Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-08-04
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have had occasion more than onoo TO oolitmn
this passion, and have rloyen, very conclnsiyely,
think, that there Is nono that auimates the hninan
breast more to be despised or one that works moro
evil.
should feed and iattc thus daily food, not nj
all surptised at but that members Of church, pro-
iessed Christians, II you please Should ,toop 80 low
To indulge this passion TO its fullest extent aud at
tempt to cloud the prospects In life OF those struggling
class such as true Christians; can only ook upon
them as gnsspns hyPocrltes. who are enyious OF the
success OF their neighbors, and who would leave
unturn,d to accomplish their heisi purpose OF
blasting the characters those whohenvY has Promp-
ted them to despise
ngi Of the meek and towfS Jesus. who had other
thoughts than those OF doug good assisting tho needy.
ians6i and Example and preaching ior 3ivenesi to all
vino would diligently and sincerely ssak his graooHsf-
So; lite has told us, also, ID mot b:ar false Wit
hes- !" to Judge not lest W BIZ Judged Tor with
what Judgment ye Judge, ye shall be judged aud
with what measure ys mctc. 1t shall be measured to
YOU again"
"And Why bcnolies, thou the mote that is In thy
brothers eye but e1niderest not the beam that is III
thine own eyer"
Notwithstanding the adnonit.oii that We have on
gence Of this passion ,hc morbid appetite Of ali who
VIII listen A. satisfied 10 It's fullest extent The brenh
aeny INTO e,es rS eSs au S; rs
the puIest vrtGe, and the brightest genius All
posed to Its deadly operations, Envy, the offspring
OF little and corrupGd nndi has always been An a6,
conmSa a. lie indaSefnsse q q iii TIL ph se bn t
called upon, as members OF the social compact to
render ~ every one his or her du1 5iader, like tue
midnight ASSASSIN, steals upon lis Wei uuaw ares;
sometimes comes clothed in the rarb OF friend hip,
and when least expected, the blow desccnds which
robs a human being OF all that "a dear to them IN
hfs-her or his good name. AS Shakespeare says
.whl steals my purse steals trash. ,.,.,,
Twas OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES mine, Tia lis
Aud has been slave to thousands
But he who n!cLes from rue my good paua,
But makes me loor lndeed."
might 60 on elal Grating, and quote not only from
tho writings OF such minds as Shakespeare,
but juld add lie ater lin from the inspired writer's
TO show that the sanderer does not tunl, at
tempt to fulfill the divine inv, wherein 1t commands
| ali 10 'Loys thy neighbor as thysef."
ChTi,uans, iiideedl WI. II 1t IL necessary in
think OF az .iit those for whuIc harbor III issl
ing tas nsse no osif re- 70 DC Sss'sa IN q eatego
bsrI CT chuTchls. have only reference to those gvs
sP,tnI hypocrites who have deceived the pastLrs
| ard honest people sid by fraud crawled into the
church and using 1t as clJaA, can carr to an
lhu.lt Al tAteot their nice iitle gam of randeIng
thtir ne gnbots the holy boo" has told them to
| ''loye u. thein., IVES"
soinstiIn :, however, these malicious feni4 who
aud tulVra they scarcely vi they sink out
OF sght-i'ito utter nslsnihcance, from Which ua-
| bring them bach.
| SJ,t should ever be- The Woman or man who de-
flames III. Character OF a human being, espt cially
tant of woman deserves to be iattU, thus
CEASED from one extreme vi tue town ~ the uther-
| PTsaehsrs Il our pupts, and our cnss leaders, do
| lot, according to my notion, sufficiently condemn
ths sin of indaging the passion OF Islander. II they
ht,au
remarks were mad more frequently from the Vu vi,
the spread Of th great evil hight, In measure at
| least be CHECKED and many one might have been
far m re prosperois, had not been fof tn. damn
ing breath Of Islander. For myself have no conf-
the sooner they are lowed To- sneak on the stage
before playing her parts in full, the better Tor tue
| whole oommun ty.
They are all nc Ibus which can very well he dis
pepsed with, and 50 can their hypocrtlcai prayers
In the church: They may pray as much as ihcy
to convince true christians they are honest In their
appeals to tbs throne OF grace they are only CLOAK
Ing their real character, which can very well lie hid
den In this way and they go ing and shout
Ing In church. aud out OF IT. they graf ~ their
bid appetite by slandering those who never harmed
them, batof whom they are euyious This Is mod
I'm christianity or rather the christianity praciced
bers Of the church but cannot deceive the Great
+ Am-who sseth all things, knoweth all tnings-with
Prayer, to be acceptable In the sight of God, must
be offered with clean hands aud heart. II is
The soul which to u.s. through the merits OF
| the cross, the favorable reception Of our prayes.-
Every unholy motive must be given up, aud vain
glory and love OF show are specially prescribed
"When thou pIayest," saith Jesus Chrlst, M
to thy closet and when thou hast shut III door pray
thy Father who Is in feoret, and thy Father no
seeth IN secret, will reward the openy Instead Of
putting In pracicsc ths junction OF our saviour
| fer to make great show-they want every one 70
know they are members OF church. and play tho
Pharisee 10 perfection when they enter the Lous,
of worship STAND aside" they say in their hearts
to the poor IN spirit, who have sought forgiveness Ia
''thou art hot US holy as l."
The time, fear, will never come VII en- they will
"write the errors OF their brethren In sand and en-.
grave teiI yiitu on the tablets OF enduring memo
fy" Ibis Moud be coming too Mar the InjunciiOns
OF our Saviour, when He said in his sermon on
tho Moun', when thou brinsest thy e. before the
altar and there rem interest that thy brother huth
aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the
altar, AID ~ thy way hrst be recon,il"d thy
! brothur, and then come and oher thy Yitt"
IN, = malicious gVssipius hypocriie- will never
upiiis haSeany stand ny Ia the community, Mt icas
H the eye Vi the honest, truthful portion thereof
ind ptanee vt the THRONE or grace until the
'abhor thelnseiver, and repent In dust IN ashes
and do unto others as they would that others should
, | do unto them"
der, how much better would 1t be for people
cultivate the opposifea virtue which neither bteth
| like serpent, nor stlngsth like adder" but ru
Joleeth the hearts OF all the human -beneyo-
lence, which prompts us TO relieve suffering OF al
kinds, whether II be OF the body or mind by tue
practice OF this VIRTUE We not olly insure the hap
ptness OF others, but cur own also, BenevoleDce
does not-ke Slander--use lies for ts weapons, bn
deals in nothing but what is pure, auatrue and good
purity of motive, In doing those acts Of kndues
prompted by tho best interests Of our natures A
herits this God-ilko and ennobling virtue.
For the present. will close, as have written
| now than intended when trst commenced Cos
slipping hypocrtes leave with their own conscience
and Ii they think their acts are praisewortly In de-
flaming the character or their uhofending Victims
let them still hug this deusiye fancy to their male
: violent bosons. Possibly these same victims may
| pass through the fiery ordeal unscathed, and thei
virtues shine all the brighter for the rough usage
| has had at the hands-Or rather or tbes
| ,indictive friends. j. q,
/ A Cdnthddte.--It is reported that the D.mo
Gratis propose to nominate Colonel Henry Fine
gan for President of City Council, The Colo
nel,s success in the Third Ward, leads we sup
pose TO the aspiration for higher honors. w
hope that be may be nominated as he can be de