Litchfield enquirer., 1854-03-16
An Eseny sle.eA ef ,vlel.od PrIace..


 It is our friend "BEvERLY. from whom we are always glad to hear. wl" sends us the following: "An article tn your Editors Ta6Is for February, pre- ] ssn.ing a specith,n of 'cololed' pulpit oratoly. recalled very vividly an incident that happened in beautiful grove near the sity of Burlington, N. J., some few years since. The expected advent of a distinguished African pulpit-orator from Piltsburg, had been the theme of dis- cussion among the sable sons and daugh- ters of Af,ica. in Burlington, for weeks. On the day appointed for the holding
 forth. the pulpit stage erected between two venerable oaks, was crowded with the colored heralds of de Metodist 'Pis- copal Church, while beneath and around it. lay . darkness, which. like that of Egypt. might have been felt. and may add., unlike it, sneeit. Alter the open ing prayer, by venerable preacher. upon whose black sconce the white wool lay in patches like hoar froet, a young. alh- letic negro, with the black face, and crisp short curl of the wool, only to be seen in the real Guinea breed. advanced to the pulpit desk. He evidently felt that his fame had preceded him, as he looked over that dusky mass. now hushed to ad. miring silence at his presence. This sa~ ble Chtysostom took for his text 1: Put not your trust in Princes; and after a glowing xo,dium, explaining the mean ing of lhe sacred writer, he informed his audience that there were but two kinds of great men-holy princes and profane princes. In de last. he said. my bruddsrn de world must nebbcr put its trust. Why? Beca'se dcir ways become corrupted on de yearlh, and they hab no faith. Dere was HAN MEAL. one of de greatest ginerals and princes dat eber libbed in the tide of t;mes-and eolored passes. at dz!. Why. I am told he understud tictacs bet. ter dan any gineral 'ider before or since. Muffin could stop dat man. He laffed at de Alps, when dey shook ,ieir frown ing. awful brows at him and he end his soldiers walk right cber dem easy as muffin. But nobody could put any faith in him. He cheated eberybody as soon as he got a chance. And den what be- come ob all his glory when de Lord struck him down2 Oh, my bruddern, it was no whar. And dere was JuLIus CESAR. one ob de greatest ob de earthly princes. He, de shake ob whose foot made de whole yearth to trimble, wid all lis greatness. nobody trusted him. Dey thought he was friend ob de people, and yet he was deir greatest enemy. And how did de Lord punish him 1 Let de awful groan dat went up from de feet of PoMrEY's statue where he fel', answer. And den coming down to de modern times; dere was Gineral TAy- LoR, de great American prince, de great hero who wade waist deep in blood upon de Mexican battle. fields. Dey made dis man of war President ob dis great nation. and his heart swell big win p,ide; and. like Nebuch adnezzar. he said, Is not dis de great Babylon dat l have builded? 2 Could dey trust him Let de disaplin,ed applicants for office anser dis pregnant question aey who he had promise cbery ting to. and yet guy 'em noting? In all his pride of place. de man dat SANTA ANNA couldn't kill was killed by de contemptible instru- ment of cAerries and nsilkl David kill de g'eat Goliah wid de simple smooth stone out of de hamble brook and Death strike Gineral TAYLOR by too muc h eat> ing of che, ries and milk r
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