The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-06-25

sympathy from the heart, and leaves it
drier than the surface of roasted potato.
man who wrongs the printer out of a
single cent can never expect TO enjoy COM
fort in this world, and may well have
doubts of finding happiness in any other.
He will be sure 10 90 down to the grave
ere Time shall have bedecked his brow
with the siIvery blossoms of age; and the
green leaves of hope will fall before the
first bud of enjoyment has expanded. 1t
is true, the mushrooms of peace may
spring up during short night of forget
fulness, but they will all wither beneath
the scOrching rays of rcmorsc. How can
you, my friends, ever have the wicked
ness and cruelty to cheat the printer,
when 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
anything short of God can bcstow--ayc,
riches with which you would not part for
the possession of the whole world and n
mortgage on small corner of heaven.
With the keys of magic, as it were, he
has opened the iron cased doors of the
human ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the dark
ness of ignorance, and lit up the lamps of
knowledge and wisdom. That mighty
engne--lhe Press-is surrounded by a
halo of glory, and its cilulgcnce extends
all over the broad empire of the mind, il
Illuminating the darkest avenues of the
heart: and yet the prin,er-the man who
tolls at the lever of this soul-enlightcning
instrument---is often robbed of his hard
earned bread by those whom he has deli
vered from mental bondage, and placed in
a paradise to lay off and grow fat upon
the fruits of his labors
Oh, you ungrateful sinners if you
have hearts moistcned with the dews of
mercy, instead of gizzards filed with gra-
vel, take heed what say unto you. If
there be one among you in this congrega-
ton whose account is not settled with the
printer, 90 and adjust it Immediately, and
be able to hold your head up in society
like giraffe be respected by the wise
and the good-ircc from the fortunes of
guilty conscience-thc modification of re-
peatcd duns-and escape from falling into
the clutches of those licensed thieves, the
lawyers. If you are honest and honora-
BILE men, you will go forthwith and pay
the printer. You will not wait for the
morrow-because there is no tomorrow
it is but visionary receptacle for unrc-
deemed promises an added egg in the
great nest of the future: the debtors hope
and the creditors curse. If you arc dis
honest, lowminded sons of Satan, | don't
suppose you will ever pay the printer, as
long as you have no reputation to lose
no character to sustain-and no morals 10
cultivate. But let me tell you, my friends,
that if YOU don't do it, your paths to the
tomb will be strcwn with thorns-you
will have to gather your daily food from
bramblcs-your children will die of the
dysentary, and you yourselves will never
enjoy the blessings of health. | once
called on Il sick person whom the doctors
had given up as gone case. asked
him if he had made his peace with his
Maker! He said he thought he had
squared up. Inquired if he had forgiven
all his enemies ! He replied, yes. then
asked him if hc had made his peace with
his printer. He hesltated for moment,
and then said he believed he owed him
something like about two dollars and fifty
cents, which he desired to have paid be-
fore he bid goodbye 10 the world. His
desire was Immediately graiitied; and
from that moment he became convaesccnt.
He is now living in the enjoyment OF
health and prospcrity-at peace with his
own conscience, his God, and the whole
world. Let this be an example for you,
my friends. Patronlzo the printer; take
the papers; pay for them in advance; and
your days will be long upon the earth,
and overlooking with the honey of happI-
ness.
Ny hearers! Pay all your debts and
keep an honorable reckoning with your
fellow men: but, above all, keep paying,
by daily installments, that everlasting
debt of gratitude which you owe to him
from whom you obtain capital sufficient
to begin the first transaction of life; SO
that when you come to balance accounts
at the day of general settlement, all things
may appear fair and above board. SO
mote it be Dow, in.
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