The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-08-15

Trib,rne two faces, one for Sunday and
the other for week days, one for the par
lor and the other for the cham ber-One
tn wear before the curtain aud the other
to wear behind it-are among the fine
art accomplishments of modern eiviliza-
ton. In good society especially, with
ont these two faces, no one can be res
Carded as a first class success. To smile
in ones face and frown when ones back
Is turned, to lavish hospitality, cOmpi-
ments, and accommodations on the pros
porous, and to snub, Islander and Cypress,
if possible, the unfOrtunate-tO fatter
silly fools whose only merit is dress or
money, and turn up the nose at those
whose only crime is pOVerty-t0 worship
the rising and cOntemn the setting sun
would seem an indispensable accomplish
ment in well bred circles"
Besides, the very exalted civilization
achieved by this pre-eminently Augustin
age of-mOHeY, has introduced among
other exquisite felicisies, the art of
preaching on. thing and practicing an
other; that Is, preaching a set of theo-
ries very wholesome and orthodox, both
for body and soul, and then quietly per-
mitting the carnal appetites of our anti
moral natures to recklesslY ride riot over
them. For instance, mankind are con-
stantly warned from the pulpit to beware
OF PRIDE and vanity, the vain pomp and
glory of this world, and urged to cultivate
an humble piety and a broad Christian
charity. Yet costly apparel and splendid
! equipage, extravigant feasts and profuse
, displays Of silver piate-lust of POWER
! and vanity Of PossessiOn-pride that
| tramples the humble and tyranizes over
! the weak, loa!hes the poor, Goods poor,
/ by the way,) defies the laws Of heaven
| aud earth, and glOats in its triumphs owe
| Innocence ana virtue-yet such are the
! practices cf mankind, while their cons
| sciences are silenced by occasional dona-
/ tons to the church, and the sending OF
a q occasional " nickel to the poor hea-
! then unaccompanied by even dollar to
| defray expenses.
| Then, again, it is admitted that large
! possessions neither make men or women
| any better or more worthy Of esteem
! that silk, satin, fine linen and broad
| cloth per Sc, evidences of blue blood OF
superior Omplishments-that money
/ is neither q safe or Just basis of merit
that fools or would be tyrants aft ct so
! cial or mental superiority because Of theiI
| possessiOns-that sycophants and silly
McFimseys, judge worth by bank ac'
/ counts or outward adornment-that ar
/ aristocracy of dollars Is contemplate and
| degrading aping nobility and Dor
rowing the airs of European aristoclacy
is, to draw it mild, disgusting All this
| is admitted, and yet the world acts as i
| each were the only evidence of meri
and theRprOper basis of good society
Thus false TO truth, false to dignity o
! character, false to honor ard true maj
and womanhood, false to q noble bu
humble ancestry, false to the country
| whose liberties we are undermining
false to God whose religion we SCOT, dis
| honor ard trumple-and all for what
That we may feed, fatten and pamper
| vanity born of weakness and wickednes
aud which Is producing monsters of eyi
every day threatening with a common
ruin, church, state and society.
Knowing truth and practicing error
acknowledging justice and perpetratin
misunderstanding merit and patronizin
shams-aCQuaintGd with ability and sup
porting knaverY claiming honor an
swiDdling the ignoTant-pretending char
ity and grinding the poor-suppOrtin
| the church and violating every princIpl
of religion-professing God and worship
ing the deviI-tEis is modern society
such are the laws that govern bOntoneTI
Hence both sides of every question ar
popular after fashion, and hence tn
sermon. VI e have no idea that our re
; marks will accomplish any good, but th
satisfaction Of know that we have thuml
ed q good many heads IS enough for Il
/ In this instance we are ike the PitSbur
coroner who declined any compensate
for sitting On the body of i young lnH
who parted his hair in the middle, on Il
grounds ihat his personal sadsfactic
, was ample remuneration.