The Shasta courier., 1855-10-27
Queer sermon Of a usosi.r Minister.

The Brandon, Mississippi Register reports the
following Curious sermon, preached at flIe town
OF Waterproois, not far from Brandon:
a. may say TO you, my breetherng, that am
net an edecaed man. an ami not one of them
as bleeves that edecation is necessary for Cos
pei minister, fur blet We The Lord edecafes his
preachers Jest as be wants 'em TO be edecated
an although say 1t that oug ghnt to say it, yet in
the state OF Indianny, whar live, ihar's man
as gifts bigger congregation what | gifts
Thar may be some here to-day, my breeihren
as don't know what persuasion l am NV. WELL
| may say IL you, my breehering, that | am a
Hardshell Baptist. Thars some folks as don't
like the hardshell Baptsis but I'd rather hev a
hard shell shell at all. You see me here
today my breeihering, drest up in fine close :
you mo"t think was proud but am not proud
my breetherng. and although I've been IA
preecher nv the Gospel for twenty years, an al
though Im capting of the flat-boat that lies al
yure landing, IN not proud, my breethering.
I'm not gwine TO tell you ed-ackfg W har
my text may be found suffice il to say it's in
the leds of The Bible, an you'll find il sofnewhar
tween The first chapter of The book of Genera
lions and the last chapter OF the book of Revo-
lntlons, and ct you'll 60 and sarch the Scrpters
as fhave sarched the ScripterS. you'll not only
lind my tex thar, but great many uiher ieres as
vii! do yon good 10 read. and my tex, when yon
shll find il, you shll find ii to read thus:
"And he played harp NV a thousand
strinss-sPeriis Nv just men made pcrieck."
My tex b.eethering, leads me tn speak NV
spcrIis Now thar's great many kind NV spe-
ris in the wurld-in The fust place, thar's The
sperits us sum folks call ghosts. and then ihar's
the speri NV tnrpen-time. aud then illars the
sperits as sun ks call liquor, an I've got as
good an arteke of them kind NV spirits on my
hat-hoat fotcled down the Missis.
sppi river But ihar's great many viher kinds
NV sPerils, for the tex ses: ''IIe played on
harp nv t-h-os-s strinss-sperits of Just
made perfeck."
But I'll tell you the kind NV sperits as is
ment IN the tex, its FIRE. That's the kind nv
sPeriis as is mentin the tex my breetherng-
Now Ihar's great many kinds of fire in the
wori.l. In The FIST place, ,lar's the common sort
NV fire you hight your segar or pipe with, and
then there's cam fire. fire before yure reddy. and
fire and lull back. and many uther kinds NV fire,
for the tex sez: =" He played on harp NV a
thonsand srings-speritS NV just men matte per-
ieckn
"But I'll tell you the kind of fire as is nnet,t in
the tex. my hreetheren-its hell fire and that's
the kind OF fire as great many you'll come
tus eff yuu don't do better nor what you hev bin
doin'@for " He played on harp thousand
strinss-sPers uv just men made perfeck"
Now. the ditferentsorts NV fire in the world
may be likened unto the different persuasians of
nfi'tidnS IN lhe world. In the lust place, we
have the capalions, and they are hieh-saiin'
and high-fasntn set, and they may be likened
unto turkey buzzard, 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
fust thing you know, he comes down and down,
and is iillin' himself on the carcass NV dead
loss by the side NV The road-and "He played
on a harp Nv thousand srings-sperits of Just
men made perfeck."
And then thar's the Methedis and they NAV
be likened unto the squirrrl, runnin' up into a
tree, for the Methods bleeves in gwne on from
one degree Nv grace tu anuther, and finally on tu
periecshun, ard the squirrel goes up and up and
up and up, and he jumps from linn to linn, and
branch tn branch, and the fust thing You know.
he falls. and down he comes kerhummux, and
that's like the Methodist for they is alters falin'
from grace-ah And-"He played on harp Nv
tAousand strings-sperits Nv just men made
perfeck.'
'And then, my breethering. thars the babtist.
ah and they hev bin lkened unto possuin ON
'simmon tree, and the thunders may roll and
the earth may quake, but that possnm cings
there still-ah And you may shake one foot
loose, aud the uther's thar, and you may shake
all feet loose and he laps his tail around the lin
and he clings, and he clings turever, for" He
played on harp a thousand sirngs-sperits
uvjust men made perfeck. Amen"