The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-08-19
SHORT PATENT SERMON.
The editor Of the Chcagc Democrat has
me 10 preach from the following:

no 00lt0r OF ID0 OniCdSU Do""N'o' "~O
requested me to preach from the following;
'Go it while you are young,
For When you're old you can't"
NV hearers-The old prOverb says, "Train
up child in the way he should 60, and when
ho is old he will not depart from it;" but this
moderaized, roads 'Train upa child in the
way he would go, and before be is old he will
go it," Yes, my friends, there is no mistake
about t-ifyou let child run loose over the
lenceless fields of HE inclin non, IN wilLEear
oul more moral shoe leather in one day than
an old man will in six weeks, who wa'kt mod
erately along the gravelly highway Of sin. |
would however, have you understand that
have no particuOr objection 10 the sons and
daughters ofearth going it while they're young
provided they don't 60 it too strong: for
know that the honey -suckleS OF pleasure grow
only in the green valley of youth. and that
they all ehed their sweetness in the morning
Of life; that tho declining sun Of age casis but
a sickly glare on the tomb Of worldly enjoy
menl--and that old men tottering towards the
lone tenement ofdeath, are often tiI..os COM
PEELED to bear the insults aud jesrs Of thougt-
less juveniles, who run after them shouting.
"Go il ye crppIesF'-- when the young rascals
know lha! they are no longer able 10 90 it as
as they once did, when the wheels of life were
new-when every hinge in the physical mschl.
merry operated without squeaking-an when
the hearts aow was always kept melted by
the warm blaze Of youthful enthusiasm. -..
My dear children! 60 ii while you are young
but be careful how you go lt.-Lie down aud
roll over az much as you pleese upon the per-
fumsd beds Of ofindnlgence, but mind no. roll ln-
10 the brambIes Of everlasting misery. Kick
up your heels along the gay walks Of pleasure,
but don't crush the tender buds Of virtue be-
Meath your cateloss tread;aod above all, don't 60
so sw,ity'As to prsduce a spontaneous combs
nation of mortality ty--for when that spiritual es-
sence is once destroyed, you are jnst as cure
" done up and bursted as though you were OBJ
lged TO borrow n shlri TO keep up appearances.
Drink de.p fom the cup Of acknowledgement ut
but shun the lnebrla'ing bowl as yUu "ou'd l.
small pox or the douhie width measles. Don't
meddle with it, my young tflends-for when
ynu nnce get your sucker IN, you viii Ii d
!, scorched bnfars ynn can get II Out-yOur
fac symps,h,es criEped TO cInders-snd your
| reputation blasted forever. ina tplut OF m 10
ness. mercy and modestv, | wan y"u sgslhtt
that worst Of all vices, gambling It ia but q
| trick Of tue devil 10 ent'e yUo into his slaugh-
ter house. 1t induces you 10 lie, cheS', Al "a
| indulge in profane language; and II moreov'r
| offers YOU an invha,ion 10 get your 'ng by
other means than those prescribed in tho col"
den doealoguo OF honest industry. be care"
| full, also, how you 20 ilin your approximations
towards The female sex. Let your love be Il 't
| ofthe purest and exalted nature. Instead a.
hankerng after the Aesh, you ought to have
your affections placed on tho'o heavenly virtu-
es with which il 10 siufied-for il ls the stuff
fling alone which contains the true space ofTe-
ciprocal love.
Go it, young men, now in the days Of your
YOUTH Revel in the Uwee,s Of enjoyment
while fancy's flowers are in their fullest bloom
whilst the pinlons of hope droopnot in the
cold storms of adversely; while ,hesun Of am-
bion shines upon tho far distant summit Of
fame. Lstyour heart abound wilhgood cheer
Danish every suicidal thought from the mind
--aud lei the soul snrfeit it upon thelaxariss Of
mental bliss, but, while you are p,raklng OF
these bounlies, you must try, young friends, 10
lay up portion Of them to feast upoa when YOU
became old and are no longer able to go It
with that looseness with which you are now
privileged. The time will come when the
sweetest soup Of life will taste as nsip,d as
dlsb-waier-whe every lump of will lose
its seasoning your bread ofhope won;
rise for want of ofleaven--and when like dried
sapling, you will have grown so stiff and old
that You can't bend without cracking.
My dear friends when you are told you
can'tgo it no moro than broken down stage
horse; and if you don't enjoy yourself while
you feed upon The oats ofyOulhful anticipation
you find out that you can never do il when you
como TO graze in the barren pastures Of age
If compare you to horses, my respected hear
ers, TRUST you will forgive the comparison
iu>usmuch as the mortal part Of man is suhlec
to that came decay which horse flesh is heir to
Yes, the juices ofour bodice become dried II
the autimnal winds Of uge--our hearts are rol
bed ofall their former deights--and the jew
els that remain in tho caskel Of memory, al
though pure and brilliant. are hardly WORT
cherlshing, considering that the Ittlo comior
they give is 60 overspread with mustard OF re-
gret. When our heads grow grey with age;
4 sort ofgreyness comes over the landscape O
existence, and afOr5idding gloom slcceed'
Then We don't care about going It 40 we 6i
once, lest We might accidentally bump our no
ses against tho tomb, perhaps keel up for q
night and it, we should like to cut capers an
spend copper, our wishes could never b
grati6ed. Therefore, 90 il while you are youn
in all that is rational aud becomings before th