"That Lay Sermon.": For The Signal Of Liberty

Messrs. Eorrcms: Yoi'ir correspondent, "S. Y. E." expresses n wisii to have "a Lny Sermón'1 wntten: but impliés t.'iat ms clerical character ond condition forbids irVefTorts 'm exaily such. a wny, Now I nnxiously help such as want help, tijk! so propcso, fwith bis consent,) to writc That Lny Sermón.'' And to better qualify him to jndge of tho propriety of cinp!oyinr me to wri'.e it, T Bubimn a ekcleton of the proposed íL;i_v Sermón." "Tluit ye study io he quiel, doing yovr oicn business.'1 I. . The text teachea 113 to avoid n!l nnu anj nterferenco wilh others' aflnirs, havin 110 supervisión of their conduct or cbaracter: - "All should caro for their own ai;l not Tur the things of others." Like Cain, that oncient worthy, they shonkl disavow their obligation to be a brother's keeper. II. Fncrs prove tho dire conseqnences of such nterference snd supervisión . (1.) Martin Lu! her and hia asïociatcs turned the wor'cl np èïtfe down. (2.) IiVman lïorcher, the prent Ernissaiy of Tcmperanco and hte superviinír foDowers, imveset a hall n motion that tlire.itens to roll in its destructivo course throiigh timn, and may be cast its luriO blaze into eterniiv. (a.) So ukrn were his principies that his converts caught new fire and nltroed the very ultra; cornmoiibn nnd confusión tíged, and each in his turn nfiida furlhcr ndvancp, tiil civil discord commoccd . Strife! sirifeü strifeü! was the rnle of the times. "And when froni thia bloódy field the 6inoke was clear'd, VVhat schism,what ranks of wrnngling foemen pcered '' lst.. Moderato drinkers most uunic-rous. 2d. Only-Wine drinUqrs.Sd. Tetotalere. (b.) The scène is changcü. Tetotalers obtrude and intrude their sentiments and pracices tipon all men, and all associationa of nen, the very Sanctvary and tho Sanctcm Sanctordm - The Pulpit. (c.) Threw back temperance fifty year.- Shov how. REMARKS. 1. We see frora this subject how absurd it j to send down (omen, and bodies of men, Decrees for to keep." IIow super visory il ooks. S. We aro admonishcd in the di&traction roduced by the eflorts on the subject of tempranee, in urging individuals to sign the Tédge? in inlerfering with makers and venders f mm, in encóuraging the expressïon of seniments by societies and Teligious Ubflies on he subject, f. e. in such "supervisión." 3. We sefi how well it cvould have been to lavecolonized the drunkards, to let thectusa f drunkrnness alone, and sent ofT the drunkrds to the confines ef Turkey, or pome more Bacchaniuian land, and there converted hem. 4. We see how tena ble the grotmd ia, that y transportin 500 annually, while only 30,000 are made to fill their places, we ehall oon be rid of the curse. 5. We are to infer that the more ignorant )f them would be admirable missionaries among the drunken followers of the Propheö )f Mecca. C. We.learn wisdom by example. It ia bo mncli easier to get at Heathen at a distanco n nn insalubrious End ickly clime. There- fore to remove them frorn our midst to Asia, o convert them, is the nr]?hi3 ultra of wisiom. 7. We my wonder v;hj ali our Missionary bncirds ore so rigid for an ed.uc.ated and piovs Ministry to go among1 the heathen.- And even Buppose that they would do well to send' the most ignorant of our America Slnves, to christianize Jifrica ; inapmuch as their ideas of Ghristianity must be very ernlted, frnm the treatmènt that they receiv from a chrisUan commun-ty. S. We eee why it is wise to let every man do his own busfnesf?, and be quiet, and let every one reform when ar.d as much aa hepletee, with none to molest. Finally - We are admonisked to be quief.- Missionaries to the heathen are cautioned agHwst atfacks upon the religión and institulions of the Pagans, Let them aroiá supervisión." Temperance men may be sueh as individuáis, but thèy must keep their principies out of the church fc ecclesiastical bodies. All may see the importance of cloisters, (irirtuallj vso if not really,) and all should long andpraj that truth and principie may have lts own. free unaided course while we pass oround tha eemle curvature of life, so (juietJy as not to be uo'iced, our own business and letting others do theirs; so that bleesed by the triumph of right pnnciplea and illuminated by the blazë of our interna! ligbr, our earth ahall set in full örb glory in eternity.