The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-12-02
EIARDsKEEH.L SERMON.
TEXT THE HEN SCRATCHES WHERE
SHE EXI11CTS TO FIND A BUG.''

SHE ENIICTs TO FIND 4 HUG
Fellow sisters. brethren, men.
women and children. generally and
particularly speaking. You needn't
hustle any pages for the text. for it
! ain t there. 1t i Il special dispenSa-
ton to your appointed pastor; and lie
j hurts it at you for what it is worth
Where the hen scratches there she ex-
poets to find Il bug. Did you come
| from the race track of the world to pa
rade your = trotting harness" before
! the meek and lowly ? Have you
dropped the dazzling rattles of busi-
/ ness and pleasure to While an Idle hour
away. listening to the Inournfnl mel
! ody that is rung by angel hands from
the sacred liarps that hang forgotten
upon the dropping Willows of norali-
ty? Or are you tuSseling for the al
mighty dollar? Verify ! say unto you,
Where the hea scratches there she ex-
pect, to find Il bug.
NV drowsy hearers, We are lot Of
damaged goods, trying to palm our
selves off upon each other for more
than orr market value; and the old
firm of Time, Death & Co., is doing a
heavy commission business upon our
| stock in trade. I hear the rnaIlet of
II
and solid going, going" and the
next minute down it will come down
upon some of your uncoucious heads.
and we shall be folded up like tents of
the Arabs. and as silently borne away
TO the other side of Jordan, Where the
drygoodS man refraiIis from troubling,
and the grocer has nothing to say,
and the Weary hen ceases from scratch
ing and the precious bug is found. In
the midst of life we are III debt, says
a noble prophet, who was near Kin to
your beloved pastor. Ifany of You
are tempted to tarry in the tavern OF
life, and fail to settle your accounts
with your landlord, may the text rise
up before you like Il fabulous Arabian
hero, only to rest from the rough and
tumble giant, and deter you from that oi
, utter depravity where bunnners lead
tru>tfui hens to scratch up the bug,
they devNlr.
Your undivided attention is further
solicited 10 tie signi1ieation OF the
, text. netapllorically and collectively
il, small Packages to suit the capacity
from the Toy sucking peanuts peace
fully on the corner, TO the hardened
. sinner who talks SO proudly ii
. yoGr pastors presence. And WOO
unto you. young woman, sea-sawins
. up tue lroad aisle with your new bon
) nett and strcamers flynn, for you
fancy liecl1clothS, go on until you sill
, over;, tale of cotton and are left t
drift away over the birthstone sea c
? national disgrace by-Word and jes
that you loved not wisely hut too well
No beloved, | warn you how, If yo
{, manifest symptoms OF such cowardic
as has been LANDED down to you froI
| high places, the biggest pair Of stog
! boots in this congregation will rise II
q in Judgment against You. and hic
y YOU out into the broad road that lead
to everlasting ruin.
\ And finally, Wien you cut o,lt til
4 crust from your brown bread loaf an
: sc1ape the hard beans from the top {
n noon-tide pot. if you c,lt a little belo,
. the crisp for the beggar's and outcast'
4 portion. YOUR conscience and diges
tion viii trouble you less and as yo
), steal out, as some of you viii to-nigf
), where the silvery moon Of memor
hangs over the haUated hills OF. til
past. and bow at some hallowed finger
q post that points the way u broken hear
= TO heaven. may the eternal yerlure @
q the evergreen hope spring up in til
barren spots trod hard by the busy fes
Of the absorbing now, and hrin
Il YOU to the sweetness OF tha
4 peace and tenderness of that love tli;
>. overflows continually in deeds an
words for the elevation Of the rag j;
;, niufiiils who march in the rear, ranl
. ofhunanity !; for the barbarians al
J. not al in the ragged file, but, man
q gem of purest ray serelie, wants bl
If q lifting from the filth TO shine
5 mote it Jpe. Brother Siowf;lst, circl
II late the platter for the root of evil, II,
! til if is all rotted out OF this plac,
For verify say unto you, the he
that scratches here expects to find
o bug. Shell ou..