Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-06-25
A .HARD SHELL SERMON.

The following, together with the we'll
| known sermon on the s'Harp of thousand
| Strings,' has been lately published in Eng
land as veritable specimen of the pulpit or
| atory of the backwoods of the United States
s:Beloved breethering I'm the man what
| preached the sarmon which has been printed
in the papers from the tex, sAnd he played
| on harp Nv thousand strings-spcrrits Nv
just men made perfeck.' mout we'll say
l don't take pride in things of that sort, for,
| in the language of my tex for tn day-l'm
an orful sinner, the chief among ten thousand,
and the one altergether luvly. Them is the
words which you'll find in Gennesee. I'm
| gwinc to preach without notes, 'kase l can't
write, and 'kase couldn't read it eff could ;
| my notes are bank notes, of which l have a
| pocketful, and notes of hand, which / shall
give to our square to collect, when l gets back
| to Indianny, fur-I'm an orful sinner, the
chief among ten thousand, and the one alter
| gether luvly.
ssThis tex, my breethering, can be divided
into three pieces-fust-second Fust,
I'm an orful sinner. That means you indi-
widually, not me personally. Thar ar more
Siu5 -,-z---S.2--
catch the ague, when little spirit will keep
you in good health-'tis a sin to steal, unless
YOU ssteal awile away'-'tis sin to swear. un-
less YOU swear and sin not-'tis sin to lie,
unless you lie low and keep dark. Pride is
SIM Sum 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,
| I'ye none to be proud of-fOr Pm an orful sia-
{bo fer thOuSanu and tlp
one aItergether luvly.
ssSecond sChief among ten thousand
Thar is different kinds of chiefs. Thar's tn
mischief, the chief of sinners. and the CayuS
| Chief. The mischief means the Old Boy
what keeps the fire office below, and lets poe
| folks suffer in the cold here on airth. Te
chief of sinners means You, you wharf rat
arter-de melons, am1ebuss animals, what lie
here about the canawl. Look at them &c
hosses rise up in judgement agin you, high {
bone. low of flesh, tuff hides and short meI-
ories, hear the crows cawing: fur they knF
that whar the canawl is thar will the crowse
gathered. The Caguga Chief is felier wit
pitches into my frens the spirit-dealers, al
my other frcns, the State Prison officers.
is one NV your cold watur men who goes +
the prohibition law that Governor SeymG
vetoed. If 'twarnt Sunday, l should hooy |
for Seymour-fur I'm an orful sinner, the chf
among ten thousand and the one altergetF |
luvly. |
ssThurdly. sAltergether luvly.' Differt |
things is luvly. When my boat swms lila
duck, I say she am luvly-when my We |
gives me no curtain lectures, (she has the t |
of the tongue as well as myself,) say shen
luvly-when the wind don't blow, and it DIT
rain, and it don't do nothin, say the dayn
luvly-fur Pm an orful sinner, the chief anig
ten thousand, and the one atergether luvl
"In conclsion, brcetherng, if that bgIe
Nv stuns wus one stun, what big stun 1t
, would be; eff you, my breethering, "eree
bruther, what big bruther you'd be; aff
my big bruther should fling that big stunIo
the canawI, what great big splash that wd
make-fur I'm an orful sinner, the chie-
: monc ten thousand, and the one alterger
luvly. |
.sMy breethering, I want to give noticcr
will be some carvings on at this place Et
Sunday afternoon at half-past four, vii
Z, shall prove the doctrin' that Nv all the IS
K in the world, the hard shells am the thift
: and the best-fur Pm an orful sinnere
chief among ten thousand, and the one + ,
gether luvly. /,
sI shall prove that book larnin' amt o,
n nv breethering, that ritin' sermons and dgf I
It a celery for um is a sin that deserves indf-
i fication-for Pm an orfnl sinner, the en- 4
: mong ten thousand, and the one aitergr .
u luvly. 6
G ..Brcethering, let us liquor, and theo
f hmm remembering the words of the p: :,
: Re sure you're right, then go ahead.'' p.
/, NJ A loveletter is check on the bT
q ;,,aoination payable at Sight. y