The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-05-26
MIS- CELLANEOVs.
From the N. Y. Sunday Mercury.
Short Patent Sermon.
BY DOW, yR.

By OOWS JKs
Nv present discourse will be drawn from
this text
For me, kiss but very few,
But with that kiss my heart goes too
hold very Judas he
Who'd kiss but in sincerity.
NY hearers--kisses may be reckoned
among the luxuries of life, rather than
among its necessaries; and the reason why
SO many are fond of indulging in them is,
because they belong TO the suPerAuities of
this world, and contribute neither to the
nourishment Of the body nor the welfare of
the soul, but merely afford moments graft
6catiOn. Formal or ceTemonious kisses are
like manufactured howers-very fine in ap-
pearance, but wanting in fragrance; and
their superabundancs only goes 10 show that
the present is a very artificial state of sOci-
ETY., as the monkey said when his master put
breeches on him. The common custom Of
kissing the Bible in order to give the appear.
ance Of solemnity to an oath unless the kiss
be hot from the heart, is impiOus mockery,
and ought never TO be pFactsed in a coun-
try like this, where christianity and common
sense are supposed to be closely combined.
This cold kind of kissing produces no bliss
Iful excitement, and often leads to bad re-.
suits; and have no doubt but the old woman
Experienced more pleasure when she kissed
her COW, than half Of the young men who
bestow buses upon the cheek of beauty,
unwarmed by the fire Of affection.
My young friends-you may go to youl
private evening parties, where all is gayety
ioyety aud hilarity; where the lovely angel:
l.c sv,f h. II r..
ty, look tempting enough to make sain
turn sinner, and perform pilgrimage from
paradise TO psrdition for the sake of single
glorious smack. Go then, and feast till vol
. fatten upon forfeited kisses; but be assured
that although they may be attended will
: some little sport and amusement, they ar,
q Just as destitute Of real ecstacy as a fox
back is Of fur in the month of June, or al
oyster of fine flavor in August. True Bills
only attends the warm kiss Of fervent love
: When a young man presses the girl that b
y sincerely loves to his bosom-when hear
). meets heart; when soul mingles with soul
! and when lips meet lips-Oh then come III
: exquisite touches of tenderness !-then. b
h cannot help feeling a sort of furzness a
l. overland she must unquestionably feel a
. sue WGtW AOouy " ptu~lCdNuSE II
!. moment. Such, my young brethren, are th
delightful, but indescTibable sensations a
Y tending the kiss of pure and unadulterate
Of love. But he who kisses only TO deceiv
= and seduce, imbibes a poison at the tim,
~ which rankles in his bosom and Undue,
> more or less of grief and modification, a
Y cOrding to the injury Inflicted. | hold hi
er a very Judas at best--and il, after COMM
. ting the deed, he were to go strait way al
: hang himself, society would reckon bis 70
- as an unlocked for and fortunate gain.
le My heaTers--as for me, don't dive We
20 deep into miscellaneous kissing, and cons
ne quently kiss but few; when do kiss. an e
u pIOsion takes place which must convince
on within hearing that it originates from d
10 heart, and is meant in earnest. There v
Pc time, in my school boy days. when Icou
"a extract the sweetest Of a kiss Is calm
ne composedly, and ] may say as coldly, Al
bee sucks the honey from holIy-hock: /
now never undertake the business Of bu
ing unless ! 60 into It with heart heat
in the blaze Of enthusiasm. A mother kisl
her child. and no one peesumes 10 mislrl
he her motives: true lovers do the same 70 o
~ another, and no evil consequences ensI
doves bill and COO, and they know no n,