Year: 1872

contrary to what might have been expected from
the sudden change OF weather, contained an un-
usually large congregation. Mr.. Frothingham
preached on


THE PERIs OF FORTUNE AND MISFORTUNE,
having for his text Proverbs, xxx, 8, 9-"Give me
neither poverty nor riches" &C. These words are
ascribed to Agur; but who he was nobody knows.
The remarkable thing about this prayer is its mo-
tive. 1t Is q common thing TO deprecate poverty,
and few deprecate wealth; but 1t is not q
common thing for one to think as Agur did
He prefers the temperate zone : no would have
each season in its turn he would not be eternally
pinched with cold nor parched with heat. And
Agur Is right The extremes OF poverty are no
moro to be dreaded than the extremes OF wealth.
Look at the Esquimaux. His Summer is too short
for the ripening OF fruit and vegetables. Their
being has no development They have no time to
cultivate their mind, their civilization, their re-
ligion. SO with the other extreme. The South
Sea Islander has nothing to think OF. His iood Is
the ruit; his covering Is the leaves. What induce
Tey hS nave c
tufe, no science, no art and civilization Men speak
of the virtue OF the poor.


THE EXTREME or THE roOR HAVE NO VIRTUE
They cannot afford it. Conscience is too expen-
sive They must struggle for lifc All their iacul-
tios are tuned to Instruments for gam Among the
rich Is character any riper2 DO you find the rich
leading the great reorms No. they have not time.
God is merely the grand maker OF all, and they
merely


TAKE CHRIST INTO PARTNERSHIP
with their Joys. 1t is only in temperature that
things are evenly balanced for the development OF
mankind. With the extremes OF wealth and
poverty we have nothing: What are the poor
what are the richY Are the poor dependent and
the rich independently Nobody is taken up In arms
and carried through the world, and ii A fails u IS
ruined. Another definition is tnat the poor mans
struggle is hard and desperate, while the rich
mans labor is light and MS profits large. What
happened IN Chicago year ago, and in


BOSTON SEVEN DAYS AGOp


inc poor man Is he VINO struggles for life: the
rich man Is lie who lives without stroke OF labor
The man with little means but with lew wants is q
rich man, and the man with million but who
state is more tclicOus, those who have small labor
and large profits and those who have great labor
and small prohiss Happiness is the feeling we
have oil things about US. 1t is the Utilization OF Or
tune. Happiness depends much upon nealth and
who shall say that the poor have not as much health
as the rich : Happiness depends upon tempera-
come on and Of hopefully facing darkened future,
and who shall say that the poor have not as good
temperaments rs the rich But they are
Ws Mos IN are the way even H overcoming nsty
choly temperaments rise above 1t all in
stringent emergencies. And believe that there is
more real sadness among the rich than among the
poor. The rich can rub their wounds; the poor
have no time Tor such an indulgence. And this is
reason why the women OF America are so affected
with


MELANCHOLY AND ENNUI.


They are 80 dependent. Give them employment
and this vacuity quickly vanshes. And there
tore believe that the poor have the advantage OF
the rich in point of temperament They have still
faculty of being surprised. The rich man. who al
ways has what lie DESIRES ;Oys but monOt0-
nous existence. Everything tnat poor man adds
to his store Is goal attained. And the poor have
the greatest chances for the highest human devel-
Opment. Chrsts disciples were fishermen and
taXgatherers Christ himself was carpenters son.