True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1847-08-18
Vol. 1No 81
SHORT PATENT SERMON.
BY DOW, yR.

And on the distant sea:
hear it in the silent night,
And at the break OF morn,
And aye it crieth-dark or light
Man was not made TO mourn.
My hearers do you suppose this
small voice is, that haunts me wherever
60 excepting it be through some of the
mudholes of miscry of Gotham? Why it
is Nature whispering with calm smile
upon her phiz, that man was not made to
mourn, Notwithstanding the Bard Of
Ploughshare's sentiments on the subject.
No brethren, man was made to laugh, love,
enjoy himself and dig potatoes, to the glo-
nv of his Creator. Yet how many lazy,
mildewed moHalS there are, who sit down
in the shade of melancholy 10 mourn over
misfortunes oftheir own breeding!
There they sit, and sit, looking at all that
is bright and lovely with yellow, jaundi-
ced vision, determines within themselves
on being forever miserabIy: and as for
enticing them into the habits of. industry
with the promise of happy compensation
you might as soon think ofgettng barrel
Of old cider to work by placing dollar at
the bung hole. Mourn they must-mourn
they will and this too in country
like ours where there is so much elbow
room for ambition all a man has
to do is to take courage and shovel, and
dig his way to wealth and honor; and
where by the aid of faith and few Irish
men, such almighty big moNutains can be
moved Oh! it is a STA and a shame that
man should mourn, where there is moth
ing under the curtain of heaven TO prevent
his laughing, singing, dancing, and being
as merry as a cricket in the chimney cor
ner!
My friends-all nature proclaims that
nothing was made 10 mourn. The bright
faced sun-the calm silver moon; and the
gittering stars--alI sing together of this
grand truth in one unceasing song, and
echoug earth answersto thelrsweet strains.
Ifthe world were intended for house Of
mourning, every flower would be painted
bIack-every bird would be crow or
black bird--every body would be born
negro-the ocean would be vast ink pot
a black veil would be drawn over the face
of heaven and an everlasting string of
Grape hung a round the borders ofcreation.
and cheerful is the general aspect ofthings;
how Earth exults in her joyous spring
time; how glorious in the pride OF her
summerhood and how calmly, snlllingly
beautiful in her autumnal decay; | am
bound to the conclusion, that nothing upon
Gods green cushioned iootstool was ever
intended to mourn. Ii is natural for us
sometimes TO indulge in dull, mush and
milky meditation, aud to encourage cold
and blood curdllng fancies, or listen fear
fully TO the tread of some harbinger Of
evil, whose footsteps fall with rustllng
sound among our scared flowers, ofhope,
like those of the angel of Death amoaG
the frost faded leaves of November; but
10 assert, from the neither extremity ofmy
heart that man was no more made TO 60
aud mourning Through the world,
.han Canary bird was created TO sing at
/ Methodist meeting.
NV dear friends, it is "man's inhumnni-
Iy TO man, and mans inhumanity TO him
self that causes so much mourning. The
dreadful carnage Of war causes thousands
to mourn the loss of sires, sons, relatives
aud friends, who immediate themselves up
ON their counlry's altar, but whose valiant
ives are worth more than all the wealth.
in the mines Of Mexico. Millions groan
under the iron hand of oppression, and as
nj. Nv more under the incubus Of lazineSS,
who mourn aud sigh TO think that dollars
don't roll at their feet, and that the sun OF
won't shine in their dark den Of
Let war be avoided as far
IS p0ssible-palsied 10 the opPrcssOr's arm
and feabesieged be he, say, who Is too
azy 10 move when be finds usst Of
Young mice in his hair and spiders weav-
ing their webs over his shirt bosom. tell
you again, my brethren, You were never
made TO stand still aud mourn like a
mountain pi0e in the hollow midnight
wind. You were intended 10 push ahead
and keep stirring lake barkeeper to DO
Jolly, gay, liVely-always in as good spir-
lis as fly in bottle Of old Jamaica: 20
laugh at care, snap your fingers at sorrow;
and 10 whistle when besei BY the myriads
Of petty Ills that 50 constantly ere seeking
% annoy mankind. 50 mote Il Be-
Wives FoR rus WEsT. To supply
the bachelors Of the West with wives; 10
furnish the pining maidens Of the East
with husbands; 10 beiisr equalIze the pres.
ent dispraporiion Of the sexes In these Two
sections Of our country, has been one ofthe
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