Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-02-13
A Sermon from Disciple of the Harp
of thousand Strings.

A Sermon from a Disciple of the Harp
of thousand Strings. --7
The following very pathetic sermon
was actually preached BY Hard Shell
some where among the mountains of Geor.
gia, which we give Ver6atim ct lieratim.-
His text was this
" He that is not for US is against us,
and he that gathereth not with US scratch.
eth board.''
After having read his text, he proceed>
ed thus
This passage ov scripter, my deer bre>
thring. which 1 have jist read. is from ho-
ly rit. 1t is inspencable truth that he
who is not fur US is aginst us. We can
find no better imblamatic pruf ov this, mi
brethering. than jist Gu look round and see
who is not with us. see them here, mi
brethering. tu da. Thar sets the soft>
handed Prsbiterians, and here the self
commissioned Baptists, and yander the
back slidden Methudis. Whar ar they,
brethring? All-a-all fiitin one anuther;
besides they re all linked and twisted and
connivin tugether. tryin tn upset us. but
thanks my dear brethring. they're not got
us yit. No. dear brethrug, they're not
yit abel. Let EN- rip with they're hell
Gre faith and hi skooled relygun. Let
EN- fling they're wooden thunder bolts at
US We're the primatives. Yes, my
brethring. we, the Hard Shells as they
call us, hev stood the shook ov their fry
slang. and eau stand as long-as long as
the iron wheel ov time kontines tn role on
in the world. But my deer brethring,
now comes the orful pint in the subieck-
" He that gether not with US, scratches a
6odrd."
Mark, mi deer brethering. the latter
claws-scratches a board. understand
bi this, mi deer brethring, that he lhat/is
not with US and docs not gether untew
over flock. neither lays hold ov the pix
Nx and digs that thare may be abundant
harvist gethered untew the Lord. Yes,
them damagogs. snekin and hulkin and
skulkin about like an old red fox in a hen
house, tryin TO win the effecskuns ov n
shankhi chicken, tha will be dumed to
scratch Il board through all eturnety.
Yes. mi deer brethring, methinks see
that tender tinger'd Prisbetarian, whu was
called off ter eturnety fue yers hro,
scratching Il board; and methinks | .re
upon his rise bac slider, scratching his
ooaTuI anu upon MS lelL lne pore mis-
shunary Baptist. whu had been sent tew
kollidge and got fine cdecashun, he te W
is scrAIchn a board, and will have to
scratch and scracth thru Ri eturnety.
And thar's that pore sinner who never
saut the salvashun of his solo. Methinks
l see him ungulfed in the sulphuric OF All
orful hell, thar he is, wepin, walin, |
mashin his teeth, and skratchin board. |
o, sinner, tern. why don't yer tern p
Now is the time; for when yer stan be-
four tho judgment bar yer will here that
orful dune pronounced aginst you, "De>
parte, yea kussed intew the dismal pvt,
and scratch board" And thar yu will
haf; tew skratch and skratch and skratch
harder than ever gra hound skraIched
a rebbett from his den.
But, ah. mi dieing friend, ah, it will
not be a saft pine board yu will halt tew
skratch, all. No, no, ah; it will be a ruff,
snarly, cross graned, tutf oke bord, ah.-
Yes, yes, all, it will be clabb bord ov
nots and splinters, ah. which VOW will
haft tew skratch and skratch from ever
lastin tew everlastin, ah. intel the foun-
dashuns ov brimstun is burnt out, ah, and !
its aaims ar quiuched, ah, and the wauls
ar kooled. ah, and intel tho blast ov an
enless e!urnety freezes yu as stiff as po.
kurs, all. Amen.