The weekly Placer herald., 1854-06-10
For the Placer Herald.
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1Cor. xiii, i, xii Rom. ID, 10.

dried up, because was hungry; but
have few more words to say upon the
same subject, in which | shall speak of
that kind Of charity, by the practice of
which you will abstain from sending eve
rybody forthwith to hell that don't happen
to be just of your opinion in matters
temporal aud spiritual.
Your respected parson has in the course
of his life seen great deal Of this sort of
uncharitableness Yes, my brethren,
have visited churches of all denomina-
tions and have received free ticket
through to hell from about ninety-nine
ont of every one hundred ministers of the
Gospel that | have had the happiness of
listening to. The first one that | was
presented with was by Baptist preacher,
who informed me, that not having been
first immersed head and ears in water on
earth, should certainly receive a warm
bath of birthstone in the lower regions.
Ticket No 2 was from Catholic priest
who because could not make bread half
baked and sour wine look and taste like
flesh and blood banged me over the head
with the anathema naaranthG till | smet
like fourteen gross Of loco-foco matches.
byterian, who found out (God only knows
how that was not one of the elect, and
had therefore been destined Millions otcen-
turtles before my parents were married to
taste the sweets of damnatlOn through all
eternity. He would not give me any
show at all. A Methodist minister in the
north, consigned me to endless woe be-
cause believed in slavery. He scared
me so bad that the next fall | voted for
Matty Van Buren. lthen went south and
another Methodist minister prophesied
gnashing of teeth ad tntinitum because
was an abolitionist Finally brethren,
caved in and went to no church at all and
forthwith the wide gates of hell were
politely opened for my reception by the
whole category of Gods deputies. My
brethren this uncharitable moderation is
as wide as the world, as universal as the
preaching of Gods blessed word, and its
chronology dates back to CAIN who
knocked his brothers brains out in the
heat Of an argument on the subject of
burnt offerings.
These fire and birthstone mongerS, these
dealers IN weeping and walllng, these
eager dispensers of outer darkness, gnash
ing of teeth and endless damnation, pro-
tess to proclaim the will and eXpound the
word, of God whose name is Love, aud
whose "mercy endureth for ever" who
$50 loved man that he sent his only be-
gotten Son to die in his mediation"
Where, my brethren, where do they
look for the foundation and ground work
of this mercifuI creed? Here, my be-
loved disciples, in this same blessed vol
ume! Between the lids of the Bible is
found law by which the Methodist damnS
the Presbyterian, the Presbyterian damns
the Methodist, the Baptist damns the
Mormon, the Mormon dainns al three, and
the Pope of Rome damnS all hands. Yes,
my brethren, zoe are particularly well
damned amongst the lot of them; and if
they all have their say, there wont be left
of all the descendants of Adam, as much
as there was of the Kilkenny cats''-for
the human family were by some oversig ght
born without stails" If charity is the
only ''cloak" our cursing brethren must
appear to the spiritual eye. decidedly
indecent and IN estate of natur."
Ny brethren: it sometimes occurs to
me this universal crOWding and jamming
people into the hottomless pit for opinions
sake is to say the least a very useless
business. When a brother differs with Us
in opinion let us kindly and charitabIy
ascertain if he is sincere in his profession.
and if the words that he utters speak the
honest convictions of the reason with
which the great and wise God has endow-
ed him Let us with him examine and
ponder over the passages of the Holy
Book or the phenomena of nature which
forms the basis OF his creed. If we still
differ, let US remember that the same
Power that created him created us, and
that the great question of wko is in the
right can never be truly solved until
earthly things have passed from our view
ana "thls corrupthie shall have put on
ncorruptibilty = this mortal be clothed
with Immortality"
Finally my brethren let us cast over the
apparent foibles and errors of our fellow
man the broad mantle of charity, join
hands in fellowship, and in peace and
harmony travel down the inclined plane
of life, and when the bright rays of eter-
nifty shall dispel the clouds and darkness
that have obscured our mortal vision. we
will most likely see that we all have erred
Then let us hope that He who alone will
Judge may prove to US more charitable
than we have been toward each other.
So mote it be,
PRAISEGOD STiGGINs.
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