Columbia gazette., 1854-05-06

| D. nike nness.
Who hath wo' who hath sorrow: who
| hath contentious who hath babbling
who hath wounds without cause who
hath redness of eyes'
They that tarry long at the wine cup,
they that 60 to seek mixed wine.
Look not upon the wine when it is
red, when it giveth its color in the cup,
when it moveth itself Alright
At last it biteth like serpent and
stingeth like an adder.
For the drunkard and glutton shall
come to poverty and drowsiness shall
clothe a man in rags.
PROVERBS soMEwHEREs.
My CHRISTIAN FRIENDs:-When I
wrote my last sermon, [ thought I was
to be The only worker in the field; but 1
find that one worthy to be teacher in
Israel has come among us; yea, one whose
brogans I am not worthy to polish. This
is wel, and now do you sec that he re-
ceives at least enough bread and butter
| to keep up a friendly relationship be-
tween soul and body.
1t is also good that should continue
| to cxhort you to abstenance from the
many evils by which you are surround
ed, for be assured there is enough devil
mcnt going forward in this community to
keep US both hard at work at the bel
lows and employ striker into the bar
gain. The subject of this weeks dis
course is crying evil among us,-evil
that has prevailed ever since you came
to California.
There was some palliation for it in
40 when you had no women, houses,
churches or jails, but to continue this
outrage upon d cency and your own ma
turc when you're all right in regard to
those matters, is great scandal and
wrong. Many Of you, have good wives
and hclplcs children in the States de-
pendent upon your exertions, and who
| if at home would as soon be caught with
a sheep on you back as tight,-make a
business of carrying a brick about you
quite too often.
Many of you. were young men of
promise at home, your blessed old moth
ers dotted on you, and it they yet live,
are no doubt this day in the fondness of
their silly hearts, prattling Of their be-
| loved son that "went over to the Cali
fornias, to seek his fortune" They re.
count how you kicked and yelled at
having your face washed when baby;
how you fell into the washtub at the ear
ly age of three years, and how you pick
cd yourself out of the fire when you
were not yet FIVE, and such like eviden-
ces of precocity in youth. You are the
apple of her eye,-but how sadly she is
deceived and sucked in.
Here you are nearly as bad as the
lawyers and doctors, or member of the
Legislature getting on bust every once
in a while.
| Brethren you may think it very fine
to be classed with such characters, but
mark the consequences: CAT last it bi.
teth like mad-dog and stingeth like q
bumble-bee;" at last ''you shall come to
poverty and drowsiness shall clothe you
in rags" Then indeed you will be able
to say, "who hath wo? who hath sorrow:
who hath babbling' who hath wounds
without cause ? who hath eyes bound
with red ferritin?" Yea, verify, here is
the answer ready at -"They that
tarry at the wine cup, they that go tc
seek mixed wine," thereby having di.
rect allusion to brandy smashes, cir
sings, and rum punches.
4 1t is true I find some authority in the
good Book for taking tod once in 8
while, but on careful perusal, find i
does not apply to any Of you, my breth
. ren
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