The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1855-10-16

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oSE0FTHE2ERM0Ns.
The Register, published at Brandon, Mia,
gives partial report Of sermon preached
few weeks since nt Waterprofs, not fhr
from Brandon. 1t ID TO tc regretted that lAe
whole serlnon was not preserved. The folio
wing paragraphs chow the spirit Of the preach-
or:
~ may say to you, my breethsring, that
am not an edecated man, an am notone
o thon as bleevea that edecation Is necessary
fur gospel minister, fur bleeve the Lord
edecatcs his preachers Jest as he wants em 70
be cdecated, an although say it that ough-
tint to say it, yct in the State Of Indianny,
whar live, thar's no man rs gifts bigger
congregation nor what gifts,
Thar may be come here to-day, my brec-
thren, as don't know what peruasian am
Nv. Well, may spy to you, my brsothring,
that Tin Hardshell Baptist. Tiers soma
folks as don't like the Hardehcll Baptist, but
FL rl;fl.ar hey q hard shell as no shell ut al.
You see me here to-day my breethering,
dsest up in fine close; ycu mount think 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 yre land.
ing, Pm not proud my brcethering.
Pm not a gwine ter tell you edsuckly
whar my tex may be found suffice it tn say,
tia in the eds Of the Bible, and you'll find It
eomcwhar tween the first chapter of the book
Of Generation and the last chapter Of the book
Of Revolutions, aud ef you'll 90 and sarch the
Scriptures, 90 have earched the Scriptures
you'll not only find my tex thar, but great
many uther teres as will DO you good to read.
and my tex, when you shill find it, you shill
fud it to read thus:
Sand be played on q harp Nv thousand
stiing-sperits Of Just men made perfeck."
Ny tex breethering, leads me to speak Nv
sperit. Now thar's great many kinds Of
sperits in the world--in the fust place, thar's
the npeiri;s as sum folks call ghosts, then
thars the speirits Nv turpen tine, and then
thars the spcrits SIS sum folks call liquor I'm
I've got as good an artikel Of them kind Nv
spcrits on my fat boat as over was fotched
down the Mississippi River, but thar's great
many ether kind Of sperits for the tex sez:
"Hc played on harp Wv thou-sand strings
-spetits Of just men made perfeck"
But III tell you tho kind wv aperits as is
ment in the tex, it's fire. That is the kind
Of eperits as is ment in the tex, my breethcr-
ing. Now thar's a great many kinds of fire
in the world. III the fust place, thar's tho
common sort Nv fire you lite segar or pipe
with, and then thar's cam-fre, fire before yuro
reddy, and fall back, and many other kinds
Nv fro, for the tex sez: "Hc played on
harp Wv thousand strings-"sperits Wv just
men made pelfeck."
But Ittell you the kind Wv fire as is ment'
in the tex, my breethering-it's hell .fre! an
that's the kind Nv fire as great many NV
you'll come to, cf you don't do better nor
what you have bin doin'--for "Hc "playcd
on the harp NV thousand strings-spcrits
guy Just men made pcrfeck"
Now, the different sorts Nv fire in the world
may bclkened unto the different persuasiogs
of Christians in the world Inthe fust place
we have the Piscapalions; and they are high
falution set, and they may be likened unto
turkey buzzard that flies up into the air, and
lie goes up and up till he looks no bigger than
your finger nail, and the fast thing you know,
he Gums down and down, and down and down,
and ia a fillin himself on the karkiss Of a dead
hoss BY tho side Nv the road--and Ale played
on harp Of ga thousand strings-spcrits OF
Just men made per-feck."
And then thar's the Methods, and they
may be likencd unto the squirrel. runnin' up
into tree, for tho Methodist blieves in gwin
on from one degree NV grace to another, and
finally on to perfeckshan, and the squirril COOS
up and up, and up and up, and jumps from
lin to lhn,' and branch to branch, and the
flst thing YOU know he falls, and down he
Gums kerfliunmux and that's like the Meth
eds, for they is alters fallin from grace, ah!--
And---''Efc played on a sharp ofa thousand
strings--sperits Of just men made pcrfeck."
Aud then, my breethering, thar's the Bap-
tist, ah aud they hev bin likened unto a pos
sum on n siinion tree, and the thunders may
fall, and then the earth may quake, but tha!
possum cliugs there still, ah! And YOU may
shake one foot loosp, aud the others thar, and
you may shake and feel loose, and he laps his
tail around tho limb, and he clings furevep
--"He "played on a harp NV thousand
strings--spirits Of just men made perfeck."
Here the reporter could no longer contain
himself, and his notes became entirely gnip1I