Demoine courier., 1855-09-06

A Cufl0uS ScfIlOH.
The Brandon Miss Register reports
the following curious sermon, preached
at the town of W~a,erproofs. not lar from
1 Brandon:
a.! may say 10 yon. my breiliriEg, that
| am not an educated man. an | am not
one of them as believes tina, education
is necessary fur Gospel minister. fur
| believe the Lord educates his preach
ers ius, as he wants 'em to be educated;
an although | say j, that ough,n't lp say
I, yet, in The State Of Iudianny, whar |
live, thars no G,an as gifts a bigger cor.
gregaiion nor wha, | gifts.
Thar may be some here to- day. my
breihring as don'tknow what preseason
| am Nv. Well. | may say to you, my
breIhring, tina! I'm a Hard Shell Baptist.
Thar's some folks as don't like the Hard
Shell Bsptis,s, but Id ru,her have a hard
shell as no shell al all. You see me
here TO day, my trelhriug, dressed up in
fine clothes; you mout think | was
proud. ,,bu. I am not prond, my breihriEp,
aud although I've oeen-a preacher OF
The Gospel Tor twenty years, an although
I'm Gaping oil the ia, boa, that lies al
your hnding I'm not proud, my bre,h
ring. Ef
I'm not a gwine to tell .dsdcIy whar
my text MAJ be touEd; suffice 10 say,
its in the ieds Of The Bible, and you'll
fad il some whar between the first chapl
er of the book of Generations, aud The
last chapter OF tie book of Revolutions,
and rf you'i go and sarch the Scriptures
You'll cot only find mig tex thar. ba; a
great many other feres as will do you
good 10 READ. and my tex, when you shilI
find il, 10 read thus:
And he played on a harp Nv a thou,
sand slrings-spiri.s OF Just men made
perfcck."
Ny text. breihring, leads me 10 speak
of sperhs. Now ,har's a great many
kind Of speri,s in the world-in The fust
place ,har's the speriis as sum folks oili
ehosis, aud :har's the spirits Nv lurpcm
time, aud then lhsr's The sririls as sum
folks call liquor an I've 60, as GOO an
ar,ickel Of them kind Of spirits on my
flat boat as ever was iotch down The Mis-.
s~issippi river, but ,hir's a great many
other kind of sperils, for The tex says,
Ale played on a harp Nv a thousand
strings, sperils 0! just men made per.
feck."
ButI1l tell you the kind Nv sperits as
is men. in the tex, is FIRE. That's the
Y kind of spirits as is meni in tho tex, my
~brethring. Now lhar's a greai many
kinds OF fire in the world. In the fust
place, ihar's the common sort of FIRE you
light your segar or pipe with, ami then
thar's fox fire and camfire. IRE before
your ready end fire and fall back, and
many other kinds of fire. for the tex saws
"lIe played on a harp Nv a thousand
strings. sperils NV jus. man made per-
feet"
Blu, ] tell you the Kind Of fire as is
men, in the tex, my hreihring-n's HELL
FIRE! an that's The kind OF fire as a great
many Nv you'll come TO, et you don't do
better o what you have been doin'-
for HE play ed DC a harp Nv a thousand
strings. speriis Of jest men made per
feet.
Now, the different sorts of fire in the
world may be likened unto tue difm renl
persuasions of Christians in the world.
In the fust place we have the P~iscapali.
ons, IA they are a higa saitin' and a
high falu,in' set, and they may be liken.
ed unto a turkey buzzsrd, that flies up
into the air. and he goes up, and up, and
up, and up, till he looks no bigger than
your finger nail, and The fusi thing YOU
know, he Gums down, and down, and
down, and down, and is a film himself
on the carkiss OF a dead hess by lie
side Of the road, and 'He played on a
harp Nv a fheusand sr,ings. sperits Nv
jest men made perfsck." Z
Aud then ,har's he Me,hadis. and
they may be likened unto The squirrel
%runnin' up into a three. for the Methods
believes in gwine On from one degree
of grace TO another, and finally on to
perfection, and the squirrel goes up ard
up, and up and up, and he jumps from
limb to limb, ard branch TO branch. and
the fus, thing you know he falls and
down he Gums kerfumx. and ,hai's like
The Methods. for they is alters fallen
ftom grace ah! and '>Ile played on o
harp Nv a thousand strings, speri.s NV
lies, men made perfect"
And then, my bre,hring, ,har's.ihe
Baptist. alb! and they have been likened
unto a possum on a 'simmon three, and
thuniers nav roll and the earth may
quake. but that possum clings, there s,ill
ali! and you may shase one fool loose,
and The others thar, and yoa NAV shake
all feet loose, ard he laps his tail around
the limb, and clings and he clings fur
ever. for "He played on a harp NV a
thousand strings, speTils Of Jest men
made ferfeck."
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I q The following is from az Ohio
paper: "No,ice 10 here By Given tina.
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