Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-08-07


latest, andis given as specimen of the
preachers quaint style. The text is admi-
sably chosen, and We hope it will reach
the hearts of some of our delinquent sub.
scribers. OIL.
At the particular request of tho editor
of the Railway Herald, ] win preach, on
this occasion, from the following text:
.,.... It ye are honest, honorable men,
-ag4 90 ye ond---pay the printer.
NY hearers-Fhere are many seeming
trites in this world which you are too apt
To- overlook on account OF their apparent
unimportancc, the neglect of which has
pllng ID thousands into the deepest miro of
misery, and sunk their characters into in
cxtricab.o degradation Among these os-
tensiblc trillas. that Of negIectinr TO pay
ones honest debts is the most common, and
attended with the worst of consequences.
1t takes off all the silken furze from the fine
threads of teeIing-creates sort Of mis-
anthropic GOODNESS about the heart-3kims
off all the cream that may chance to rise
upon the milk Of generosity-and makes
man look as savagely upon his brother man
as does dog upon one of his species while
engaged in the gratifying employment of
eating his masters dinner. | have always
observed that he who owes a man a dollar is
sure to owe him also grudgc; and he is
always more ready to pay compound in
terost on the latter than on the former.
Oh, my friends, to be over head and ears
in love is as bad a predicament as person
ought ever to be in: but to be so deeply in
debt that you can't sleep of nights without
being haunted by the ghost of some insat-
late creditor, is enough to give a man the
acknowledgements him bite wheelbar-
r1w-cause it to run mad, and create a
general CONSERVATION among the lamp posts.
My dear frends-the debt that sits heav-
lest on the conscience of mortal-provi-
ded he has one-is the debt due the printer.
1t presses harder upon ones bosom than
the nightmare-galls the soul--frets and
chafes every ennobling sentiment, squeczes
all the juice of fraternal sympathy from
the heart, and leaves it drier than the sur
face of roasted potato. A man who
wrongs the printer out Of single cent can
never expect to enjoy comfort in this world,
and may well have doubts of finding hap
pine IS in any other. He will be sure to 90
down to the grave ere Time shall have
decked his brow with the silvery blossoms
Of age; and the green leaves of hope will
fall before the first bud of enjoyment has
expanded. It is true the mushrooms Of
peace may spring up during short night
of forgetfulness, but they will all wither
beneath the scorchng rays Of remorse.
How can you, my friends, ever have the
wickedness and cruelty to cheat the printer,
wien you consider how much he has done
and is every day doing, for you. He has
poured into the treasures Of your minds
some of the most valuable gifts that any
thing short of God can bestOw-aye, riches
with which you would not part for the pos
session of the whole world and mort
gage on small corner Of heaven. With
the keys Of magic. as it were, he has open
ed the iron cased doors of the human I'M
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the darkness of ig-
norancc, and lit up the lamps of knowledge
and wisdom, That mighty enginc-the
Press-is surrounded by a halo Of glory,
and its chdlgonce extends all over the broad
empire Of the mind, Illuminating the darkes;
avenues Of the heart; and yet the printer
the man who tolls at the lever of this soul
enlightening Instruments often robbed
Of his hard-carned bread by those whom
he has delivered from mental bondage, and
placed in q paradise TO lay off and grow
tat upon the fruits OF his labors
Oh, YOU ungratetu. sianersl if YOU have
hearts molsiencd with the dcws of mercy
instead Of gizzards filed with gravel. take
heed what ! say to you. If there be on-
among you in this congregation whose ac-
count is not settled with the printer, 90 and
adjust it Immediately, and be able to hold
your head up in society, like giraHt: be
respected by the wise and the good--free
from the fortunes OF guilty conscience
the modification OF repeated duns-and
escape from falling into the clutches OF
those licensed thieves, the LAWYERS. II
YOU are honest and honorable men, vol
will 60 forthwith and pay the printer. You
will not wait for the morrow-bccause
there is no tomorrow: it is but visionary
receptacle for unredeemed promises: ar
added egg in the great nest of the future
the debtors hope and the creditors curse
If you are dishonest, Low-mindcd sons Of
Satan, don't suppose you will ever pay
the printer, as long as YOU have no rcputa
ton to lOse-no character TO sustain--and
no morals to cultivate. But, let me tel
you, my friends, that if you don't do j
your paths to the tomb will be strewn witt
thOrns--yOu will have to gather your daily
food from brambles-your children vii
die Of the dys2ntary, and you yourselve
will never enjoy the blessings Of health
once called On sick person whom tin