Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-10-06
A Curious Sermon.

am not an edecated man, an l am not
one of them that believes edecallon IS
necessary, for believe the Lord ede-
Gates his preachers jest as he wants them
to be edccalcd, an although | say II that
oughtn'tt 10 say it yet in the State OF indl-
amy, whar live, thais no man as glts
bigger congregation nor what glIs.
Thar NAV be some here to-day my bre'
thrng, as don't know what persuasion
am Nv. I'm Hard-Shell Baptist. Thar's
some folks as don't like HarI-Shell BaP-
lists, but I'd ruther have hard shell as
no shell at all. You see me here, to-day,
my breihring, dressed up in fine clothes;
YOU mout think | was proud; but | am
not proud my brethring, and although I've
been preacher of the Gospel for twenty
years, an although I'm Gaping OF the
flat boat that lies at your landing, m not
proud, my breihring.
I'm not guine 10 tell you edsdcity whar
my text may be found; suffice to say, us
in the Ieds of the Bible, an you'll find 1t
somewhar between the first chapter oil the
book OF Generations, and the last chapter
of the book of Revolutions of you'll go
ard search the Scriptures, las have search
ed the Scriptures, you'll not only find ny
Tex thar, but great many other teTes as
will DO you good 10 read, and my tex,
when YOU shill find it to read thus.
"And he played on a harp NV thousand
strings-spcrIls Of Just men made perieck''
My tex, brethrlng, leads me TO speak
Of sperils. Now lhar's great many
kind of sperlrs in the world-in the iust
place there's the sperlts as sum folks call
ghosts, and then ihar's the sperlls Nv
lurpen-fine, and then ihar's The sperlls as
some folks call liquor. an I've got as
good an arlckel OF them kind Of sperlis OH
my fiat boat as ever lotch down the Mis-
sissippi river; but thar's great many 9TH
er kind of sperils, for the tex says, "Hc
played on a harp Nv a t-h-o-u-sand
strlngs-sperits of just men made per-
feck."
But III tell you the kind OF sperits as
is meant in the tex, it's FIRE. That's
the kind Of sperits as is meant in the tex,
my brethring. Now ihar's great many
kind of fire in the world. In the fust
place, thar's the common sort Of fire you
light your segar or pipe with, and then
fox fire and cam fire, fire before you're
ready, fire and fall back, and fire away
Flanagan, and many other kinds Of fire.
for the tex says, ale played on harp Nv
n thousand strlngs-sperits Of just men
made Lerfeck."
But III tell you the kind Of fire as is
meant in the tex, my brethrlng--its HELL
FIRs an that's the kind of fire as great
many Nv you'll come TO, ef you don'i do
better nor what you have been doin'-lor
''Ile played on harp Nv thousand
,lrlngs-sperils Of JUS! men made per
reck."
Now the different sort Of fire in the
world may be lkened unto the different
Dersuasions OF Christians in the world
n the GIst place we have the Piscipalions,
ln' they are high falulin set, and they
DC likened TO a buzzard ihat flies up
nlo the air, till he looks no bigger than
your finger nail and the lusl thing he
Knows he comes down and down, and
lown and down, and is film himself
IN the carkass Of dead hosS by the side
If the road--and ale played on harp
" thousand strings-sperits of just
nen made per(eck.'
And then lhar's the Methods, and they
nay be hkened unto the squirrel, runnin'
Ip into tree for the Methods believes
n gwine on from one degree OF grace
0 another, and finally on 10 perfection,
nd the squirrel goes up and up, and up
nd up, and he jumps from limb to limb,
nd branch TO branch, and The lust thing
e know he falls, and down he Guns keT-
Iumux, and thai's like the Methods, for
ley is allars faIIin' from grace ah!-snd
lie played on harp Nv a thousand
Of just men made per-
eek"
And then, my breihring, thar's the
and they have been likened
nto possum on a sim mon tree, and the
lunders may roll and the earth may
uake, but that possum cIings thar stlll-ah!
nd you may shake one foot loose, and
he others Thar, and you may sbske all
'et loose, aud he laps his tail round the
mb. and he cIings fJreyer--fr ole
Iayed on a harp Nv a thousand strings
-sPerils Of just men made Peffeck."
RgAARxABLE CAsg.--A correspondent
( lIie Religious Herald, sIIuding 10 a re-
snt revival Of religion in Mount zion
nd Hebron churches, Bedford county,
iys that among those who prolessed con
sr,ion vas laly who had rever spoken
elore, but or this occasion she rose and
-ied out distinctly Lord, Lord, Lord!
DEsTaUcrIyE CosrLAoKATlos.--Ad des-