The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-09-08
A Curious Sermon.

The Brandon (Miss.) Register reports the
following curious sermon oreahed at the
town of Waterproefs, not far from Bran
don.
81 may say to you, my breethring, that I
am not educated man, an am not one Of
them as believes that education is necessary
70 r Gospel minister, fur bleeve the Lord
cdecates his preachers jest as he wants EN-
to be edecated, an although says it that
ought to say it yet in the State o:Indanny
wnar live, thars no man as gifts bigger con-
gregation nor what gets.
Thar may be some here to-day, my breeth-
rem, as don't know what persuasion | am Nv.
Well, may say to you, my breethring, that
I'm Hard-Sheel Baptist. Thars' some
folks as don't like the Hard-Sheel Baptist,
but Id ruther have hard she'll as no shell
at all. You see me here to-day, my breeth-
ring dressed up in fine clothes; you mont
think was proud; but | am not proud, my
breethring, and although I've been preach
er of the Gospel for twenty year, nm al
though I'm Capting of the fiat boat that lies
at your landing, am not proud my breeth-
ing.
I'm not a giving to tell you adzachlg whar
my text may be found; suffice it to say, it's
in the leds of the Bible, and you will find it
someWhar between the first chapter of the
book of Generations, and the last chapter Of
the book of Revolutions, and ef you'll 60
and sarch the Scriptures as have sarched
the Scrpturs, you'll not only find my tex
thar, but great many other teres as will do
you good to read, and my text when you shell
find it, you she'll find it to read thus:
"and he played on :. harp Nv thousand strings
sperits of just men made perfect"
Ny tex, breethren, leads me to speak of
sports. Now thar's great many kind Of
sperits in the orld-in the first place thar's
the sperits as some folks call ghosts, and
then thar's the sperits up turpen time, and
then thar's the speriis a sum folks call Ii
our, and I've got as good an artekel of them
kind Nv sperits on my fat-boat as ever was
fotched down the Mississippi river, but thar's
great many other kind of sperits, for the
tex says, "He played on harp Nv t-h.ou-
sand strings, sperits Nv just men made per-
feck."
But I'll tell you the kind NV sperits as is
ment in the tex; its FIRE. That's the kind
ofsperits as is ment in the tex, my brethren
Now thar's great many kinds of fire in the
world. In the fust place, thar's the CON-
mon sort of fire you light your segar or pipe
with, and then thar's fcx-6re, and cam fire
fire before you are ready, and fire and fal
back, and many other kinds of fire for tht
tex says, "He played on harp Nv thou
sand strings, sperits Nv just men made per
feck."
But I'll tell you the kind o fire as is men
in the tex, my breethren-its HE'LL FIRE
an that's the kind of fire as a great many
Nv you will come to, eff you don't do bette
nor what YOU have been doin'--for HI
PLAYED on a harp Nv a thousand strings, spe
rits Nv just men made perfeck."
| Now the different sorts offire in the worl'
maybe likened unto the different persuasion
of christians in the world In the fust ploc'
we have the Piscapalions, an they are higl
sailin' and high falutin set, and they may
liken unto aturkey-buzzard that flies up init
th'' ar and he goes up and up, and up, an
up. till he looks no bigger nor your fnge
nail. and the first thing you know he cum
down and down, and down and down, and
filing himself on carkiss Of dead hos
by the side ofthe road, and "He played on
harp of thousand strings, sperits ofjus
J men made perfeck."
And then thar's the Methodists, and the
. may be likened unto the squirrel, runnii
up into q tree fortheT Methoaists believes j