The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-05
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1874.
Lecture by Rev w II. N. Murray
AT Niddlebury.
SUBJECT: "PovERTY."

The third lecture of the Middlebury
course of this season was delivered on
Wednesday evening last by Rev. w. II. II.
Murray of Boston. The audience was
large in numbers and very apprecative.
The lecture was upon Poverty" the sub
stance of which we give below.
The speaker opened his remarks by say
ing that he would confess at the outset that
he was not "orthodox' on the question of
poverty. In contradistinction to some he
did not believe the possession of it helped
a man to heaven or fitted him for it. lie
held that poverty depraved and checked
man in his higher development and filled
him with jealousy and hatred of his more
fortunate fellowmen or absolutely pushed
him into crime. In his powers and fac
ulties man was made to accumulate things
he is grasping being, ever reaching out
after everything and drawing 1t unto him
self, BY instinct implanted at his birth
man absorbs like a sponge and draws ev-
erything to the center which is himself.
He is made to fly far and fast, to search
over the world and penetrate its utmost
|
ness and call it home to himself. As ma
ture abhors vacuum so man and nature
abbor poverty. ANYTHING but the poor
house is the oft.repeated cxpresson-it is
the greatest curse child can have--a
broad. flot-handed curse, which chills ev-
| erythng and covers all with a shadow and
yields no moisture. The very abundance
| with which Gcd has stocked the earth de-
clares that all should have enough and to
snare. Nature has thousand delights
with only half enjoyed. Neither should
he spend on toll, all that is necessary in
,unniviny onr nhvsical wants. for if we do
nrav what shall we have for the develop
ment of mind and soul? Man is something
hotter than wcll-clothed and a well-fed
be;np
You have noticed the parent bird finds
,;mo anil all lie cores to plume its wings
and nonr forth its sweetest melody upon
some ne;obboring tree. and never was it
intended That man should devote all his
onerg;es to bra,d. gatherinp. with no leisure
70 oyorc;so HE h;ehor faculties. Here is a
enc ~ f,crI,;os which mn labor of mind
mr. Lood con davelon Health is one of
,hon' Thore ia not an animal on earth
,hot doos 40, nood ;,s hours of sleep for
;ts o.,n hoJ;Iv health Who has not awoke
~ ,,,o r,orn;ra and felt as if they would
n;vo tho ,rorlJ If thrv could sleep little
5oroor9 7 cia;m said the sneaker, if they
waet !, ,lo, onght IN have it. The bless
oJnoss Of that moment when YOU lie on
No. ,.oroo-iard Of waxing and sleeping,
when the great chords begin to feel the
n,;rao,a IN them when Won stretch with
snch a sense of satisfaction no words can
describe. vou seem 10 feel as Adam felt
~ bo ,os ho;pr createdt To wake up
with n snon ia n dreadful way. Think of
tho SIM rising with n snap, of eating your
hreakfast or Kissing your wife with a snap
Hauphter.) Leisure is as essential TO
health as color to nature All the finer re-
sults of mental toll are wrought out by
leisure the fine polish, the old mahogany
pleom of literary effort is only made by
seasoning The law of leisure rests upon
Great nrincples. Even the supreme law
recoenizes il. God worked out n perfect
world because he had time to do it in.
Those who think of God as a God of no
chance or growth. ignore and forget the
Laws of all force. God has been teaching
Himself since the creation of the world
and enloroinr His sphere; by working at
the lower He taught Himself for the high
or When He had created the heavens
and opr,h He came TO rest and the good
hook saws that on the day that He rested
Ua blessed. 1t was because He had rested
an that seventh day that He blessed it and
ever since then as the Creator did so with
mankind n dav has been taken when we
can rest from all labor and stroll leisurely
about,
This permission of leisure is what pow
ortv denies lis people and by So doing breaks
IN the devoinment of nature. See that
Moor woman in her toll, who has not known
n weeks leisure for years; no books, no
music, no tri,s to the county, no vacation,
M new faces greet her day by day. nothing
bnt ,oil, Poor Hood expresses it as Halleck
once said to me. "That song of the shirt
is az full of sobs and tears as an orphans
hondterchiefr | asked one of these wo.
MAN What was the highest ambition of heI
life she answered ''to pay for my next
bag of flour" The Almighty above
NM, have forgiven the slight tinge Of
h;t,er,ess in the tone of her voice
7 turned the hook | had in my hand and
road s.come unto me all We that labor and
arc heavy laden and will give you rest.
S;t,;ng tLe,e after PRAYER thought of the
mansions on Beacon Hill, the large and
luxnrious comfort of Commercial avenue
49, ,,"o,or had all the luxurious of life
hooks music and all the accompaniment.
of a snlondid leisurely life, with its provo
cations TO culture and benevolent deeds
We would not convey the impression tina
the term wealth is represented only by
money man with a good conscience
,nbose smilos run to laughter, who has
GOOD ANNETTE and enjoys a good neal tot
noble 70 he designing and decetful, VIII,
has foith in himself-I call him rich. Tn,
man who has good firm bones, whose muscl,
Is touph. whose nerves are flashing, will
owes hat delight in every pleasing sight,
tongue that speaks no evil, wife to cherish
n child to rear, horse to love and dog t.
keen. hold him worth more than gold.
mo Of Tho greatest dangers to society i
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