sentiment so hurtful should be eradicated from the public mind. It
should be discarded from the individual breast. The toils of pecuniary
gain must be pervaded by a loftier motive. It should be sought, not as
a gratification to avarice; but, in the fear of the Lord, by industry,
by economy, by frugality, by forecast, by the most profitable
investments of capital, and with a heart full of mercy, as an instrument
to enlighten the ignorant, and relieve the sorrows of human-kind. This
idea has not taken so firm a hold of the christian public as its
importance deserves. How useful might some, who have little talent
either for learning or public speaking, become, would they
disinterestedly devote their lives to the acquisition of money for
purposes of beneficence. Wealth, pursued with this spirit, will never
beget avaricious desires, and thus acquired, will be a treasury of
blessings to multitudes here, and a source of enjoyment to the pious
owner forever. Its worth will survive the grave. Let it be an abiding
thought--money may be invested where it will yield an eternally
increasing revenue.

5. That in laying our pecuniary plans, we should be governed by a
single view to the glory of God. The plans we adopt must be chosen
because, in our deliberate judgment, we can do more to advance Christ's
interests by prosecuting them than in any other way. Every act sustains
relations of moral influence. Every kind of business or method of
carrying it on, has certain relations which will modify its results,
and, perhaps, its moral bearings, either on own usefulness, or the
spiritual well-being of the community at large. Now we are bound to
engage in that business, and adopt those schemes, whose results,
considering these wide-spreading relations, will be most favorable to
the kingdom of Christ. If we lay our plans recklessly, without regard
to their moral tendencies, or shrink from these moral discriminations