give goodly wings to tho peacock, or bind the
| unicorn with Lis band in tho furrow; and all
this he will oloarly comprehend by studying tho
Holy Scriptures. As climax to the scripturA
lesson Of the day 10 can taae to himself TINT
healing balm: "Lay not up treasures on
earth, where moth and rust corrupt,
and thieves break through and stenl."
Tho Scriptures arc full Of consultations for every
man In tho present crisis.
Having closed the Holy Book, ho may turn to
tho dialogues of Plato md find much wisdom
| applicable to panics. Marcus Aurelus will snt-
tsfy him that everything in this world Ia vapor.
| except virtue. Epictotus will ahow him that
these things are not evils, but only tho yiow We
take OF them, and TINT tho 1nan who has moth
ing but skillet and o stono lamp ia veil Off, II
he only thinks 30. Out Of tho mouths OF old
sages and heathen philosophers, who had
tostod MI tho vanities OF tho world,
he will find how unsubstantial and hollow tho
world ia, hftor all. The modern philosophers
also can comfort him, md schopenhauer's PoH-
simiatio Philosophy will convince him That the
worst ia tho beRt, and other tranecendentaista
etand ready to prove to him that there is no such
thing as a panic that tho pooplo arc only run
ming to and fro imagining 4 vain thing and
| that what ho thiuks ia a soro miRfortuno is only
| n frenh Of the Imagination, which has no exist
| enco at all.
| By such course Of reading as wo have intli-
Gated above, by calm reelection upon tho tlipgB
Of eternity, by keeping cool and lotsing tho hair
grow, by eating threo good, square moa1s by
going to church and listening to tho minister,
by taking quiet walk this ovoning
and admiring tho starry heavens, by
going to bed sar1y and by letting banks,
and drafts, and notes, and currency,
and tho other vain thlngs Of Garth tako care
OF themselves until tomorrow, there is no doubt
that every man will wake up tomorrow morn
Ing refreshed, calm. conBolcd, and with level
| head on bis shoulders. The QUO great mood Of
| tho hour ia coolueas and there ts no botter re-
oipo for coolncss than tho course Of reading aud
meditation We have suggested and thoro is no
better time for It than this blessed Sabbath day.
Tho reported dofnloaton Of tho Pittsburgh
Postmaster. John Il. Stewart, is an indication
that all oxiatipg awindloa will bo apt to come to
tho surface about thoao days. It ia 9 good time
for dotaultcrs. Tho tna'gniAcqnco Of compara-
ttvoly petty steals is overwhelmed by tho greater
misfortune which oppreBaes tho public. and tho
oileiRl seoundrels and botrayo1a OF trust both