The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-06-27
ANOTHER DISCOURSE FROM THE HARP
OF A THOUSAND STRINGS.r

The following, together with the well
known sermon on the ssHarp Of Thousand
Strings,o is published in England as yer-
liable specimen of the pulpit oratory OF the
backwoods Of the United States.
ssBeluved breethering, Pm the man what
preached the sarmon which has been printed
in the papers, from the tex 'And he played
on harp NV thousand dstrings-sperrits Nv
Just men made perfeck.' | mout as well say
/ don't take pride in things Nv that sort,
for, in the language of my tex tn day-Pm
an orful sinner, the one among ten thousand,
and the one altogether luvly. Them is the
words which you'd find in Genesee. Pm
guine to preach without notes, 'kase can't
rite, and 'kase couldn't read it ef 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 gets
back to Indianny, fur-l'm an orful sinner,
the chief among ten thousand, and the one
altogether luvly.
ssThis tex, my breethering, can be divided
into three pieces-fust-second-third.-
Fust. Pm an orful sinner. That means
you individually, not me personally. There
are more sinners nor one. It's sin to
tie spirit will keep you in good health-'tis
a sin to steal unless you steal awileaway'
-'tis sin to swear, unless you swear and
sin not-'tis sin to lie, unless you lie low
and keep dark. Pride is sin. Sum is proud
of their looks; now amt, though l've the
gift and the grit to speak in. Sum is proud
of their lurnin; thank God I've none to be
proud of-for Pm an orful sinner, the chief
among ten thousand, and the one altogether
luvly.
ssSecond, 'Chief among ten thousand.'-
Thar is different kinds Of chiefs. Thar's
the mischief, the chief of sinners, and the
Cayuga 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,
YOU wharf-rats, tarter- de-melons, amhebuss
animals, what live here about the canawl.
Look at them ere hosses rise up in judgment
again YOU, high NV bone, low Nv flesh, tufi
hides and short memories; here the crows
cawing, fur they know that whar the canawl
is thar will the crows be gathered. The
Cayuca Chief is feller what pitches into
my frens the sperit- dealers, and my other
frens. the State Prison Officers. He is one
of your cold water men who goes for the
prohibition law what Gouverner Seymour
vetoed. If twarnt Sunday Pd hooray for
Seymom-for Pm an orful sinner, the chief
among ten thousand, and the one altogether
luvly.
s.'Thirdly. altogether luvly.' Different
things is luNy. When my boat swims
like a duck, say she am luvly-when my
wife gives Inc no curtain lectures, she has
the gift of tongues as well as myself) | say
she am lubly-when the wind don't blow
and it don't rain and it don't nothin, say
the day am lubly-fur Pm the chief among
ten thousand. and the one Altogether luvly.
s s.In conclusion, breethering, if that big
pile NV stuns was one stun what a big stun
it would be, eff you my breethering were one
bruther what big bruther you'd be, and if
my big bruther should fling that big stun
into the canawl, what a great big splash that
would make-fur Pm an orfur sinner, the
chief among ten thousand, and,the one alter
gether luvly.
s'My breethering, want 70 give notice
there will be some carvings oinat this lace
next Sunday afternoon at half past four,
when | shall prove the doctrin that Nv all
the shells in the world, the hard shells am
the thickest and best--for Pm an orful
sinner, the chief among ten thousand, and
the one altogether luvly.
81 shall prove that book larnin aint of no
use, my breethering, that rittin sarmons and
getting celery for um is a sin that de-
serves indemnifcation-fur Pm an orful sin
ner, the chief among ten thousand, and the
one altogether luvly.
"Breethering, let us liquor, and then go
hum remembering the words of the profit
'Be sure you're right, then 60 ahead'"