Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-02-28
Selertrd sflisrellanp
Dow Jr.'s Last Sermon.

We find in Tie Coda. Fra. (San Francisco }
the LAST Of the patent sermons. by The late E.
c. PAIGE. II viii be read with a feeling of sad
interest by those who knew the unhappy au-
thor
Ny HEARERs u shall preach to a plain,
. coWmon-scuse kind Of discourse Unlike the
cahIHtt-n.aker. who 50 smoothes. l'olishes stains
and ,arnI-lses his articles that Ii Is difficult to
f tell v LAT kind OF wood they are composed Of
shall lie So plain IL prosody, and simple in syn
/ tax. that You can hardly help understanding
What l uean to say.
{ To commence: That there IS a Wild and un-
iaTneallc lust fur every lnrkirg ~ the breast at
man 10 punish his ucighhur's shame. j. as cor
rect a d calculation for an eclipse Why Is il
TINT we. like flies which take pains 20 hight
uTon ones sore. sins OF brother in blood. Is
more dian can nationally explain bui true 1t
Is. We all have al itching thuswird and no
physical nor external application can allay il.
Let an Individual, III the humble walks Of lite,
who makes no pfeteusiou. do a. uucu!nmonly
praise worthy decd, and the report of 1t dies
Ike aH echo NJ on a sand-lIlI. Then let him
ayrIdcutally tread upon little violet blossom
ing from tie garland Of virtue. and it IS trump
cted abroad 10 hI~ everlasting disgrace. His
utdiscrcstuess may II first be only known 10
uue-aud he q "treud - but this .'fgiend" has
M common with us all. devil with him. the
same the mellow and fairest- looking apple
has worm At its core. lie alone Knowing Of
the mI>~fvp ot his intimate feels IN duty bound
To keep II a secret but at the same time is al
h.Cted with irresistible inclination to tell Il
tu Some one. He tells 1t "coufidtutially" 10 hIs
/ nearest hIcuG-HE tells IL cuutidcutIally to an
cqualntauce-he TO a fourth. and finally il be-
comes a. public the duiuES of Congress
hcse confidential dams no more stop The
SfTtam uf scandal, VIXEN It las once broken
l,Hlse irum It> fountain head than Il bear trap
can catch tie measles.
NJ friends At l. Impossible for you To know
at the moment, huw your rcputatIouS are being
unialelrd h4 Mr.. Meddlesnme. Mrs. Chatter
box AID All>, IIflletattie. ! ou are not aware
Al fist. Aew badly Your backs are bitten by
tlc~s t4,CG-~Urh hrl~-s.li.;.J dizcIs Llou the
-eod iauy~ AZ otLcte hut wien li;ue cause.
The wul.i.l- hey utllcJ tu tester you begin tu
ise sore u.de,d. and arr ready tn cxclaln:
"Gh tle -!aUdercg's touah is 40 ally as pnI-
s.ti.'.- tu ones soul - tGe fang ct a serpent tu
yic flesh. Tie reason Why yuu glory IN puh-
li~hIlg Your ueIELhuT'~ shame l. ~ plain Ia ne
- the g:rb If a ltuakcrc-~. Yuu know that ou
are al IdI"trd tn error, sIu and folly and CON
+ --QUeuiIy yuu are aiUavS uu the lockout 10
disco, e. dIs-Iaccs thai viii outweigh yuur n.
HheH YOU find such. you u>e Your utmost
crtIuus 10 increase the cuurunty in order that
contrast may a.d your own WickedueSs 70
cape Uuuotccd- Iiu. u won I answer " Is very
much hike lot circulating The report that kettle
j. covered y it'll crock.
Ny Leaiers vou have no right 20 tear a man ;
character tu pieces ior The sake Of patch
. ing Ul1 Your own ratfes,d igoweers of morality :
and sou lave uo business u know what lie docs
privately, ii lie does not publicly set permit
clot5S example. Some vf or 90 10 the theatres
. 10 hiss. asid crhal~ to drve Cuod actor from
tie ~ta-c. f,c2f~c he l. given 20 certain Eumo-
rshiIes. Tbs Shouldn't he-yuu should look
alone to the actor. and forget Tie man. You
ei@.t tile pace II he utcttniucc-pcrhallS
an.. -ct-md. # the performer ''acl Wen hs
rarl. you uu-,al tH give lam just Uuo! APP
iitr~e ass ttuu-h ic vele pure a. y~tal and
cia~tt - ut'--t,..lou SNOW 50 my flIcuds II
~itol.id tc with r-Eafd 10 the par~,n If Your
Fari~h. II le gives You good advice from the
pulpit. tucarracy the cjil~'ian in lis Iiuus ca
ree~.- VAN s.iucrs 10 repentance. and point out
tht aaugt that hcSyt thr path Of the trans
grtS~aI-lf he goes ahnut doing Eood-cOunfurt-
ing the vr:sN and the orTl au ia the.- sorrows
+ -yI>ItIi- d e SICK. and eudravurs To alleviate
the sutf,uue~ and ghreu tie burdens Of the
heavy laden and weary-cuters the house of
adversely and ca.r's the suuls troubled waters
f wish a penny worth of The oil of peacc-gIves
hopes aud consolation to him who i about to
set SAIL urou the ocean of eternity acCufnpa-
uies hIm 10 tic dock OF death shakes hands.
nud sees him safely "ff. with ardent wishes for
has eternal weifare-1 say, my friends If your
psrsun doe all these things. II Is none of your
business 81 he takes an occasional glass of bran
DIV and water behind his own door. If Betty,
the servant maid should hsppen Ia discover n.
aud with the air uf scandal -mongers circulate
/. through the parieh-you make a fuss about IT.
aud discharge bin from The ministry. Now.
what Is the consequence Why the poor
rliu. not conscious ot single fault but pierced
to the hear; with the arrow, of public opinion
takes 10 the bottle 10 drown his griel--nut re-
morse. fa- he has done nothing 10 he ashamed
of-aud feels Lis way IN f''E to the tomb a.
fasf aS he cau-ani YoU are the raurderers of
tins uul-rrunatc mlD Truly. all his virtuous
actions wee born hui ~ de Tor the want OF that
r,-,r#.r-I1r. and which foolish and
iIEgardly community was known 70 afford.
Ny hearers You apt 10 aunifliate good
and vIrtuuu, reputation. merely hecau~e you
fancy you can discover 4 small STAIN uIon 1t.
which. after all generally amounts t. 40 more
than fiv-Speck upon a clean ta.,Ie-clofh- This
i wroue-titcidediv wrong and | hope that.
by rejecting upon this subject. YOU wall ''eeome
convinced of tile fact, and for the future behave
better, grow wiser. and become happier So
mote il be