Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1855-11-15
BRIEF DISCOURSE.
By THE CHAPLIN OF TIE DUTCHMAN.
Tert-''Is adversely your lot?
Don't fret

$3.50 - "''NAei'. NpNi ip'
Don't fret
Fortunes wheels keep turning round:
Every spoke will reach the top.
Which ike YOU is going down
Don't frct.''
My BELOVED fLOCK.-As the winds rirpe the
surface of lake or as the aketle s:nceth t. the
fire, these words awake the sentiments of nv a.
oquence. and shake it Ike the contents ofa rhial
of medicine before being TAKEN and thoroughly crn-
bucd with sense offs >ubmtv and truth. arise
before YOU Exc the cedar Of LcanlS 10 urge f. =
brief truths upon your consideration. Nv hearers
there have been useless tears she'd sufficient To
float ark load of elephants, each furnished with
double allowance of trunks: and the fire of amhi-
ton that sumbcrcd in the bosom. has been utterly
extinguished by ripcnng like black smiths forge
in i rain storm, beneath leakv roof! \ worthy
colored member Of my flock an Uncle Tom in fact
exceptin" that he ,rou'd qet drUnk. remarked that
perseverance the IL thu; run machinery best: -
and 1t is true. for ii YOU have an object to accom-
plish. take hold as 4 swapping turtle scizes vel
low-egged buil-fp@: hold fast like an infatuated
bull dog ut the nluzzle of inir;atcd steer. and
never let 90, until YOU have rolled The stone OF
Difficulty to the summit OF the hill of Prosperity.
and can look down upon your former obscuritv ~
Robinson Crusos goats. when browsing upon The
mountains. cast their optics the valley OF Fer
nandez
If You would see perseverance rract;clv illu,tra-
ted. my hearers, YOU have only to watch the mud
swallow boring into Il sand bank. or 4 chin munk y
cavatlng a subteranean passage for ttI osit fuut.
and ii YOU all had the energy OF blic-ta allied spider
your pocket books would burst with their noiic,l
contents, like newly hailed potatoes under the
charge of a skillu cook.
What if YOU are poor? II YOU enjoy health i
not creation YOURS Can man fcttcr the perfume
laden wind. or lock up the crystal >rns that bring
gladncss to all alike Can lie draw 4 veil over
the daZZcing sun. or obscure the lalnbent moon
beams that give light to all? Can he rob ye OF the
happiness good conscience brin1- or OF til. rewal,.
good actions merit? No. never, Toll on and We
shall rise, for 1.-THE Gods help them Who help them
selves; and though they may try Your Patience.
by knocking down the pins YOU lav set zap. with one
hand. remember the reward Is always ready in the
other. It's always darker before dly break AMI
jack donkey ALWAYS looks rousheSt uSt before he
gets his coat of hair: and thus Is fortune tested
Ever is she moving. and if Nou really sighted
by her. if YOU bid her defiance and trust to you,-
self She will iawn on yeu ike whipped spaniel un-
YOU freely the skunk cabbage dsseS il. an
oma upon the air.
Fortune was painted aS n woman TX the ancemt-
and vet il would he a gross libel upon the sex To ia
sttu;e comparison for fortunes tickle. and erera
body knOirs that she ANT! However. INV friends.
you'll find that if YOU defy fortune. she'll smile
reject her, and work with WILL resolved to be Just
and upright. honorable and perseyerinr and your
certain to he rich pig Is to ecome hog. fit
to grow up to maturity. \ on can nonlore b. kept
down by poverty. than Jonah was when he went in
to the abyss of the whales stomach. And may Won
all be prosperous and happy. my hearers. and -
numerous rs the bullrllshcS that nod their heads
the turbid Nile As the willows upon which
the captive Israelites suspended their harIS. And
so belt forever Amen.