Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-02
The Process or me Keae,
snoRr EATgNr SERMON ~ DOW. JR.

The Process or the Kes,rs il !.
SHORT rATsNr SERMON Bx DOW. IN.
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How The fou5 sessions Iii four ios'ss app psat,,
I nv HnxREns; / shall preach 70 you
upon this ocrasion ia a laconic etyle--well i
6lled with meaning. or replete with moth
.ingness-whicheyer you may ,ch0ose,-,
You are abont to perform another annual
round in your mortal existence---or rather
take another hitch towards the DARK. silent
Valley Of Death cwhere beggar and king,
friend and Zoe, lie down as costly together
as couplesof dead foxes. Don't be too
sure of not slipping up; and receiving a
fatal fall before you reach the milestone |
upon whichis written, January ], 1858. y.
Be careful what road you take. Consider
also well which, is the better mode Of tray
cling. Putting boiler in your stomachs,
and raising the steam with alcohol, is a
very unpleasant and dangerous way Of get
ting along You are liable to run off the
track. and do irreparable damage to your
regulations ifnot to your carcasses. Be-
cause why-Reason is not your engineer.
If you straddle the high mettled mare OF
Fancy, she may kick up her heels before
YOU know it, and pitch you head long into
the dust Of sober reality. There is much
beautiful scenery on the road that leads
| from this year 70 the next. To see, ap-
] preciate, and admire il all, / advise you 10
perform the journey on foot. Take the
staff Of hope in your hand--have your
knapsack well filed with faith and forti-
I |tude. The latter article is a. first-ratel
lunder-shirt when blow the cold winds OF
adversity. Puta plenty OF the bread anc
I cheese of charity IN your peckets--be
economical in your expense---and keep
scratching the gravel as industiiousty as
an old hen with family Of fourteen chick
ems. You will go slow at the fastest; but
then you will have chance to behold the
} beauties of the ever changing landscape.
and thus far experience The pleasures OF
life's pilgrimage. know, however, that
you will not all take the same road: nor
I trot along with the same Jog. s. me will
20 one way, and some another. Some
: win wander far away from the paths OF
propriety-lamble through the woods in
search of the wild flowers of pleasure,
which are fascinating to the eye, but. as
, wanting in fragrance as the blossoms that
. bloom upon the bonnets Of our city bellies.
: Some will take long cuts--some short cuts
, some cut across lots, and find them
; selves at last where it is impossible for
: them to be found. My friends, how many
: do you suppose of those around us--say
i take the whole human live stock OF Go
a tham-will lack the wind to hold out til
n the first of January nextl More perhaps,
!, than you imagine. Ere single month
Q shall have rolled over you, hundreds oi
:, your fellow citizens will have fallen by
n the wayside. Many and many, who nov
: fancy that they have got good foohold
7 and have physical and mental strengt to
e hold out for a twelyemonth, will be com
e PEELED to lay themselves down to die, just
a as the buds oegin opening and the birdi
commence singing. It's rathe: hard, bu
! it can't be helped, as the old maid Gan &C
y quaintauce of mine) remarked when
!, told her that young men generally pre-
! ferred external attractiont to intrinsic worth
y My worthy friendsl To come littl
~ closer to my text, the four seasons Of thl
wear are as emblematical of human life, il
u its different stages, as any picturs tina
y ! could possibly be painted by the pencil Q
. Nature. Spring, with her young bud
u and opening blossoms, is emblematical Q
=, !, youth-when the jessamines, violets, ant
~ other flowers of Joy and happiness sprinl
" Iup5 As suddenly from the warm, rich so
.. of the heart as toadstools after an Apr
~ shower. Summer, with her green leave
70 and thick foliage, is fair representation
. OF manhood = when man is in the ful
- prime, vigor and vitality of being, II
" y; inds the loveliest of flowers surrsundin
~ him wherever he strays; bu. no new one
a. starting to bloom in the garden of Hope
It's midsummer with him, and he mus
A make up his mind to soon fade, as fade
ed the most beautifuiest (as my friend Shak'
,n peare would say of American calic'
40 when dipped in tub Of hot soapsuds.--
d. Autumn is capital counterfeit, if not
on true counterpart, of age. His grey hail
lie, and frosted whiskers plainly tell To his col
o. temporaries--the men of years-that Il
,is roses in life's wreath are fast witherin!
IT. and that nothing save the sun of immo
ms tality can renew their former briehtne
by and beauty. Winter whispers of dea
.es and the tomb. The snow fakes that
he lightly fall, like feathers, upon the grav
9 Iof our kindred, remind us of the sno'
that gently descend upon the already hoa
ng head Of extreme old age. But the. o
ne man soon dies, and goes to his long hom
f about which we living mortals know
'ur more than caterpillar does of its futu
'ou butterfly existence,
Yep My dear friendsl "a rew-ysarfis is nc
6t before you; make the most and the best
it you can So mote it be.
- The Origin Of the Word Bogus
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