Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-10-18
F-om the Nv Sunday Mercury
SHORT PATENT SERMON.
BHDoW Jun.

SHORT PATENT SERMON.
BHDow Jun.
Al ,hs n,rtieuIar request Of the editor
Or ,Ea ~orwich aurora. | will Prearh
upon this occasion, from the io'ls"'hs
texts:
"Fret not thy gzzard."
NV hearers--fortitude, patience, and
perseverance are The only team horses
capable Of dragging the numbering car OF
mans hopes through he IN arsh OF ms
fortune. Freting, q nching, curS'ng' OF
swearing can no more eXiricatc one IRON
difficulty than silly shad can release lie
self from the fsherman's net by idle nap
ping and floundering. When man hnds
himself in the midst OF the thorns ano
briars of trouble, the only way tor h'm Is
10 step cautiously and teeI his road
through them with the utmost care; Ou'
ifhe fret, fluster and bluster ne IS sure
10 efTe Ct nothing more than Iacera'e his
bosom and tear his trousers. When ne
preceives that his feelings are oeg'n'nt
10 ferment, through irritation, ne ougn'
TO keep small air hole open to his heart
not only to admit the pure oxygen OF rea,
son, but also 10 let the gas OF excI'emeht
escape by degrees-else he might oorst
his barrel Of forbearance, and lose IN
moment some OF the sweateSt aud best OF
lfe's cider.
NV frlends-when your cobweo Ia
hTics oG anticipation are swept away by
the storms of III fortue, there is no more
use in fretting your gizzard about '''thaH
there is in a Young female victim OF Sc
duc,jon trying to stick the broken irag.
nnent, of virtue together with the ieans
of repentance. TO trSt and chate about
trifles. like tender school," DOy "ne"
frst initiated into the mysteries % l."
flannel shirt, is as nonsensical as u ls US
less. Maintain your ground mantuIiys
Vsinst the assaults Of petty ILL ana Y"
due time you will moi heed them hall as
much as the buz Of anOctOber mosquito
otherwise you will probably learn by ex'
nerience that there 10 such thing as rub
biug,a pimple till you produce an ulcer
In tbe hour Of adversely, for assls'apG'
call upon fortitude-that bold nymph .
the rock, whose dauntless spirit bears INT
heating storm, and bitter winds that now
around her-whoss breast braves ny
beating waves, and who hears iae ofea'
thunder with s, ul as Unshaken as m
Garnet in & lawyers Office Yes, ~
friends, instead offretling your gzzard
when a boding cloud skirts the heTrizO
of your hopes, you ought to have phllos
opby sufficient 10 know that al!npue
the comiag shower may wet your lacke'
itIenders the earth fruitful, and beau'
fully contributes TO your wants ana nece'
i,ies. Satan himself, when he was KICK
ad out of heaven into the regions OF darl
mass and wo, was too much oI man
whine and fret at his fate. HE bore :.
like hero, and cOnsOled himself WI
4 ,he reflection, that il we're better to reg
!, IN he'll than to serve in heaven. Exc
c;aa pa,ience, and the thick misls OF mi
Z Eartune tha, bsdim your future proSpee
will disperse the sooner: pasll anea
with perseverance, unmindfdl OF trltlQ
annoyances, and every bud IN your o.
oms that threatens to disclose ihiSt
will boom rose; but this 'Oorrylng a
fretting when circumstances clash W
ones fond desires, is ike brushing a o.
yer against the nap--lhe mofe you
tempt to smoolhe it the rousner
NV dear friends4-I am almost 'nd
ed 10 believe thai. some people,, 'ns''
Of being suppliedwilh hearts, have
thing but gizsards filed with gT'.
gravel. They appear to have Just dll
upon pebbles and iron filings, and are
ways iaboFing under the Influence o.
digestion. Nothing goesTight with 4
Everything is wrong. The NIL
anerCy ssurs upon their stomachs---
auTn up lheir noses at The sweets OF
'valion--they spit 10 the hand Of ch
spurn friendly solicitude-and car
more for soft soap or sympathy III
1.Ioa does fora dollar. All they VII
"a bs allowed the privilege Of fretiinl
disturbed BY friend o. foo-7unchs
- fear, and unswayed by iaVorsF !
ket fcsiesr the morrow may no
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