The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1857-12-24
AMOtber Psalm from the Harp Ofthe
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Ny BELUVED BEETHERlNG:-l en- an
d drarnt preacher, OF whom you've no
doubt hecrn befo 6. and now appear 10
eXpouud the Scriptures and pint out the
narrow way which leads from vain
world to the streets of the Jur6osaum,
and my text which shall choose for the
occasion is in the lea5 Of the Billie, some
, where between The second Chroniki l.
! and the last chapter Of Timothy Titus,
and when you vii fad it you viii find it
in these word:
"Ani they shall knaw a file and a SC unto the
mountains OF liepsldani, whlr the ,lion roareth
and the wang doodle mourneth for It's first born"
Now, my brethering, as have before
told you, am an uHeddicated man, and
know nothing about grammar tolk End
kolidge high!alootng; but I'm plain III.
larnt preacher Of the Gospil whats been
foreordajned, and called TO Cxpound the
Scriptures 10 dyiu' world, and pr pare
aperVerse generation for the day oil wrathi
''for theE shall hnaw file and flee unto
The mountains Of llepsidam, whar tie lion
roareth and the wang-dood!e mourneth
for its first born"
Ny beluyed brelhering. the t,xt says,
I"they shall knaw file" II don't say
they may, but they shall. And now,
there's MORN one kind OF file. There's
the hand saw file, ral-iail file, single file.
double file and profile; but the kind fife
spoken Of here isn't one OF them kind
neither; because its fgger OF speech,
my b!elhering. AMI means got in it alone,
getting unkeeredi "Ior they shall knaw
liIe and flee unto Lhn mountains oC upp-
oidam, whar the lion loareth and the
wang-doode mounfeth for its first born"
And now, there be some here with fine
close on thar backs, brass fings On thar
fingers, and lard on thar har .sUhat goes
ii while they're young; apd gar be broth.
ers here what as long as sqhA constiu'
tions and forty cent whisky last, goes it
blind; and thar be sisters here what, when
they git sixteen years old. cut thar llIer
ropes and goes ii with rushSbut say,
my brethering, take care you don't find
when Gabriel blows his. last trump, that
you've all went it alone and got unkcer-
ed: "tor they shall knaw file and flee
unto the mountains Of llepSidam, whar
the lion roarelh and the wang doodle
moufntth for its first born"
And, my brethering, there's more dam
besides Hepsidam Tbar's Rotterdam,
Iladdam, Amsterdam, miIIdam and don't
care-a.dam-the last oi W ioh, my dear
breelhering, is the worst of all, and re.
minds me of circumstenS | once knew
in the State OF IIlinoy. Thar was man
what built HIN a mill on the Est Fork
Of Augur creek, and it was good mill,
and ground a site Of grain, but the man
what built it was a mirersble sinner, and
never Civ anything 10 the churchI and.
my breetherng, one night might thar cum
a dreadful sto m of wind and rain, and
the 10 untains Of the great deep was bros
ken up, and The walerS rushed down
and swept that mans mllldsm into king
dom come, and 10 and behold! in tue
morning, when he got up, he found he
was not worth dam. Now, my young
breelhering, when storms of temptation
overtakeye, take care you don't fall from
grace and become like that m,ll--not
worth dami "ior they shall knaw a file
and flee unto the mountains Of IIepsidam
whar the lion roareth and the wang-doo-
monrnsih for its first born"
Whar the wang doodle mourneth for
its frst=born. ThisyaYt of the text, my
brethern, is another fggeF ofSpeech, and
isn't to be taken as it says 1t ddoSa.t.
mean the howlin wilderness whar, john
the hardshell Baptist was fed on locu
and wild asses, but it means my bra
ing, the city ofNew Yorleans, de-
of Harlots, and hard lois
worth six bits a 60
red the next; wha
as black k;bugsi in q.