Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-05-30
Short Patent Sermon.
BY DOW, JR.


NY DEAR HEARERs:-If you were t,
ask me for what purpose man was ere
ated, should sayat once, he was created
to love, serve and obey his Maker, AM
do all the good he'can, without directI,
meddIiDg with the business of others
but gennerally speaking, be does not Xix,
to believe but the chief end of man is t,
keep what he's got, and to get what be
can.
thIr'k, my hearers, that man ha:
made money his chief end, whether he i.
designed for It or no. Go where YOU
VIII among the nations Of the EARTH
among the enlightened. civilized, savage
heatheR ban barian, unitarian, triniiarian,
btbletarian, nothigarian,and money is the
god bowed down to by all. Yes, nv
friends, it is the general or universal god
Sor the whole world. There is but one
greater or more powerful; but it makes
me teel bad to say, that this greater One
isTnost shamefully 'slighted by the un.
followed attentions paid the other. The
difference is one is worshippad six DAYS
in the week-aye, | may say seven
while the otheris worshipped only one
day-and in thousands of cases not even
that. You may well hang down your
heads, ye Proselytes of modern avarice.
and blush at the shameful truths that I
fire OF at you! shoot no blank cartridges.
mine are no paper wads-but with lead.
en- bullets of convictions; | mean to pierce
your understanding chests, which alasI
have been converted into sub treasures
aOr misery. worldly, gain getting hard
currency tho'ts Surprising. my hearers.
that should in the superabundance of
truth and honesty. have the superhuous
kindness to say that you were all wor
shippers oflase gods, the same as are
those pagan idolators Of the East, who
dent know enough TO move back when
too near the fire: supposing that should
say thts--what might you do TO me? You
might perhaps, tar and feather me--vou
might ride me on rail, as averse as
am to that a ode of travelling-you might
Persecute me 10 the fullest extent of the
lynch law. Therefore shan't say any
such thing; but will venture to say that
between you and the ignorant heather,
there is practical likeness. They bow
down to hog Of wood, piece Of stone,
apair of stuffed breaches; and you wor.
ship pieces Of gold, bits Of silver, and
scraps of paper. How much better then
are you than they? Not but a precious
little when the moral and intellectual
advantages which you possess,are thrown
into the scale Of consideration. They,
poor things are surrounded by the thick
est darkness of ignorance-so thick thai
their little sixteen to the pound candles
OF instinct can burn bat you, my dear
friends. are differently situated. Here
you are placed in an ever blooming gar
den OF knowledge. The sun of enlight-
eminent shines down upon you from an
unclouded armament of peace; around
you on every side, flow streams of learn
ing. enriching the soil Of your intelIects,
and beautifulying the fowery wales of
virtue; before you stand the two trees of
good and evil. and you know which is
what as well as | do. With all these
advantages, how is it possible that you.
ye children Of avarice, can be content to
walIow in the filthy mire of lucre! But
you viii! keep gnawing at the root of all
evil, regardless of the poison that turks
therein, the effects of which are most
awful. 1t causes some 20 steal sheep,
rob hen.ro osts, lie, cheat and dissemble--
others to put on the robe ofpiety, and go
to church to pick pockets in prayer time
others to squeeze poor mans sixpence
in his clutches. till it squeals out for mer,
cy. So mote it he.