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SHORT PATENT SERMON.
| shall preach to-day from this text.

SHORT PATENT SERMON.
l shall preach today from this text.
My foot slipped and l fell down:
Twill never do TO give itup SO Mr. Brown
My hearers-this is a slippery world, full
of slippery places, and reopled BY a slip
lpeIy set of beings, who slip through life lik,
an eel through the fingers of the fisherman
back into his native element. / say you
slip through life, because you make a goot
many slips as you 60. Whose standeth lie
him take heed less his feet slip UP and b,
slips down; for many and many a man, while
promenading the path of afluence, ha.
thought himself secure to the very edge oil
the moment when he found himself sprawl.
ing in the mud puddle Of poverty. When
the man of wealth and fashion falls, the dust
shows cOnspicuously upon his fine dress;
and those who were wont to smile and bow.
scarcely designed TO notice him with a nod
but the poor man can have his ups and
downs, unnoticed by the world, and with.
out the risk Of mourning more damage than
a weeks work may mend. So you see, nv
friends, the advantage the lowly and hum,
Bile have over the high and naughty. Wher
the former fall, but very little mischief Is
done-when the latter plough the ground
with their noses, what a fall is there, my
congregation! Down 60 pailfuls of pride,
heaps of vanity, and a half a bushel Of sslf
respect!
My friends-as you ~travell over the
mountains Of manhood and decend into the
dull vale of years, your feet are occasional
ly liable to fly out from under you; but when
you find yourselves sprawling, say. "Twill
do to give it up so MI. Brown
and then up and at it again. No, it won't
answer to relinquish it in such a manner.
Push ahead with a deal Of perseverance, a
quantity ofpluck, some little pride, and any
amount of hope-and you will overcome all
obstacles, just as easy as a full grown earth
quake can shake a shanty. If, while en-
deavoring to jump unto some high station,
my friends your feet should slip and you fall
far short Of it, don't be discouraged; but
rub the tar Of determination upon the bot
of your boots, and give another leap.
Try to jump half a mile beyond the place
you desire to reach, and you will come near
er to it than you expected. If you would
be an alderman, or would obtain a situation
in the custom house, aspire to the presiden-
cy; il you are not honered with either Of
these Offices, you may at least expect to'be
made assistant dog killer, o. appointed night.
inspector Of morals in Church street. But,
brethren, you had better have some other
employment; and then, should your feet hap
pen to slip and you fall down, YOU will have
a chance (if you have your healths) to rise
again, like truth when crushed to earth.
My dear friends-in pushing our wheel
barrow loads, Of care and responsibility upI
steep activities Of life, our feet often
and the ponderous mass rolls back up
on us with an agonizing crush; still wei
must make up our minds that it won't dol
70 give it up so. We must fight, tug and
.Srestle with the woes of the world; and i'll
We get upon our backs, be as old Ju Has,
Tins was when a brick wall fell upon him
to id spunky to holler for help So mote
be! Dow, in.
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