The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-12
HELL.


New ORLEANS, La, March ., 1873.
Mr. Editor There liz u Hell; not only ortho-
dox, but a genuine, literal and spiritual Hell,
place for the devil and his angels, n place
day there; but the eternal shades Of night.
"The wicked shall be turned into Hdi with oil
that forget God" where the worm dieth
not aud the. tire is not auenehed.' Il is tho
eternal abode IF discomfort which extends into
this life, temporarily, and to this place; an
attribute and tributary to He'll itself: a
noted evidence OF punishment of misery and
torment In this life, a burning shame and con-
tempt OF ones own Judgment; n rpmOrse that
mepef dies; a knawing at the vitals. never con-
rest when there is none, saying peace when
there Ia none you can't drown IL In the bowl.
cnchant Il with music, or kill IL In the giddy
dance. II Ia ltcing discomfort, and early
stints the growth of manhood. Only ono
remedy: she serpent IN The mitdancss.' to DO
applied before 1t becomes chronic. See our
female population, telling, comparing, fret
ting, worrying and vieng to excel not In fact,
not before God, but before men, or fdncied
men, and In appearance only; others shedding
tears and longing for q fashionable rig, will
finally wind up with: "alI right-theio il a
better day coming" but 1t never comes or II it
does they are as far from contentmonta as ever.
Discomfort sleeps with our money changers
and brokers. All connected with the wheel
Of fortune at Towards, with forced smiles
aad enticing words should be happy; but they
Amt. See the old darby, With his last two
bits In front OF u lottery office, counting his
to buy. Happy thought Behold those who
drink wine when IL Ia red, or any other color:
a burning appetite. But of all men tho rum
seller should be happy, yet the most miser
able The inmates OF our prisons and police
members, of associations for selfish motives
and to take undue advantage of their EQUALS
In merit, must feel little when they think of
God. Our shertifs aud mortgage otiieors, not
s'eontent with their wages" exact the last cent
and the widow, under color of law; and still
disseminated. Our real estate brokers and
notaries, charging ten times as much as SINH
lar men In Northern States for similar ser
vices dragging the business ten times "a low In
price and amount of business; still not happy.
A ring of men. pretending to be our SER
wants, enforcing a tax on industry; we
must pay them for the right
to make an honest living tnf course discrimi-
uatingl: discontentl Our legislators mis-
cradle set of discontents are heroes In re-
form. The most Ignorant darby among them
might have suggested the idea Of adopting
the civil code Of some Western State and re-
and OF stopping on the square, AZ toto. all
extravaganoies, frauds, eXtortions, perqui-
sites, stealing in daylight or getting money
without earning it. Had they have done this.
Iney might nave gone nome DetIeT COHu0nJSl,
No He'll! Don't fool y.urselvesl tell you
1t is no creature Of malice, revenge or cow
ardice; but Of eternal justice, and dire neces-
sity. What would Heaven do with all this
Heterogeneous mass OF discontents2 Who
would want 10 so there2 II is about as much
as Christian can do to live contested among
them here, and such are the only ones here
that are In the narrow way. The discontented
ones are all drifting in the broad tributary Of
He'll; and here let me caution you. that He'll
D., O., t,{f.N
for this city Is one OF the suburbs. And a
great reward awaits the man or woman who
escapes from such proximity as this, to the
rest In the City Of God ORTHODOX.