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that " A large audience was present at Rev. Mr. Hunting- 

 ton's church yesterday- morning, and listened with much 

 pleasure to an exceedingly eloquent, forcible, and practical 

 sermon on Lying, from the words, ' Lying lips are abomi- 

 nation to theXord.' 



The writer then went on to say that "The reverend 

 gentleman specified the different kinds of lying, as the ' lie 

 of cowardice,' the 'lie for amusement,' the 'lie of malice,' 

 the ' lie of self-interest,' &c. Under the last head he 

 enlarged with great power and force, and in his remarks 

 alluded to the recent publications of BarrmrrCs Life, and 

 Burnhanis Hen Fever. The last publication he thought 

 o^the same character as the first-named, only much weaker 

 and more vapid. The former" Mr. H. pronounced 

 "not only weak, but bad," &c. &c. 



The reverend speaker was then described as having 

 taken the general ground that these books were immoral 

 and dangerous, and he regretted to meat with them upon 

 the centre-tables of all his friends, to know that thev were 

 everywhere read, and that they even found their" way into 

 the hands of the youth. " Sooner than have his boy 

 obtain wealth by such practices and such knavery as is in 

 this sort of work presented as ' shrewdness,' he would 

 rather he would live all his days in an almshouse, and be 

 buried without a coffin."* 



* The editor of the Transcript was sabsequently appealed to, by the 

 author of the book thus ridiculed in his columns, and a respectful letter 

 upon the subject of his ooi?espoudent's statements was sent him in reply. 

 But, as the Kev. Mr. Huntington chanced to be of sufficient consequence 

 to be lauded in that respectable journal, ergo he was of too much conse- 

 quence to be reproved by the injured party, at whose cost he had thus 

 been oomplimented ! 



