Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-02-11
A Temnerance Sneach.

A subscriber living not many miles distant
while engaged in the perusal of an ancient
volume in default of having "Yaller back Liter.
ature,' with which to pass off his time more
agreeably, and at the same time more proftabls
come across the following "short Sermon, u
of our readers and the community at large. II
may be well, however, before proceeding to lay
it before our readers, to preface it with few
remarks, in order that the gist of the sermon
may be more clearly understood.
The Rev. DR.. Todd, who lived within few
miles of the University of Cambridge, was an
ardent advocate of the great Temperance refor-
nation, and had not unfrequently lectured on
that subject in and about Cambridge, to the
great annoyance of the collegans, who all know,
| as a general thing, are any thing else but adj
mirers or advocates of the Temperance cause j;
and the doctor, as matter of course, shared
neither their love nor their good wishes. One
day, as chance would have it, they espied the
reverend gentleman coming towards them, in
rather secluded and out-of- theway place, and
at once determined, on his coming up, to have
some sport at his expense, and said they, one to
another,
"Yonder comes Father Todd. He shall preach
us o sermon"
But few moments elapsed, before the divine
was among them. when they accosted him with,
"Your most obedient servants, Doctor"
"Sirs, yours, gentlemen" replied the Doctor.
ave have favor to ask of you, which you
must grant," said the students.
"With all my heart, young gentlemen" But
what is that favor? ?" resumed the Doctor.
"To preach us Sermon" was the immediate
response of the students
WE'LL" said the Doctor, "Your request
shall be conformed to. Name the time and
place."
"The time-the present, the place-in that
hallow tree" pointing at the same time to the
tree, replied the Collegians.
"'Tis an imposition calculated the Doctor
in rather on enraged mood, "there ought to be
consideration before attempting to preach"
'sIfyou refuse" responded the students, ''we
will put you in the tree"
Whereupon the Doctor promised to consent,
and asking for text from which to preach.
The word sMALr" was given, and the rev.
erend gentleman at once commenced his discourse
as follows:
" Let me crave your attention my beloved !!
Tam little man, came at short warning, to
preach short sermon, to a thin congregation,
in an unworthy pulpit. Beloved! my text is
Malt! l cannot divide it into syalbles, it being
but a monosyl liable, therefore l must divide it
into letters which find to be four-M A L T..
M, my beloved, is moral-A, is allegorical-L,
is literal-T, is theological.
"Firts. The moral teacheth such as you
drunkards good manners; therefore, NJ, my
masters, A, all ofyou-L, leave Oft, tipling.
"Second. The allegorical is, when one thing
is spoken, is Malt the thing meant-the all of
Malt :? which you rusticks make NJ, your masters
"A, your APPAREL, your liberty-T, your
trusts.
s'Third. The theological is according to the
effects it works, which are two kinds; the first,
this world-the second, the world to come The
effects it works in this world are, in some NJ,
murder-in others, A, adultery-in all, L, loose
ness of life-and particularly IN some, 7, treason
In the world to come the effects of it are: NJ,
misery-A, anguish, lamentation-T, tor
ment, and thus much for my text, Malt.
"Infer First. As words of exhortation; NJ
my masters-A, all of you'll, leave Oft,
tipling.
s'Second. A word for conviction; NJ, my
masters, A, all of you'll, look fort, torment.
Third. A word for caution, take this: A
drunkard is the annoyance of modesty-the
spoiler of civility, the destroyer of reason, the
brewers agent, ale wife's benefactor, the wife's
scott, walking swill tub, picture of a beast,
q monster of o man."
The young 'uns it is supposed, left.