New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-14

sshag no Wood is, there the Fire GoetE ostt--
T..ay - 10y f'iaysd on Sisnbols, D1fcimersy
"SssssaaE3ss assU Dera1 j0Esss. 9
The following escoafse. deHvered n, ttat q 4an1ag
ora soo she eaptain a. mississippi aatboat aft D.
Hard Shell Baptist protraeted nleeffa i ~,
Thursday evening last was phonogF rpnoptod
expressly for The Mercury by Samuel fae serf y
who was one of the anxious Hqufers I'll tst $780,,
and interesting occasion 8
Ny FRIENDS: Since had The pleasure ~ b.5,..
forth to the henighted aH heatheish @
Brandon, Missisippi % the snhieek ~ IN Ia NJ.
played on harp nS thousand W. strings 81
to take up my bed and travel i; and after yisItrlr
divus places an the Gospill tovarris nom
nations have at u ast fetched bless tie Lord
eveFlin my brethering will be- found sor1eW bar
| tween the books Of Providence an BIilTkizedfsk J
think the forneD aniwhen found II read some
whar near as follows g Whar wood is there the
fire goeth they yed on simh0ls
! jewsharps and dinlInTions'. 'EsS5 s5Ss3'2
| Now, my brethering, I'm gwfne to say to you ID VI
said to the Bfandonlans on former easion, I'm not
an educated man, but, bless the LortI Tim. rai1tg
/ refigush man, q man whats born agira-one what
sperenced the holy ghost, and tuck reIigun iii tE
natra Way--for :. Whar no wood s thar the ffrs
goeth out-and they played on sfmbo1s, tlulsfmers,
| ieWshaTps and dmmyi0Tls.1 Y $4ss
4 Now, my bretherng, pr'Eiaps some Nv ye are won
dering an asslng yourselves what denorainashun I
longs to. Well, my friends, I'm plain spoken man.
although sez it myself, as ongtent to say it, an
I'll tell yer what swayshun longs to-. Perhaps some
| on ye thinks I'm q Mormon: some On ye peradTen-
tre, spisshuns I'm Mllerite; some more on 70 NAV
kalkelate I'm Methedias, an others NV We NAV inn.
bide the noshan that ar Free Ioyyer tells
ye, my bretherIng you are all coFfoHndedy eonfun-
bustercated ye thinks any sich thing for, iii the
language of the tex 6 Wfiar no wood is thar the
fire goetb outaud they played on simbdls dnIsmers.
jewshaTps and diranly johns. t5s 58S5egfa
Somehow, oilers tuck amazing. Hkrl to tile Ban
lists, specially TO the hard sheIsnot because I'm
particularly fond of cold water my brethering
I'm not one Nv them ar sort q Christians that repHd
ates good Whiskey or looks gift horse IN the mouth
Thar's the Rach-shelIs, the soft shells, the clam
shells, an great many other kind nv Shells but, my
brethering, next to the hard shells, give me the man
that shells ont literally when the ontrbnshln box
goes roUnd-for, sWhar no wood Isl thar the fire
goetl1 out-and they played on smbofs, duIsfnlers,
ieTsharps and dim1njoh1ls. 5S7s#
Now, my brethrenng, having told you what s#ay-
shun 11ongg to, I'm gMyne to- exemfcate and ucidate
on my tex, which Whar wood is, thar the fire
goeth OUT etc. Ny bretherng, don't spose for the
sixteenth part minute that the fire we read nv
in the scripters will go ont bekase tharis Wood2
Ne, my Christshun friends, 80 long as the supply Of
anthersite and birthstone holds out it won't make
diff uT difference whether thars any wood or not
the fire will be kept burning they played ON
sinbols, dnlsimers, jewsharps and demmyjohns.
My brethering, when, aecordin' to the tex, sez,
they played on simbols, dulsimers, jeWsharps and
dmmNohns, Inean that the good and perfck sperrits
them nv the sixth speer-plays on the sin1bots and
duclmers, and the bad sperrits, what lives in the
lower speers plays the ewsharps and dimmij
| specially the demmyjoh fol-, Whar no wood is,
thar the fire goeth outana they played -brethering,
smell mice. Thar $ Judis III this congregaahuf
sure as you are living sinners and he must be dis
PEELED! Ah, told you 50. Thar he iss yonder, on
that high sect thar, near the stove. That Weazen-
faced sinner in the barskin bang np-a wolf in bars
clothing setting thar as innocent as possum np
shannon tree, reporting my leetur phrenolog
i AT this jnncture all eyes were liked upon our re-
4 porter, who also began to smell mice and hastily
\ thrustng his notes ID the pocket Of his barskin
bang-up, vamosed through side window, surrounded
by q blaze Of glory and at least hundred hard
shells.