Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-05-24
Uncle Benjamin's Sermon.

silver stripes.
Uncle Benjamin's Sermon.
A correspondent Of the Boston Post
furnishes the following, which he calls
Uncle Benjamln's Sermon, and whCh,he
remarks contains many wholesome truths:
UNCLE BENJAMlN'S SERMoN.--Not ma
ny hours ago heard Uncle Benjamin
discussing This matter with his son, who
was complaining Of pressure.
rely upon 1t, Sammy said the old
man, as he leaned upon his staff, with his
grey locks flowing in the breeze OF May
morning, "mnrmuring pays no bills. |
have been an observer many times, these
fifty years, and never saw a man helped
out of hole by swearing at his horses.
BE as quiet as you can, for nothing will
grow under moving harrow, and Glscon-
tent harruws the mind. Matters are bad,
( | acknowledge, but no ulcer is any better
!or lingering. The more you groan, The
poorer you are.
"RrpIuiug at losses is only putting
pepper into sore eye. Crops will fail
in all soils, and we may he thankful that
we have nola famine, Besides, always
took notice Iha! whenever felt the rod
pretty smartIy, ii was as much as to say,
Here is something which You have got to
learn. Sammy, don't forget that your
schooling is not over yet, though you
have wlle and Two children"
"Aye,' crleA Sammy, "you may say
that, and molher-ln,Iaw and two apPren-
uces into the bargain. and should like
To know what poor man can learn here,
when The greatest scholars and lawyers
are at loggerheads, and cant orIhcir lives
tell what has become of The hard mon
ey."
"SoflIy, Sammy, am older than you;
! | have rot got these grey haIrs and lhI>
crooked back without some burdens. |
could tell you stories Of the days of Con.
nnentaI money,when my grandfather used
TO stuff a sulkey.bnX with bills 10 pay Tor
yearliug, or heat-fan, and when the
women used lhorns for pins, and laid
their leapots away in rhe garrett You
wish to know what you can learn ? lon
may learn these seven things:
"FGs,--Ihat you have saved too IlltIr
and spent too much. | never taught yon
to be a miser, but have seen you give
your dollar for norhn', when you might
have laid one-haIf aside for charity, anu
ne.haIG for rainy day.
-;
much upon credit. always told you
credit was a shadow; !here is substance
behind, which casts the shadow. and no
wise man will follow the shadow any fur
rher than he can see the substance. You
may now learn that you have followed
shadow and been decoyed into a bog.
"ThirdIy--That you have been in too
much haste 10 be rich. Slow and easy
wins the race.
"FoLrlhIv--That no course of life can
be depended upon as always prosperous.
am afraid the younger race Of working
men in America have a notion that nobO-
dv w - side Of the water.
M Mg~ blessed us, and we
~~2re;umPtnous.
FitIdy--rhat you have not been
~@8SfuI enough 10 God FOR his benefits
in past times.
"SlxIhIy-That yon may be thankful
our lot is not worse. We might have
famine, or peslience, or war, or tyranny,
or all together.
"And lastly, and TO end my sermon,
YOU nav learn to offer with more under
sanding, the prayer Of your infancy,
Gre us this day our daily bread. >"
The old mar ceased. and Sammy put
on his apron, and told Dick to blow
away on the forge-bcllows.
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