Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-11-04
SHORT PATENT SERMON.

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AT the particular request of tho Editor 0
The Railway Herald | VIII preach, on this oc
caeion, from the following text:
#t' IF We nre honest, honorable men
to ye-and pay the Printer.
nv HEARERS :--'rhrro sre many seeming
triilcs in this world, which you are too apt tt
overlook on account Of their apparent unim'
portance-lhe neglect of which has plunged
thousands into the deepest miro Of misery,
and sunk their characters into ineStricable dc.
graduation. Among those ostensIble irifes
that of neglerting To pay ones honest debts
ia the most common, and attendant with the
worst consequences, II takes off oil the silk.
gu furze from the fine threads Of feeling
creates a sort Of misanihrope GOODNESS about
the heart--skims off MI the cream that may
chance to rise upon The milk Of geftetosityi
and makes man look rs havage'y upon bic
brother te n dog upon one OF l'is epectes
while engaged il the gratifying employment
of eating his masters dinner. One debt be-
gets another. ] have always observed that
he who owes a nan a dollar is sure 10 owe
him a grudge and he " always. more ready
TO pay compound interest on the latter than
tho former. Oh my friends, to be over head
and ears in love is ms bad n predicament as a
person ought to be IN but to he so deep in
debt that you can't sleep of nights without
being haunted by the ghost Of some in
satiaie creditor, it is enough TO give a man
the hydrophobia, make him bite a wheelbar-
row-cause him to run mad, and create a
general CONSERVATION among the lamp posts,
Nv dear friends--the debt that sits heavi-
est on the conscience of mortal-provide he
has one--is the debt due the Printer. 1t
presses harder on ones bosom than the night
mare, vauls the soul, frets and chafes every
ennobling sentime ~nt--sqneeZes all The juice
Of fraternal sympathy from The heart, and
leaves it drier than the surface Of roast potato
A man who wrongs the printer out OF single
cent can never expect To enjoy comfort ii.
this world, and may well have doubts of find
ing il il any. other. He will be sure to go
down 10 the grave ere time shall have be-
deckcd his d W with the silvery blossoms of
age and the green leaves will fall before the
first bud of enjoyment is expanded. 1t is true
the mushrooms OF peace may spring up during
the short night of forgetfulness, but they
viii all wither beneath the scorching rays
of remorsc. How can you, my friends, ever
have the wickedness and cruelty to cheat the
printer, when you consider how much he
has lone and is every day doing for you !? lie
has poured into the treasures OF your minds
some Of the most valuable gifts that any thing
short of a God can bestow--aye, riches with
which you would not part for the whole
world and a mortgage on a small corner in
heaven. With the keys Of magici as ii were,
he has opened the ironcased doors of the
human ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the darkness
Of ignorance and lit up the lamps of knowl-
edge and wisdom. The mighty engine--the
Press, is surrounded by a halo of glory; and
its effnlgence extends all over the broad en-
pire of The mind, Eliminates the darkest ave-
nue. of the heart and yet the printer, the
man who tolls at the lever of this soul-eno-
bling Instruments often robbed of his
hard earned bread by those whom he has
delivered from mental homage and placed in
a paradise to lay Of and get fat upon the fruits
of his labors. ..a.
No, You ungrateful sinner |! if you have a
heart nloistened with the dews Of mercy, in
stead of gizzards filed with gravel, take heed
what | say unto yon If there be one among
you in this congregation, whose accounts are
not settled with the printer, go and adjust
them Immediately, and be able to hold your
head up in society like a giraffe, be respected
by the wise and the good free from the tor
lures OF a guilty conscience ; the mortitica-
tons of repeated duns, and escapes from fall
ling into the clutches of those licensed thieves
the lawyers. If you are honest and honora-
bic men, you will go forthwith and pay the
printer. You will not wait for tomorrow
because there is no tomorrow it Is but a
visionary receptacle Of unTedeemed promises;
an added egg in the nest of the future the
debtors hope, the creditors curse. If you
are dishonest. low-minded sons OF Satan, |
dent suppose you will ever pay the printer,
as long as you have no reputation to lose
no character to SUSTAINING morals to culti-
,ata But let me tell you my friends, if you
don't do i. vour path to the tomb will be
srrewed with thosns--you will have to ga
Their your daily food from b'ambtes-your
children will die with the dysenterry, and
YOU, yourself, win never enjoy the blessing
O; health. ] once called on q sick person
whom the doctors had given over as a gone
case 1 asked him it he had made his peace
with his Maker1 If he had squared
M He replied yes. / then asked him
II he had made his peace with the printer.
He hesitated for a moment anu thea he said
he believed he owed him something like
about Two dollars and fifty cents, which he
desired to have paid before he bid goodbye
10 the world. His desire was Immediately
rr.ti6ed and that moment he became con-