The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-03-26
reaohings upon Popular Provorba.
hY IMnnE TITcoMn.

Hhhtl ih lhll 10 lHL AAlIhpHlAH laht AtGI-
have won for him a name 60 be almost iedi
aud be- now las place in the hearts u ten
thousand of the young men and young la
dies Of our oounlry, which no other writer or
lecturer has ever dlled,
ile has commenced new series of articles
onihr subject given at the head of this, We
give below an extract Gom he second ser'
mon j
"You have daily 70 do with tIe p''il. and pre-
.tehd ~ be- frightened at mousse
"DW.t wgsure other peoples corn BY year
own bushgl,"
There are men who STALK about the world
gloomy, and srif and seyerf-selfrighleous
embodimeuts Of the misohieyous beresy that
/ the religion Of peace and good will 20 all
mankind-the religion of love and hope and
joy-the religion that halhes ihe unui'ersa'
human soul Ia the lghtof parental love, aud
opens 10 mankind the gates Of Immortality
n religion Of teuor-men guilty Of mis-
representing Christ TO the world, and doing
incaleulable damage 10 his cause, yet vho fnd
Il In them TO rebuko the careless laughter
that bubbles up from O maidens heart that
God has filed with life and gladnes',
This ialldcious estimate Of the respective
qupliles and magniIudes Of sins has snoI only
/ blinded tho reason and hrloolcd the consci-
ence Of the world, but Il has spoiled im Ian
guaRo by parallel processes Of exaggera'
| lion and cmascuatiou. Little words that le-
ultimately represent little have become mon
slrQus words, representing monstrous things
Great sins have pleasant words attached 10
them which serve as masks by which they
find heir way into good society without sus-
pclon. lnLNidual nolions-nd bigger than
a mans hand, at Gut-haye spread 'hem'
selves into oyctshadowing occlcaiaslical dog
mas. Phrases have been invested ly ihe
schools With illegidmale meanings aud de-
/ ccptye sanciity. The age is az age Of words
aud is ruled 10y words rather than things
| and there Il hardly one Of them that has not
shunk from its original garments, or out
grown them. Men pre- saved ~ words and
damned by words Religion rides the nom
inal, aud easuislry the technical and the un'
fortunate wight who docs not get out Of the
way viii be crushed by words or run through
by fatal phrase.
2 The religious newspapers Of the day are
full ofquarels about words-quarrcls igst-
tuted Ia the name Of the Prince Of Peace and
carried on for the benefit Of the Prince Of
Ddrkncss-quarrcls over Uon'csscnual mat
ters Of opinon-quaucls growing out Of RI
,nlrics of sccts--duarrcls fed 10y the fires OF
human passiou-qu quarrels maintained Toy the
pride Of opinion aud 10y the ambition for in
tpllrctuul mastcry-qu whose only ten
dency is To- disgust the world withihc rcligi-
on In whose behalf they are prolcstdly insii'
tuted and to fret aud wound and divide the
followers Of Jesus Christ Yet these same
2 religious papers @ill dcploro the pcrsonJ
} collision Of two drunken Crngressmen In the
streets Of Washington as sad commentary
! on the dcgcgcracy OF the ast, SHd r'urut7zu
soemnly over dog. fight They can lash
? each other with liltle mercy--they can call
each other namts, abuse each others motives,
miseonstrue each others language, criminote
, aud rccriminatc, but faint quite away with
, seeing curt-horso over.whipped or a race
horse over. .lnskcd. They have daily to do
With the devil and pretend to be frightened
at mouse.
q What is true Of the controversial Religious
newspapers is true, ! fear, of n great many
Christian men and'women. They have pet
b. sins|p0odle sius-with silky white hair
, sins held in by social collar and religious
, ibbon--that bark at good honest dogs, OF
t imaginary dogs. although their little eyes are
4 red with the devil that Is in them. As sec
% tarians they are given to slardcr. They
/ speak disparagingly of those who differ with
! them in belief They Judge uncharitably
& those who engage in practices which only
2 their particular dictionary makes diabolical
- They blaekcn a multitude of good deeds ey
Il dipping them into bad motives of their owr
sleeping. Now, il were called upon to de
eide which in my opinion, is the least sinfu
. in itself, aud the least demoraliziag in iu
4, teudency-the traducing Of one Of Christi
4 disciples by another Of Chrisl's disciples, oi
engaging in or Witnessing a horse-race-l
, should turn my back on the traducer, ant
. shake hands with the jockey
know men not Tligious, who bear dbou
i. an exceedingly sensitive idea of honor tina
scorns all littleness and meanness and trick
ery--chivalrous men---rehable mcn--.ner
really of pure lives and honest and honorabl,
= impulses--yet men so warped in their reOsor
and their moral nature that they viii follow
their party leaders through all the treacher
- les, perjuries and indomitablq rascnlities tina
party leaders driven to desperate straits eal
7, invent, who stand squNrely up to the endorse
mcnt Of deceit, injustice, robbery aud murder
who pamper and patronize the7most danger
Gus and brutal elements of society, and wit
give money to be used for party purpose
that they have no reasonable doubt will b
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