Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-12-04
Be- higher which Il can be only By the dis

tress becoming gfeAter.
d 81 He haa1the spirit Of extortion, for L,
: is trying to make rnohey out Of the poor an
| hungry, the sick and starving. If the time
are hard, be wishes them to become harde
still. that he may make yet moro money. =
lie the screws are tight, be wishes to Civ,
them another tArss that he may twist out
greater profit.
4. In k6 present circumstances he is co
Operating With the public enemy; fct The en-
lemy is trying to starve US, and 50 is the With
holder Of corn. And The cherry Is Co oper
ating with him By destroying all the pro
visions within bis reach, thus making corn
still dearer.
S, Such man may be prominent il The
Church. but instead Of . Christian he is :
heather; for be whe NO. only makes money
out Of the sufferings Of his neighbors, bu1
desires his neighbors to sufer..still more tha,
he may gain more, is destitute Of natural
affection" Rom. 1-31.
g. His spirit is such as BELTS IAN enemy
of the human race" For no other can
take pleasure in gains exacted from the dis
tress ofoeuntrymen, kindred and neigh
bors.
| Z. Finally, he is the counterpart Of the
unjust Judge, for he neither fears God nor
llegards man.
It is no wonder, then, if God and the
people alike curse the individual who de-
sires to grow rich upon the restitution 'of
his own people, coming their tears ints gold
and their signs into silver. And whenever
the poor man cries to God for his hungry
child because his neighbor is Withholding
corn. cuIae is registered on high against
the criminals
It is the happiness Of the sermonizer to
know many owners Of corn who do not with
hold it, but sell 1t fair prices. BLESSINGS
shall be upon their heads" Nay, when
their neighbor is not able to pay this price
they take less. aud even give to those who
need. Noble men. humane aud kiud -
1.-The blessing Of him that was ready to
perish comes upon them, aud they cause
the widows heart to sing for joy"
There are now many illustrations Of the
proverb that HE who maketh haste to be
rich shall not be innocent" But ii any
who in their greed Of gain are Withholding
corn should read these lines, beseech them
to ponder Gods solemn Word. Let them
repent now and at once reform, for thus on
y can they escape the curse and enjoy the
blessing.
NorE. -The principle Of the text applies
to all the necessaries Of life, clothing and
fuel as we'll as food. "God is not Knocked, !"
and is it not mockery when those who get
rich out Of public service fancy they can
escape by making contributions parently
large, but in comparison with their gains
paltry, to relieve the distresses on which
they fatten ~ 1t is attempting to bribo God
for permission to serve Mammon. The
time is coming when those who have got
rich by extortion and specializing on the
woes Of their country will be glad to get
rid of all their gains for the privilege Of
holding up their hands and saying, These
hands are clean
Modern Improvement Of Abolitionism.
The Chicago Times Gays:
Aboliticnism should be proud gifts ''mod
ern improvements" upon the Christian
ity taught in the Bible, as well as Of the
improvements" Of similar nature it con-
templates making in the national constitu-
ton. The organ Of this new piety at In
dianapolis says that distinguished min
lister" writes:
| I administered the supper on last Sabbath,
and out off every!butternut in the congrega-
ton from the communion of the church,
There no use in half way measures in these
times"
Of course, the Abolition organ is highly
gratifed at the pious example set by its
distinguished minister And Buffalo
radical journal, quoting the following ex-
tract from prayer by Methodist preach
er 10 Iowa, says lit has vein Of practical
patriotism in it that we like"
.'Oh, Lord we thank Thee for Abe Lin
coin! We thank the for his Proclamation
Of Emancipation = We thank Thee that
Thou didst cuuse otir armies to be defeated
| ut Bethel and Bull Hun, for we deserved
those chsstisements for our national sins
We thank Thee that the cupperheads OF
this comnunity are beginning to skedadd;e:
We thank Thee that some Of them have al
ready skedadledl"
These clergymen, and those of the Hi
nois Methodist Conference. may well con
graduate themselves or theft "improvc.
ments" ofef the old fashioned obsolete re-
ligion taught by Jesus of Nazareth
The Health Of Napo.edd.
A correspondent of the New York Helald,
in speaking Of the late appearance Of Ma
poleon, to witness balloon ascension,
says: