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Philosophical Experiments.
the same materials , were planted before this extraordinary edifice 5 the cannon were three-pounders , they were charged with gunpowder , and fired off ; the ball of one pierced an oak p lank two inches thick , at 60 paces distance , nor did the piece burst with the explosion .
Duty Of Considering The Poor.
DUTY OF CONSIDERING THE POOR .
SINCE there is , and , to answer the purposes of society , there must be inequalities among men , it is but natural to ask the man who finds himself in a situation preferable to that of his neig hbour , and yet refuses to have compassion upon him in his distress—How came your lot to be cast in so fair a ground ? It is not your merit or his . demerit which occasions the difference between you . It has been be manifested in both
permitted , that the work of God may you ; that he from his poverty may learn patience and resignation , and you be taught charity , and the ' right employment of the good things vouchsafed you . " He was not suffered to fall into this condition that you should overlook aud despise , but that you should consider andcomfort him . You have an advantage over him without doubtand your Saviour has informed you wherein it consists— " It is more blessed to give than to receive . " Secure this blessing , and the end
of your being made to differ is answered . It mig ht have pleased God that you should have been poorbut this Is not ail—it may p lease him that you shall be so ; and hard would you esteem it in such a case not then to experience the benevolence you are now invited to display . It is God ' s high prerogative to exalt and to abase : he puttet ' n down one and setteth up another . _ little whileand it
But whether riches leave you or not , yet a — can be but a little while—before you must leave them . However gay and prosperous you go through life , death will certainly strip you of all , and leave you more truly destitute than the neediest wretch that was ever laid at your gate . Neither land nor money can acto the The hour must come— -and while we
company you grave . speak it is hastening forward—when strength will droop , beauty will fade , and spirits will fail ; when physicians will despair , friends will lament , and all will retire ; when from the palaces of the city , and the paradises of the country , you must go down to the place where- . , all these things are forgotten , and take up your residence in the solitude of the tombWhat then will riches avail ? Much every way
. if they have been bestowed in charity ; if the thought of deaththat most profitable and salutary of all thoughts , that epitome of true philosophy—shall have excited you through hie to " consider the poor .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Philosophical Experiments.
the same materials , were planted before this extraordinary edifice 5 the cannon were three-pounders , they were charged with gunpowder , and fired off ; the ball of one pierced an oak p lank two inches thick , at 60 paces distance , nor did the piece burst with the explosion .
Duty Of Considering The Poor.
DUTY OF CONSIDERING THE POOR .
SINCE there is , and , to answer the purposes of society , there must be inequalities among men , it is but natural to ask the man who finds himself in a situation preferable to that of his neig hbour , and yet refuses to have compassion upon him in his distress—How came your lot to be cast in so fair a ground ? It is not your merit or his . demerit which occasions the difference between you . It has been be manifested in both
permitted , that the work of God may you ; that he from his poverty may learn patience and resignation , and you be taught charity , and the ' right employment of the good things vouchsafed you . " He was not suffered to fall into this condition that you should overlook aud despise , but that you should consider andcomfort him . You have an advantage over him without doubtand your Saviour has informed you wherein it consists— " It is more blessed to give than to receive . " Secure this blessing , and the end
of your being made to differ is answered . It mig ht have pleased God that you should have been poorbut this Is not ail—it may p lease him that you shall be so ; and hard would you esteem it in such a case not then to experience the benevolence you are now invited to display . It is God ' s high prerogative to exalt and to abase : he puttet ' n down one and setteth up another . _ little whileand it
But whether riches leave you or not , yet a — can be but a little while—before you must leave them . However gay and prosperous you go through life , death will certainly strip you of all , and leave you more truly destitute than the neediest wretch that was ever laid at your gate . Neither land nor money can acto the The hour must come— -and while we
company you grave . speak it is hastening forward—when strength will droop , beauty will fade , and spirits will fail ; when physicians will despair , friends will lament , and all will retire ; when from the palaces of the city , and the paradises of the country , you must go down to the place where- . , all these things are forgotten , and take up your residence in the solitude of the tombWhat then will riches avail ? Much every way
. if they have been bestowed in charity ; if the thought of deaththat most profitable and salutary of all thoughts , that epitome of true philosophy—shall have excited you through hie to " consider the poor .