The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-03-25
short Patent sermon.
To resume my labor Of love, | will discourse
this morning from the following text:
He clients himself. bis neighhors too.

AJ AhbGA ~ AONEg 4 ul6CUuIst
this morning from the following text:
He cheats himself, his neighbors too,
And, when from earth he passes,
Satan, to see his little soul, +,
Will have to put on glasses.
My hearers-carefulness, vigilance, pru-
dence, and economy are recommenGable quail
tiles; but mercenlry meanness and misery ay-
arice are almost too loathsoms and detestabIe
to be meddled with by any decent moral ply
stefan, like myself, for instance. A germ of
meanness, if il be not tipped at its first bud
ding, Will soon SO overshadow and stunt every
ennobling principle Of the heart, that neither
guano lfeTlAtzing powders, nor all the manure
OF morality IN creation will be able to make
them flourish again. MANS soul my friends,
has an expandability and a stretchitiyeness a.
bout It equal to India rubber. When hieb.
heaven born, noble and generous thoughts
are Infused into il, it swells like a balloon, and
rises into q pure and more ethereal element
far, far above the clouds and storms Or de
basing passion. In fact, II can't gel down If
II would, any more than an inflated blow-Gsh
can descend to wallow in its native mud. II
scerns every dishonest deed, and spurns every
low and niggardly practice. Pregnant with a
generous and plilanthropic pride, sooner than
lake advantage Of the weak, the defenceless
ana Inc fallen, you might expect the Ameri-
can eagle TO prey upon the putrid carcass of
Mexico or condescend to pick out the eyes of
a PROSTATE nation. But when a human souI
has long been exposed TO the scorchinr ravs
otavarlce, itbecomes shrivelIed up to fried shoe
strings-nay, to the invisible atomy that con-
catenates with nothing. 1t becomes so insig-
nlilcantIy minute, that ten millions like it.
would rattle in a peanut she'll.
NY trlends-too many of you (city folks es.
pacialiy) are overwhelmed to meanness. know
some who are so vastly little-if | NAV be al.
lowed the term-that, when they are brushed
iFom earth into the devl's dust pan. the old {
chap will have to put on double maonirvino
sPectocles, and poke for long while. among
me rubbish Of mortality, before he can find {
them. There's neighbor Tightfst. in some re-
.. 0F - NHNNN ~ e
spects 9 worthy member of nv conureOat;on. :
ana yet regret to say, he is mean enough 10 :
chase q lat mosqueto through five mile swamp
ior the sake of his suet. To his credit howev- r
% Asonce made a sacrifice for the good cause
Dy putting an unfortunate looking pennv II '
ne ooxfaad going supperless to bed. And
ihere's neighbor Grab, too if he had the BOW.
ana could enrich himself thereby. he wopld :.
orush the silvery stars from the firmamen, !.
match che golden sun from the sky, and seIlthe !
noon for old brass. IF a s~ixpence were reop;r. ;.
at the gate Of heaven, rather than nav he !
ee' ! yerely believe, he would rise from bis ],
'essing place at midnight add nick tba loct :
sila 2 tenPenng nail. OH you mean and
'lsl'ul Pllgarlics? You think that, By cheat. .
ng others, you enrich yourselves; but you Al
neat yourselves in proportion az Won cbeo, !,
'thefa. You cheat yourselves ont of III, !
'onsentedness and mental repose which tba j
fseheaFten, generous, and philanthropic eniov, :,
which Is worth more to mortal than mann. n
ans ~ Gold. BY boarding Up every sbillipo !,
N san ge', you increase the burning thirst ia
ind aintoleiable itching fol more and where 4
luceasant restlessness prevails happiness ],
ton't Foost any more than birds will roost un- i
I 'ae nodding branches Of the tee.top.- n
.ne beautiful flowers Of sentiment will lade
I y9ar eold bosom-your tender feelings be- u
= 'llke she parings Of finger n~ails-pbilan. 4,
aioPy iasss ail is sweet l-iquor-your svmna- !
hes seem to BE- made If sole iea,har !.
ever feel the power and the poatry II MI !,
you are perfect strangers IL ratioaal I.
.sa', y saO1'' youF lives lead through . H
~ 'alasl' allhe iar'Aef end II which you se
Ppsaf8 r. sesanothi0g else than ! sixpsnce IN. i
ering ~ she YIN, and are fol ever sbakino 4
,'ih M Jeruseiam fdgeta il gat II Il. !,
re- happiness 4 have heretofore conioubd.