Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-10-06
One Of the Sermons.

| 1he ReglSteF, published at Brandon, Miss,
gives partial report of sermon preached q
few weeks since at Waterproofs, not far from
Brandon. 1t is to be regretted that the
whole sermon was not preserved The follow
| ing paragraphs shows the spirit of the preach
| er.
may say to you, my breethering, that
am not an edecatGd man, an | am not o. them
| as bleeves that edecation is necessary, fur
| bleeve the Lord edecates his preachers jest as
| he wants 'em to be edecated, an, although
say it that live, thar's no man as gifts bigger
congregation nor what gets.
Thar may be some here to-day, my brethren
as don't know what persuasion | am Nv. Well,
| may SO to you, my breethring, that I'm a
a Hardshell Baptist Thar's some folks as
don't like the Hardshell Baptists, but I'd ruther
hev a hard she'll as no shell at ALL You see
me here to-day, my breethering up in fine
close you mout think | was proud, but / am
not proud, my brcethering, and although I've
been preacher NV the Gospel for twenty
years, an although Fin captihg Of that fiat
boat that lies at yur landing, I'm not proud,
my brecthering. ...
g I'm not gwine ter tell YOU ed-Hcblq whar
my tex may be found suffice it tn say, it's in
the Ieds of the Bible, and You'll find find it,
sOmewhar tween the first chapter of the book
of Generations and the last chapter of the
Revolutions, and cf you'll go and search the
ScripturerS, as | have sarched the ScripturerS,
you'll not only find my tex thar, but great
may uther tereS as will do You good to read,
an my tex, when you shall find it, you shill find
it to read thus
" Aud he played harpuv thousand strings -Sperits
of just men made perfeck."
My tex breethering, leads me to speak Nv
sperit Now thar's a great many kinds of
sperits in the world-in the fust place, thar's
the sperits as sum folks call ghosts, then thar's
the sperits Nv terpen time and then thar's the
speritS as sum folks call liquor, and Eve got as
good an artike of them kind uy Sperits on my
tlat-boat as ever was fotched down the Misss-
Sippi River, but thar's q great many other Kind
OF sperltS for the tex sez u" lie played on a
" harp Nv a MoH sand strings-spcritS of just
" men made perfcck"
But I'll tell YOU the kind Nv sperits as Is
ment in the tex, it's fire. That is the kinds of
Sperits as is ment in the tex, my brethering-
Now tharS great many kinds of fire in the
world. In the fust place thar's the common
sort OF fire you lite. segar or pipe with, and
then thar's cam-fre, fire before your reddy, and
fall back, and many other kinds NV fire, for the
tex sez " He played on harp Nv a Thousand
:" strings" sperits Nv just men made perfeck"
But I'll tell YOU the kind NV fire as is ment
in the tex, my breethering hell fire an
that's the kind Nv fire as great many of you'll
come to, eff you dont do better nor what you
have bin don-for g He played on the harp
" Nv a thousand strings-sperits Nv just men
. made perfeck."
Now, the different sorts Nv fire in the world
may be likened unto the different pcrsuations
of Christians in the world In the fust place
we have the PiScapalions aud they are high
sailin' and high-falutin set, and they may be
likened unto a turkey buzzard that flies up into
the air, and he goes up and up until he looks
no bigger than Your finger nail, and the flIst
thing you know, he Gums down and down. and
down and down, and is fIlin,' himself Oh the
karkiss of dead hoSS by the side of Nv the
road-and He played on harp of thom-
" sand strings-speritS of just men made per-
" feck-
And then thar's the Methedis, and they may
be likened unto the squirrel, runnin' up into
tree, for the Methodist believes in gwine on
from one degree Nv grace to another, and finally
on to perfeckshun, and the squirrel goes up aud
up, and up and np, and he Jumps from linn to
t'" ohd piaH0i W oidich, anu the iust thuiS
You know he falls and downs he Gums ker-
fummux, and that's like the Methods, for they
is alters fallin' from grace, all And" He
played on harp of h4os-sand strings
spcrits of just men made perfeck."
And then, my breethring thar's the Baptist,
ah and they hev bin linkencd unto poSsum
on 'simiOn tree, and the thunders may roll,
and then the earth may quake, but that possum
clings there still, ah And you may shake one
foot loose, and the others thar, and you may
shake ali feet loose, aud he laps his tail around
the limb, and he clings furev6r, for" He
played on harp w q UOusand strings
"sperits of just men made perfeck."
Here the reporter could no longer contain
himself, and his notes became untirely unintelli-
gible