opinion, that money may be made solely for the sake of accumulation.  Parents instil the idea into the minds of children, so that they grow up with the conviction, that the great end of life is the procuring of wealth.  Implanted in the tender mind, and nurtured with its strength, it assumes the tenacity of a first principle.  But it is altogether erroneous.  It is the product of the selfish heart.  No sentiment is more fertile in covetousness, or more blighting to that generous humanity, which it is the first object of the Christian to cherish.  It is a sentiment grovelling in its tendency, bowing multitudes, it is feared, even of professedly good men, to a species of slavery, over which devils smile, and angels weep; knowing that it obstructs the flow of thousands into the treasury of the Lord.  A 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 respecting them, we evince anything but a will in harmony with the Divine will.  I know some fondly cherish the opinion, that their sagacity or peculiar tact for money-making at least is their own; and that they may employ it