The Shasta courier., 1853-10-22
Daddy Donk,s "spirssuas as,, sermo..

My breethren," continued Father Donk,
" thar's thing been on my mind. all the time
I've been talkin' to you this mornin Looks
like the Lord has been calm all day for to
talk right out! But my breethren"-here the
parsons voice faltered, and he wiped his eyes
with the tail of his hunting shirt-"l nately hate
to say the word bekase it's consarnin' givin up
the church here on Timber-Gut Greek, whar
I've sowed the good seed-glory to the Lord
and where it sprouted and brought forth fruit
some fifty and some an hundred fold. Brethren,
the Lord knows / love yoa Tmller-Gutters;
but, my brethren, the Church and me seems 70
be a-defferin on some pints o faith, and | reckon
I'd better go. Yea, Lord, thy will be done, but
Timber-Gut is dear.to the heart Of old Daddy
Donk! Here I've sriv and here I've rastled,
and here I've snake-poled Satan far the
Lord has give me strength. Praise the Lord.
I've give the old varmint's hide some mighty
tight dressin's, but he's gttin' the upper hand
of Old Daddy Dossk NOW!
"Yes, breethren"-here the speaker warmed
up evidently-''you that lives away down here
on Timber-Gut don't know what's doin' a.wav
up yonder to jacksonville; but I'll tell you,
breethren! Yes, I'll raise my voice and tell it
so loud that there shant be man, nor a womars,
ROT child, on all Timber-Gut, but shall hear it
-Satas has had another fiu scith the old strunpet
Of tBabylon-and what dye reckon she's brought
forth say, achat has the old slut of Baby Ion
brought forhl Why, Sonso' Temperance!
"Yes, breethren and fore yoL know, You'll
have cross of the same stock down here on
Timber-Gut! | see it a-comn' And right
here, brethren, this fetclles me up to the pint
was aimn' at, while ago Bless God, breetl-
rem, you all know that when old Daddy Donk
tust come down on TinberaSut, aho,tt a year
ago, there warnl bat two or three breethren If
the Two-Seed faith on all Timber-Gut But
your old Daddy preached and lie prayed in the
nai OH l,x-a Il ~. I L.,
gun to move, and many were added TO sse
Church.' And by-and-by, brethren, we got up
a 'scription to build house to the Lord. and
the brethren was liberal, and We built this nice
house-and breethren, we had seven dollars and
a-lialf, over and above buildin' the House Of the
Lord And the Lord prospered the Church On
Timber-Gut on every baud; and we took the
money that was over and above the buildin IF
the meetin' house, and we laid it out in ffeax
gallons Of mighty good achiskey. for the
brethren TO use meetin' days! Oh, glory
to the Lord, them was the days .ssien the Church
on Tlmber-Gut was like green bay tree Then
you might seed the bree,hren fiockin in Of a
Sunday mornin'! Thon was the time your old
Daddy Doaak went down into the water, with
somebody or another, every meetin' day! And
breethren''-here the speaker sobbed between
his words "there was added to the Church
endur7n the time had that good sperrits torty-
fUe members!
Praise God! it was just adzacdy three to tic
gallon, brethren
/" But now, brethren" continued the venera-
BILE Donk with trembling plaintive infonation,
:" but now, brethren, them sperrits has been
out, for two meetin's. Your old Daddy comes
down every month to see you, and preach sor
you, and pray for you, and fight Satan for You.
and thar's not drap in the kag. The Church.
too, is lukewarm, and Satan seems to be gittin'
it all his own way. Brethren, hope the Lord
will bless the Church on Timber-Gut but the
way things is fixed, brethren, your old Daddy
Donk is satisfied in his own mind that the Lord
is abont to eal somebody else to take charge Of
the Church on Timber-Gut, for your old Daddy
do not feel willin to rastle for souls with Sa4an
and gsre Aim all uader holtr'
1t is but justice to add that sufficient sum
was speedily contributed by the brethren to pro-
cure abundant supply of the munitions Of
war, and that old Daddy Donk did not abandon
his interesting charge on Timber-Gut-Spirao Of
the Times.