The Placer herald., 1855-11-17
One of the Sermons.

The Register, published at Brandon, Miss,
gives partial report of a sermon preached
a few weeks since at Waterproofs, not far
from Brandon. 1t is to be regretted that the
whole sermon was not preserved. The fol-
lowing paragraphs show the spirit of the
preacher:
Il may say to yot, my breethering that |
am not an edccated man, an | am not one o
them as bleeyes that edecation is necessary
fur gospel minister fur beeve the Lord
edecates his preachers jest as he wants 'em
to be edecated, an, although | say it that
oughtn't to say it, yet in the State of Indi-
amy, whar | live, thar's no man as gifts
bigger congregation nor what gifts.
Thar may he some here to-day, my bree-
thren, as don't know what persuasion am
NV. Well, | may say to you, my breethrng,
that I'm a Hardshell Baptist. Thars some
folks as don't like the Hardshell Baptists, but
I'd ruther hev a hard shell as no shell at all.
You see me here to-day, my breethering,
drest up in fine close; you mout 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
captlng Of that flat boat that lies at yure
landing, I'm not proud, my breethering.
"Fm not a gwine to ter 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,
somewbar tween the first chapter of the book
of Generation and the last chapter Of the
book of Revolutions, and eff you'll go and
sarch the Scriptures, as | have sarched the
Scriptures you'll not only find my tex thar,
but great many uthcr teres as will do you
good to read, an my tex, when you shill find
it, you shil find it to read thus =.
"And he played on harp NV thousand strings
-sperts of just men made perleck"
"My tex breethering, leads me to speak Nv
sperit. Now thars a great many kind NV
sperits in the world-in the fust place, thar's
the sperits as sum folks call liquor, an I've
got as good an artikel of them kind NV sper-
its on my flat boat as ever was fotched down
the Mississippi River, but thar's great many
other kind of sperits, fur the tex seq: He
played on harp NV thousand strings
sperits of just men made perfeck.'
But I'll tell you the kind NV sperits as is
ment in the tex it's fire. That is the kind of
sperits as is ment in the tex, my breethring.
Now thar's great many kinds of fire in the
world. In the fust place, thar's the common
sort NV fire you lite a segar Or pipe with, and
then thar's cam-hre, fire before yure reddy,
and fall back, and many other kinds NV fire,
for the tex sez: He played on harp Nv
Mou-sand strings-sperits NV Just men made
perfeck.'
But I'll tell you the kind Nv fire as is ment
in the tex, my breethring-it's hell fire! an
that's the kind NV fire as a great many NV
you'll come to, eff you don't do better nor
what you have bin don'--for lie played on
the harp NV a thousand strings-sperits Nv
just men made perteck.'
Now, the different sorts NV fire in the world
may be likened unto the different perswa-
sions of Christians in the world. In the fust
place we have the Piscapalions; and they are
high salin' and high-falutin set, and they
may be likened unto turkey buzzard that
flies up into the air, and he goes up and up
till he looks no bigger than your finger nail,
and the fust thing you know, he Gums down
and down, and down and down, and is fill
lin himself on the karkiss of dead hoss by
the side Nv the road-and He played on a
harp of thousand strings-sperts of just
men made perfeck.'
And then thars the Methods, and they
may belikened unto the SQUIRREL runnin' up
into tree, for the Methodist bleeves in
gwine on from one degree NV grace to an
other, and finally on to perfeckshan, and the
squirrel goes mp and up, and up and up, and