were brought by these devoted men from
the drunkard's way. j. Il. w.


Cumberland, Nd

SERMON.
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BELOVED: Let me crave your attention /;
Tor am little man, come at little inyl-
tation, to preach little sermon upon lit
tie subject, to little congregation, in lit
tie pulpit, in little time. And, beloved,
my text is Mali, which / cannot divide into
sentences, because it is none, nor into
words, 1t being but one, nor into syllables,
because it is but a monosyllable. There
fore, ! must as necessity enforces me, di-
vide IT into letters, which find in my text
to be only four-M-A-L-T.


M my beloved, is moral.


A is allegorical.


L is literal, and


T is theological.


The moral is well set forth to teach you
drunkards good manners.


NJ my brethren, L listen


A all Of you t to my text
The allegorical is, where one thing is
spoken and another thing is meant Now,
the thing spoken Of is bare MALT, but the
thing meant is Rum, which you drunkards
drink


M much L little


A alcohol. T thrift
The theological is according to the effects
which it works, which find III my text to
be of two kinds. lst In this world. Cd.
In the world to come. In this world the