Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-11-09
BY REQUEsT.I

follows:-Hosea 3alIou, of Boston, the oracle Of
| Unirersclsnr for New England and the middle
States, made an appointment to preach ia IN;
| place where Lemuel Haynes was stationed. M-.
Haynes had an appointment in distant part Of
his parish, for the same time; not knowing. al ths
time of making it, of Mr. Balou's purpose At
the advice of his friends, Mr. II. consen,e 20 re
linquish his appointment, and 10 attend on Nj B.:
as he (Balou) had vauntingy remarked tha, tue
friends of orthodoxy ''scudded at his approach"
! Mr.. Ballou, having ended his discourse, inv:teI
Mr. II. to speak; whereupon he ascendeI the pui
pit, took his text, and gave the following discourse
At the conclusion of it, one Of Mr.. Baou's rienas
remarked to him, (Ballou) 'he skinned you alive"
| Mr.. Haynes was colored man, well knowa
and much esteemed for his piety and good sense
He was last stationed at Granville, \. Y, where
he died, in the year 1888.
Genesis Ill, 4:--"And the serpent sjad unto fts
aoOnaa, Ye shall not surely die"
The Holy Scriptures are peculilE fuHd OF
instruction. They inform Us Of the origin Of
creation; Of The primitive state of man; Of hlt
fall, or apo,tacy from Gnd 1t appears that h.
was placed IN The garden Of Eden, with full
liberty TO regal G himself with all The delicious
fruits that were to be found except what grew
on one lree--if he ate OF that he should surely
die, was the declaration Of the Most High.
Happy were The human pair amid this de-
! lighlful paradise, until certain preacher. in
his journey, came that way, and disturbed iheic
peace and tranquility by endearoring 10 reverse
the prohibition of The Almighty, as in our text
--"Ye shall not surely die"
''She pluck'd, she ate;
Earth felt the wound: nature from her seat,
Signing through all her works, gave signs of wo,
That all was lost. Milton.
We may attend,
| To the character oSihe preacher-io the doc
trine ncuIcaled-lo the hsarer addressed-iu
the medium or instrument of the preaching.
l. As 10 the preacher, | would observe, he
has many names given him IN the sacred wri-
ringx the most common is the Devil That it
was he that disturbed the felicity Of our first
parents. is evident from 2 Cor. XII, 8, and MANY
other passages OF Scripture. He was once an
angel of lighr, and knew better than to preach
such doctrine; he did violence 10 his own rea-
son.
But 10 be little more particular, let il be OBJ
served,
/. He is an old preacher. He lived sbout
one thousand seven hundred years before Abra-
bam--ahoye two thousand four hundred and
thirty years before Moses---Gour thousand and
four wears before ChrisI. Ii is now five ihous-
and eight hundred and nine years since he COM
menced preaching. By this time he must have
acquired great skill in the art.
g He is a very cunning, arlful preacher.
When Elymas, The sorcerer, came to turn awav
people from the fanh, he is said TO be fall 0fqH
Snbtiefy, and a child of the deuil-not only be-
cause he enemy of all righteousness,
but account of his carnal cunning and craft
mess.
3. He is very ldboriouS, unwearied preach
er. He has been in the ministry almost six
thousand years, and vet his zeal is not in the
least abaIed. The apostle Peter compares him
to a roaring lion, ,Dalking about, seeking whom
he may devour When God inquired of this
persevering preacher, job H., 2, From whence
camest thoul" he answered The Lord, and said,
From going TO and fro in The earth, and from
tvalking up and doWn IN n" He is far from be-
ing circumscribed within The narrow limits of
parish, slate, or continental lines; but his haunt
aud travel is very large and extensive.
4. He is a heterogeneous preacher, if may
so express myself. He makes use Of Bible
when he holds forth, as in his sermon 10 our
Saviour, Matt. iv, 8. He mixes truth with err
ror; in order TO make ii 60 well, or 10 carry his
point.
5. He is very presamptuOaS preacher. Not
wilhstanding God had declared in the most
plain and positive terms, "'Thou shalt surely
die"---or, "ln dying thou shalt die"-yel this
audacious wretch had the impudence to confront
omnipo,ence, and say, "Ye shall not surely
die!"
6. He is very successful preacher He
draws great number after him. No preacher
can command hearers like him. He was sue
cesslul with our first parenis---wirh The old
world. Noat once preached TO those spirits
that are nov in the prison of hell, and told them
from God that they should surely die; but this
preacher came along, and declared the contra
ry---"Ye shall moi surely die" The greater
part, il seems, believed him, and went to de-
slIuclon. So ii was with SodOm and Gomor-
rah---Lol preached TO them; the substance of
IVh htPh traS In 0af a. IN