The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24
A NEGRO SERMON.

n NEOhO soENnlDN.
Old Knick, in his last No., has capital
discourse by New York culle'd parson. !,
will be found IN the observations of Mace
Soper, ESQ.,:
aCut down an cass into de fiah,' roared the
preacher from New York, rs we quietly stole
on to the portico and sat down. "Yes, my
Christian .rens, aud dc barren fly tree won,
be de- only tree dat'll he cut down and cass
into de iah In dem days. Dcr'll be a gwine
into timber stitch M you never did see--n
sawin' off b. branches, and u chopin up y
back logs md Dustin up de old slumps wild
powder, bark scalin' off, and de chips hyin'
10 n way dat'l trimble aud skterify de most
owdacious sinnas in de flock oh Zion. Oars
many and many tree, my bred'ren, darl find
itself split wood den, dat used 10 tnk itself
too fine fur emmy thing but to grow up putty,
to look at, or may be be shiter TO. all sorts
Of carniverus sns--as de Scripture says dey
sihued in all de high ole places, and under
cherry green tree.
"Who is dc sinna dat'll he cut up in dose
days fur kinlms, an set fab to de fust and
burn, and burn.wld de eberlastin' birthstone
match ut de botton1ob de heap? Whnr is de
sinnu ? whar is de mountain whar he spread
ieels 10 de rain dat fall on de- just and dc un.
Just, Just us IL happen to come? My bredreD,
it's de pine tree dat grows de highest, and
holes his head up de wainest-de pine tree
dat looks exactly like dc Trinity steepe opp.
site Wall street, and de little stceple mp an
down Fit Avenue, and in all de fash'nable
plumendes. DENIS de pine trees, my bredren,
dat grown out unity poor sile, ef il has got
do. dns i,,t NM al Ui Oil, al ms
up dat 1t can't see de weeds it used 10 KEEP
cumpany wild when it was II little sapln.-
Denis DE- trees dat's oslul soft in de grain, el
dey il white and delkit, and denis de trees
dai'll be rolled ober fur kinIins whnreber dey
grows, eff il fall toward de sOuf, or Ell it ial
toward de MORT, fur in de place whar de tire,
fall dare it shilI be.
"l,ut ,oho is de snnah dat'll be cut up II
dose days wen dc wood man Gums along wi,
de axt OBJ judgment and Oh de 'poss-s p
Dere's many tough ole tree, my bredren, da
grows jiss rs il peases all iru life, and bIervr
il wus predusty mated fur muffin else but I,
make nice timber uf; an must allow, bredr,n
dat some of dem tough ole trees dus max
putty good timber artcr al-preciOus for ax
handles and whipstocks-b urter u while
axe handles break, and de whip stocks ri
cracked, and de timber is burned, and den d
crooked part oh de tree wat WAS left, is hunt
ed up and cass into de iiah, fur in dat day
shill be MS II fussakn bough and mn upper
Nose branch which dey left behind ob d
chiren oh Isral, and deere shill be desrlutioi
"But ,oho is de sinnah dat'l be cut up i
dose days and roll into de turniss of raft an
hab de dore shut and de draft turned ON wi
de ole poker OF vengeance stiriin him oh,
and ODER and ober? What is de tree d.
grows by de ribrr side. and bpeves it aint II
count less it gifts dipt in de water and puts a
its fate in wasl.in-like de new fashionc
doctor foxes dat cures cherry thing wild ba
tubs, and wet rags, an spackins! Darll be
time, my bredren, wen de twigs'll 90 off k
shavens under de CRATE, and de iiah vii cor
sumo it utterly, fur all de trees oh de feel shi
know dat de high tree has been bronal
down, and dried up de green tree, and mai
de dry tree to flourish.
'But oho is de- slnnah dat'll he forgiven or
made into precious furnitur dal'll be KEEP tu
ever unbr"ken and set up in de parlor! N
de pine tree oh pride, nur de hickory oh stu
berness, nur de wilIertree nb do waters d
. we-ps fur muffin. wurI wi,iout end. No. II
Christian frrns, it, de beautiful ebeny--da
wood dat neber gifts cass into de tiah-nnd
fine black walnut, md de dark complcct
cedas, aud lie African pnm. DENIS &c 81
dat you neber see split into kinDns, fur it's
kind dat de true beebers is made ut, aud
righteous shill fl"rish like de- pam tree, he 81,
grow like de cedar IN I.bnum. Amenw
Here the preacher caved in, complies
done up, and falling back on the seat, beg
to tan himself with white cambria, VIII
the congregation went off in particular
steep hvmn, adapted to the extra sky -larki
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