The Nevada journal., 1855-10-26
A "High Old,, Sern,on

"He played on Harp uu Thousand Strings. /"
The Brandon miss Register, reports a
sermon purporting to have been preached at
the town OF Waterproofs, not for from Brandon
which hits off the sucker parson s'to dot -
1t hits of that class of ignorant and hypocriti.
cal clerical pretenders, who are famous for
sticking to the text, "in a horn The shep.
herd in question announced himself as a "Hard
Shell Baptist" and here is an extract from his
discourse:
lin not gwine ter tell you edzadklu whar
my text may be found suffice it to say, it's in
the leds OF the bible on you II find it some whar
tween the first chapter of the book of Genera.
tions and the last chapter of The book of Reve
latlons, and eff you'll so and sarch the Scripters
as have sarched the Scripters, you II not only
lind my tex thar, but great many other teres
as will do you good to read an my tex, when
you shill find it, you shill find it to read thus:
sand he PLAYED harp of thousand strings-sner
its of inst mem made porfec.''
My tex, bretherng, leads me to speak of
sperts. Now thars Il great meny kind of
sperits in the world-n the fust place, thars
the sperits as some folks call ghosts, and then
thars the sperits NV turpentime, and then
thars the sperts as some folks call liquor, an
I've got as good an article NV them kind NV
sperets on my aat-boat, as was ever fotched
down The Mississippi river, but thar's great
many other kind NV sperits, for the tex seq: -
lie played on harp Nv a thou sand strings
sperlts nv just men made perfec.' But I'll
tell you the kind nv sperits as is ment in the
texts FIRE! That's the kind Nv sperits as is
ment in my tex, my breethering Now thar,s
a great many kinds Nv fire in the world. In
the fnst place, thar's the common kind Nv fire
you light your cigar or pipe with, and then
thar's camfire, fire before you'er reddy, and
firc and fall back. and many other kinds Nv
fire, for the tex SCI: He played on harp Nv
a thousand strirgs-sprits of just men made
perfec.' But I'll tell you the kind Nv fire as
ment in the tex, my bree,hring HE'LL FIRE,
an that's the kind NV fire as a great MANY nv
You will come to, ei you don't do better nor
what you have been doin'--for "He PLAYED on
IA harp Nv thousand strings-sperits NV lust
men made perfec." Now, the different sorts
NV fire in the world may be likened unto the
different persuaslons NV christians in the world
In the fust place. We have the 'Piscapalians: an
they are high sailen' aud high falutin' SET
and they may be ikened unto turkey buzzard
that tiles up into the air, and here he goes nm
ana up, and up and up, till he loks no bigger
than your finger nai and the fust thing Won
know he comes down and down. and is q ILL
In, hlsse!f on the karkiss ola dead boss. bv the
side nv the road-and Ele played on a harm
Nv ahou-sand strings -sperits Nv lust men
made perfec.' Aud then thar s the Methods
an they may be likened unto the squirrel. run,
MIN up into tree, for the Methods believe in
gwln on from one degree Of grace to another
and finally on to perfeckshun, and the squirrel
goes up and up, and he jumps from linn to linn
OF pranfh amen % branch an the tust thing you know,
that's like the Methods, for they is allus fal-
III I'm from grace ah!-And-"He played upon
harp Nv thousand strings -sperits NV lust
men made perfec.' And they, my breetbrino'
thars the Baptist'ah, and they have been f.
kened I, unto possum on a 'simmong tree, and
but that possum clings thar still.ahl And von
may shake one foot loose, and the Others thar
and you may shake all the feet loose, an he
laps his tail around the limb and he clinos
and an he cllngs fnreyer, for ''He played on a
men made perfec, '~''