A Sermon On Occasion of the Late Fire in the City of New York
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The uncertainty of business is proverbial ; but the insecurity of investments IS made, by the late calamity, scarcely less striking. What form of possession is there that human ingenuity can devise, what kind of bond or stock is there, wliich either storm, or fire, or pestilence, or war, may not break up, and scatter to the winds ? In such circumstances — certain of nothing — certain neither of health, nor reputation, nor friends — certain not even of that of which we are most certain — how str...ongly is commended to us the divinely-taught wisdom of making a provision for ourselves, that is beyond the 13 reach of all earthly vicissitude ! " Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where the moth doth corrupt, and thieves break through and steal ; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. " And, my brethren, the lesson which is here incul- cated by the great Teacher — which is so powerfully commended to us by the late awful visitation of Prov- idence — is doubtless one which greatly needs to be enforced among us.
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