Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-06-18
EATON, PREBLE COUNTY, O. JUNE 49, 1857
A Companion to the Harp of a
Thousand Strings

A Companion to the Harp of a
Thousand Strings" -
The following together with the we'll.
known sermon on the "Harp of thou
sand Strings is published in England
as vcritable specimen of the pull pit or
atory of the backwoods of the United
Estates
"Bclovod brccthering, I'm the man
what preached the sermon which has
i been printed in the papers, from the tex
Et.And he played on n harp NV thou
fsand string aspefrits 4y just men make
3peffsck e mouti ias well say 3 don't
/ take pride Ia thing thai
in the language Nv my tex fur tn day
I'm an orful sinner, the chief among ten
Thousand, and the oneaItersethcr luvly.
Gennesee. I'm gwine to preach without
notes, 'kase [ can't rite, and 'kase l
couldn't read it if I, could; my notes
arc bank notes, of which have pock-
ct full, and notes of hand, which [ shall
give to our sqiare to collect, when 1 gets
back to- Indianny, fur-I'm an orful
sinner, the chief among ten thousand,
and the ono altcrgcthcr luyly. ....
This tex, brcethering, can be divided
into three pieces -fust-second and
third. Fust, I'm an orful sinner
That means you individually, not me
personally. There arc more sins nor one,
It's sin to drink water and catch the agur
whar little spirits will keep you in good
health tbs a sin to steal unless you ':stcal
awhile away''-'tis asin to swear, unless
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unless you lie low and keep dark, Pride
is sin. Sum is proud of their books
now L amt, though I've the gift and
the grit to speak in: Sum is proud of
their larnin; thank God I've none to be
proud of-for Tn an orful sinner, the
chief among ten thousand, and the one
altcrgcthcr luvly. - ''l % -"
"Second, Chief among ten thosand.'
Thar is different kind of chief Thar's
the mischief, the chief of sinners, and
the Cayusa 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 wharf rats, artc dc melons,
tamfcbuss animals, what live here about
the canawl. Look at them are hosses
what rise up to judgment again YOU
High uy bone, low wv flesh, tuff hides
and short memories. Hear the crows
cawing, for they know that whar the
canawl is thar will the crows be gather
cd.-The Cayuga Chief is the fcllcr what
pitches into my frcns, the spcrit-dea,-
crs, and my other frcns the State Prison
Offices He is one Nv your cold watur
men, who goes for the prohibition law
,,.l,,4 Eo,yorDor CovDo,,r 1-oFoaI TT
twarnt Sunday Iwould hooray for Sey-
mour-for I'm an orful sinner, the chief
among ten thousand, and the one alter
gcthcr luvly. .
"Thurdly. 'Altergcther luvly. DIFF
ferent things is luvly. When my boat
swims like duck, [ say she am luvly-
when my wife gives me no curtain lee
lures, (shc has the gift of tongues as we'll
as mysclf) say she am luvly-when
the wind don't blow and it don't rain
and it don't nothin, I say the day am
luvly-fur I'm the chief am )ng ten
thousand, and the one altcrgether luy-
ly. .s.-.t-.-- .. s.,.. ........ -4-l.r.....
.';Ineonclusion, brcethcring, if that big
pile NV tuns wus one stun what 4 big
Stun it would be, if you my brccthcring
were one bruthcr what big bruther
you'd be, and if my big bruther should
fling that big stun into the eanawl, what
great big splash that would make
fur I'm an orful sinner, the chief
among ten thousand and the one alter
gether luvly. ""r..s. -s s..-1.rtri ~
My breethering, I want to give notice
there will be some carrying on at this
place next Sunday afternoon at half past
four, l, shall prove the doctrin that NV
all the shell in the world, the hard shell
am the thickcst and the best-for L IN
an orfull sinner, the chief among ten
thousand, and the one altcrgcther luY-
ly.
Il shall prove that book larnin amt
Of no use, my brccthcring, that ritln ser
mons and getting 4 celery for um as
sin. that deserves indcmnifiction for M
an orful sinner, the chief among ten
Thousand, and the one altergther luvly.
" "Breethering, let us liquor, and then
90 hum, remembering the words OF the
profit, ''Bc sure you'er right, then go
ahead.
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