The weekly Placer herald., 1854-04-01
For the Placer Herald.
NH2DN
BY Deacon Trufaith Grimyisage.
BelZebubianiSIll.


There is q generation that curseth their
father. and doth not bless their mother.
There is a generation that are pure in their
own eyes, and yet is not washed from their
flthiness.
There is generation, Q, how lofty are
their eyes, and their eyelids are lifted up
There is a generation whose teeth are as
swords and their jaw teeth as knives. to de
YOUR the poor from off the earth, and the
needy from among n en-.
PROVERBS xxx. H. 12-13- 14th verses.
SINNERS! You thought you were going
to escape me! but no, have stripped for
the fight, and here | am with my ears
pinned back, my head creased, and bile
ing over with wrath.
A much revered brother has said,
"Hel's a coming sinners, stand by to
dodge;" but | warn you, you shall not
doge me,-I'm after you with very sharp
stick, and it's no use to cry quarter, for l
won't let up.
The Devil according to poetic fancy.
was quite a respectable angel, and very
well to do in Heaven, but becoming vain
of his capacity and power, he got too
large for his breeches, bolted the admins
tration, and after quite szeable fight
was kicked out of doors and the key
turned on him.
1t is known to but few, where he went
to, and to this day the exact locality OF his
dominions Is unknown to the oldest and
boldest navigators - unless indeed, Sir
John Franklin may have obtained sight
at his ranch. Like many other outcasts,
he assumed new name, and is now as
familiarly known by the appellaton "Bel-
Zebub,'' as the one he bore when among
the saints His reasons for assuming this
particular cognomen we have never been
enlightened upon, but it has been gener
ally thought euphoniOus, and rather cred
itahle to his taste. Had he been choosing
one in our time, it's more than likely he
would have chosen Howard De Howard,
G.. Washington Stubbs, b. Franklin
Snipes, II. jefferson Podgers, or some
such fashionable name. However, he did
take upon himself the title of Belzebub,
and went forth recruiting. His followers
are called BeIZebubians and they study
under his direction the mystic art of Bel
zebubianisrn.
This art, as one might suppose, is only
practised with safety by the initiated, and
we are credibly informed that they are
able to go about in the very hottest of
places, with all the COO ness of the polar
bear among the SHOWS of the Artic region;
it's only the suckers that get burnt.
Wretched sinner! you are The SUCKER
and there is no doubt but your fate is
fixed. You will never be able to live
comfortably in the sulphureous atmos-
phere of the Devil.
'There is generation that curseth
their fathers and doth not bless their
mothers;" and you are of them. BY your
vicious conduct you drag the old gentle
man down with broken heart to an early
grave, instead of becoming by the prac-
tice of virtue and manly department, the
pride of his heart and the staff of his
second childhood. Many of you are de-
scended from the loins of noble men,
whose escutc heons are resplendent with
heraldc hOnOrs. In your pigmy vanity
you refer to them, and foolishly believe
that your chance birth is a credit to you,
that will offset the debit side of your
filthy character. Had you the sense of ID
goose, you would know that it is but an
other stimulant to gentle bearing and hon
Orable actions, in order to deserve the
name you bear. This is the way to ex-
hibit your pride of family, but by differ
ent course, you curse your father, or what
Is much the same, he curses you. BY no
possibility can you bless your mother,-
but God has made the mothers Love
part of his own,-it is therefore eternal.
Go on! you bear in your bosoms the
crushing conviction that you are utterly
unworthy of it.
"Ihere is a generation that are pure in
their own eyes, and yet is not washed from
their iniquities;" yes, and you are spotted
as belonging to them. You are constantly
holding forth upon your own (supposed)
excellencies. You make boast of your
charities and thereby humble the recip-
lent of your favors, which otherwise
would be credit to you. You destroy