Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-10-28
EATON, PREBLE COUNTY, 0 OCT, 2S 1858,
THE swEAIsEss's PRAYERs,
His Oath Explained

THE wEAsEE'S PRAYERS
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, His Oath Explained
: What swearer pray? Yes, whe
ther thou thinkest so or not, each O.
thine oaths is a prayer-an appeal tt
the holy and almighty God, whose name
thou darest SO impiously to take into
thy lips ... l...f.. .....r-
And what is it, thinkest thou, swearer
that thou dost call for, when the awfu
imprecations damn and damnation, roll
SO frequently from thy profane tongue.
j Tremble. sYearer, while. 7 tell ithaaar=-;
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prayest, first, that thou 'mayest beA de
prived of eternal happiness; secondly
that thou mayest be plunged. into eter-
nal misery ,.,1,.,ca,.,., - -
When therefore, thou cailest for
damnation dost thou not, in fact, say as
follows: ,s'Oh God ! thou hast power to
i punish me in hell forever, therefore let
not one of my sins be forgotten! Let
every oath that | have sworn, every lie
that I have told, every Sabbath that l
have broken, and all the sins that 1
have committed, either in thought, word
or deed, rise up in judgement against
me, and eternally condemn mel Let
me never. partake of thy salvation =
Nay my soul and body be deprived of
all happiness both in this world and the
[worla to come. Let me never. enjoy
thy favor and thy friendship, and let me
never enter into the kingdom of ca
ven. -, ,.,,. ~. ~
This I his is the 'frst Of thy prayer. a Let
us hear. the second ..--,..., IL. =,
ooh God let me not only be shut out
Of heaven, but also shut inc up in hell.
May all the members of my body be
tortured with Uncomfortable agony, and
| all the powers of my soul tormcnted
with horror and despair, incxpressible
and eternali Let my dwelling be in
the blackness, and my companions cur
tsed devils! Pour down the hottest an
ger; execute all thy wrath and curse
upon me-! arm and send forth all thy
terrorrs against me; and fierce, thy frey,
thy fearful indignation rest upon me I!
Be mine eternal enemy and pIagne;;-
punish, and torment me in he'll forever,
and ever, and ever ~ '-.t"2H.. - :'i-
Swearers this, is thy prayerI Oh, hor-
rihle horrible most horrible Bias
pheming man! dost thou like thy peti
+ Ition? Art thou dcsirous of eternal tor
The moro oaths the. more misery, and
perhaps, the, sooner thou mayest be IN
hell. Art thou shocked at this Ian
guage? t? Docs it harrow up thy soul :?
Does the very blood run cold in thy
veins? Art thou convinced of the evil
of profane swearing? How many times
hast thou blasphen:el the God of heav-
en-? How many times hast thou asked
God TO damn thee in the course of
year, month, a day; nay, how many
| times in single hour, hast thou called
for damnation? Art thou not yet in
hell? Wonder, O, heavens, and be as
tonished, 0, earth, at the good and .suf-
fering of that God whose great name
| swearing persons so often and so awful
! ly profane Swearer, be thankful that
God has not answered thy prayer, that
his mercy and patience have withheld
the request Of thy polluted lips Never
let him hear another oath from thy un-
hallowcd tongue, least it should be- the
last ex precision upon earth, and the
Swearing. prayer shall be answered; in
hell. Or let thy oaths. be turned into
supplications Repent, and turn to
| Jesus, who died for swearers as we'll as
for is-murderers. And then, oh i7then'
(though thou hayest have sworn as
many oaths as there are stars in, the
heavens, and sands upon the sea shore
innumerable,0 } thou shalt find, to thy
eternal joy, that there is love enough in
his heart, and merit sufficient in his
blood to pardon his sins; and save thy
soul for ever. 10000
Swearer! canst thou ever again bias
pheme such God and Savior as this ?
does not thy conscience cry-God for
bid! Even so. Amen.oI o.II .. =. = -
B%It was hard to catch. 'IOld. Jack
Jones" in place too tight for him, to
slip out. There had been q heavy frost
the night before, and some ofthe know
ling ones prophesied an entire failure Of
8. the wheat crop -rt III. ~,
Il I have got 100 acres, says Old Jack
Il that I'll take S100 for" -.. .......
sDone! I'll give it, and hand you the
money in an hour" said Mitchell.
: Before expiration of the hour ne
gro from the plantation reported the
wheat uninjured, and Mitchell advanced
money in hand. .......
THANK you," said Jones. "Wher
will you take your wheat away?"
"1'ake it away? Why, as soon as it's
ripe" -
''No you don't. You must cut itthi:
week. I want to plow up that field anc
put it in corn"
A traveller, on miserable, lean steed
was hailed by Yankee, who was hoe
ling his punkins by the roadside; 'Hal
g 10 friend where are you bound Il an