The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-12-22

traffic with these merchant women,
can enjoy tha, exquisite pleasure, BY pay
Jag respectable entrance fee, or polc-tax
IA law CaroInians would nulify.) The
stock in trade consist Of boqucts, toys, drinks
and others articles too numerous TO men
tion'' as the advertisements says. The funds
accru;ng from the 81 es Of their mcrchan-
disc is appropriatc'lto to the purpose frayine
for, at least; the Church lot. AS this is for
pious anil holy purposc-anl as Holy
Hother Rome has Gecrecd, tho end, ju>,ifics
the mean, they may with rropricty indulge
the extravaganza Of laying on or or 500
percent ON their baubes and grwgaws.
And as illis organization is wholly under
the control OF Ladies', 10 young man, in
whose soul corrusca,cs spark of gal!antry
will refuse IL GO, an! purchase ibcralIy.
If he be not dead to Il sense Of the finer feel
:ngs he will 60 and take under his right,
and left protection, at least, two young La
dies, whose capi,alion fee he will pay, and
also treat them to as much as they can eat
and drink, and buy them boquct or two,
even ifhe should be charged 81 l-2 cents
each, You know Lysan!!cr in the seige Of
Athens taught when the Lion's skin is not
sufficient to carry your point, it is no hagin
to stitch to it the I1n's Mu And this
apo,hcgm is especially applicable in the
case now before us. For, these vain ire
ligious young men Will court popularity
with the pretty miSse Of the Church; but
their narrow unrightcons souls would not
contribute one mite for religious purposes by
way OF hcnevolrncc, under any considrra-
ton Bat the young ladies', whose sagac;,y
is never bai!icd, have devised means, bv
which, the young infdcls shall become sub.
servient to the Church.
Tot, vobis, virgncs, dotes, quot, sidera, caelo
know there are some christians of con-
ira ctcd minds and austere morals, who cen
sure this polite, gcnteel method Of obtaining
money to dcfray the expenses of religion.
They go so far as to throw the church on
the tender mercy Of the world, and expose
her TO the contempt and ridiculc Of inlidcls
But such persons deny the church rrivil-
cgcs, that some men arrogate to themselves.
u certain potcntate Of the continent, used
the Jews as sponge to absorb the gold of
Europe, from which he could express it
at pleasure. Now, why may not the ladies
absorb a few dimes from the irreligious
Tops and coxcombs, when their avowed OBJ
Ject is to squeeze it out into the purse OF the
chnrch2 Some olJ-flshioned, tastclcss,
gracelcss professors will say, it is better 10
worship God spirituaNy in tent under an
oak in Mamrc, than to do it fashloaaUy in Il
gaudy, pompous cathedral, the architect OF
| which has not been rcmunerated. Itmust
be confessed it better compolts with the
Scripture command, "o,ce no man anyhing,'
to have worshlppcd in the old until money
could have been earned for the new. But
how can Jealous christian endure to see
another denomination robed in finer appa.
rel? They may stand higher in Jacobs
ladder, for this is not visible to human eyes
but they must not worship in more mag
ni6ccnttemple. Besides spirits craven and
dcspicablc, which withholds from professors
rivalry and competition respecting the hon
ors of the world. Perhaps some may have
the impertinent audacity to say respecting
this religious confectionery. 'it is strange
mixture of worldly pleasure and religion
charity and profigacy. 1t is the spending
of one pound for good cause, for the pur
chase Of an indulgence to spend five fo
questionable and decidedly sinful purposes
1t is an attempt to sanctify worldly merri
ment, feasting and roting by the sanctity
Of approved names, and all intermixture o
religious performance" When censor
strike such vein of pathetic railery, chris
tians must succumb.