Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-13
ANOTHER DISCOURSE FROM "THE
HARP OF THOUSAND STRINGS.W

1ne ioiloWlng, together with the we'll known
sermon on the Harp of Thousand Strings, ~
Is published in England as a veritable 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 played on a
harp Nv thousand strings-sperrits NV Just
men made perfeck" l mout as well saw |
don take pride in things Nv that sort, for in
the language NV my tex for tn day-I'm an
Orful sinner, the chief among ten thousand. and
the one altergether luvly. Them is the words
which you will find in Genesee I'm gwine 10
preach without notes, 'kase [ can't rite. and
'kase l couldn't read it eff 1 could: nv notes
are bank notes, of which have a pocket full.
and notes of hand, which shall give to our
square to collect when l gets back to Indian
ny, fur m an orfal sinner, the chief among
ten thousand, and the one altergether luvly.
" This tex. my breethering, can be divided
into three pieces-fust-second-th Fust
I'm an Orful sinner. That means YOU indiwid-
ually, not me personally. Thar ar more sins
nor one. Its a sin to drink water and catch
the agu whar little spirit will keep you in
good hoalth-'tis sin to steal, unless you steal
awile away'-'tis sin to swear, unless 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 amt, though I've
the gift and the grit to speak in. Sum is proud
OF their larnin; thank God we none to be proud
oi-for IN an orful sinner, the chief among
ten thousand, and the one nltergether luvIy.
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 keens
the fire office below, and lets poor folks suffer In
the cold here on airth. The chief of sinners
means you. you wharf-rats arter-de-melons
amHebuss animals, what live here about the Gu
nawl. Look at them ere hosses rise up in iudg-
ment agin you high Nv bone, low Nv flesh, tuff
hides and short memories; hear the crows cav
ing, for they know that whar the canawl is thar
will the crows be gathered. The Cayuga chief
Is fsller what pitches into my frens the sperit-
dealers, and my other frens, the State Prison
officers. lie Is one Nv your cold watur men
who goes for the prohibition law what Gouver-
ner Seymour vetoed. If ftwarnt Sunday should
hoOray for SeymOur-for I'm an orful sinner,
the chief among ten thousand, and the one al
tergether luvly.
':Thurdly, -'Altergether luvly." Different
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 myself) say she am luvly-
when the wind don't blow and it don't rain and
it don't nuthin, l say the day am luvly-for
I'm an orful sinner, the chief among ten thou
sand, and the one altergether luvly.
Al SVHSiuoioii, oIeetueTluS, III tnat Dig
Nv stuns wus one stun, what big stun it would
be; eft you my breethering were one bruther
what a big bruther You be, and eff my big
bruther should fling that big stun intu the ca
nawl. what great big splash that would make
fur IN an Orful sinner, the chief among ten
thousand, and the one altergether luvly.
MY breethering, 1 want to give notice there
will be some carryings on at this place next
Sunday afternoon at half-past four, when
shall prove the doctriu that nv all the shelI in
the world, the hard shells am the thckest and
the best-for I'm an Orful sinner. the chief
among ten thousand, and the one altergether
luvly.
Il shall prove that book larnin aint Of no
use, my breethering, that riting sarmOns and
getting celery for um is a sin that deserves
Observation-Disclosures I'm an Orful sinner, the
chief among ten thousand and the one alter
gether luvly.
Breethering, let us liquor, and then 60 hum,
remembering the words of the profit "Be sure
you're right, then 60 ahead