The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-22

ONE oFjTHE SERMONS.

proofs, not far from Braudou. 1t is to be
regretted that the whole sermon was not
preached The following paragraphs
show the spirit of the preacher:
I" / may say to you, my brethren that
l am not an edecated man. aa' am not
enc Of them as beevss that edecation is
necessary fur gospel minister, fur I
bleeve the Lord edecates bis preachers
jest as he wants 'em to be edccated, an,
although, say it that ougta't to cay il,
yet 10 the State of Indianuy, whar live
thar's no man as git' bigger cong ega-
tion nor what gits
Thar may be some here 70 d,y, my
brethren, ss don know what pc sus
tion l am. Well, may say to you my
breethren, that arm Hardshell BAb,is,
Thar,s some folks as don't like the
Hardshell Babtsts, but Id ruther hev
a hard shell As no shell at all. You see
me here to-day my breehren, drest up
in fac cloae; ysu mout think was proud
but am not proud my brethren, and
although I've been a preacher Nv the
Gospel for twenty years, an although
Pm capting Of that fat boat that lies At
yure landing, I'm not proud, my breeth-
.ering.
I'm not gwine ter tell You edsuek-
ly whar my tex may be found; suffice
it to say, it's in the leds Of the Bibe,
an you'll find it some whar tween the
FIRST chapter Of he book of Generation
and the last chapter Of the book Of Rev
olutions, an ef you'll 60 and saroh the
Scriptures, as | have sarched tho Scrip
lures, you'll not only fad my tex thar,
but great many uther teres as will do
you good to read, an my tex, when you
shall 6ud it, you shill find it to read
thus
And he played on harp Nv thou
sand strings -spsrits Nv just msn made
perfeck.'
My tex, breethering, leads me to
speak Nv sperit. Now thar's . great
many kinds of sperits 10 tho world--iu
the tust place, thar's the spsrlts as some
folks call ghosts, then thar's the speriLs
Nv turpen time, and then thar's the sper-
its as some folks calls lieker, and I've
got as good an artikle Nv them kind Nv
sperits on my hAt-boat as ever WAS fotch-
81 down the Mississippi River, but thar 8
sgrest many other kinds Of sperits, for
tn, tex sez - He played on harp Nv
thousand strings-sperits OF just men
made perfeck
But I'll tell you the kind Nv spsrit.
a. is ment in tho tex, its fire. That is
the kind NV sperits Is is nent in the
tex, my breetheriny. Now tbat's a
great many kinds Nv FIRE in the world
In the iust place, ,har's the c,nuon
sort of fire you light segar Or pipe
with and then thar's cam 6fe, fire be-
fore yurs reddy aud fall back, aud many
other kinds Nv fire, far the tex SEE -
He played on harp Nv thou sand
strings s-sperits Nv just men made per-
feck.'
: But Ill tell you the kind Nv FIRE as
is ment in the tex, my brecthering-its
hsHfre An that's the kind Nv 6rc as
great many Nv you'll come to, ef you
don't 10 better nor what y u hev blu
doin'-tor : He played on the harp Nv
thou sand strinss-sperits Nv just men
made porfcck
Now the diffo' ent sorts of fire in the
world may be ikcncd unto the different
persuasions Of Christians in the world
In the fust place we hev the Pi.capa-
llons: and they are Il hig-sa,lin' and
a high-faluin set, and they may he
lkened unto a turkey buzzard that flies
up into the air, and he goes up aud up
t,l he looks no bigger nor your finger
nail, and the fust thing you know, he
c,mes down aud down, aud down and
d'wn, and is filing himself on tbs ksr-
kiss iva dead hoss by the side Nv the
raad-and he played on a harp with
thousand strins s-sperits Nv just men
made psrfeck
Aud then tbar's the Methods, and
they may be likened unto squirrel run
nin' up tree, for the Methods bleeves
10 gwiae on from enc degree Nv grace
to another, and finally on to perfeckshun,
and the squirrel goes up and up, and up
snd up, aud up, and he jumps from linn
t. lin and branch to branch, and the |
fust thing you know be falls, and down
b, Guns kcrfummux, and that is like
the Methods, for they is always fallin'
from grace, ali And - He played on
harp Nv thou sand strings -sperits Nv
just mon made psrfeck.'
And then, brsethcring, thar's the
Baptist, ah and they hev bin likened
unto possum on 'simion tree, an the
thunders may roll, aud then the earth
may quake, tut that possum cings thar
:.nll, al And you may shake one foot
loose and the tother's thar, ssd you
may shike all feet loose, and he laps his
tan round the linn aud he clings furevsr.
for He played on harp Nv haou-