Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-03-27
CAROLINA THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH H. 1862

/ ty, bas a population Of about $500, ant
contains, beside the county buildings, sey
eral seminaries of learning and two or thre
churches.
A AFurneral Sermon by a Popish Priest
The following is funeral sermon
preached by Father O'Donivan, Of the par
ish of Brillagh, on the death of judith
Murray, one Of his parishioners:
ssFriends, you a:e all come together Il
assist in performing the last sad cerenon
les for our neighbor, Judith Murray, ant
as l intend to preach funeral sermon
on the occasion, / shall take for my text
Heb. ix. 81: 1T is appointed unto mer
once to die oh and alas this is grea
truth, man is mortal, and all men die, fo
my text says, 1T is appointed unto mer
once to de-
"Adsm is dead, and Noah is dead, wht
Lived nearly one thousand years, for dt ii
appointed unto men once, to die ,Abra
ham, Isaac and Jacob are dead, and St
Paul is dead, and St. Peter himself, the
Prince of the Apostles, is dead, for 1T il
appointed unto all men once to die Anc
we must all die, and what must Isay more
lis not poor Judith Murray dead, and there
she lies (God rest her soul), for 1T is ap
pointed unto all men once TO die
"The fathers tell US, that there was {
man, and there was bear, and there was
q tree, and there was rat; and the beal
pursued the man in order to catch him
but the man, to save his life, climbed W
into the tree; but when he got up and look
ed down, be saw the rat gnawing the roots
of the tree, and the bear waiting below
that when the tree fell he might catch tht
man.
"Now the tree is life, the bear is death
and the rat is sickness, and SO when the
rat (sickness) gnaws through the roots o
the tree Qife) then it falls, and the bea'
DEATH oatched the man, for 1T is appoin
ted unto men once to die
"Bus neighbors, is it not a sac thing for
a poor man to lose his wife, and be alone,
You all knew farmer Daley. Now farmer
Daley, had an old gray mare, and the mare
took break one day and she died, tfor we
must all die. Now the poor old gray horse
used to come into the stable and look about
for the old gray mare, and cry miWe-
hogh, hogh, but there was no gray mare
to answer, for the poor gray mare was dead.
"In like manner, poor Jammy Murray
when he comes home from his work, runs
about the house crying Judy, Judy; but
there is no Judy to answer him, for Judy
is dead, and man and beast must all die. "
Seeing some of his congregation whis'
pering together, he cried, "Hold your
tongues, you that are there: you would
have your talk even in the mass house, if
Cicero himself was preaching. Cans you
be quiet there Sure We know as we'll as
you that Judy Murray was good Catho.
lie, and paid the Priest his dues. Well,
but there is another word in my text. sAnd
after death the judgement And accord
ing to this, we must all appear before the
judgement seat :; and / also shall appear be-
fore Jesus Christ Oh, he, will see me in
the crowd, and will call out, Father O..
Donivan? And shall say, here am [,
Lord. And he will say to me, Father o.
Donivan did I not make you Priest of Bril-
lagh? And will answer, Deed aud you
did Lord, and it was very good of you
And he will further say Father O'Doni,
ivan, did the people come to mass? Aud
1 will say, yes, Lord. All, ye, wretcbes,
ye are always coufessing and nothing the
better for it. Alb, you are talking again,
are you? Shame on you! Can't you hold
your tongues. | believe if St. Peter him-
self was preaching, you would not hold
your tongues
"What, are you going on still On,
then, if you will talk, we'll gather the
groats. ButI must tell you little more
Of the conversation that will pass between
Jesus Christ and me. He will say, Faith,
er O'Donivan, if the people came we'll to
mass, and to confession, did they pay you
your Dues? Now you wretches, you'll be
there, and I'll leave you to answer that
And so, it is appointed once to die and af'
ter death the judgment; and now We'll
gather the groats."
DR.. Adam Clark's MSS. says, "This
relation was given meby the Rev. I. Grear,
NJ. A., who was present at the burial OF
Judith Murray, and heard the sermon"
The last sentence is stroke of rhetoric
worthy of Cicero or Demostheues, and,
no doubt. produced number of extra
greats. Both the name of the Priest and
the Parish are little disguised to prevent
giving offence.-We Wesley Banner.
PLACES ON THE MIss1ssIpp1-"P. W.
A." the correspondent of the Savannah
Republican, gives the following descrip'
ton of places on the Mississippi River:
New Madrid is 165 miles above Mem.
phis, and is situated in bend of the Mis-
sissippi River on the Western or Missouri
side. The.place is protected against flank
movement on the North side by bayou and
on the South by curve of the river, which
sweeps around it to the left. With the
assistance Of our guu-boats, which can run
up the bayou on the right and around the
bend of the river to the left sufficiently neal
to participate in the action, it is thought