Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-04-07
MAMMON.

The DEITY Of the nineteenth century Is III his ten.
rl",tir natI MS do him Reverence! Now, MOI
han ever before in tie hi>tnr, OF the word are the
sAcItcIil tires blazing hiIgltly IN his gildcd itars
They pale the suns glow by day, they make dim the
starry ctlulgence Of the night. Now, more than
ever before do the worshpcrs ,hrong the courts
aud ycstihulcs of his golden tabernacle With plant
Knee aud Mandatory lips. they acknowledge the stu
l'rcnacy # their idol What though j. rhuudrt,d
IN the ran"ns Of llolr Writ, ",c cannot serve & d
and Mammon.' The eloquent fluctuations Of DIVINE
admoniiiun are drowned in the universal cry, for
gold, God hvtS in the heavens, too remote for or.
dinu'y human apprehension. lis lisnation i, To-
work in the hereafter. X~ appreciation j. only the
joy Of morality lit has naught to de- with things
SENSUAL it is spiritual, not material; il Is divine,
not carnal. 1t appeals the soul not to the senses
1t may pour balm upon the wounded spirit it muv
illuminate the dark valley Of DEATH but it furnishes
M" food for the ilrsh-crects no pnlttal muu>ions-
It sinnutIrS no downy couchts-lI ministers not to
human vanity. Such APPRECIATION is Of no avail
such Indignation has no terror Tor the fallen sons II
mrn. Mammon is On earth, "a present. visible Del.
tv,-u Kind aud loving parent To- his clil,lrcn,- MI
idol, tangible to lis lduidturS- u,nrrlan whose
Of the earth, they are filled with gay flowers and
cxhac exotic u Tors. At his tuuch the low b. m Of
til" earth raised to pinnac'cs Of prudcst he, ,ht
the sr"rclngS of the gallows, the dctHcns Of the
hann!s at vllcst iniLmy are transformed into the
vrtuouS aud the honest. hciguuiaut hcc,,nc ,c.
aud the vulgar, refined. Wisdom, and virtue, and
prnbty and the wuIld'S All lausr are the rich gifts
Of this royal wizard uf the world Tlrcarth is his,
and the tullncss thereof Al hail. then To- this ru.
ten'iIl :crrcnc God Let the millions of n,ank md
il down and do Linn homage. What though the
souls worth he rcIill"d, the present. rrVctr with
pleasures, can be enjoyed by his subjects the dread
intnrr looms not ny bCforc the dazz'ct gaze whrh is
tulnrd towards the shining cnuntrnance If Nam.
mon. Alas that gaze cannot ALWAYS thnS he dal
zIcd That future VIII finally force lis dread Cii:.
lines upon the view. then, what them The fair,
d"nlcs, The decorated palaces. The snUptn u> nan.
SONS. the flower h">prrnt gardens. tl.r nnumcrnl
productions Of cultivated luViry the y,ltipiIaEr,w-
EANS If My.l'h al! t>lin. Wi, a, d,,a:l car; aud
IN their stead l." - he -,ri!l ;i,.ll>t,r DEATH
pointing w!t, skeleton :,L:.r 30 tie ,,li,,i.lron>c
IT," dl"w>y, nlu>'a.,v dI,"~l hum # the worlds
applause The du!,ct n"ic> f 81: 81 ir, Laii"n.
the L>clvluuS u.Urmriu-> # the want, II. lI,a>urr
NJ he ncari l." morr hnt in TOM, louder than the
lhundrr> "f the trniAmcil', voice will s,und sui
king terror t" thr souls Of MAnmons wor,hi,ors.
ut'rios the irLiiu! ,nmnnhd "toin" to iuds
mcnt'. OF What AID. IN that G,>rnd, lav. vii hr
Golfers Sized ""vrri"wIrS NuA ihr ",!'>t iu.t m
tI'" bowels If IL" Garth ~li-l hang cast iui, :!lr
crHeIhl" came cut shining tang that f.. l. n!nir
cd aud called God :"
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