The North-Carolinian., 1855-12-01
The Man that Played ON 4 Harp with q Thousand

The !Spcrafs ar just men made I'erfeck-The
following sermon, IL Western exchange says
was delivered at Brandon, Mississippi, by a
reverend captain of Mississippi fatboat:
II may say to you my brcether;ng, that
am not an edecated man, an I am not o.
them as believes that edccation is necessary fur
gospel minister, fur believe the Lord ede-
Gates his preachers jest as he wants 'cm to be
edecated and, altho say it that ought not to
say it, yet in the state Of Indianny, whar live
tlar's no man as gifts a bigger congregation
nor what / gifts.
"Thar may DC some here to-day my breeth-
cring, don't know what persuasion ] am nv.
Well, may say to You, my breethering. that
Pm Har'lslclI Baptist. 1har's some folks as
don't like the Hardshell Baptists, but I'd ruth
cr hav a hard shell shell at all. You see
me here to-day, my brccthering, drest up in fine
close; You mout think ! was proud, but l am
not prond, my brcethering, and although I've
been a prcecher the Gospel for twenty years.
aud although Pm captiny uy that fatloat that
lies at your landing, I'm not proud, my breeth
erino.
'.I'm not guine ter tell you e,lzuckly whar
my text may be found, suffice it tn say, it's in
the !cds of the Bible and you'll find it some
whar tween the first chapter of the book Of
Generation and the last chapter of the book of
Revolutions, and ef you'll go and sarch~ the
Scriptures as have sarci,cd the Scriptures
you'll not only find my tex thar, but great
many uthcr texcs will do you good to read,
am my tex, when you shill find it you shil print
it to read thus:
"And he played on harp nv thousand
strinss--spcrits of just men made perfcck."
"My tex, breetherng leads to speak sper-
its Now thar's great many kinds spcrts
in the world--in the fuSt place, thar'S the sper
its folks call ghosts; and tl,ar's the sperits
NV turpentimc, and then thar's the sperits as
Snm folks call liquor, and I've got good arti
kcl them kind sperits my 1athoat
ever fotchcd down the Mississippi river;
but thar's great many other kind of sperits,
for the tex "He played on harp Nv thou
sand strings-sperits nv jnst men made perferk." !"
"But I'll tell you the kind sperits is
ment in the tex; it's fire. That is the kind
Sperits as is ment in the tex, my breethcring.
Now there's Il great many kinds of fire in the
world. In the fust place there's the common
sort NV fire you lite sigar or pipe with, then
thars campfire, fire before you're reddy and
fall back, and many other kinds nv fire, for the
tex scz: "IIe played on a harp nv thousand
strings-sperits Nv just men made perfeck."
but I'll tell you the kind of fire is mcnt
in the tex, my brectheriny-it's hell FIRE! an
that's the kind nv fire great many of you'll
come to- cf YOU don't do better what you
have been doin-for 'He played harp
Il thousand strings-sperits NV just men made
pcrfeck'
Nov, the different sorts nv fire in the world
may he likcncd unto the different persuasons
in the wcrld In the fust place we have the
PiscoI,a;ions, and they are high sailin' and
high falutin' set and they may he likened unto
Il turkey bnzzard that flies up into the air, and
he goes up and up, till he looks no bggar than
your finger nail, and the fnst thing you know,
he Gums down aud down, and down and down,
and is a film himself on the karkiss of dead
I,x-f n th.,-r0 10 ~
on Il harp thousand strings-sperits of just
men made perfeck."
"a nd then thars the Methods, and they may
be Iikcned unto the squirrel. running up into
tree for the Methods believes in gnnc on from
one dcgrc of grace to another and finally
pcrfeckSnn and the squirrel goes mp and
up, and he jumps from linn to lin, and branch
to branch, and the fust thing you know he falls
and down he comes krrhumux, and that's like
the Methods, for they is alters faIlin from
grace, ah! And "IIe played harp of
thousand strings-sperts of just men made
perfcck."
"a nd then. my brcethering, thars the Bap-
tist, ah! and they have been likened unto
pnSSum 'snmon tree, and the thunders
may roll and then the earth may quake, but
that l,ossnm clings there still, ah! and you may
shake one foot loose, aud the others thar, and
You may shake all feet loose, and lie laps his
tail around the lim and he cings furever, for
''Hc played a harp thousand strings
sperits NV just men made perfcck."
Here the reporter could no longer contain
himself, and his notes became entirely unintel-
ligiblc.
CRUcIFIxIoS IN CHISA.--An American,
writing from China to the New York Times
after giving an account of the numerous execu-
tions of the rebels, says:
Two weeks since. to vary the scene, they had
a crucifx xion. A woman sentenced to be
cru,;fied for the crime of having given birth to
one of the rebel chiefs. If father is rebel
his family is considered the same, and the
whole family from the old man of four-score
to the child of four years share the same fate.
The poor woman was nailed to the cross while
living cash made across the forehead on the
bone and the skin pealed down as to hang
over the eyes; after which the breasts were cut
off; they then proceeded to break every bone in
her body; large knife next thrust into
the throat and passed downward, cutting the
chest open. The exccutiouer then thrust in
his hand, and grasping the heart, tore it from
its socket, and laid it bleeding and reeking
before the Judge. At Shanghai they drown
them by hundreds.
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YorxG LApys FEELINGS DEscRrBED.-A
Young lady describes her feelings, and courts
sympathy:
Nv heart is sick, my heart is sad 1f,-
= But oh! the cause / dare not tell
/ am not grievcd. not glad,
am not i'll, l am not well! sa
I'm not myself-I'm not the same,
7 y,nt.