Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-07-16
MISCELLANEOUS s.
Another Hard sheiIsermon.


The following, together with the well.
known sermon on "Thc Harp of n Thou
-sand Strings" is published in England rs
IA Seriiable specimen Of the pulpit oratory
of the backwoods Of the United States:
"Blovcd b%recthring, I'm the man what
preached The sarmon which has been print
ed m the papers from the tex, And he
played on a harp nv n thousand strings
spetrts nv just men mode perfeck." /
mout as well say ! don't take pride in lhings
NV that sor', for in the Language ~ my
tex for tn day, TN an old siner-the chief
among ten thousand, aud the one altogether
luvly. Them is the words which you'll
find in Genesee, I'm gwine to preach
without notes, 'kusc | can't rite, and 'kase
| couldn't read ef / could. My notes are
bank notes, NV which | have n pocket full,
and notes Of hand, which | shall give to
sour squire ia collect, when I gets back to
lndianny, fur-lim an orful sinner, the
chief among ten thousand, and the one al
together IuvIy.
This tex, my breethring, can be divi-
dcd into three pieoes-fust-sccond-
third. Fust-lm an orful sinner. That
,mcans YOU individually, not me personally.
Thar are more sins nor one. It's a sin
III drink water, and catch the aguc, whar
Il little sperrit will keep you in good health
it's a sin to steal, unless you 'steaI
awhile awny-'tis Il sin to swear, I'M
less you swear and sin not-'tIs a sin to
lie, unless you lie low and keep dark
Pride is sin. Sum is proud of their books;
now | nint, though I've the gift and the
grit to speak in. Sum is proud Of their
%larnin'; thank God I've none to lie proud
of-for I'm an orful sinner, the chief
among ten thousand, and the one altogether
luyly,
Second. Chief among ten thousand
Thar is different kinds of chiefs. Thar's
the mischief, the chief sinners, and the
Cuyuga Chief. The mischief means the
Old Boy, what keeps the fire office below,
and lets poor folks in the cold here OH
airh. The chief of sinners means you,
you warf rats, arter de melons, amnebus
animals, wha, live here about he canawl.
Look al them ere bosses rise up in judg-
ment against you, high NV bone, low IN
flesh, tuhr hides, and shorl memories; hear
the crows cawing, fur they know that war
the canawl is thar vii the crows be gath
cred. The Cayuga Chief is a Teller what
pitches into my frens the sperit-dealers,
and my other frens the St,te Prison Off
GERS. He is NV your cold water men who
goes for the prohibition law what Cow
crner Seymour vetoed. IL twarnt Sunday
| should hooray for Seymour-for I'm an
orfut sinner, the chief among ten thou
sand, and the one altogether luvly.
"Thurdly. Altogether luvly." DIFF
ferent things is luvly. When my boat
swims like a duck, | say she am luvly-
when my wife gives me no curtain lectures,
(she has the gift of tongue as well as my
self, } say she am luvly-when the wind
don't blow, and it don't rain, and it don't
nothin, | say the day am luvly, fur | am
the chief among ten thousand, and one
altogether luvly,
(" In conclusion, b~rcthring, if that big
pile NV stuns was n stun what a big stun
1t would be, eff you my breethring were
m bruther, what a big bruther you'd be,
and eff my big bruther should fling thai
hig stun into the canGwl, what a great big
splash that would make-fur I'm an orful
sinner, the chief among ten thousand, and
the one altogether luvly.
My breethring, | want TO give you
notice there will be some carvings on at
this place next Sunday afternoon, at half
past four, when | shall prove the doctrine
that of all the shells in the world the hard
shalls am the thickest and the best-for
I'm an orful sinner, the chief among ten
thousand, and the one altergether luvly,
. shall prove that book larnin amt Nv
no use, my ~breethering, hat writin SER
mons and getting a celery for UNI is a sin
that deserves Observation-Disclosures I'm an
orfui sinner, the chief among ten thousand
and one altergether luvly.
Breethring, let us liquor, and Their
go hum, remembering the words of the
profit. BE sure you're right, then &c
ahead"
4 Hard Case.
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