The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-06-15
MiIS0IslklLGAN NlA0USo
From the New York Sunday Mercury.
short Patent Sermon.
BIT DOW, IN,

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of misery, doubt aud discomfort. He
IS dissatisfied with his Maker, with him
self, and with the whole world. He
links that, if he could but have had the
making Of himself, he would have some
thing as perfect as perleclion--lrouble.
proof, and subject 10 none Of the wear
and tear OF a tedious and toilsome exis.
ence; but, in my humble opinion, il
would be as nice piece Of botch-work k
as ever mortal beheld. He 10 dissatisfi.
ed with himself because, having the
power 10 act ana perform, he cannot
work miracles, or accomplish impossi.
bililIes. He is dissatisfied with III.
world, because i, does moi overvalue his
iabots, and reward him ae ordinsly.-
Fnus he il ever disconted and ever com
lplainlng. verify believe, my friends
tnat man would growl, grumble and
tre', and find tault, were he placed in
perpetual paradise. with a diadem oil
Iglory upon his hesd---forever surround
ID with the perennial flowers of enjoy.
ment-wilh big bottles of extra bliss 10
ms reach, and as much wine and as ma
|ny pretty women at his command q,
could be squeezed from the pulp OF ere
a'ion. | believe this--for man is Q
creature Of dirt and dissatisfaction, who
had rather wallow forever in The mire ol
misery than crawl ou, and dry on some
sunny bank of conientmeni.
My der friends--don'l trouble your
selves as TO why the Almighty has mad.
you as you are; why he has given you
an eternity of d, sires and furnished you
with only teaspoon with which io
parlake Of them; nor growl tina, he hs.
'et before you rich bowl Of pleasul e.,
soup, and given you nothing else than a
fork 10 eat it with: for whatever is, il
for The best, as the pious but absen,
minded mother observed when she put
her b,by in The dinner pot and rocked
a cabbage head in the cradle. If your
desires were all gratifed, you would
be without any at sll-snd then you
would be more miserable, if possible
than now. But your desires are too ex
iensve 10 begin TO admit Of qualification
Why, my friends, if the Alps, the Andes
r The Rocky Mountains were one solid
che sea- sup rannua ed raj would nl5ble
hrough II before you could beg in 10
knaw of the outside crust of your un-
bounded desires. should rather uu-
dertake 10 supply new solar system
with imosph' re,by blowing wind ,hro'
d quill, than TO ny 10 satisfy one tenth
part Of The desires Of poor mortality
even hough | were permitted 10 search
eternal space for The necessary qualilie,
kncw i, has been said that man wants
bul little here below; but the assertion
is as wrong as book bottom upwards
Man wants great deil--a blessed sigh'
more than he needs or ever deserves. -
God gives US all we need, and some
times more than we know how 10 dis.
pose Of; and yet, for all this, we spit ii
in the face Of Heaven; and not even so
much as say 'Thank'e' 10 our Creator,
for The body soul and being which he
mas seen fit TO give us. In The whole
column of wants that fill the long scroll,
Of mans inclination, we find scarcely
one that necessity impera'ively demands
he should have. They are. for the mos'
part, inordinsle, illegillmate and unpr0'
flable aud the more we cherish them,
lhe greater rejoicing 10 there in hell,and
more sorrow in heaven. When oul
base and sordid desires are allowed TO
be gra,fied; Satan shouls hallelujah,snd
the angels weep, like widows in show
er, over the grave OF virtue and depart
ed worth.
My hearers-FaIe iriumphs over for
tune, here in this world OF sickness, sin
and eternity. We are dragged on by
Destiny, in spite Of all physical or NOR
al exerlion; and we mighlas we'll sub
nit 10 it's despotism as TO cafe our souls,
tear our trousers, and scrape the skin od
our shins, in showing resistance. We
often see the wicked exalted to The high
est Mich Of prosperily,snd the Iaurels OF
wealth, honor and renown grace the
brow Of worthless rsscaity, while the
good the honest and The pious (like my
self are pitched into the pit OF advers-
y, 10 work out their own salvation with