The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-10-06
One Of the sermons.

One Of the Sermons.
The Register, published at Brandon, Miss.
gives partial report of sermon preached :
few weeks since at Waterproof, not ia,
from Brandon. 1t is to be regretted that the
whole sermon was not preserved. The fol
lowing paragraphs show the spirit of the
preacher: -
~ may say to you, my brethering, that ]
am not an edecated man, an am not one O
them as bleeves that edecation is necessary
fur gospel minister, fur l bieeye the Lord
edecates his preachers jest as he wants 'em
to be cdecated, an, although say it that
oughtn't to say it, yet in the State of Indi-
amy, whar | live, thar's no man as gifts a
bigger congregation nor what gifts.
"Thar may be some here to-day. my
brethren, as don't know what persuasion 1
am NV Well, may say to you, my breeth-
ring, that Pm Hardshell Baptist. Thar's
some felix's az don't like the Hardshell Bap-
lists, bit I'd ruther het a hard shell as no
shell at ALL You see me here to-day. my
breethering, drest up in fine close you mout
think was proud, but am not proud, nv
breethering, and although I've been preach
err Nv the Gospel for twenty years, and al
though Pm capting of that flat boat that lies
at yure landing, Pm not proud, my breeth-
ering.
"I'm not 4 gwine ter tell you cdzuckly
whar my tex may be found suffice it tn say,
it's in the leds of the Bible, an you'll find it
somewhat tween the first chapter of the
book of Generation and the last chapter of
the book of Revolutions, and eff You'll go
and sarch the scriptures, as have sarched
the Scriptures you'll not only find mig tex
thar, but great many luther tees as will do
you good to read. an my tex, when you shill
find it, you shill find it to read thus:
"And he played on harp NV thousand
strings-sperits of just men made perfeck"
my tex, breethering, leads me to speak
Nv sperits. Now thar's great many kind of
sperits in the world-in the fust place, thar's
the sperits as some folks call ghosts, then
thar's the sperits Nv turpen time and then
thar's the sperits as some folks call LIQUOR,
an I've got as good an artikel of them kind
Nv sperits on my flat-boat as ever. was fetched
down the Mississippi River, bat thar's a
great many other kind of sperits, for the tex
seq: He played on the hafp Nv thousand
strings-sperits of just mel made perfeck.'
But I'll tell you the Kind Of sperits as is
ment in the tex, it's fire. That is the kind
of sperits as is ment in the tex, my breeth-
ering. Now thar's a great many kinds of
fire in the world. In the fust place, thar's
the common sort Nv fire you lite segar or
pipe with, and then thar's cam-fire, fire be-
fore ytire raddy, and fall back, and many
other kinds Nv fire, for the tex seq: He
played on harp NV hou-sand strings
spefits of just men made perfeck'
"But I'll tell you the kind of fire as is ment
i'll the tex, my breethering hell fire ! an
that's the kind Nv fire as great many NV
you'll come to, eff you don't do better nor
what you hav bin doin'-for sHe PLAYED on
the harp NV hou-sahd strings-sperits NV
just men made perfeck.'
"Now, the different sorts NV fire in the
world may be likened unto the different per-
suasians of Christians in the world In the
fust place we have the Piscapalions and
they are high sailin' and high-falutin set,
and they may be likencd unto turkey buzz
card that flies UP into the air, and he goes up
and up till he looks no bigger than your fin
ger nail, and the flst thing you know, he
Gums down and down, and down and down,
and is film himself on the karkiss of q
dead boss by the side Nv the road-and He
played on the harp NV thousand strings
sperits of just men made pcrleck.'
"And then thar's the Methods, and they
may be lkened unto the squirrel, runnin' up
into a tree, for the Methodist believes in
gwine on from one degree NV grace to ano-
Their, and finally on to perfecshun, and the
squirrel goes up and up, and up and up, and
he jumps from linn to linn, and branch to
branch and the fust thing you know he falls
and down he Gums kcrfluinmux, and that's
like the Methods, for they is alters falln'
from grace, all! And He played on harp
of thousand strings-sperits of just men
made perfeck.'
:, " And then, my breethering, thar's the
Baptist, all and they hev been lkened unto
possum on 'simion tree, and the thunders
may roll and then the earth may quake, but
possum clings there still, all And you may
shake one foot loose, and the others thar,
and you may shake all feet loose, and he laps
his tail around, the limb, and he clings furev-
err, for He played on harp NV Thousand
strlngs-spirits of just men made petfeck.'"
Here the reporter could no longer contain
himself, and his notes became entirely unin-
telligible.