The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-11-15
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aims before men. to be seen of them;
otherwise ye have no reward of
your Father which is in heaven.
Therefore, when thou doest thine
aims do not sound trumpet be.
fore thee, as the hypocrites do, in
the synagogues, and in the streets,
that they may have glory of men.
Verify I say unto you, they have
their reward.
"But when thou doest aims, let
not thy left hand know what thy
right hand doeth;
"That thine aims may be in secret,
and thy Father which seeth in Sc
cret, Himself shall reward thee
openly Christ's sermon on the
Mount
When anything is done in the
presence of the public for the sake
of letting the public know about it,
and when anything is done in a
public congregation in the most
conspicuous. ostentatious, and
pompous manner for the sake of
making an impression, it becomes,
by right, the proprty of the pub
lie and the subject of criticism;
therefore I make no apology for
this article, though I crave the kind
indulgence of the editor of the
Palladium in allowing me the space
I want at present; a friends mind
will be easier thereby.
I wipe my eyes, and then my
nose,' to think that the days of
chiyalry are over. Shade of Rich
ard Occur de Leon, and the sanity
palmers of old! Alas, for the gal
liant knights who bore the banner
OF the Cross. inscribed Shy this Sign
we conquer!''
When any class Of people during
q religious excitement set aside in
dividual responsibility and declare
that "the Lord is running the meet
ing there is some danger of lay
ing too much on the Lord; and if
the Holy Spirit is to answer for all
the vainglorious. silly things that
poor mortal minis devise, it may
be a good thing for the silly NOR
tails, but it is certainly taking I'M
warranted liberty with the Holy
Spirit.
We have many accounts of sword
presentations in by gone times that
where appropriate to the occasion,
and had q meaning that could ''point
a moral or adorn tale" but this
last sword presentation that claims
the attention of the Christian, and
heather, and Mahommedan world
caps the climax of all that has pre-
coded it, and is as remarkable for
eccentricity as uniqueness; there is
nothing coincident with it in the
past, and as it has no model, let us
hope it will never have a copy.
At the time that CORVALLIS wise
ly concluded it WAS time for him to
"turn his back on the United Col.
ories and surrendered to Washing
ton, that man who could not tell q
lie when he was boy, handed the
sword back to the British General
} with great deal of magnanimity,
courtesy and grace. The father Of
his country knew how to behave
himself, and could get out of an
embarrassing situation with manly
dignity and christian spirit. Eve,
since he told the truth about the
Ratchet he had been able to show q
good "hand" Heheld trumps tina,
day, and made point!
Last Sabbath evening when q
certain Knight Templar presented
his sword and the rest of his rega
liza to the minister for the benefit o
the heather. and concluded hi
speech with the declaration. Il turf
my back on the world, the flesh anC
the Devil" the minister was evident
ly in the condition of the man wht
was presented with an elephant, h,
didn't know what to Go with it.
''The world, the flesh and tn,
Devil or the emblems of then,
was rather hand full for man O
.. limited experience, and Athlete,
|, with sancti6cation in the superlativ
degree! Yet he listened to the pre-
sentation speech as one who is wei
: pleased with his pupil, and took NJ
the sword with a flourish, and Of
f attempt at dramatic GESTURE. w
: were reminded of the scene in tn
: play of Guy Mannering, where ABB
: Sampson gets ready to the rescu
, of Bertram, and exclaims: "Lo,
' have armed myself. I will smit
q lustily!' If there had been a DO
in the gallery to sing out "PRoD1a
n ous!' the burlesque would have bee
: complete, and the que would hav
e been easily taken. It is some time
9 such a short step from the sublim
:. To the ridiculous. from high TRACE