Litchfield enquirer., 1831-09-08
A SHORT SATURDAY SERMON.

n, 1he Jear of man 6ringeth a snare"
 Many men would be honest if thev dar. ed to in the face ofthe world. Self inter- est and the better principle come in collis- loh' put the former is often too stronp for the latter. The fashion and current of tbe world are falsehood and deceit. and a mans temporal and immediate success seems to demand that he sail with the stream. lie is afraid to be honest lest he should be poor" Power and wealth have an influence to demand outward homape aeierence and adulation from the mnlt;, tade, while within their breasts they excite notnlng but hatred and contempt. Tb;s .ncilnes men to duplicity and deceit. and 'nVoives them Tn snare. There is a nr;n- c'ple Tn the hearts of most men tha, ahhor. and condemns vice when seen in inc ..,;o.s or s2thers-that universally admires and applauds virtuOus deeds :--hence ;r ra., 'nat common proneness to censure so com, mon among mankind. The ambition for praise and respect is the same in fact as lear of contempt. This induces men ,o assume pretenSions and responsibilities which they are not able to sustain and winch often brings them into wofi,l snare. Men's actions are too much characterized by miserable temporizing policy. as if they were the creatures of a day or a month They look only to immediate effects. for- getting that they differ essentially from f. nal results. By the moral law of God. periect.iike all his works, all actions must ultimately produce their legitimate conse- quences. A time-serving, man-fearing course of conduct must unavoidably. soon- CT or later, entangle him who prac,ises it. in snare. We'll has the poet said. that
 dn honest n'an's the noblest aoork of God; Tor, to be strictly honest, requires degree ol moral courage possessed by few. 1t is no easy thing, in opposition to the world. iTprejudice 10 self-interest, to venture for ward in the right, regardless of immediate consequences-but heed pot.--strike for ward, and all things shall be right in the end.-SGlem O6servcr.
 Credits.-Who employ the poor3 The rich, certainly. Do they pay punctually7 By no means. They are engaged, or out. or two or three cents day are to be deduct. ed' or they have no change, and the poor creditors must call again. What is inc consequence? Ifthey call too soon. or too often, "they are in n devil of a hurry. and are not lit to work for gentlemen" and if they do not call, they are not paid, and as the poor man and his family must live, he must run in debt for food and clothing. The poor man is creditor to one rich man. and debtor to another. Has he as much power over his debtor, as his creditor has over him7 No such thing. The rich man. II sued, can go to trial, quibble about the laying of a brick, or the blaming board, and after a continuance. of year or two, the poor man has lost, in cost, more than the amount of his demand. But in the meantime he has been sued, and not hav- ing the means of quibbling and postponing, execution comes speedily out. and he is thrown into jail to rot or become drunk- ard, while his family lies in an alms-house -and those laws are called equal which produce such results every day Why are they called equal2 Because those who make them do not feel the evils they cause. and christen them according to their good effects in behalf of the makers.