Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-12
SHORT PATENT SERMONS.

Wy nut was SiOUCHCu over my OTOH'
And looked like fellow suspected,
Of wishing to kick Up row.
Ny hearcrs--In the days Of Alexander
Pope, Esq, it was pretty generally consid-
cred, by the respectable portion of the
community, that worth made the man; that
he whose heart was kept from sinking into
his stomach. by the pillars OF strict integ-
rity, and whose actions were governed by
the impulse Of generous principle, was not
only man, but gentleman of the first
order; but, now-a-days, it is dress alone
that makes the man and fashions the gen.
tleman. The world Of late has grown so
artificial. and so numerous are its deccp-
tons, that a person has 10 dig through
vast quantity of outward rubbish before
he can arrive at the pure fountain Of real
merit. Imean by this that there are many
individuals, whose outward appearances
are as rough as the road to misery, who
possess souls as smooth and as delicate as
the down upon the back Of new-hatched
goslin, and whose hearts are as rife with
the genuine seeds of rectitude as are peech
trees with blossoms i'll the month Of May
whose bodies. like matched cottages,
present humiliatng exteriors, and yet con-
tain within peace, happiness morality, con-
tcntment and comfort. On the other hand,
mean to assert my friends, that most Of
those whom you see monopolizing nearly
the whole of the sidewalk Of society in
displaying the dry goods hung upon their
backs-who are SO pulled up with vanity
that they can't squeeze themselves into the
doors Of honest industry without coIlaps-
ing their flues-are just rs destitute of
those ennobling qualities which should
characterize a man as cob is of corn after
passing through a sheliing mill: and more
rotten about the cores of their hearts than
those foul transactions which once brought
a disgrace upon Denmark say. my
friends that these fabricated specimens of
dignity and worth require. for the most
part, an astonishing elevation of character
to be worthy Of a sheep stcaIer's contempt.
My dear hearers-the suspicious-loo
chap alluded to in my text, whose dress
was 50 sadly neglected, and whose hat was
slouched over his brow, q Ia Igtajre, | have
no doubt was as g0od-natured, peaceabc
and worthy fellow as can be found be-
tween here and heaven; but appearances
were against him. The shallow souled
tops of fashion by whom he was surround
ed, looked upon him as mere thing in the
scale of being, not worthy of the paltry
material Of which human flesh is composed.
| would not be surprised if they even Won
dered how Nature could have the cxtrava-
gance to build up such an uncouth and for
lorn Fl cure of humanity, and give it life
and being to mar the beauty Of her more
delicate achievements: but. my friends,
venture 10 assert that under that Anticipated
| hat could more solid sense he found than in
as many of the pulpv pericraniumS of dan
dies as could be packed within the bound.
less limits of creation: and that as innocent,
generous. and phiIanthropic a heart beat
beneath that honely jacket as ever throbbcd
! in the bosom of angelic CarnatiOn. Yet
! he looked as if he might have been sus-
pected Of kicking up a ROW. Because why
ne chose rather to line his inside with the
homespun flannel Of wisdom than to Orna-
ment his surface with the velvet Of folly
and pride. But mark how he stands in the
eyes of a corrupted and sin-ridden world!
Because his boots are down at tho keel. his
character is down to .cvc. with his boots.
Because his coat has grown :i,rcadbare, his
reputation has also lost It's g.Jss: and his
good qualities partahe of the rust that Gov
ers his physical attributes. While angels
are walking in the garden o. his soul, the
sCornful devils of fashion throw stones over
It's walls and modest his peace. The flow
ers OF his heart cast m perfume beyond
his own nostriis: and that whicAiS fragrance
to hin smells rankcr than n shaken skunk
to others. lie gathers lis own grapes from
his own vines, and feast, solitary and alone,
| while others are catherine thiSflrs alOno