Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-02-27
Another Harp Sermon.

! doubt ileern before, and I how ap-
! pear hear to expound the Scriptures
and point out the narrow way which
leads from a vain world to the
streets Of JuroosalQ. q, and my tex,
which shall choose for the occa-
sion is in the Ieds ot'the Bible some
where between the Second Chroni-
cl'ils and the last chapter OF TIN othy
Titus, and when you find it, in these
| words; -.
] "And they shall gnav q file and
! flee into the mountains Of Uepsi-
dam, vlar the lion roareth and the
H:angdoodle muurnetll for its first
born"
Now, ny brethering, as / have
before told YOU, | am an uneddica-
ted man, and know nothing about
grammar talk and collidge high
ta)ootin ; but Pm a plain 11nlarnt
|preacher IT the Gospil what's been
ttoreordalned. and called to expound
the Scripture to a dyin' world, and
I prepar apreverse generati II for the
! day Of wrath; for Stthay sI1all Z, aw
q file and flee into the mountains
Of Hepsidan, vhar theIi roareth
and the wanydoodIe. naou~neth for
Its first born.''
+ My beluved brethcring, the text
says they shall t'gnaw a fle.'' 1t
don'e say they ma, bat they shall.
And now. there's more'n one kind
Of file. There'r the hand-saw file,
rat-tail tiIe,. double file and profile;
| but the kind ct Tile spoken Of here
isn't one If them kind neither; be-
cause It's a fgger Of speech, my
brethoring, and neans goin: italone
getting ukered tor " they shall
gnaw a file and Tee unto the noun
tains Of HepsiJam, vhar the lion
roareth and the wangdoodle lnouru
eth for it's first born.''
And now there be some here with
fine clothes on thar backs, brass
rings on thar fingers and lard on
thar 1lar, what goes it while they're
yonng; and thar be brothers here
what, as long as their constitutions
and forty cent whisky lasts, goes it !
blind ; and thar be sisters here
what, when they get Is years old, |
cut thar tjl]er ropes aud goes it
with a rush: but I say, NY deer
tretl2rIng, take care you den't find
when Gabriel blows his last trump,
that you've all wentit alone and got
nkered ',,ior: they shall gnaW file
and flee unto the Smountail.s ot Hep |
sidam, whar the lion roareth and |
the wangdoodle. mou1neth for its
first born. ~-*~
And my bretheren, there's more
dams beside Hepsidam. Thar's
Rotterdam, Hadda1n, 4 Amsterdam, |
nilldam and don I-care- -a-dam--tbe |
last of which, my deer brethren, is |
the worst Of all, and reminds sme of
a circumstance Ionce. knew ia the
State Of. tIlenoy. 1'Iia:: was man
what built him a mill on cast fork /
of CUR creek, and it ground d sight
OF grain, but the man what built it
was a n;sera ble siuner, and never
give anything the church; ant,
my bretheren, one night ther come.
a areaGful storm Of wind and rain,
and the fountain of the great deep
was brohen up, and the waters rush
ed down and swe~t that mans mill
dam into kingdom come, and 10 and /
behold, in,thc morning when he got
up, he found be was not worth a
dam! Now, my young bfethere,'>
when storms If temptation overtake
", take care you don't fall from
grace and become like that mans
mill--not worth a dam = for ssthey
shall gnaw a assfle and fee unto the.
mountains Of IIepsida.r1, whar the (
1on roareth and tie wangdoodie 1
for its first born.'' Il
"W har the lion roareth and the
Eangd odle mourneth for its first
oorl.o. This part svt the text, my (
oretherel], is .anoIhvr -fgger Of
speech, and isn't IT, be taken as it
3ays. It doesn't mean the bowling
whar tie hard shell Bap-
;ist~was fed on locusts and wild as
yes, butsit- means, bretheren, the
city Of New Orleans, whar corn is