Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-12-17
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PATENT SERMON.

On the Payment OF Debts. Text-If We
Are Honest, HenOrabI vIen Go We
and Pay-uhe Printer
My HEARERS-There are many SEEM
ing trifss in this world which you are
apt to overlook on account Of their ap-
parent unimportance, the neglect of
which has plunged thousands into the
deepest mire of misery, and sunk their
characters into inextricable degrade
ton. Among these ostensible trifles,
that Of neglecting to pay ones honest
debts is the most common and attended
with the worst of consequences. 1t
takes off all the silken furze from the
fine threads of feeling creates sort of
misanthr0pic GOODNESS about the heart
skins off all the cream that may chance
to rise upon the milk Of generosity-and
makes man look as savagely upon his
brother man as does dog upon one of
his species while engaged in the graft
flying employment Of eating his masters
dinner. One debt begets another. l
have always observed that he who owes
a man dollar is sure to owe him also a
grudge; and he is always more ready to
pay compound interest on the latter
than on the former. Oh, my friends, to
be over head and ears in love is as bad
predicament as a person ought ever to
be in; but to be so deeply in debt that
you can't sleep of nights without being
haunted by the ghost Of some insatiate
creditor, is enough to give a man the
hydrOphObia- him bite a wheel
barrOw-cause it to run mad, and create
ageneral CONSERVATION among the lamp
posts.
Ma dear friends-the debt that sits
heaviest on the conscience of mortal
provided he has One-is the debt due the
printer. 1t presses harder upon ones
bosom than the INTERCHANGEABLE the
soul.-frets and chafes every ennobling
acknowledgements all the Juice of
fraternal sympathy from the heart, and
leaves it drier than the surface of q
roasted potato. A man who wrongs the
printer out Of single cent can never
H.
and may we'll have doubts of finding
happiness in any other. He will be sure
to 20 down to the grave ere Time shall
have bedecksd his brow with the silvery
blossoms of age; and the green leaves of
hope will fall before the first bud of en-
jOyment has expanded. 1t is true the
mushrooms of peace may spring up dur
ing short night of fOrgetfulness, but
they will all wither beneath the scOrch-
ing rays of remOrse. How can YOU nv
friends, ever have the wickedness and
cruelty to cheat the printer, when you
consider how much he has done, and is
every day doing. for you. He has pour
ed into the treasures of your minds
some of the most valuable gifts that
anything short of God can bestOw; ay,
riches with which you would not part
J for the possession OF the whole world and
b mortgage on Q small corner of heaven.
With the keys Of magic, as it were, he
has opened the ir0n-cased doors of hui
man ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the dark
ness OF Ignorance, and lit up the lamps
Of knowledge and wisdom. That mighty
engine-the Press-is surrounded by
the glory, and its effulgence extends all
over the broad empire of the mind, il
Eliminating the darkest avenues Of the
heart; and yet the printer-the man
who tolls at the lever of this soul-en-
lightened Instruments often robbed
of his hard-earned bread by those whom
he has delivered from mental bondage.
and placed In Q paradise to lay off and
grow fat upon the fruits of his labOrs!
Oh, you ungrateful sinners if you
have hearts moistened with the dews of
mercy, instead of gizzards filed with
gravel, take heed what say unto you.
II there be one among you in this con-
gregatiOn whose accounts is not settled
with the printer, go and adjust il i'm
mediately, and be able 10 hold your
head up in society like giraffe; be re-
spected by the wise and the good-tree
from the tortures of guilty conscience
the modification Of repeated duns-
and escape from falling into the
clutches of those licensed thieves, tie
lawyers. If you are honest and honor
able men, you will 20 forthwith and pay
the pfinter. You will not wait for the