Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-10-31
Short Patent Sermon.
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The body crayeth meats. and the spirit is
= athirst for peacelulness.8 -. Il
He thathath these hath enough; for all
beyond is vanity. q as'-gs
Ny hearers-contentment is. the sweet
cream of lite that never sours. With Il
you are rich, though Iucre be scarce:
without it you are poor, though mamoth
heaps ofgold are al your command. The
body crayeth meats, says my text-and
potatoes too I may add-and the spirit is
Hthirst for peacefulness. s''a' ra'ssa
Now, my friends, let the body have
what itasreallya needs, and quench. the
thirst of the spirit with peaceful potatiops.
and what more can happiness reouirei
Nothing. sSurfeit jumps about six feet
over pleasure, and lights in the centre of
pam, like grosshopper in the middle of
frog pond. A little ofany thing is health.
Ter Tor contentment than a great deal
she &as q. weak stomach and cant stand
mue h. la gathering great stores YOU
gamer great cares: and, as the first in.
creases even so augments the latter
los kttle, however, is inconveuient and
lrouDlesome, yet too much shall swen
into an evils, if Wisdom doesn't stand
by to moderate the wishes-for covetons.
ness ever goes about with her mouth full.
mumbHng for more, while the nav is
already crammed to completion.
My 'friends--rich men should 90 10
school TO the poor and be taught content
oaent by them; but / know very well that
these votaries atathe shrines of mammon
can no more enterthe kingdom of terres
''al happiness than chimney sweep can
workehis way through tobacco pipe.
See!s gender goes Independence with
sSaaii bottle OF cnfort in his pocket, look
ing as though. the rags upon his back
were the spontaneous productions Of his
nature. True, he is ragged but not
Wretched. He is contented as a clam
IN deep water, whether il rains or shines.
Caring tor nothing, thankful for good
deal, such as it is, and satisfied with his
poverty, he whistles, sings and laughs,
almd the wrecks of fortunes and the
crash ofstock. He earns his porridge
with bis Pick>axe and gladness, and eats
1t with peace and pewter spoon. He
is gatherer Of simples in the momenta.
~ meadow "a cleaner in the golden bar.
vest fields. While others break and
bear off branches bending with fruit, he
Is content with culling the wild herbs
upon the hills. Now look We upon his
forehead, and tell me if you can find
single cloud of covetous anxiety; or in his
eye, and not dulness that marks the
unkindled opies of the stated sons of plea
sureY No, you can see nothing of the
kind; and here let me tell you, brethren,
that there is more of life with that hum.
bic picker along the path of poverty
than was ever concentrated among the
muItitudinous wealthy, who marry them
selves to misery, and wed their gains TO
eternal discomfort.
My dear frieDds-the rich are constant.
~ burdened with the fear Of poverty,
while the poor--having nothing to loose,
and heaps to expect-are forever buoyed
and boosted bya spirit Of don't-careativ.
ness that keeps them ahoat " ithout sink.
ing. The rich man hath a pampered
spirit, too poor to part with penny at
the call of charity; but the comparatively
moneyless has heart as liberal as his
pockets are empty. The first has lots of |
money and little enjoyment; but the lat
ter has little money and lots of enjoyment.
Which had you rather be, my brethren,
wealthy and miserable, or poor and con.
tented! ["Givs US the mouey and we'lIl
risk the misery!" from two-thirds of the
congregation. That's tive always
thought so, and there is no use in preach.
ing to oppose it-mankind had seemingly
rather go to hell with plenty of money in
good style, than to heaven pennyless and
hole in the heel oftheii stocking. But re.
member, my friends, that one principal t
aimof our existence is enjoyment; there. I
fore you ought 10 live that you may enioy I
yourselves to the greatest possible extent. I
Enjoyment, as every body knows, is con.
ductIVe to health; non enjoyment destruc.
tive to it--and it certainly is a sin to be
neglectfnl of ones health. Now the |
poor.rich gets sickly and atenuated for |
fears. while the richpoor grows as fat
upon hopes as a hog upon sweet apples. i
One is carebetraGksd, gloomy, fretful,
and uneasy; the other Is cheerful Oh.
how many poor have the pleasures ofthe !
rich in their own possession: and how the
rich miss the poor man s comfort, and vet
feel all his caresl But why talk of riches
and poverty? None is poor but the mean
in mind, and none is wealthy but the
afinent in soul. He who has millions,
with aheart as hollow and withered as a |
blasted peanut, is but poor devil at the
best; but the honest, whole souled man,
who earns his bread by the swsa. OF his
brow, and goes TO bed with clear con
science, has something under his Jacket
that he wouldn't part with for all the
and heaven. -.
Ny hearers--yanity is craven upon all |