New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-13
ONE or THE SERMONS.

Tie Register, published at Brandon, Miss, gives a
partial report of a ssrmon preached few weeks since
At Wsterroofs not far from Brandon. IL is to be re-
oret.ed that the whole sermon Yves not preserved.
The following paragraphs show the spirit Of the
preacher:
al may say 70 you, my breethering, that / am not
an edecaeo man. an am rot one o hem as oeeves
that edtcstion is nece cary fur gosPei ni's.e iar
blfeve the Lord edecates his prea hers jest as he
warts 'eu 10 be fdecated, an althouyh say II that
opebtut to say it, yet in the State of lnianny, whar
live toars no as gits bigger congregation nor
what gits. -, -.
don't know what persuasion I am nv. Well, may
say to YOU, my breehrDg, that I'm a irdsh-u Dap,
fist Thaf's some folks cont ike the Hardsnel
Baniists but Id ruther hev hard she'll a. no shell
a. all You zee me here to-day, my breeherlnS dreet
mn IN fpe close; YOU mout think was proud, bnt
am not rrouo my breethering, and although I've oeeh
a p,eacber Nv the Gospel for twenty years, an Al.
tloush I'm caprg of that hat boat that lies at yure
lsnoirg I'm not Iroud nv breethering.
81 IN not gwre ter tell you edtuckly whar my tex
NAV be found suffice il cay, it's ia the eds OF the
Bible, an you'll find it, somewhat tween The ilrst
chatter of Il book of Generation and the last chap
ter of the book of Revolutions, and Ell your go ana
sarch the Scriptures as have sarched the Scriptures
You'll rot only find my tex thar, but great macy
uther hres will do You good TO read, an my text,
when YOU shill frd it, YOU shil find il to read thus:
And he played harp Nv thousand rngs-spers OF
NV tex breetheriDg, leads ne to speak NV sperlt.
Now thars great many kinds OF sperits IN the world
in the fust place. thar the sperits as Gum folks cs
ghosts then tbars the speriIs NV turpen time, and
then hsrs the sports as SUN folks call liquor, an We
got good al artke OF them kind Nv sperl's on my
fat boat as ever was fetched down the mississippi
River but thars great many ether sind ofsperits,
for the tex eez: He played on harp Nv q tton'
sand striugs-spe.its of Just men made perfeck."
But II tell you the kind NV spers as Is meat ID TIE
tex ts fire. that is the kind of speris as is nen in
the tex my b. ee,hring. Now thar's great macy
kinds of FIRE in the world. In the fust place. thar
the common cert NV fire you lite segar or pipe wi'h,
end then thar csmfre, fire before ynre reddy, and
fall back ard many other kinds NV fire, foe the tex
seq. d" He pla, ed on harp nv hor-sand strings-
sports NV Just men maze perfeck.
But III tell YOU the kind Nv lire a5 IA ment IN the
tex nv br.etbIipg-ts he'll fire a. that's the kind
nv FIRE as great many nv you'll come TO, of You
don't do better what you have bin doln'-for "He
"payed on the harp NV thousand sirings-spents
"uv Just men made perfeck.
Now the different sorts NV fire in the world may be
lib ed unto the different persueors o. Christians IN
the world In the fust place WE have the Piscap4ons
and Il ey high saiin and highfautln ser, and
they may be lksIed unto Il turkey bDzzard that flies
up Into The air and he goes up and up till he looks no
bigger than your infer nail and the fus; thing you
know, be Gums down and down, and Gown and down,
and is film himself the kaikss Of dead hoss by
the side Nv tho road-abd He played harp of
ga thousand strings-sperits of jus. men made per-
"feek."
And then tbar's the Mehedis, and they may be
Ikered unto the squirrel runpiu up into tree for
the Methed.t blevts in g~ine on from degree
grace to another, aud finally TO perfeckshan and
the squirrel goes up ard up, and up and mp, and he
Jumps from lin TO m, and branch to branch, aud the
fusr thing you know he falls and downs he Gums kerr
fummux ana that's like the Methods, for they is
slleis fain' from grace, ali He played on
"bsrp of a thou sand sripgs-sperits jus. men made
"perfeck."
And then, ny breetbrinp, thars the Baptist, ali!
and they bev hin liz ened unto possum simon
tre, ana the thunders may roll, and then the earth
may quake, but that pcssum clogs there still, an
And you az shake one f,ot loose, an the others
ar and you may shake all feet loose and he laps bis
tail around the limb, and he cr % furever fJr-"He
"pay ed on q harp Nv thousand strings-spints of
"iust ode perieck."
Here the reporter could no longer contain hiusel,
End biz no C. became entirely unintelligibe.