Mariposa Democrat., 1857-09-10
Mniposa @emotrat.
A uHnrd SheIIv Sermon.


has been lately published in England as a verita-
BILE specimen of the backwoods of the United
States.
"Beloved brethering, I'm the man what
preached the sermon which has been printed
in the papers, from the text, And he played
on a harp NV thousand strings-spirits NV
just men made perfec." ! mout as well say |
don't take pride in things NV that sort, for
in the language of my text for tu day-Im an
orful sinner, the chief among ten thousand,
and the one altogether luvly.
Them is the words which you will find in
Genessee I'm going to preach without notes,
kase can't write, and 'kase | couldn't read
it if | could, my notes are bank notes, NV
which I have pocketfull, and notes of hand
which l shall give to our Squire to collect
when write back to Indianny, fur-rm am
orful sinner, the chief among ten thousand
and the one altogether luvly.
This text, my bretherin, can be divided into
three pieces-fust- second-third. Fust, I'm
an orful sinner. That means you individual
ly, not me personally. There are more sins
nor one. It's sin to drink water and catch
the ague, when little spirit will keep you in
good health-'tis sin to steal, unless you steal
awhile away-'tis sin to sware, unless you
sware and sin not-'ts sin to lie, unless you
lie low and keep dark. Pride is sin--some is
proud of larnir thank God I've none to be
proud of-for I'm an orful sinner, the chief
among ten thousand, and the one altogether
luvly.
Second. "Chief among ten thousand. y
There is different kind of chief There's the
mischief, the chief of sinners, and the Cayuga
Chief The mischief means the Old Boy what
keeps the fire office below, and lets poor folks
suffer with the cold here on earth. The chief
of sinners means you, you wharf rats, arter-d de-
melons, amhebuss animals which lives here
about the canawl Look at them hosses rise
up in judgment agin you, high NV bone, loT
Nv flesh, tuff hides and short memories hear
the crows cawing, for they know that whar the
canawl is, there will the crows be gathered.
The Cayuga Chief is feller that pitches into
my frens, the spirit-deaers, and my other
frens, the State Prison officers. He is one of
your cold water men who goes for your proh-
baton law what Governor Seymour vetoed
If 'twarnt Sunday / should hooray for Sey
mour-for I'm an orful sinner, the chief among
ten thousand, and the one altogether luvly.
Thurdly. "Altergether luvly." When my
boat swims like duck say she am luvly-
when my wife gives me no curtin lectures,
(she has the gift of tongues as well as myself)
| say she am luvly-when the wind don't
blow and it don't do nothin' | say the day am
luvly-for I'm an orful sinner, the chief among
ten thousand, and the one altogether luvly.
In conclusion, brethering, if that big pile of
stuns was one stun, what big stun it would
bc, if you, my bretberins, ono hrnthor,
what big bruther you would be; and if my
big bruther should fling that big stun into the
canawl, what great big splash that would
make-for I'm an orful sinner, the chief among
ten thousand, and the one altogether luvly.
My brethering, ! want to give notice there
will be some earrings on at this place next
Sunday afternoon, at halfpast four, when |
shall prove the doctrin that NV all the shells in
the world, the hard shells am the thickest and
the best-for I'm an orful sinner, the chief
among ten thousand, and the one altogether
luvly.
shall prove that book larnin' amt of no
use, my brethering; that ritin' sermons, and
gcttin' celery for 'em, is a sin that deserves
ind c,r If, /
chief among ten thousand, and the one alto
gether luvly.
Brethering let us liquor, and then go hum,
remembering the words of the profit: BE
sure you are right then go ahead"
Akin to this, and we think fully equal to it,
is story told of another "Hard She'll" who
was preaching on Sunday in Georgia, and who
after taking his text, drew from his pocket,
after considerable fumbling in search of it,
ten cent piece. This he laid upon the desk,
and looking round upon his congregation, with
a very triumphant air, said" Now I'll bet
this here dime that none of you can tell what
portion of Scripture that ere text is in." For
few seconds nobody spoke. The religious
education of the majority of his hearers had
been so sadly neglected that they could
not furnish the desired information. But soon
the silence was broken by tall, spare rough
looking man, who was sitting in one corner of
the school-room in which the services were
held, who rose and with all solemnity walked
up to the desk, and taking dime from his
pocket, cornered the one which was laying
there, and said" Brother, it's small bet,
but l never let's 'em pass" upon which he
took the bible and pointed out chapter and
verse of the text The astonished and van
quished preacher pushed over the money, and
in consideration of the amount of scriptural
knowledge among the congregation, dismissed
it after singing hymn, and without preach
ing sermon.
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