Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-23
One OF tbe Sermons.


The Register, published at Brandon, Miss,
gives a partial report OF sermon preached
few weeks since at Waterprools, not far from
Brandon. 1t is to beregretted that the whole
sermon was not preserved. The following
paragraphs show the spirit of the preacher:l
81 may say to YOU. my breethering. that l
am not an edecated man, an | am not one o
them as bleeves that edecaton is necessary fur
gospel minister, fur beeye the Lord EIDE
Gates his preachers jest as he wants EN- to
be edecated. an, although l say it that
oughtn't to say it, yet in the State Of Indian
ny, whar live thars no man as gifts bigger
congregation nor what gifts.
"Thar may be some here to- day,my breeth-
rem, as don't know what persuasion what l
NY. Well, may say to you, my breethring,
that I'm Hardshel Baptist. Thar's some
folks.as don't like the Hardshell Baptists but
I'd ruther have hard she'll as no shell at all.
You see me here oday, my breethering,
drest up in fine close; you mout think l was
proud, but am not proud, my breethering,
and although I've been preacher NV the
Gospel for twenty years, an although I'm
capting of that fat boat that lies at yure land
ing, I'm not proud, my brcethering.
g I'm not gwine TO tell YOU edzuckLy whar
my tex may be found; suffice it tn say, it's
in the leds of the Bible, an you'll find it
somewhar tween the first chapter Of the book
of Generation an the last chapter of the book
of Revolutions, an eff You'll 90 an sarch the
Scriptures, as | have sarched the Scriptures,
you'll not only find a,y tex thar, but great
many luther tereS as will do you good to read,
an my tex, when you shlll find it, you shin
find it to read thus: -
An he played on a harp IVA thousand
strings-s perits Of just men made perfect
"My tex, breethering, leads me to speak
uysperit. Now thar's great many kinds Of
sperits in the world; in the fust place, thar's
the sperits NV ghosts, and then thnr's the
sperlts 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 spirits on
my fiat boat as ever was fetched down the
Mississippi River; but thar's great many 9th
er kind Of sperits, for the tex SEX /" He PLAYED
on harp Nv Thousand strings-sperits NV
just men made perfeck.'
But I'll tell you the kind Nv sperits as is
a-1a-;4a = fec That is, the kind of
sperlts as is ment IN the tex, my brethring-
Now thar's great many kinds of fires in the
world. In the fust place, thar's the common
sort NV fire you light a cigar or pipe with, and
then thar's came-tire, fire before yure reddy,
and fall back, and manv other kinds NV fire,
for the tex SEE He played on a harp NV a
thou-sand strlngs-sperits NV just men made
perfeck.
" But I'll tell you the kind NV fire as is
ment in the tex, my brethring, it's he'll tire
an that's the kind NV fire as a great 1nasy NV
you'll come to, eff you don't do better nor
what yon have him doin'-for He PLAYED on
harp nv Thousand strings-sperits of lust
men made perfeck.'
" Now, the different sorts NV fire in the
| world may be likened unto the different ner-
suasions of Christians in the world. In the
fus place we have the Piscopalions and they
| are high sailin' and high faiuting set, and
! they may be lkened unto a turkey buzzard
| that flies up INTO the air, and he goes up and
| up till it looks no bigger than your finger
nail, and the fust thing you know, he Gums
| down, and down, and down, and is film
| himself with the karkis0 of dead horse by
| the side NV the road-and He played on a
harp OF thousand strings-sperits of just
| men made perfeck
And then thar's the Methods, and they
may be Hkened unto the squirrel runnin IN
! into tree, for the Methodist beves in gwvne
on from one degree NV grace to another, and
| finally on to perfecshun, and the squirrel goes
up, and up, and he jumps from linn to lin
and branch to branch, and the fust thing YOU
know he falls, and downs he Gums keifum-
mux, and that's like the Methods, for they is
alters fallin' from grace, ah And He
| played on harp of Thousand srrings-sper-
its of just men made perfeck'
And then, my bretheung, thar's the Bap-
list, ali and they hev ben likened unto a
'possum on simon tree, and the thunders
may roll, and then the earth may quake, but
that 'possum clings there still, ah ! And YOU
may shake one foot loose, and the Others
thar, and you may shake all feet loose, and
he laps his tail round linn. and ho clings
farever, for He played on harp Of thou
sand strings-sperits of just men made per
| teck.
Here the reporter could no longer contain
himself, and his notes became entirely unin-
telligible.