Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-03-07
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
PREACHING IN EGYPT.

Mound City (late Enpofium( six miles above
Caro-, is called u halt preaching station, Cairo be
ing the other half. As it is settled princi pally by
Cincinnati people, | went up there 1" enjoy u OUT
ct Sabbath. and, OF course went to meeting. -,
The preacher was n tall, hOny man. with small
eyes and u big, led nose. lie spike the Egyptian
dialect of the American language. His pants
were too short at both ends, and his vest very
brief. When he gcsticulated his shirt worked up
and appeared in II rull at his wt.istband, keeping
one in continual apprehension lest it should come
entirely out.
lie commenced the services by reading n hymn,
ut the conclusion of which he SAID. Its long me-
tire, aud Ill he uhlesg'd to some ON you to raise
the tune and kerry it,"
But no one volunteered. and Mt length the
preacher himself struck up in n peculiar nasal
twang. lie seemed to me To lie getting on nic'ly'
when he suddenly stopped un tho word next to the
last of the secpnd line. His delicate ear had evil
IDENTIFY discovered something wrong. lie said -
"Drat ii, that's II short metre tune; VI won't go. >.
O..e cried out, Try it again, brother A..
but brother A. only replied by saying with
some petclence: Its mighty queer you cant none
Of you riz a lung-metre tune"
At length one vi the brothers, fixing his face as
il for n dreadful unpalatable dose. started it COM
mon m .tre, and by dint Of drawlipg it was made
to suit.
or his prayer l dare not speak. 1t was, no
doubt, sincere, and accepted as meant; but his
use of such terms rs 'meretriciUus blOnd" FOR me-
retoriuus blood of the Redeemer, and his improre
mel Is and interpretation of Scripture, would APP
pear blasphemons to mere English scholars not
versed in the dialect Of Egypt.
TIE SERMON.
The object Of our feeble remarks will he found
in the first letter OF the Corinthians, twentieth
chapter and fliy-se,enth vars. But thanks he It
Gud who gi,eth us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ"
Bretaring and Sistern-I see before me a more
inielligenter congregation than I'm used to get
and | reckon you're all sporting Il good deal. -
Wall, p'raps some on you'll be disappointed, Tut
that ar wont be my fault, for | deprecate the i'm
pUrtance OF the 'casion, ana I'm gwine 10 gin you
If not IA streak Of elOquence. n sound and sensible
composition of the Guspe of our Lord Jesus Christ
to the best of my feeble debiiities, and | hope it'll
he exceItahle to you NIL.
My great objection in the world am to do good,
not 20 be II maxim glory or recommendation ful
myself, for. despisin' great men. and ricieses and
honnrs-aH o which | might ev had I've conde
seconded to gin up All my time in this ere G"d'lnv
ing world, and all ry talents and enerGetics To in
strurtin' aud enlitening my lelicr-critters Among
men; aud | hope IN = ere discourse will prove nc
~ceptahle to you al, brethering and slstern.
There is men even in this ere Heightened age o
the world-in tins aye of houk larI in that oOn'
keer nuthin about the Bible-meD that drink an,
gamble and never 90 to meetin. (And here | ma.
lie II hittin on some Of you. but i can't help IT.
It's Gods truth and you've got to stan it.-
There am such men, | say, even in this age "
Guspel light and lberulity and The 81 Irious minis
Ter of the Gospel in a goin' On his rounds. Otter
runs ngin EN-, and they alters want to argy will
him.
Some on ems wise mon in the things OF hi
world. aud great men. ut when they come to AZ
gyfy and sputify the glorious minister Ut the COS
pei is always one too many Tor EN-.
Perhaps sir. you think Lre,hring and sister
that this is Lekase the most talentedest men Of TIN
great nation is II rushin into the gospel ministry
and that its on account of our material gifts tina
we flor EN-. But that aint the main reason. 1t
hekase, thanks te to God. who gi,eth US the vic
tory through jesus Christ our Lord"
/ was sitting in front cf n school desk. and hav
ing room to sit Partially turned, reported thus far
Lut ut this point n gentleman aud lady came in
and | was Obliged tu make room and became 81
crowded that l could not write, and | ailerward
found it impossible to recall the phraseol"gy.
AT The clnse Of the sermon, tie preacher said
Brother Given, We'll iine with you in prayer,
aud the congregation placed themselves at once il
II proper attitude and remained so a minute, ant
no one spoke. At length IL boy whispered, lou,
enough to he heard through the room, "Bruthej
Given's slipped out"
It proved To he So, and one of the brethren in
formed the preacher. brother A.. brother Givei
has gone out" whereupon the preacher imnledi
ately extended his arms with wall, receive tn,
hlessin' then" and thus without Il closing praycl
the congregation was dismissed.