Andstill，afterallallowancehasbeenmade，itappearsthatthecanonsofpecuniaryreputabilitydo，directlyorindirectly，materiallyaffectournotionsoftheattributesofdivinity，aswellasournotionsofwhatarethefitandadequatemannerandcircumstancesofdivinecommunion。Itisfeltthatthedivinitymustbeofapeculiarlysereneandleisurelyhabitoflife。Andwheneverhislocalhabitationispicturedinpoeticimagery，foredificationorinappealtothedevoutfancy，thedevoutword-painter，asamatterofcourse，bringsoutbeforehisauditors’imaginationathronewithaprofusionoftheinsigniaofopulenceandpower，andsurroundedbyagreatnumberofservitors。Inthecommonrunofsuchpresentationsofthecelestialabodes，theofficeofthiscorpsofservantsisavicariousleisure，theirtimeandeffortsbeingingreatmeasuretakenupwithanindustriallyunproductiverehearsalofthemeritoriouscharacteristicsandexploitsofthedivinity；whilethebackgroundofthepresentationisfilledwiththeshimmerofthepreciousmetalsandofthemoreexpensivevarietiesofpreciousstones。Itisonlyinthecrasserexpressionsofdevoutfancythatthisintrusionofpecuniarycanonsintothedevoutidealsreachessuchanextreme。AnextremecaseoccursinthedevoutimageryoftheNegropopulationoftheSouth。Theirword-paintersareunabletodescendtoanythingcheaperthangold；sothatinthiscasetheinsistenceonpecuniarybeautygivesastartlingeffectinyellow——suchaswouldbeunbearabletoasoberertaste。Still，thereisprobablynocultinwhichidealsofpecuniarymerithavenotbeencalledintosupplementtheidealsofceremonialadequacythatguidemen’sconceptionofwhatisrightinthematterofsacredapparatus。
Similarlyitisfelt——andthesentimentisactedupon——
thatthepriestlyservitorsofthedivinityshouldnotengageinindustriallyproductivework；thatworkofanykind——anyemploymentwhichisoftangiblehumanuse——mustnotbecarriedoninthedivinepresence，orwithintheprecinctsofthesanctuary；thatwhoevercomesintothepresenceshouldcomecleansedofallprofaneindustrialfeaturesinhisapparelorperson，andshouldcomecladingarmentsofmorethaneverydayexpensiveness；thatonholidayssetapartinhonoroforforcommunionwiththedivinitynoworkthatisofhumanuseshouldbeperformedbyanyone。Eventheremoter，laydependentsshouldrenderavicariousleisuretotheextentofonedayinseven。
Inallthesedeliverancesofmen’suninstructedsenseofwhatisfitandproperindevoutobservanceandintherelationsofthedivinity，theeffectualpresenceofthecanonsofpecuniaryreputabilityisobviousenough，whetherthesecanonshavehadtheireffectonthedevoutjudgmentinthisrespectimmediatelyoratthesecondremove。
Thesecanonsofreputabilityhavehadasimilar，butmorefar-reachingandmorespecificallydeterminable，effectuponthepopularsenseofbeautyorserviceabilityinconsumablegoods。