Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-01-19
EDGEFIELD S. G, JANUARY 19, 1859.
UNCLE BENJaMIN'S SERMON.

A correspondent of the Boston Post furnisEe
the following, which he calls "Uncle Denjamn'
Sermon" and which, he remarks, contains
many wholesome truths"
UNCLE BENJAMIN's SERMoN.-Not many hour:
ago I heard Uncle Benjamin discussing th
matter to his son, who was complaining o
pressure.
"Rely upon it, Sammy" said the old man
as he leaned upon his staff, with his gray lock:
flowing in the breeze Of May morning; "mur
muring pays no bills" have been an observer
at times these fifty years, and never saw {
man helped out Of hole by cursins his horses
lie as quiet as you can, for nothing will grow
under moving harrow, and discomfort harrowS
the mind Matters are bad, acknowledge
but no ulcer is any better for lingering. Tho
moro you eroan the poorer you are.
Repining at losses is only putting pepper into
sore eye. Crops will fail in all soils, and We
maybe thankful that We have not a famine
Besides, l always took notice that whencveg
felt the rod pretty sInartly, it was as much as
to say, Here is something which you have got
to learn" "Sammy, don't forget that your
schooling is not over yet, though you hare
vile and two children"
"Aye," cried Sammy, "0you may say that,
and two apprentices into the bargain, and
should like 10 know what a poor man can learn
here, when the greatest scholars and lawyers
are ut locgcrhcads and can't for their lives tell
what has become Of the hard money"
"Sofly, Sammy, am older than you; have
not got these hairs and this crooked back with
out some burdens. could tell you stories oi
the days of continental money, when my grand
father used to stuff sulky-box with bills to
pay for u yearling, Or a wheat fan, and when the
women used tlorl's for pins laid their trepots
away in the garrett You wish TO know what
YOU can learn? You MAY learn these seven
things.
"F;rst; that you have saved too little and
spent top much. | never taught You to be a
mi. CT, but have sSen you give your dollar !or
I" nu,hin," WHEN you might have laid one-half
aside for charity and onc-llalC for a rainy day.
Second that YOU have gone too much upon
credit. always told you credit wa5 shadow
there is substance behind, which casts the
shadow but small body may cast q larger
shadow, and no wise man will follow tue shadow
any further than he can see tho substance, You
may row learn that you have followed Il shadow,
and been dccuycd into bog.
Thirdly; that you have gone into too much
haste To he rich. Slow anti easy wiaS the race.
Fuurthly; that no course Of life can bc de-
pended upon as always prosperous. am alrail
the Younger race o working men in America
have Il notion that loho'ly will 60 to ruin this
si,le Of the water. Providence has greatly
blessed us, and we have become presumptnous.
Fiilhly; that yon have hot been thankful
enough to Gul for his benefits in past times.
SlXthy; that you may he thankful our lot is
not worse " iftitIt Have lahe, or pcsti-
lence, or wars, or tyranny, or all together.
And lastly, to end my sermon, You may learn
to offer with more understanding, the prayer OF
your infancy, "Giveus this day our daily bread. }
The old man ceased, and Sammy put on his
apron, and told Dick to blow away on the forge
bellows.