Squatter sovereign., 1855-11-27
A Cuiols Sermon

the town Of Waterproofs, 10; far from
Brandon: 'zrra w %
Imay say 10 You. my breethrins. ttla,
am not eeiecaied man, arisI am no, cus,
of them as believes that edccation is ncc-
Iesafy for a Gospel minister. for I belcevs
the Lord edecates his preachers jus, as b.
wants 'em to be edecated, an although I
say it, yet in the State of Iniianny. whefc
| i've. there's no man ns gits bigger con-
srcgation nor what gi.s. So
Thar may be some here to-day, nv
breethring. as don't know what. persuasion
+ I am uv. We'll, may say to YOU. my
hreethring, that I'm a Hard Shell Bap;is,.
Some folks don't like the Hard Shell Bap-
list. but I'd ru,her have n hard shell as no
shell a, all. You see me here to-
day, my bree,hring, and although I've
been preacher Of the Gospel for twenty
years, an although I'm Gaping ofthe fat
boat that lies at youts lan..ing, am no,
proud, my breethring.
I'm not a-gwine to tell you niraekly
whar my text may be found; suffice j, tn
say, IT'S in the l,,.:s OF tue Billie AM, voa'll
find it somewIlar between the first chap
ter Of the book OF Generations. and the
last chapter OF tie book Of Reyo-
luiions. and ei you'll go AMI sarch tho
Scriptures, as have sar:hci the Scrip
lures, You'll no; only fad my tex, thar.
biii u great man. other ,exes as will 10
You good TO read, and my tex when You
shall find il, 20 read thus:
And he played Oh the harp Of thou.
SAM stfings-speriis o. just men nlade
perfec.." .f.r
Ny tex. bree;hrins. leads mo 70 spe,k
OF spcri's. Now that's grca, many
kind OF sperits in the world--in the fust
p!iee tiilrS the spirits as soin.. it,iks call
ghosts. and then ii,ar's the sperifs NV tu,.
pan1,:HI", and tI;.f's iite srerits as some
ioiks call llqnoF.'aI.' I've sot as good aH
artehp'l Of tilc:n kind NV spirits on my
iiat-bodt as ever MAS iotell down ths
Mississippi River. hu, ihar's ., great many
other kind of speriis, for the tex says
lie played OH 81 harp .uv "A t-h-o-u-ssni
strings. sperels Us jest men nr.Irpcrleek
q But Iii tell you The I1ini Slv sperits is
ment in the text: it's fire. That's tic kind
OF srerlts Is lnani in the tex, my brcctlirihg.
Now tiii,r'S great many kinds of fire i'll
the world. Ia the fust place, thar's tha
common SORT, you light cigar or pipe with
and tiien t:Isr's fox fire and cam fire, ere
b:iore your ready, and fire alni fall back
and many other kinds OF fire, Tor the IT,
says: He played Oh harp nv u thou
sand strings, sperits OF jest inen made
p crfcck.'' ..ssz5
BatI'i tell You the kind OF fire as is
neiit in tie tex. my brecthring--it's hsli
lie! an' that's the kind OF fire US great
many Nv you'll conc to. cfsyou don't -
better nor what yoa have been doing-ior
'He played on harp NV tl.ousand
'trings, spcrits uv jest Inen made Ier.
/" s
Now the diiferen, sorts offre in the world
nay be liken"d unto the different persua-
'ioi:s of Christians in the world. In tie
ifst place We have the P;;scapaiians, an
hey are a higl, sailin' aud high falutin
set, and they may be lillened unto the tar
Key bu<zari that flies Up into the ar aad
he goes up and up, and u, and up. till he
ooks no bigger nor your finger
nail, and t.is fust thing you know
he comes down AMI down. and IS a Gilin
,iniself OH the cark;ss Of dead boss by
the side OF the road, an He played on
a harp Us a thousand silings, srcri.s W
Jest men nlado ptrfeck.''
An then tlar's the Methods, and they
may be likenned unto the squifrI, runnir.'
up into tree. for the Methods bleeres
ia gwine from one degree of grace to an
other. aud finally on TO perfection, and the
up aud up. AMI u2, AID then
ae jumps from limb IL limb. and branci, IA.
Drai.ei,. and the fust thing you know Eo
ills. AMI down he cu.ns ker-f,l.nnlux. a.ld
hats ike the. SIet!.sdis, ior they IS alters
aill,' from grace, an, a..l ..he played on
! harp uv a THOUSAND -speri;s Nv.
est men made perf.ek."
And then. my breethnng, thar's tie
Baptist, ah aud tiaey have beea likene.i
iuto possusn on 'sInnon Tree. and the
hulders uaay Iois ai,i the earth May quake.
ssr saat possasn eliegs there still all and
fea may si,aiss or. lssEs iocsc sad ahe osss-as
US thar. and you ma shake al feel iasse.
md he slings fnreyef. ior-.iie played sass !.
| harp uv tlionsand siri:igs-spelies asTszs
est men Ifi,lc pcrle. X,