The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-04-10
short Patent sermon.

The following are the words of my text;
ASH walked by myself, talked to myself
Myselfit said unto me,
Beware Of myself, take care of myself,
For nobody cares for thee.
| My heare~s,-That this is a selfish world
every one finds out about as soon as he ceasei
sucking and begins to watch for bread ant
butter. EvsH-the little pigs as they root eact
other aside, and scramble over one another
backs, to get at the swll-trough know it,
The lame chicken, too, feels it most lamen
tably as he hobbies along far in the rear of hi.
flock, and arrives in time just TO be too late
| for the last crumb; and when hungry hawk
darts among them he must look out for him.
self or heis a gone chicken. What do the
other chickens care for his safety or welfare
Not gravel stone. In the beasts of the field
the fowls of the air, and fishes of the sea, you
behold, my friends, a dark picture of selfish
ness, unilluminated by single ray of mutu-
al Kindness or common sympathy-and man.
kind presents one equally as dark. The this
ties of selfshness overspread the whole So
cal, moral, political and religious world and
as for eradicatng them You might as well I'M
dertake to dig the root of all evir (the love
of money! from the human heart with the pick
axe of theoretical piety.
My friends-years ago--after wandering a.
bout the world, and inspecting its complica-
ted machinery-often foolsly putting faith in
professsd friendship and often having dis
covered the handspring of all human actions
II sat d,wn upon the stump of consider
alton, and talked to myself: myself talked
to me, and we both talked together. We came
to the conclusion that the devil was after
everybody, everybody must look after himself.
So buttoned up my coat took out my jack
knife, and cut me stick of Independence,
and trudged alopg-caring fig for nobody
since nobody cared pumpkin-seed for me-
What is friendship, my bretherna It is bee
that sucks only when there is honey to be got
and carries the treasure to its own hive;
shadow upon the dial-present when shines
the sun Of prosperity, and absent when lower
the clouds of adversely; useless dog--always
about when not needed but out of whistling
distance when needed the most In shor, as my
friend Goldsmith says, frienshipis but name;
a charm that lulls one into a dangerous sleeps
a shade that follows Wealth and Fame and
leaves poor draggle-tail Poverty to get out of
the mud and mire the best way she can.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of yourself-take care
Of yourself! You know wha, human nature
is; immutable as the mountain and unchang-
able as bad dollar bill. Therefore belong
10 no society established for mutual assistance
Such societies are for the benefit of few,
not for the mass. They may drop blessing
here and there into the laps Of the really de-
'erving; but an the abstract they are all fiddle
tick. They are calculated to encourage lszi-
hess and engender eareIessnes. They act as an
,piateio ambition and Paralyzer 10 the arm
q industry The friendship Of such. soeie-
les isa charm that luresto sleep. Believe
n no Foolefite doctrine Of socialism. tsis
N very pretty to dream about Mr.. and Mrs
EergusOh; but you can't make the system
work gill men are furnished with new and DIFF
Ierent hearts.-human nature turned inside
,at and love Of lucre and adesire TO emulste
md exceh are eTsdieaied from every bosom;