Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-11-12
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SERMON on SATAN.
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ot the Chinese Buildings on Sunday morning. and
an approaching audience responded to the an
n0unccmcnt.
TO be isaiah, Hc genuine and h.fcidous,' and be-
gan w inquiring whence came the idea Of any
Invisible beiugs--Gods demons. inrcs, witches
They all came through the soul of man, call IL
inspired or unspiicd, as would. Human souls
were widows though which we look into unseen
mysteries. What range ot widows from Jesus
mind to JuGas--from the conception oi God In
Jesus mind to the conception Of Satan in the mind
Of Judas, We form our own opinions by the help
Of others.
All nations have mythology, which is gradually
SimpliGed. This the Rev. gentleman Illustrated
bv the growth Of Pine tree which is at first con-
fused mass Of lcays and stems. until graduslly one
perfect stem grows up aud thccavcs that riuged it
fall away. Tho Puritans had their mythplogy-
three Gods and one principal Satan. with n good
many minor ones. Their Gods were wOrshippcd
in cold churches on hill tops; the altar Of the de-
mons was a barn door. and the offering horse
shoe to keep him awayl Men still believe in Satan,
and like to do So because it gives sort o excite.
mcnt 10 life and, as they love TO read of murders
and accidents in newspapers so they love to rea''
Of Siian and his deeds.
The opinion was advanced, that the prevalent
view Of Satan was growing milder, but hc did not
fear him less for being gcntecl. The cold, modern
Mcrhistophclcs was very formidable. When the
great naturalist, Baron Cuyicr. contemplated the
popular devil he exclaimed "You cannot deceive
me. Iloofs and horns belong TO the less icrt-
"ciuus graminilorors class of animals, not the
"carniyorous." When lie appeared in tLc same
form To the imn giuation Of Martin Luthcr the great
Rcforncr cooly threw an iukstaud at his hcnd. So
all sensible people could aiorl to treat such II devil
ls that. 1t is the Prince of Darkness rs a gcEi6-
man. that is most 10 lc dreaded. fhc shows no;h-
ing but the clovnn foot hc il not very bad Ii il
when he is mos. human shat he ia most dangerous.
We must fight Satan. but he must be the genuine
ono. lie must not on Inc post mortem cXamnn-
ton. prove q couutcTlcit--somc Louis Napoleon Of
the realms Of darkness. He would not have us fight
with only icobic Satans o. with merely deiunct and
extinct Sa,ars.
The preacher proceeded TO describe these two
classes First thc.c who fght with obsolete crrort,
and are good shots a. anything thatis already killed.
These he compared TO some respectable citizens,
crazcd by books of Geology, and going out to fight
plesiosouruc. Tho world ajmirrs him for this,
and does not wish him to touch the wolves in sccps
clothing. or tho bulls and bears Of the Stock FIX
change, or to bring whip among those who sell
doves and oxen i'm the market.
Those who fight feeble Sltans were those who,
passing 10y the real evils Of society could only pro-
tcct against some triliug practice such ~ sitting
in prayer offering prize, for tracts AGAINST dam
| cling. DR.. Bcerhcr tpld Mr. Garrison that ho had
too many irons in the fire to become an Aboltonst.
lie was kindlinS tho final flames roand Arins and
Socinius and Boston Unit1rianism, and lie had no
room there for Lokcr and Lcgrcc.
But the r1rskiJeg of Satan knew in whom they
believed, and were nut 80 easily deceived. The
preacher described three genuine demons.
|. Tho demon Of BigOiry, under which head he
spoke Of luws fordding Atheists TO testify. and Of
a case in Massachusetts, whore rumselicr was al
lowed TO go free because lie was n church member
lie also spoke of the wearincss aud Journalism OF
the ordinary church service. The landscape would
be beautifully If every stceple meant prayer, but
it seldom is so.
o The demon of ceas,ial Pleasure No one OK
poet to 50 far, hand in hand, with this demon.
They only 60 for short walk but it is hard to Grd
the way back again, See the snow fakes fall on
the river. They 20 there for "eSIerrnco" and to
'sec Gic," and they live fast, oh fast enough cnly
they diappenr and never tell us how they like it.
! And SO young men and woman disappear. They
become mere slaves and cannot return if they
would. An old woman said she had been for 80
years the slave Of n suuf-boN. II YOU have eNcl
found yoUrseys lsaid the Ircachor) at tire mouth
great river, have, ailoat in little boat ON an
cbb tide, rushing out like n thousand locomotives,
and yJlr oar breaking YOU can Judge how a
( man feels when tho awful tide Of his own passions
I is carrying him out to sea!
7 There is a demon AmJdiOH. You think Of
this as belonging only to some great statesmen, who
has regarded all his powers as merely 50 much
more coin to buy fortune and promation with. 1t
was terrible to think of these men, to be sure.
Mr. lIigginson then skotched the Egyptian idea
Of Judgment of the Dead by the Living, in which
all who had any complaint to make against a bad
man might come up in person to make it ut his
death. After describing the supposed pagent viv
idly, he asked if those present had no share in it
True, they may have done no great wrongs for they
had not had the chanee-- but had they done no lit
tie ones? The pettiest ambition might lead TO a
deep tragedy as the greatest.
Tho everyday demons are no feeble Satans, no
extinct ones. They are genuine and gigantic
Their ample garment trail aronnd us. We do no
triumph over our temper in the wsldcrness, a
} jesus did, and therefore angels do not come an'
, mnistes TO US. The comfort is in the knowlodg
that the earth roll on, with Gods eye upon it, AM
is coming gradually into the sunshine. As hc be
gan with one text (the preacher concudcd) h
would close by calling attention to better one, by
which, Il was declared that, if Satan hath grea
wrath it is because his power endureth but a shor
time his roign being but for season.
NJ We have not attempted anything beyond mere
outline sketch of Mr.. lIigginson's sermon, and il
this we have attempted to reproduce his leading
>. thoughts, without caring to Keep up the peculiar
tiles of his style His discourse evidently afforded
| much qualification to the discriminating audience.
SINGULAR SUIT TOR TIE VALUE OF a NEGRO
a Mr.. johnson, who came passenger on the stea
mer Arabia on her previous trip from Louisyill,
to this city has sued the owners of that boat fol
$1,000, the value Of negro boy which johnson
uhh Nllh nm pll INV ubat, VlN NA' dNNihNhtAll
fell overheard and was drowned. The owncr o
the negro alleges that the mate had ordered tn,
[ boy forward to assist the crew in ping wood nea
the boilers, and that by msstep while so engage,
he lost his life. The action has been brought il
ono Of our courts, and viii come up for trial il
February no&t,7-S; Logis LatclPgenecr,
Bey-The branch of the Methodist Book Concer
il this city, on the corner Main and Eight streets
is now al fine structure of six stories in height Tn
Iaci kllgh mt hopn haa .t.I r. E1 "A
The value of its real estate is put down aS65 00C
It's stock on hand materials. &e., are estimated
S6o,s5S. Its cash and stock amonnt to $40 O44 IL
Its notes and accounts arnonpt toSlll All 90 Tb
liabilities are SIG $50 o. leaving as the net capita
NJ year ending March 3lst 1853, ere SIo,o6e, s.
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