The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-12-18
That some gentlem en- swsar,

I,is vulgar. That some gentieme en- swear.
is too true I; but il can never be deemed the
mark Of gentleman for Ii 10 vice CON-
mon TO the yilest characters in the lowest
ranks Of society. II produces the most dis
graceful eqdalisy--it puts the hnnpred, the
learned. the polished, and the delicate, upon
a level with the most ignorant and depras.
ed,
It's profane. Do you believe there is
Gods Have Won heard that he is the high
and lofty One who inhabiteth eternity, he
fire whom angels veil their faces--whose
existence and terrible Majesty even the de.
wills believe, trembling 20, profane sinner.
| hide thyself in the dust, whence thou vast
uriginally taken. Who art thou. impiousy
daring 70 set lily mouth againsl the heavens?
You would not swear in the presence Of the
governor of the state; and will YOU treat the
King. the God ni the while earth. with less
respects Yuu would perhaps refrain from
swearing many hours together. il il were TO
exempt you from sumo temporal loss, or to
procure some temporal gain and do you
treat the commands, The promises, and the
ihreateniags Of the Most High God, as il
they were unworthy Of your notlces The
sovereign command Of the Governor Of the
universe is, Swear not al all. He who said,
I"Thou shalt DO no MURDER" hath also said
j" Thou shalt not take the name of the lord
thy God in saip;' and the awful sanction o.
this command is, !" for the Lord will not
hold him guillless that taketh his name IN
yain;" that il, he will punish him with sig
nal vengeance-he will make him feel tile
thunder Of his irresistible aud destructive
power.
Is the reader alarmedby the terrible sane.
ton Of the precept here cited: lie ha'
reason to be alarmed vet let him not sinh
Into despair. Let tile wicked iorsake hi'
way. and the unrlgh,e0ns man his thoughts
and lei him return unto the Lord, and ht
will have mercy upon hin !; and to our God
for he will abundantiy pardon Isaiah, "
I. "Christ died for tile ungndly." Rom
'. 6. Look, BY faith, for pafdonmg mere,
through his mediation. and thon shalt tint
thai he who had compassion on Peter. vii
have compassion on thee: but il is propei
that. a. thou hast polluted thy life in tim,
past with oalhs and curses, thou shnuldst now
like him, weep bitterly, and repent sincere.
NV.
Hitherto thy tongue has been thy shame
but from this time lei i become tbs glury
Let il be nsed 10 the AoHor of Him nhus,
word SAYS, !" Bless, and curse not and A.
gain, Let no corrupt communication pro
coed nut Of ynur mouth = but that which
is good 10 ne 81 tdifyiag, that il may minis
ter IRA &c to The hearers
Besides these horrld raths. which shock
ever, decent ear, there il vicious habit. TO-
iutged BY many persons, otherwise mnrsl,
and among these etea ladies themselves, II
thou.h,less profananon Of their Maker,
name, on occasions the mnst trivial; a
when they say Good God God fnfbd.
tiud bless ns o LirI, sc. Sc. Such Ian,
slage proceeds from want 81 reverence ioI
the best Of Beings, anI j. a. direct viola,
ttoo Of thar command. Thou shalt not taks
the name Of he Lord thy God in sain,' .
tie most vulgar aud prolage oaths.