, 1877-09-17
The Divine Virtues of Industry and
Econony---A Great Law Of
Society.
4 New North Side baptist Church Or.
ganizcd--- lass. Meeting OF
1saptists.
The Rev. Ballard 8. Dunn on the
Causes Of tho Decline Of
Churches.


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hx so,n,tI,l,,r IN rains dov.., Fo,nwinp ia the
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sermon: ........
Our earth Is tho iG,ttlc-acid OF filcns. When
the men who dr,it fall mil arc buried, their
.1.,.s 49,. f1lo1 H., ,,,t,era md thc itlc. 1nnvrs
.orwaa s.H ~. ~ n.v :; h,l,te Whca the Looks say
1of"ara 70 hc" uatue' HI" .'o "''ns NY
that life Is abort but att Is long, they mean Tint
nftcr nntnter OF architect lies bis co,,vept1on
ri I'M human forn. or of tho Roman or Goth.
:" ", ..'S -" ~,rn,t,I." c.ni,a1 ps,.e. an
10 receive new finish rom otncr nahas III other
shops. Thus, all the ttrst conceptions Of fact
ther ID" .r'. nr dreamer. havo BASED uc.
meath; anu battles are nc'ns pe'l'ct""''y
fought by these facts or laws ior supFeInaey.
To watch the wrcstiers Or tile el,ariot-raco upon
the old classic fields were humble task rot1,-
pateu ",!n s.Is u. MN. w, 49,,
ual'f taRlhs p!aeo pel"tch 'ac "'t.p'n A"o ee"-
ttIncnts thnt rise urfn that nbot1ntling fountain,
tue soul. The fatc Of wrcstlcrs, and boxers,
and those swift Of foot is Of l.,eal anu temporary
interest," o"' 'n' ,".o " -" 'uIa ~ eeae.n.R
larges to contemplate lhe HISTORY OF man,
however gifted TIC may bc, ts a lcss Valnablc
record tt,an tho fistury Of some principle In
'else' ,s, 81 n". = ~, v ,s. " a,a,.n"." .nu..
OF On lnals'aua' % great taa1 R.eatness ,',''s.
largely come from the fact ahst tho Individual
was associated with so'nc law or truth Of So
CITY, shS Inv ,,' ., tr"s Desonrs t' 'ota
u 1A.'e. l.o ,', '.o,s .s,,a ",a.. sa,,o
II not that which tells when SOLOMON or
phnrauh, or Napoleon live,l or uictl, but that
which reeouNts tie journeyings VI so1ssc pf!e!-
pie which has given mankind new machine,
or a new pullttcs. Or new religion: Though
Martin Luther llctped rcBctie tho doctrnc Ut
faitll from ohllyI'1,, yet tho history OF tho
doctrine, Of It's nlternan patronage and neglect,
Greater than tho faWo Of Paul himself Is the
famo Of that ltctrino which lelvcre! the He
brew Stats from ceremonial law and gave Il 4
Inv of spiritual merit nnti growth. Men steal
an idea 49,,
idea and IL the same tlmc over tho 'naui virtues
Of tho principle. The notion IS a compound ono
notions q Industry and provision. Under tla
beautiful simllc ol tho mt, which III most li-
gc.lt manner iays up In summer It's food for
tho winter, great law Of society Is sct forti'-a
law rs great as tie law ot st;la1.l. or electricity,
the power that produces property and the power
TINT preserves property, nre twin ideas, strong
when Together weak wien separated
Tic stutly 81 this colnpotn1 Law should he
thought valuable III our slay because NUN Of
happiness lies tnbe.itled In tho rrlnrlplo and mn
,lntGld amount of misery Ia bound up In tho Ills
regard Of the law. When nun exlsts In savage
condition the question OF conscious nnlappt-
ness dues not crowd itself along for immediate
drba.c, becausa the SAVAGE ls not easily reuler-
ell unl,anpy. lie Inns not tho tntcllcct nor the
scnstb|lItY that cas bo oNendcd or hurt. Hence
Quo rgcd rnakr no haste to lind for barbariAns
all thcsc paths of happiness Ut which clyiiizcd
ago can tlrentn, hut by ~ much ns society be-
c0tnea educated, by 80 much the more does II
suIIer WHEN nny law nt property lies In neglect.
Tho prngreEs III civilization ts tue progress Ut
susceptibility. Poverty among Indiana Ia only
lart, poyGrty among civilized classcs ts pain
fua fact; AMI thcreiora tint law which Solomon
read by th0 ant-htll demands OF us all tho most
faithful study.
Industry and forethought, therefore, come up
to-laY to bo csttInated anew. slr. Nuskln is
fond nf ca,tnplatuinK that, although civilization
Is LOO Ycars old, and has produced literature
and 1nuny nrtat yet man ia not well housed,
we'll clothed, Or well fed. So much truth ii
there In thls complaint that it should tlrivs all
OF us to commence again tile study VI domestic
economy III nll it, forms, This itfcas Dcfuru ua
tutny have led llfo 50 rich and beautiful that
one might designate Tho history Of industry
md forsthought as q roinancc. ~ romat,cu not
because Of my falseliootl Iii tho sturY. but be.
cause Ut ti8 high ct,lOring, Its demands upon