The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-04

hcrship, that you will he saved. why,
bless my soul! know u number ofthc
veriest scoundrcls on earth who would
join a mob TO hang me il they thought
thereby they could rule the mob rs
Dante and Robespicrre did, Yet, these
very scoundrels, these inddels, who
are intent alone upon amassinS n hue
gold and power for Il briefpcriod, mae
their inddclity and atheism merely 70
advance their worldly ends, But let
this 60, | stood aghast a. tins desc
cation OF the Sabbath see no harm
IN a little innocent pleasure on Sun
days. | count some things innocent
Which are crimes before our civil laws.
But, alas! there are sins Which the law
does not reach-sins of thought, OF
scheming. of pride, Of puritanism, OF
bargain driving, NC. There is no law
to punish a shrcwd, unconsciahlc
horse.trader for getting the advantage
of a fcllow.bcing some fifty dollars,
more or less, in n trade. We merely
say Bully for the first of the other
poor fool. We have no word OF
condemnation for the merchant who
makes 100 per cent. on articles he sells
to necessltous poor, but If he should
grow rich we applaud him and forget
the %"countlcss thousands who mourn
in poverty, Alas! the trail Of the SER.
pert is over US all. We pay oheisance
to the erratic thoughts and acts Of rich
men, and we send poor Ger to Jail.
We keep rich men in church because
they "pay,' ard turn poor devils out.
And is this the course pursued by
Christ? Why, sirs, our Savior-so-
callcd-was born in a mangcr. lie
took poor fishermen to be his disciples,
and if you had been where have, away
down in Louisiana, you would know
what a poor fisherman means. How is
it now? Splendid churches, velvet
pews, towering steeples, richly-iurnish.
ed pulpits, costly bells, splendid or
gsns, sDleudid display all to keep up
the love Of Him who came into the
world in q most humble STYLE and went
out between two thieves! Has there
been q change since Christ was on
earth II 50, it is not God-like, for,
God never chaugcs-He cannot, And
| cannot understand the way in which
matters Of salvation are now managed,
Hence it was | could not with the
least degree Of allowance upon that re
ligion which permits its disciple to go
to church, to theatres, and to horse
racing, on the Sabbath. | almost
think that morals-that wrong an
right, are mere creatures at last Of civil
law. But God will judge us all at
last. Ny only wonder is-Why does
He permit it?
Are you tired Of what | write? II
so, please read no farther. ! can not
blame you il you follow the inclination
of your heart or brsiu-two things in
common, for your brain rules your
heart, just as God rules the world. In
the brain alone are all your hopes Of
happiness. Memory is mind--soul is
AT ilea-the heart a lump Of flesh.
That which p!eascs the multitude is
orthodox, and
"Let dogs delight to bark and bite,
For God hath made them So"
If. you are tired, go to sleep. | re.
,,nn,bn, tn boya rnnl in u'rba To,Io,''
that q great deal which is said and
written is q kind of %preparative for
sleep. 1t takes the mind down from
its distractions and lulls it into a state
Of tranquility. Rest assured that |
will not feel offended if you should 60
to sleep while reading anything from
me. will not ape certain preachers
who really seemed to be angry because
many in their congregations went to
sleep while they. were preaching. II 1
were a preacher | would feel myself n
benefactor when | put any one to sleep
by telling him over and I'VE that
Christ died for US, and therefore we
ought to-join the church and 10
what? Exactly opposite to what our
Savior taught, for He il was who would
not stone a poor woman whom He
knew was guilty, No sir! if my hack.
neyed defamation keeps no one
awake, 1 an. to be blamed, not the
sleeper. And, %supposing in my hon
est modesty that you are asleep, |
close, with the promise that my pres
ence at home now will be devoted to
the Home Journal, to the end that its
subscribers may not feel as if two dol
lars we're thrown away.