The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-04
FATHER PROUT'S CHARITY SERMON.

Published in the Troy Times for the First Time.

/ Published in the Troy Times for the First Time
Il lie that gIveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.
Il Yc are not skilled in logic nor indaad il
1 anything else that know, except playin' hur
Il ly i the field, skaming at cards i the public
i houses for half gallons o porter, and dctraud
in yer cargy o their lawful dues.
| What is worse, there's no use in thryin' tC
drive logic into your heads, for indald thai
would be fulfllmcnt of anithcr tiki that spakc,
O thrown pearls to pigs.
But if ye did know logic, which yc don't, VI
would perceive AT wansc that the passage
have just quoted naturally divoids itself into
two branches. The first involves the givin'
that it is nationally, syllogistically consithcrd
the poor that is the receivers o the gifts, or
the person for whom We ought to do il,
First, thin, as to the "givin'." Now il stands
to reason that Gas the scripture says in some
other placc),thc blind can't lead the blind, be
cause maybe they'd fall into the bOg,holcs,
poor things, an get drowned, an so aitho'
there is wonderful kindness to each other
among thin, its not to he expected that the
poor can give to the poor. No, the gvers
must be the people who have somethin' togivc
which the poor have not.
! Some o yc will thry AN ga off on this head
and say, III, glad enough yc'd give, but that
really ye can'taifor it. Can'tye: lfycmake
up your moind, any one q We, to give up only
Il glass o spccrrits livery day o yer lives, see
what it will come TO in the cOorsc of year
an devote that to the church, that is the clar-
gy; an it will be more than some o the we'll
to-do farmers whom have i'll me eye at this
| hlisSd moment have had the heart 10 give me
| (had luck to Thin y during the last twelve
months. Why, rs little as apcnnya day comes
to more than thirty shilings year, an even
that insignificant thritlc ! haven't had from
some q We that have had the maans and have
ought to have known better. | don't want to
minion names but Tom Murphy, o Glen, I'm
afraid | shall he compelled 10 name ye before
the whole congregation some day before long
| if We don't pay up yer lawful dues. won't
say more now upon this subject, Is St Angus
| tine says, "a mods rs good rs aWink to blind
| horse"
Now the moral of the first part bcin' clearly
ShOWn-that all who can give ought 10 give
the mkt branch is whom should it be given to?
The blissid tiki Essentially states an declares
40 the poor"
Thin follows the Inquiry Who is the
poor" The whole matthcr dcpind, on that
! | dare say ignorant rs We are, some q yc
will think its bcggars an the cripplcs an the
| blind thrayccrs who cOnthrivc to get thro' the
| lingth an hridth q the country. guided by
providence and little dog tied to their fingers
! bya bit o stirring, No, don't want to say
one word about that sort o cattle or TO injurc
thin i their honest calm, God help them!
It's their thradc, their Estate, their occupation,
! their bSncss to beg, iist as much Is It's Pat
McCarhy's bi,ncSs TO tailor, or Jerry Smiths
to make carts or Tom Shincy's to shoe horses,
or Dan COtthcrS to make pothecn, and my
bisncsS to praaClI Sarmons an save yer sowlS,
4 We hathoHS.
! But these arnt the poor meant i the tiki
! They're used TO begin, an for one wouldn't
\ be the man to disturb them i the practice o
I their protcshun, an long may it be provision
for him an their heirs toryer.
Maybe, We maan.spcrrited Crathurs, some
among We will say, " lt'sy yourselves is the poor"
Indaad, thin, it isn't Poor enough and mig
Igirdly enough We are but We aren't the poor con.
! tmplatcd l. the tiki. Shurc its yer mater, it is
to toll and 10 slave; shurp it's what yer used TO-
Therefore, if any one were to give TO You he
wouldn't he linden to the Lord i the slightest
! degree, but thrown' away his money As com
patcly as if he lint it upon the security o. the
l land that's kiycred by the lake of Killarney.
i Don't ilatthcr ycrSclyCs, any q We, that We are
I the poor, for indaad, We are nothin' of the sort
! Now, thin, we have found out who should
I've the giycrS There's no mistake about that
| Rason and logic united dccariu' that livery one
should sthyain pint TO do il literally Mkt
we have aSCertaiEed that its the poor who
should receive what We give. Thirdly, we
/ have aSccraincd who are not the poor Lastly
we must di>,ivcr who are
! Let each q yC put on his conSilhcr.n cap
snd think. ! have paused that " might
do it, Dan Cotthcr is knowlcdgabc man
compared with the bulk q ". wonder if
| he has diSllivcrcd "who are the poor" lie
shakes his head, but there isn't much in that !
! Wen, thin, We give it up Yc lave it TO
me to cnlightcn you all? Lan Thin to your
shame It's the clargy that are the poor,
! Oh, We perceive it now do We? The light
comes through yer thick heads, does ity Yes,
! its and my brithrin is the poor, We e, our
bread (coor>c enough and dhry enough il usu-
ally Isl 10y film We with spccrritual food an
judgin by the congregation now before me It's
ugly mouths We have to rccayc it, We toll not
neither dO we spin, hut il Solomon in all his
j glory was not araythcd better than We are, in
stead a. his been clothed in purple and fine
l linen, it's many time he'd be wearin' thread
bare coai--whic o. the SameS an out o. the ell
/ bows.
It.. the opinion of The most .arnei scholars
an docthors O. divinity, "a, laid down before
the council o. Trih, that the thranslation is not
sufficiently exact in regards Ia this tiXt, and
they rccommind that for the word of the poor