, 1873-10-12

tic most fitting of ali times for the tral ~ ~
A. I'll.
! BEECHER,
His Lecture OH ssTho Battle OF
Bnsfnesss's
On tho 22d inst. tho Rev. Henry Ward Beoclor
| delivered locturo in Boston On !" Tho Battle Of
Business = Of which the Globe, OF that city, giveB
tho following synopsis:
It ia always chief interest in nation, whom,
as just now, tho engrosslng and almost exclusive
| thome Of thought and OF Conversation ia one Of
those storms, which tho past iB so we1l acquaiut-
cd with, unfortunately. which has just passed.
ovor us, and all along tho shore is strewn with
it's wrecks, or stately vessols aground. hoping
for some rise In tho tide to lift them again, and
oyorywlcro there Ia disaster or foar OF diaastor
hesitation. Commerce Is TO the body polite
what the norvo System is to the human body
tho sensitive part. When it falls into convul-
eions, every organ In the body suffers. Commerce
Is so intcrwoyon with tho lifo Of tho nation
that WHOM it suffers 1t paralyzos everything.
Commerce, wiecly conducted, is q sphere as hoil-
orable and aB useful as may bo found in lifo.
Yet ho that e1nbarks in commercial busnesa iB
lilio ono who salls In tropical seas. Threatening
clouds arc over him. and tempestB may spring
out Of them. II all mon wore only honest,
truthful. intelligent, and generous, how easy
/ would commercial life boz It iB Bo1fIslness,
dulnoBs and tho want Of moral forco that mako
business dangerous aud burdonBomo. These
evils aro its peculiar trials, and each person is
peoples. and his present trials moro severe than
any which he has had before. But tic nnxietios
of commerce nro always Hevoro, and ct times
mounted to extrome degrees that aro geldom OK
long boon au obaorver aud vat cher Of the life
Of tho professional. the mechanical, the 1abor-
ing, and Of tho commercial man, and / laye
como to think TINT there il no, class Of
suffer so much, bcar such heavy burdens, or
arc rasped with Buch anxiotios, such anguish ut
certain crises az commercial mon. Tho intensity
Of business il QUO Of tho reasons, aud mon arc
fcringa at times. If yc coslld introduce the
hlbit aud moderation III business, men would
maintain dogroo Of health aud vigor and har-
dihood of norvo which would onablo them eaaily
to carry tho necessary attsitions Of business and
scarcely to feel thom. But, Oh tho other hand
from tho very nature of the genius Of our peo-
pie, tho sharpness of competition and that OK
oitability which H cultured by all our institu-
tions aud public habita, by MI these things bnBi
up every few years multitudos and multitudea of
men that aro conducting it. It il q perpetual
conflict, 1t Is III uuenaing excitement, and its re-
suit is that mon know no rest, no moderation Of
TINT they cannot obey tho laws Of physical
health, and certainly not that moderation which
ia necessary to mental and moral hoath.
There can be no true, deoT-aeated health in
minds that haye no calm, and it seomH to mo
that the characteristic Of American business
mon is that they live upon tho very edge Of
MI excitement pcrpetnally, and know no calm,
and that the result s 'hnt thoy neelecs ~ thoae
necessary rola1atlong. Ihoy refuse to cultivate
tAoso w ect,ons WHICH, Eesto1s A'io refresh oot1
all duo bounds. Homo, that ahould ha tho
countnroalenco OF e3cltenent, ALMOST losos It's
bonetlta and virtues to multitudes Of mon. Il is
sue pace Tor sicep; II 1s t4e repalr.shop, aild
men start lnto tt anu out OF IT, but
do not rest thero, ana certainty 10
not recuporate:: nus'ness mon 20 not eul-
tiyato there those genial and innocent
dellghts, tho countoTbaianco go much
needed by mind weighed 30, down By
6uslnoas. Cllr style OF pnBlnesb ls hKc rush
Ing mountain torrent, while II England business
fows IN gentle stream, with us it rageR and
roara lncoasnntly. Inefo Tue oHocts or rivalry
anu compotltlon tona 20 accnmalato these
tronblea Beyonu all doubt q Htt!o competit1on
is good, but, when long continued, nothing
wears away man faster. Nothing wears out
stamina ct last more tian looking into tho
future with anxiety Tor lts results. Men know
almost everything except t4at Which ia included t
IN tho w word !. enough" enc Men enter enter upon bust
ness, not with tue idea Of any doiinlte bound Or
limit they go to SOCK fortune, and fortune 10
an Ideal thlng; sney 40 not Know - whom they
nave feacnoa II IhoY hesor know when 10 stop.
task themselves Tar beyond their powers. and
accumulate money fur beyond their individual
needs.
think that most mon have some faith in
e @ IN a a
business, havo any practical faith in moral quail
ities. 70 a large oxtont, men believe they onn,
by sharpness, by logordenlaln, and by ten thou
sa,d unsubetantnl qualities, anlaBs mountain
Of property OF retain that which thoy have al
ready got by such mcaus. Tint honesty, truth,
aud integrity nro Indispensable to true substan-
tial SUCCESS 1nutitudcs of mon do not believe,
| Every false element that entors into a mans
business Ia liao fn]so timber that cutters into
tho structure Of O ship By and by. wlon d
| storm comos thoy spring nloak, and tioir Affairs
are foundorcd, It is from these reasonn lint
men nliBcarry and fall hoaflloug to tic ground.
! Thoy often attribute their failure to mls1udg.
| mont, wl,eroaB II men could analyzo and trace
orocts to tl,or causes, then, for what tloy a.
tribute to miBjudgmont, q largo balauco o,,eht
to bo carried to want Of faith III moral auulitiog.
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