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Calling Things by Right Names.

Augustus Hare. in n sermon entitled,
"Thc Foolish Mork"rS." from the text,
''FoolS make mock of SIM" saws there is Il
knocking SIM in other ways Than is gencr-
ally supposed. His own words are, "Whcn
any Of us employ any of those little winning
phrases, under which people are SO fond of
Disgusting broad and open crimes, when we
use any Of these genlirr names for sins,
which the world has cnnningly substituted
for the p!ainncss OF Christian language. are
we not ourselves guilty Of something Ike
the same offence? This is matter which
people ought 10 consider more seriously
than they do. seeing that names 90 SO far
in governing the world. If lie were al.
ways called n lie AMI ROLLING else, if who're
dom and adultery were always called whore
dom and adultery and nothing else we
would have much fewer liars, fewer thieves,
fewer whnrcs and alul,crers, than are now
seen walking about. liling up their heads
without Shame in light of the sun. For in
that case the sin would be ever set before
us in It's naked hidcousness and horror: and
the imagination and the conscience would
Start from sight SO frightfnl and revolving.
But wrap up the same crime in a soft, un.
meaning phrase, so That the ear shall not be
shocked, nor the conscience scared, call lie
a story or fib, and they who are tempted,
too readily fancy there can be no great
harm in that of which the world speaks so
mildly and iniulgenlly"
We agree most heartily with the above
extract. Yet we fear we do not always
practice it. We doubt whether we should
have had the boltlncss to write the above
ourselves. But having been preached in a
parish church in England, we publish it.,
and believe it to he true. We make light
Of sin, when we call sin by light names. OF
a man who is guilty Of every vleness under
heaven such rs would send him to the pcni-
Tertiary, we say, "he is dssipatrd :" Of a
man who makes n beast Of himself bv drunk
enncss. we say he is "tieht." or "fresh." or
something of the kind We find the follow.
ing in one Of our English papers, bearing on
this:
"At the late Stafford Assizcs, one of the
witnesses having said, The prisoner was
fresh !. e. drunk. Baron Bramwel exclaim.
ed, "Why do you use such respectable,
agreeable word as fresh to describe sucl,
beastIy habitas drunkenncss3 1t would be
better to say stale, or sinking, or filthy.
than s,irl, n word as "fresh.'"
We believe the habit Of calling sins by
their right names, would do something TO
stop sill. At any rate Christians should
initiate the Word of God, in its directness
and holiness, when called upon to express
an opinion.-,Southern CAurchman ,
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Mr.. BALLAST BE OFFERED A JUDGE
sHIP.-A letter writer from Washington
under recent date says: 1T is whispered
that Mr.. Dallas will probably be offered the
federal jndgeship made vacant by bessdeab
of Judge Kane, Of Philadelphia. This
course will, perhaps, make his ; recall from
The English mission acceptable to him. The
former relations between that gentleman and
President Buchanan have: been somewhat
Of rivalry, and doubtless tue latter has asdsl-
cacy, with respect to the recall WHICH the
opportunity 10 tender this sappointn tneht does
away witb."- COLUMBUS Sun. u.
| Mas. PAnT1SGroN ON THE SEpoYs.-- AS
,tsuaI,Mrs. p. was seated IN her easy Schair,
l.medtntina on the chain ofeyents whiclIke
Ehadjust finished reading to her from the pa
pers Of the day, when voluntarily an :effnsion
Ebroke forth fron.he fruitful brain, ,ssihe & ef;
fect of an over sensitiye tenpersmep sas she
fexclaimed, sOh J, Ike, those liorrid ssa boysg
Ials aysthonght ttlat;if my a Ike should ever
kinclinast 70 be sea boy: Iywobld ther :sSe
I him di OH they are se beastIyss they
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