Lewisburg chronicle, and the West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1849-1849, 1849-11-21

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g ou, a meaning, which make up what III
world calls fine speech. We see it in tn
= young collegiate, who. fresh from The school.
with all his gilded honoss dangling fror
his pocke:s smiles proluse!y OH the womer
and quotes bad Greek 10 unearned men
We see 1t in the ply scian. whose IearDin
and experience have made him respec,e
al home and abroad. We perhaps feel tha
without mis- assistance, ~ sickness our live
would be in jeopardy but ''to make assur
ance dOub! y sure." with the fire OF learn
10y IN his eye, he will ring i. in your un
nerved ears, "there is no other way unde
heaven whereby ye can be saved bu, ,hro
M" and many poor fellow believes it.
And we see this pride even among those
whose holy calling is ordained Of God
Some, not content with The humble vet ex
alted duty Of leading souls TO the proper
fold, bring themselves before the public
even in newspapers 10 maintain con,royer.
sies with each other about what is of no
consequence 10 the world, nor 10 tho great
Cause in which they were sent to work.
Much time is spent, and much sectarian
bitterness is shown with pious learning, but
neither party ever yet ackno~ ledged him.
self vunquished.
The purse proud man is still another
character. You may see him standing on
the Court House steps. or in the door Of
his store or office, looking around to see If
there is another in tina, region worth as
much as himself. He wears "fair round
BELLY" decorated with two or three huge
watch seals, and he is always well shaved
and smooth, and oily looking, with proud
consequence in his eye, and smirk Of ss.
tisfaction on his face wher he shakes hands
with man who has no purse. He is SO
accustomed 70 hurnbe Difference from the
poorer class thar No Gun not live without it
-ii's . part Of his sustenance. And he
gets enough Of it. too. II he gives few
dollars towards public enterprise, people
wonder at his iberali'y, willis, the poorer
man who gives !ess in dollars, but more in
proportion to his ability. hears nothing ab.
out his contribution. The man worth fifty
thousand dollars. who gives five hundred
towards building church, is smiled upon,
and posted in the newspapers under the
head Of "liberal doDation," or "nob!e gen.
erosity," with the amount gwen carried out
in full at the end Of his name willis, one
worth five hundred dollars, who gives five
dollars, it being in the same proportion 10
what the rich man gave, is no, thanked
perhaps for his mite. and the charitable
world exclaim, "Poor devil why didn't
he give more !" and thus they feed the al
ready puffed up pride Of The rich.
"But of all pride since Lucifers st,aint,
The proudess swell . selfelected saint"
This spiritual pride is the offspring Of
that hypocri,ical profession Of pie,y. by
which some men make their religion lie.
There are those, some even high in the
church, and who are looked up to as the
patterns Of piety, and who sit within the in-
ner pale of the temple, who pride themselves
on their godliness. and seem to thank God
that "they are no. as other men are" nor
as the poor pubIicans and sinners who look
up to them and wonder how they came
there. They would make the way Of holi-
ness a turnpike road, and the church toll.
house. whereby aII may 60 10 heaven who
pay, though none can be considered pillars
10 the concern bu, themselves,
the saints elect.
There are many Of these spiritually min-
ded people in the world, men and women.
who are proud Of their virtue, ,piety, humil.
ty and all that who would take offence
il their strict Piety were ever questioned.
We have heard blue stocking who pro.
fessed the most unbounded zeal as mem.
Der Of Christ's church, run on by the hour
calling herself poor, simple, unhandsome,
uninteresting, wicked girl, whom nobody
cared for. yet who would have blown any
one out Of water, who would have taken
her At her word, and spoken Of her to any
one else 10 another light than as the mos,
intelligent, good looking. interesting and pi.
Gus yosng lady then known. We all re-
member the remark Of iheQuaker 10 anoth.
er, "You see I am not proud. wear lea.
ther buttons" and the others reply, "Some
folks are proud Of their humility" How
much Of this we see We know a;plain
sort ef . maa. worth some money. who
carries gold watch worth hundred and
fifty dollars, and who takes occasion 10 look
at the time Of day pretty often. When his
neighbors stare at the richly chased gold.
he puts it up with an humble air, and no
one can saw that he il proud. for tie wateb