The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1857-06-11
A Companion to the Harp Of Thou
sand Strings

The following, together with the we'll
known sermon on the Harp of a thousand
Strings" is published in England YER
liable specimen Of the pulpit oratory of the
backwoods of the United States:
beloved breethering, I'm the man what
preached the sarmon which has been printed
in the papers, from the tex, "And he prayed
upon a harp thousand strings-sperrits
Nv just men made perfeck." L mout as well
say don't take pride in things wv that sort,
for in the language Nv my tex fur tn day
I'm an orful sinner, the chief among ten thou
sand. and the one altergether luvly. Them is
the words which you Il find in Gennesee I'm
gwine TO preach without notes, 'kase / can't
rite. and 'kase l couldn't read it if 1 could;
my notes are bank notes, of which have
pocket full, and notes Of hand, which l shall
! give TO our squire to collect, when 1 gets
back to Indianny, fur-I'm a orful sinner. the
chief among ten thousand, and the one alter
gether luvly.
This tex, my breethring, can be divided
into three fust--second--t Fust
I'm an orful sinner. That means you indi-
vidually, not me personally. Thar ar more
sins nor one. It's sin to drink water and
catch the agur whar little spirits will keep
you in good health-'tis a sin to steal. unless
you "steal, awiIe awav"-'tis a sin to lie,
unless you lie low and keep dark Pride
is sin. Sum is proud of their looks now
amt, though I've the gift and the gift
TO speak in. Sum is proud of their larnin;
thank God I've none 10 be proud of-for I'm
an arful sinner. the chief among ten thousand
and the one altergether luvly.
"Second. "Chief among ten thousand
Thar is different kind of chiefs Thar'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 in the cold here on airth. The
chief OF sinners means you, you warf-rats,
arter-de melons, amflebuss animels, what live
here about the canawl Look at them ere
bosses what rise up in Judgment agin you.
High NV bone. low NV flesh. tuf hides and
short memories. Here the crows cawing,
for they knew that whar the canwal is thar
will the crows be gathered. The Cavuga
Chief is feler what pitches into my frens,
the State Prison officers. He is one NV your
cold water men, who goes for the prohibition
law what Gouvernor Seymour vetoed. If
twarnt Sunday l should hooray for Seymour
for I'm an orful sinner, the chief among ten
and the one altergether luvly.
"Thurdly. "Altergether-luvly. Differ
ent things is lvuly. When my boat swims
like duck. | say she am luvly-when my
the gift of tongues, as well as myself,) l say
she am luvly-when the wind don't blow and
il don't rain and it don't nothin, l say the day
M dlrRTitg1r-f'rv a9tefgeth,f iuvIy.
'.In conclusion, breethern. If that big plie
lvstuns wus one stun what big stun 1t
would be, it you my brethering were one
Drusher what a big bruther you'd be- and II
you my breethering were one bruther whata
big bruther you'd be, and if my big bruther
should fling tha, big stun into the canawi,
what great big splash that would make
fur I'm an orful sinner, the chief among ten
thousand, and the one altergther luvly
my brethren. went to give notice there
will be some carvings on at this place next
Sunday afternoon at half past four. when l
shall prove the doctrine 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 al
tergether luvly.
II shall prove that book larnin amt OF no
use, my breethering. that ritin sermons ana
getting celery for UNI sin that deserves
indemnifcation, for I'm orful sinner, the
chief among ten thousand, aud the one al
tergether luyly.
"Brethering, let us liquor, and then 60
hum remembering the words OF the proht.
BE sure you'er right then go ahead