Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-09-06
Daddy Donk's Sermon at Tinber-eut.

Daddy Donk's Sermon at Tinber-Gut.
On recurring to the manuscript of the
'pious' friend who took notes of Father
DoEk. the Two, Seed divine's sermon, I
see that only the peroration Of 9fat mem-
orable discourse has been preserved. Future
generations must remain ignorant even of
the text. What has been preserved, how.
ever, by the hand of my friend, proceed to
give you:
Ny breethren,' continued Father Donk;
there's thing been on my mind all tho
time I've been talkin' to you this morning.
Looks ike the Lord has been CALM all day
for me to talk 1t right out! But, my breeth-
ren, hero the parsons voice faltered. and
he wiped his eyes with the tail of his hunting
shirt nately hate to cay the word be-
kase it's consarnin' givin' up the church on
Tmber-Gut Creek, whar I've sowed the
good seed, glory to the Lord, and where it
sprouted and brought forth fruit, some City
and some hundred fold. Brethren, the
Lord knows love you Tmoer-Gutters but,
my brethren the Church and me seems to
be a-defferin' (differing). on some points o
faith, and l reckon I'd better 60. Yea,
Lord, Thy will be done, but Timber-Gut is
dear to the heart of old Daddy Donk -
Here I've striv, and here I've rastled, and
here I've rastled, and here I've snakepoled
Satan as far asthe Lord has give me strength.
Praise the Lord I've give the old varrnints
hide some mighty tight dressin's, but he's
gittin' the upper hanG of old Daddy Donk
now
Yes, brethren; here the speaker war
med mp evidently, you that lives away
down here on Timber-Gut, don't know what's
a-don' away up yonder to Jacksonville but
I'll tell you, brethren! Yes I'll raise my
voice and tell it SO loud that there shan't be
a man, nor woman, nor child, on all
Timber-Gut, but shall hear it-iSatqaa has.
had another 1Pirt aOith tie old strumpet of
Babylon, and what dye reckon she's brought
forth [ say achat has the old slut of Babylon
brought forth Why, SoNs-o'-TEMPER-
ANCE!
Yes, brethren, and fore you know, ron
have a cross of the same stock down here
on Timber-Gut! | see it comin' And
, right here, breethren, this fetches me Up
to the pint was aimin' at awhile ago
Bless God, brethren, you all know that
when old Daddy Donk fust come down on
Timbef-Gut about year ago, there warn't
but two or three brethren of the Two Seed
faith on all Timoer-Gutl But your old
Daddy preeched and prayed in the neigh
bors' houses, by-and-by the Lord begun to.
move, and many were added to the Church
And by-and-by, brethren, we got scrip
ton to build house to the Lord, and the
brethren was liberal and we built this nice
house-and brethren, we have seven dollars
and a half over and above buildin' the house
of the Lord! And the Lord prospered the
Church on Timber-Gut on every hand, and
we took the money that was over and above
| the buildin' Of tie meetin' house, and we
laid it out in fifteen gallons OF good corn
whisky for the brethren to use on meetin'
days Oh glory to the Lord, them was
the days when the church on Timoer- Gut
was like green bay tree! Then you might
a seed the brethren fockin' in Of Sunday
mornin'! Then was the time your old Daddy
Donk went down into the water with some
thing or another every meetin' day! And.
brethren, here the speaker sobbed between
his words there was added to the Church
ondurin' the time ace had that sperrits,
forty tfUe members!
"Praise God it was just adzactly three
to the gallon, brethren!
g But now, breehren," continued the
venerable Donk, with trembling. plain
tive intonation, but now. brethren, them
/ sperrits has been out for two meetins' =
Your old Daddy comes down every month
to see you, and preach 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 a-gittin' it all bis owl
way. Brcethren. hope the Lord will bles
the Church on Timber-Gut but the way
things is fixed, brethren, your old Daddy
t Donk is satisfied in his own mind that th:
e Lord is about to call somebody else to taxi
e charge Of the Church on Timber-Gut, fo
your old Daddy do not feel willin' to rastl'
e for souls with Satan, and give him all urde
d holt -
1t is bat ptjustice to the highly intelligen
e congregation of Parson Donk, to state tba
IS a committee was raised Immediately upor
v the conclusion of the Parson' discourse, anC
/ sufficient sum was raised to procure SUIT
> able supply of munitions of war, and tia
that venerable pastor consented to continu'
1 his ministrations on Timber-Gut. l dOub
2 not the devil will get some confounded hart
It falls, now that Daddy Donk has in (in
d measure deprived him of his under holt.
N. Y. Spirit Of the Times.
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