The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-12-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
- FroAf3 The N. Y. Sunday Mcrcmy.
SHORT PATENT SERMON.
- -BT DOW, JR.
God made man, and man made money,

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-.BV DOW, JR.
God made man, and man made money,
God made bees and bees made honcy.'&,
My nEARERs-lfyou were to ask me
for what purposeman was created, should
say at once. be was created to love, serve
aud obey his Maker, and to do all the go"d
he can, without directly medding with the
business of others; but generally speaking
he don'tlikc to believe this doctrine:
He'd rather believe that the chief end Of man
Is to keep what he's got, and get what hc can.
think my hearers, that man has made
money his chief end, whether hci design
ed for it or not. Gowhere you will among
the nations f,heSesrth-among the en-
ligh,ened, civilized, haifeivilizcd, savage,
heather, barbarian, unitarian, trinitarian,
bbletarian, nnlhingariah, and Money is
the god bowed down to, by all. Yes, my
3 friends, il is the generator universal god
for the whole world. There is but one
greater and more powerful:, but it makes
me feel bad to say, that this greater One
is most shamefulIy sighted by the unhal'
lowed attention paid the other. The diff
ference is, one is worshipped six days in
weck-ayc, | may:say seven-while tie
other is worsaipped only one daY=an4dl q in Il
thousands of cases. znut-ar q e tha ". LOU
may we'll hang down your heads,ye prose
lytes Of modern araEiee, and blush tor.the
shamefultru,hs thatI fire off at you! !
shootano blank cartridges--m are no
paper wads -but,sWit the aleaden bullets
of conviction, ISmean 10 pierce yourS9Yun.
dcrs,an,ling chests, which, alas! have been
converted into sub-freasnries for miserly'
worldly, in.setting, hard currency y
Thoughts. supposirg, my hearers that l
should, in the suPerabundance OF run
and honesty, have the.superlluous, kindness
> to say that you were ail worshlPers ot
false gods, the same as are those pagan
idolaters of the East, who don't know
enough to move back when too near the
fire: supposingSsI should say this-what
might you do,tosme! You might perhaps
tar and feather me-you might ride me on
rail, as ayersc as am to such moce OF
travelling you might persecute me me TO TO Inc
fullest extent Of the lynch law mere; re
fore / sha'nt say any such thing: but
will venture to say, that between you ah0
the poor ignorant heather, there Is
practical likeness. They bow down to a
log fwood, piece of stone, or pan
ofstuffed brecches; and worship pieces
of gold, bits Of silver and scraps oi paper
How much better thenaare you than they
Not but a precious little, when the mora
and intellectual advantages,whlch you pos
sess are thrown into the scale OF consiuera
ton. They, poor things, are surrounded
by the thickest darkness of ignorance
so this that their little sixtecn-to-the
pound candles of instinct can burn bu
with sickly glare; but you my dea
friends, are differently situated. Herr
you are, placed in an ever.bioomlng gar
den of knowledge. Thesun of enlighten
ment shines down upon you from antun
clouded armament Of peace; e;around YOU OF
every side fly streams of learning, enrich
ING the soil of your intellects, and heautl
fying the fowery wales OF virtue; beior
you stand the two trees of good and evil
and you know which is what as well as
do. With all these advantages, Is
possible that you, ye children of avarice
can be content to wallow in the filth
mire of lucre. But yous'@iIl keep gnaw
ing at the root of all evil, regardless q
the poison thatlur therein, the effect c
which is mostawlul.It causes some to stes
sheep, rob henroosts, lie, cheat and dis
semble-others to put on the robe of pit
ty, and 60 to church to pick pockets
prayer time-others to squeeze a poo
mans sixpence in his clutches, Till
squeals out for mercy-and others to. pc
form clandestine pilgrimage to Iexa
to worship at the shrine of Mammon. :,
o, my friends, these things are ,dl
grace to civilized community. 1 hay
no objection to your making money,
you can make It honestly and not too fas
Go to the bees, those little democratic i
sects and grow wiser. They obtain the
bread and their honey by incessant iudu'
.