Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1874 — Hasting to be Rich. [ARTICLE]

Hasting to be Rich.

My own observations in mercantile life, of more than a century, have convinced me: - 1. That eagerness to amass property usually robs a man ana his family of much rational enjoyment; tempts to doubtful and disreputable acts; enslaves a man to business and corroding care; injures his disposition and temper; makeshim selfish, unsocial, mean, tyrannical, a bad neighbor, and but a nominal Christian. 2. That it destroys that calmness of mind and that sound judgment which are requisite to success in business; that it tempts men to take hazardous risks which often involve themselves and others in perplexity and ruin; that it leads to suretysnip, which produces inquietude and often, results in bankruptcy. 8. That it leads to neglect of domestic, neighborly obligations; neglect of children, neglect of prayer ana the scriptures, and neglect of one’s health of

4. The men of this description are seldom, if.ever, spiritual Christians, however talkative they may be on the subject of religion, or however lavish they may be in occasional charities; and, on the other hand, 5. Men of modern views, as it respects business, and diligent withal; men of caution, industrv, economy, contentment ; men who are faithful in all the relations of life, as husbands, fathers and church members; men who seek first and habitually the Kingdom of Heaven, and givefreely and cheerfully to good objects, as the Lord prospers them, in obedience to His commands and in faith in His prom ises, are the men who have the promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.— Tappan. . 1 t >1