The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-10-09

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Mr.. Beecher Discusses. the Panic in Ply
month chpreh. ~. + Il
Henry Ward Beecher, who IS paid
$4,000 per year, and charges Sl, 600 |
Der night for lecture, made the panic |
the text for his sermon. one Sunday |
nightaa HbpspeEe of 4heF ATils Of
ssHass u 4S6t Rfoh and dafda ~
Haste is inconsistent with that |
training by which men learn how to |
keeb,IC IChoIE. to manage, how to use, !
riches. Therefore il Is (when we
come to the philosophy of the matter) |
that lottery Iaek is always bad luck
The 10 e. men that do We ith lot-
terN tickets are4he men that do nSt
draw anything. They are always
lucky. Everybody else has bad luck.
Hro ftysTf hieh Is Earned not sud
denly gained-in the hands OF men, is
not apt to be lost. You will see that
this is 81 yon Iook af6nnT youH
There may be apparent exceptions;
but as q general rule you shall find
property got hastily never stays. One
of tF0ythin gstakes eitheEit dRes 1913
remain, or else it remains ike, the
poisoned shirt of Nessus,. that eoA-s
sumes life, or the rust that as James
say. edtss1ihe aseaSlltef. J. have known
men that would have beep glad TO get
rid of theif In0Aey, l1Av7Hg got II badA
lv-s alsvvt, thev aeouid rot Aud It re-
mafnad to torment them. Money
gained, in, wrong ways either goes
0ufckef. stays to tofnent the pyFiIer,
or damns his eh1ldren. Bujust gains
are Code d sktniHgs and thhAaeps.4S
They blast, they curse, they destroy
1narfag e1sf f4iaN st1iif'5 1ii5 q iianei .si
do not believe that anything un-9
Justly obtained lasts or does anybody
any good : and il seems to me that, as
/ have already said, If men cohld be
persuaded ofsithis, temptation would
lose half ttsfof0e.B Rutnnta We have
mon haIieEing it who are in 0theFaEen
spects men of integrity aHd inAuonees
how can We have a public sent tnlsnt
that will give power TO aRyssuehi doc
trine.3sA han ssFiA .8ot 4,}Dtt As2
Hasteto be rich gPeryeEts the moral
judgments of men as to- the iDpor-s
tance OF riches to happiness. | do not
wish to say that wealth is of no ac-
count. Believe it is of no great sac-
count But most firmly believe il
Is o uEiale service to cammnnftse$i
individuals can live and be very hap
pyFNithOPt Bsing rich TgIsbeliqEe that
II KIN Che power of 3 Nah tptliVe jim
his higher sentiments in such way
that he shall be a thousand times hapr.
pier thsh e tEouid be ff PetHeEA
wealthy.
Hear what the Bible says. l have
not picked out half the passages 4 but.
l win fead one Of them. ,SaI thf1l ld]
book wise Old book BOOK fhH Of
life and human naturel When men
have done talking about the historical
evidence Of the Bible, and ill that sof t
of thing, let them waste it away till
they come down to the substahc6l slf
tell you, tho substantial recdEd ofith
Bible would stand If theFd were no
inspiration ;Sif theirs iWer6fno revela-
ton If there ware no church if there
were 26hAELng else but the factuality
of the ScBiptune. Its essential agree-
ment with the great elements OF truth
in manaandt human life are such that
it would stand alone without any
II zBA ehaptst of PIFOSFeF6s PIT FF II
says8 sARsinheritance may be gatheR1
ed hastily at the beginning, but at the
end ~ HeIaFe6f 4 slEilf hot By b1eksed. ''-4l l.
Amen atz 4flAt9T " E4HBO1 OH N
In thdsglstt se6kptef It says, EaThe
Thoughts of fhe sdffigent tend only to
plenfeoutness that is the drift, the
natural teRdenfy of their courses (
sbat OF ever one that Is hasty55 only to
want-thats isl their thoughts land
that tHsFe IS, no hun66F I'D me Bible,
Jeremiah Z who is notHsupp pposediatol
have been B humorous writer says !,
"As q parididga sitfeth On eggs, and
hateheth them III t'-&the ieg Is being
added from the beginning. and Ishei
not knowing 1t, but sitting, and sitting
and sitting on them l-ass Asa partridge
sittetbfoneggg and h9tcheth theMnofF
so 10 he that gstteth riches, and not by
right sha leave them IN The mil oo1
his days, and atthe endshaH be q fool.".
RicheB under a man that has got them
franduiently, Jeremiah says, are ike
They sFtSnE4if y6h wffiif excuse the ex-
pressfon.sgas The delieacy Of mo tern
daysfsi ibeeOming so great stlaaE9 by,
and gy Is n, viii ~ be 4 1impossible = to read, read
the Bible! .ni5si q isis,, ~ isani u q -
Thege, tiso a9QtherD little, passageo in
Proverbs tgiS which ! viii call your urll At f
of a man dAughter. s'ThehOrse. Ieech.
hath two daughters" And what are
And OF the next one, what /? - - ~ y
In our tFanslationIits is Issfhe horse
leech, hath two daug ght ters Z r "a yipg,
"GiEe, give .sIt Is no such thing. saIt
is an account of tfle way he ma mes his
children.s Now, q horserleech, you
know, suck blood fastening himself
on some creature, man or beast, he
sucks and swells, andlsucks and sWeIlsJ
until he actually bursts, not knowing
when he has got enough sAmd every
one of his children were 80 near like,
him that when The first was born he
called it saGfvesD andgWheu the next
was born he called that &c y - and,
If he had had forty daughters they all
would have been called Give. ~ =
Open-mouthedness enormous sue
ton, characterizes tha0horse- -leeoh
And this is the figure that is employed
in the book of Proverbs. to. repResett
an saYarici6us man The man. who
can never make enough, HGr pie Hn
property that is vast enough, iisn
horse-leech, ood-suck ID { money: Z
and All the desires that are born of
himhke,s Give.2 He never has enought /,
MylEriends, is there no time for us.
to 20 back tothese old truths p Ought.
NOT parents to begin to read these
things in the family to theiFachildre d
Ought we not, on rising up and set
ting down, on going out or coming in,
to read to our children some of these
hearty,aold scripturai truths about
moderation, about stability of con.
science about, not the glory of great
riches, but the happiness of true nam
hood as it is in Christ Jesusa Then
the bread that we. eat--is that all OF.
our portion here2 Is that all we are
to have to satisfy our appetite z Then
there is the raiment which we wear
It isia pleasant thing to wear good
Taiment but is there anything better
than good clothes SIS not the soul