Show I 1 A minors miners sermon A young p physician hys icia who after rece receiving i alving i hied his diploma toting I 1 from one ahe of our medical finding that there was no chance of living by the th bradice pr adice of his profession in the land land of his nativity con concluded eluded to pae pack k u up hi his tools and emigrate to iceland the land ol of i ad gold onte on the pacific here he found no better in the practice pretice of medicine for which he had been duly prepared and licensed As aft a last resort he turned tarried miner and exchanged the scalpel for the tome pickaxe pic 01 axe in ift a recent tetter letter to me bis friend frien at home he be embodies a sort of a valedictory sermon aarmon lo io his last purs pursuit hit which is well worth perusal erusal we copy it for ther the edification of our readers fahy why will we dig son of man for the light of whose presence my spirit dearneth ye arneth and my bowels doat thou ask me why Is it not written coo fortune smiles imily is upon tools fools and for the sake mke of these smiles has notchy servant been making a fool yea ye an ass of Wini himself self in vain por five years and ten ien days dav ho e has spurned sojourned sojourn ed hero hen in this placie place he has dived into thema the wa tw so i lial has turned ancient rooks from their rest resting ing places pi sew and removed from afar off he has hais likewise torn his breeches in parts riot notto td be spoken off of he has rooted into the mud like unto a swine his beard has grown long athla skin upon M his is hands and face hath charig changed 4 its color until he is now liken unto a wild wila east beast and his fie garments aie are rent areiti and so soiled aled so that sackcloth and ashes would be afine a fine linen and purple unto 1 him he would fain teed feed on husks but there is none yes tea he who in times put past was wont to fare sumptuously and to grum cleover ble over greater delicacies than were piled upon the table of dives now snuffs with gadness the fragments of pork and heans beans andi and gnashes his I 1 imp patiently over a fry ings ile he bolseth a raw onion wi with ah unspeakable avidity potato skins fear his predence pretence pre prel tence sence beef vanishes and doga look loa in vain for the b bones bea ea ho he sighs for the flesh pots of egypt and mourns over the barrenness of the land in his sleep nevertheless the goo good A angelof angel of the past deigns to visit hint him and de delightful lightf al vis via ions are opened to his hid recollection for a delicious bill bijl of fare floats before the mind of the he dreamer and he orders oysters yi and t terrapin for sax 11 0 onla ak to awaken to his infernal molasses all thy servant endured Is he be norbeta not thela beta a fedol lan an abomination i in the sight al and andis is lt it not unto linto s such h ind and such ant that fortune dispenses her bei favors yet she Us has deserted me I 1 ap approach her ani and se she fleetly 1 double on kr net a trail and she burneth k alij away I 1 await her ber cc coming alag SO and she stands AM I 1 secrete myself in her eiith k and seize her unawares but bat ohm aha gli 1 deti off as though I 1 had caught bimat a hog by his greased tail fail sic transit I 1 exclaim as with witha a mart heart I 1 revile poverty anderm and corae for fortune I 1 io 10 are hot the alesa se evils and wherefore S should bald t they ile be visited a u upon on thy servant finnex S surely h he e bath ati not sinned as other anen sin no neth tike he hath not coveted his neighbors ox not nei hi sass nor his mani manservant man servant nor his maidservant maid servant f for or be it known unto thee that there arii are no maid sef servants here he hath abided by the law and the prophets but the profits hwe not abided by y him now therefore I 1 renounce these digg diggings I 1 these premises vamos fi the 4 tab off I 1 put pat outi out I go I 1 slope 1 I depart without scrip or provender taking no heed for tomorrow to morrow takes none of me ere 5 days shair have passed the shirt tul hafl 61 of thy servant will be waving i an fn ji the breezes of of neap nevada aa A remnant of it will be nailed upon the highest mountain that h he 8 cro crosses sags an emblem of the extremity to ta which one on may inay 1 be reduced in the land of ophir yet think not oh 4 elisha that I 1 would rend my garment for this alone veril verily y I 1 so siy I 1 u unto nto t thee h ee an evil ons genius has long k pursued me she 6 hath followed close upon iny cay f footsteps foot oot steps sten that every thread and febre fibre of ray ay shirt fedl are familiar to her eye and afi if in her pursuit of me ei she should gaze gas a upon this rel relic io in the solitar solitary y fan fast fastnesses nesses of the sh she would at once recognize it and believe it to have been torn mid and des deg troyed by diw be ta she will retrace he her r ste steps s and thus escape liar her I 1 I 1 go hence elisha elih unto the town of son ora where bod bew bee prophesied that th thy servant will heat the sick and prosper witz with amazing prosperity As moses mose rested reared the serpent in fa the wilderness for the abild children of terea to look cwm and be cured of 61 i their wall 11 elevate rhy my tin am among b the gen gentile tileo atti e wind it an d be made whole their of of told gold and silver will be acceptable unto me and if they live not a f tb r 6 faey may find in bi heaven e oregon statesman |