The weekly Placer herald., 1854-03-04
For the Placer Herald.
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By Deacon TrMfaitss GrimVisage,
AV ARICE.

the aged understand Judgment
Therefore, said hearken unto me, also
will shew my opinion JoB C. xxx11 v9, 10.
BRETHREN-You have allowed your
cupidity to so far over power your piety,
as to starve out the shepherd who has
hitherto had charge Of the flock, in this
part of the moral vineyard. And you
ought to be ashamed of it. You must not
forget that though God calls the preacher
to his task, He also intended him to be
fed, and that He made you and endowed
you with health and strength wherewith to
labor and thereby give, in return for the
moral fodder received from the lips of the
shepherd, sufficient supply of substantial
grub, to sustain him and his little ones.
This you have failed to do. You on
the contrary have said to the fine gold,
'thou art my confidence" and to the big
Jumps, "abde in my pocket for of such
do | make my pile"
Now we had a good and a klndhearted
parson, man whose words were a scOurge
to the wicked, and as honey to the bruised
spirits, one who Iabored increasingly to
reclaim lost and erring sinners. With
him and his family it was sweet to com
mune. Him and his little ones, you starv
ed nigh unto death, so that he was fain
to make tracks from these diggings. "No
more will you start at the sound of the
church going BELL" no more will you set
under the dropings Of his sanctuary and
receive that consolation and advice so es-
sentia to your wicked souls. You can't
spludge any more on Sundays, your two
story hats, white shirts and standing col
lars are of little use to you. You may
ever hang them up with the "fiddle and
the bow'' Surely the "Sewing Society"
hath sustained great loss-lt hath lost
its sheet anchor-yea the right bower
thereof hath gone. Now dear brethren,
in order that the grace of God may not
enirely depart from among us-ln order
that the christian Juice of your souls may
not entirely dry up, |, even !, Iruefalth
Grimvisage, have taken upon myself to
minister to your spiritual wants. There
fore say "Hearken unto me also will
shew my opinion," and though unbelev-
erS may scott and revile me land may say
unto YOU, "who is Deacon Grlmvsage?
that his opinion is worth shucks." Then
brethren it will become you to answer
and say, "Great men are not a',rays acise;
neither do the aged under acknowledgements"
listen to his wordS-verlly the Deacon IS
pumpkins
Moreover brethren, should come down
on YOU like thousand of brick, on ac
count of your sinful back>lidingS, S,-should
perchance touch you on the raw, do not
you bat out ike calves, but turn to and
prove your sincerity by your upright
daily walk, and your many good works
The subject of this weeks discussion is
"Avarice,'' a sin that comes home to the
consciences of many of you, else you
would not have treated the parson so
shabby. Now avarice is one of the low
est and most servile passion that can pos
sess the human heart. There is no doubt
but the Devil manufactured it. 1t rem
ders callOus all the better sentiments of
the soul, dries up the fountain of those
noble emotions that are an honor to our
nature, smott erS conscience, and debases
reason. Job tells us ''it is an lnqulty to
be punished by the judge" and equva-
lent to ''denying the God that Is above"
We must acknow edge that the deceased
was sufficiently experienced in poverty to
show him the necessity of money. From
all accounts he was quite millionaire, but
the Lord gave him unto the hands of
Satan, who in single day, stri ped him
of his last dime, besides lnt1Ictlng divers
other annoyances upon him.
And although Job was a little excited
at the start, tore his blanket into ribbons
and shaved his head as bald as the palm
of yonr hand, yet he soon came to reason
and said he didn't care a fig for his best
pantaloons, naked he came mo the world,
and he could scud under bare poles as
long as any one. This indeed was
christian-and when he was affected with
putrid sores and all kinds of filthy dis
eases, until he became such a nuisance that
his wife advised him to kill himself, he
cut the old lady's prospects OF second
husband short by informing her that she
was decidedly green, and said he was
quite thankful that the stencil was not so
thick, that one might cut it with case
knife, like unto cheese. Brethren don't
expect you to be as good as Job. know
YOU can't come it, But you seem to think
that the getting of gold is the all inpor
tant work of like, and the keeping of it,
life itself This is an error and when too
late you will find it Craze error. True
money is most excellent thing to have
about you, but it is a scandal to the church
to WORSHIP it above your own soul.
Some Of you think as much of this com
mon quicksilver dust, that is not worth
fifteen dollars to the ounce, as JOB would
of flock of goats-and | verify believe
would cry more over the loss of halt
.a ho ,,a,,lJ ;c oil hic Chopp had