Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-28

Before ne had chance TO make i daS
upon the fish, Mrs. Partington hal dashe
Il tumbler of water into his face to restor
him to consciousness" 1t made him cate
his breath for moment but he didn't SIM
any more at the table; though the Opera
fever still follows him elsewhere. She i
very uneasy about him.
SWEARING.
':ui all Inc na,lseous, complicated crimes,
Ttal both nfest and atismatisc tho times,
There's none that can withimpious oaths compare
Where vice and folly have an equal share
IT is not our purpose to write homily on thi!
subject but simply to call attention in few
plain remarks, to widespread and porniciou:
evil Swearing, like drinking, il confined to nc
one class, or condition of society. The young
and The old, persons Of both scxes-the rich and
the poor the learned and the ignorant, the bond
and the Free are more or less guilty of the prac
tice. Should the eye Of profanc swearer light
upon these linos we respectfully ask him to
pause moment amd seriously ponder the fol,
lowing consideration.
pruc.ne swearing Is forbidden ly G,d.-
Swear not all. This command is positive as
muck so as any prccert of the Dccalosue; and
for thc violation Of which YOU are as responsible
rs YOU would BE- for theft. For He who said,
Thou shalt It'll a:Gal," has also said, Swear
not at al" If, therefore, YOU have any regard
for vour Maker desist trcin the practice Of pro-
E.me swearing.
Consider. that It is useless practise. Wchave
henr'l men justify tho use Of strong drink on the
grounds Of its utlity-thcy tells us, it warns
them in winter and cools them in summcr; and
they are firmly persuaded that ill lhis is so
But who eTcr heard i just. or even sensible
plea for IN oath? who will pretend To say that
the use Of profanc language is profitable iu any
way? Tic swnArrr hims"lf kno,rs that it is not.
1t makes him neither wisci, Nor rirlsi pGr more
respectable. Il increases III no degree his intlu'
cmcc; and it is very far from Recommending him
to thu favorable notice and rcgard Of the good
and upright. Besides all tjis, it is n well known
fact. that. but little coaGlq1co il placed in the
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ha,d oath. His veraeity is mott commonly
suspected by men of strict integrity; and if be-
lrvrl at a!I, it is because whathe states isknown
to be true, Independently IF his testimony In
short not one single advantage can be shcwn to
result from the rracticc-why, them persist in it,
Consider too, that ii is no mark Of a gentle.
man 10 Srrnr. We do not say, TINT he who
swears, is no gcntleman-wc leave others to de-
tcrminc this-5ut we do aay, that, profnne swear
ing is no mark Of good breeding--of gentleman
lv character What are the fhcts of the case?
Whv, 'thc most worthless and vile" the refuge
of mankind, and the trunkarl sweax as well as
the best dressed and educated gentleman. "Ana
it is we'll known fact that, common suilors,
who are looked upon as among the most dc@ra'
del in morals are also among the most finished
in "the art of cursing.'' 1t requires no particu.
lar slnartness--no special intellectual endow-
mcnts, to acquire proficiency in this ari. The
bascst and mranest of mankind swear with a.;
much tact and skill. as the most refined. 10
say the least, then, the common swearer can. on
this account, lay no claim to being gentleman
the practice aids nothing to his rcspectabili'y.
But the most wcighty consideration against
swearing is, that God will not hold you guiltlcsS.
One of the ten commandments is specially III
rccted against this practice =" Thou shalt not
take 3hc name of the Lord. thy God in vain"
No man so frsqucutl,v. and so wantonlyy, takes
the naine of God in van rs the proi;lne Swcarer.
He lever uses it, but with rrolanc lips. He nev.
er .i.s il, but in invoking imrrecatons either on
his own head, or on others. For such wanton,
impious Use Of his name-a name before which
all holy intclligences PROSTATE themselves-God
has solemuly declared, that he will not hold the
.swearer gutless ;-"I will not hold him guiltless
that taketh my name in vain'
Awful threatening let the swcarcr seriously
think of it; and let him abandon a practice.
which is not only wholly ml"egffadlc, but which,
if not repentel of, must finally expose him to
the malediction of his offended Maker. d.