Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-02-11
The Wan that s'PInycd On Ihe Harp OF
a Lhomsnmd sIrings.,, ON a now IcNI.

The Wan that ssPIaycd On Ihe Harp OF
a thousand sIring>,'' On Al new text.
TFz1 Were no wood g. there the FIRE goeh oltand
they play 0n simbos, Ducners Jew harIs and Dmm
johns"
My FRFSps-Since had the pleasure Nv hold
in forth 20 the beughted uu' hoathyush Tapscalious
nv Brandon, Mississippi on the sItjeck-"An' he
/ played on a harp Nv a thousand strings sperits Nv
/ Just men made prrieck'-Jhc SPIRIT hath moved
me TO take up my bed aud travel; an after visiting
diyus places, an pr0pagatiu the GOspill 20 varus
nominations, have At last fetched up, bless the
Lord noug the Hard Smells OF Hnicum My tex
tins eveun,' my brethcriug, Will be found some
whar tween the books OF Providence and illkize-
dick Il think the iormer,) au'when found it will
read somcwhar near as iOIowa:
"Whar 40 wood is, there the fire goeth oH-an'
they played on SYMBOLS, dalsimers, jcwshups, aud
dimm,j Inns"
"Now, my bretheriny, I'm gwins 20 say 10 you
as ! sad TO the BUudOulaus on iurm,r cdsion,
Tn uot au educated man. but bless the Lord, I'm
a mighty rtigush man, a man what's born agin--
one whatsperCuced TIE holy COST, aud tuck religu
itNthe uaJra way--lor "Whar no wood is, thar the
IRE goeth out"-and they played on SYMBOLS, dul-
sinners, iswshaTp-, aud dimmyjohns.
"Now nay brelnering p'ruaps some NV We are
wondering an aXng yourselves what denOmlnashuu
/ longs 20. We'll my friends I'm plain spoken
an Ia tell yer What swayshdn / longs TO. Perhaps
some on We thinks I'm Mormon; some on ye, per
adventure, spissbuus I'm a MHcrje; some more
on We may kalkelate I'm MetheUiss, an others NV
We may imbide the noshun that ara Fee LOvyer;
but tells ye, my brethcriug you are all couiouud-
eddy northumberland il ye thinks any sich thing
for, ia the language Nv the the tex;
~ har 20 wood is, thar tie fire goeth out'-they
PLAYED on SYMBOLS dulsimers, jewsharps, and dun
myjohus
'Somehow, | oilers tuck amaziu' kin' TO the
Bspti-ts, specially 10 the hard sbe!ls-not becase
rm particularly fond Of cold water; for NV brother.
ing Ia not one Nv them are sort o Christians that
rcpudates good Whi,key, or looks gift boss 10 the
mouth. Thars the RAch shells, the soft shells the
clam shells an great many other kud Nv shells,
but nav bretherug, next TO the hard shells, give me
The man what shells out hbb,rly when the contri-
bushun box goes round for Whar wood is,
thar the FIRE gosth out-and they played ON sim5os,
duismtFs,, irWsharps aud dummy Johns.
Now, nv bretberng, having told YOU what sway
shuu / longs 90, Tn gwyne 10 exemtIcate and luci-
dare on nv tex, which sez-'Nhar no wood is thar
the tire goeth out &c. My bretheriug don't s'pose
for the sixteenth part nv miuult that the tire
read uy u the scptcrs will 90 out bekase thar's
wood No, ms Christshun Intends, 80 long as the
supply OF auJhersuc and birthstone holds out, il
wout make a d.'uv bittereuce whether thar's any
wood or uot-the fire will be kept burning, for
The, PLAYED ou SYMBOLS, duismers ieSsharps, aud
dimun I1hus.'
''gv ht,theiing. when, accordn' 20 the tex,
seq tasy PLAYED oa .inbo's, dulsmers iewshsrps
aud aimm, lohus / mean that the good aud perfect
speiri,s-them the siAth sprer-plays on the
,imao.- aud dul-imers, and the bad sperrits. What
lives in the loWerspeers PLAYS Ga the leSsbarps and
jimm, joaus, specially the oimmvobns, Tor, 'Whar
100 wood t. thar the fire goeh cot, and they played
-brrlheHug' smeli a mice Thai's Jucis IN this
Corgrrea,bun, sure as you are living siunrs, and
be tuust be dispclIed Al .hadut told YOU sos
Thar De Is yondef thst high sect thar, near the
stove That wraEau--iaced sinner ia the baFskin
bang up--a vol 10 bars Cothing-settiug thar as
innocent as a possnm Up simmer tree, reporting
my iectuf phrrnologcsly
Al uis jancture, al ewes were hKfd upon our
reporter. who also began 20 ''smeli mice, and
thfustng his notes Ia the pockets Of has
b4r,k.u bang up, vsmosed Though side window
surrounded ny a b.aze Of glory aud Al least han-
drrd hafdshelis.