Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-01-14
Harp Serrn on.

MY BELOVED BREErHRIxG: l unlarnt
Hard Shell Baptist preacher OF whom you've no
doubt hearn aiore, and now appear here to ex-
pound the scripiers and pint out the narrow way
which leads from the vain world the streets of ia
roosllcm; and my tex which shall choose for the
OCCASION is in the leds 0. the B.ole somewhlr be-
tween tbs Seccad Chronk ills and the last chaptcr
Of Timothy titus, and when Won End it, You will ind
i, in these words: "And they shall enaw file, and
fec into tie mountains otHepsidam, where the lion
roaroth and the wans doodle mou meth for his first
born
Now, my breethring as have before told you
am an oned.cated man, and know nothin about
grammar talk All coolidge hifilutin, but I'm plane
unarnt preacher OF the Gosril what's been iorcor-
!aned aud called - prepare porvarse Scnorashun
lOr the day OF wrAtil--ll. 'lor they shall gnaw 4
file, and flee into the mountains Of Heps.dam, whar
the lion ireth and the wans-loodle monrneih iog
his lirSt- born--ah!'
Ar be'o ed brce,llrn-, the tex says they shall
gnaw a i..c. II does not say they may, but shall
New, there IS more than one kind OF file. There
the handsa file the rat-tail file, the single file,
tie double file. anl profile; but the kind OF file spo-
ken OF here isn't one of that kind nayther, bekIws
It's fgger ofspeech, and means going it alone and
gettin. ukcTei; 'ror they shall gnaw file, and ice
unto the mountains OF Hepsidiiu, whar the lion roar
eth and the waus-I0odlc m,1eth for his ffstb0rl
-ihn
thur backs, brass rings on thar fingers, and lard on
thar hag, who goes it while they're yuns; and thtr
be others hec WI rs long rs thar constructions
am lo.ty-ecnt whis1ey llst goes it blind. Thar be
sisters here what, when they gets sixteen years Old
cut thar tiller-sopes and goes it with rush. But
slv, M deer brethling, tike care you don; tndi
when Gabriel blows his last trump, YOU'RE hands
PLAYED out, and you've got ukercd--ah For they
shall knaw 4 file, aud fee unto the mounta:As Of
/ lIersidan. whar the lion roare,h and the wang-doo-
| de in1urneth for his first -boUi.'
! Now, nv bretherinc, 'taey shl.l ice unto the
mountains OF Hcpsitam; bat thai's more dams than
Heps.daro. Thurs Rotterdam, Had-danl, An.s:e.-
dam and Don't care a-daln--thc last OF which, ny
brc:herng, is The w0rs. OF all, and reminds Tie ct
srkulu Sans ol,st knowed in tho state Of Illenoy
There was a mn what built h m mill Oh the north
fork OF Ager Crick. and it WIS good NIL and
ground Il sigh. Of grain, bit the - what built it
WAS Il miserable sinner, and never give anything to
the church; and my dear brethcrag enc night there
cane dreadful storm OF wind and rain, and the
mountains OF thc great deep vas broke up, and the
waters rushed down and swept III i mans m.l-tln
- kingdom cum. All when he woke up he wa3n'l
worth a dan--ah. = n they shall 6naw q Fl c aud
/ Gee unto the mount ins Of Hepsd III. whar the lien
rorcth aid the waIy-iood.c aougneth for lis FIRST
+ b3.E-lh.
Now, 'ghar the lion roareth a,.d The wlng-doodlc
mourneth for his FIRST -born-lhn This par. Of my
tex, nv DeSedc!lnS DfetilC l, IS not 10 Oe taken
a. it says. Il don't mean the bowling wilderness,
wh = John tie lIanl-Sheil Baptist fed on ocuss and
wild asses hu, 1t means my hrethcring, the city O.
New ! Orleans, the IL }her otharlots AID hard lots
wlr earn is with SIX BITS bushel one day and nary
n rcd mex; whlr nggers are as thick rs ok bugs
| in spi,eG bacon Ism, and gamblers, thieves ald
pickpoccts goes skitng about the streets Ike wels
els III Z barn yard wtar honest men are scar Ger th
hens teeth; and VII Il strange woman once took
in YOUR beloved teacher and bamboo ell him CIT oil
two hundred and twenty-seven dollars in the twink
linz o. sheep's tail; bat she can't do it aglin.-
! II ll!elulh--th '.'or they shall gnaw fe, an
Zee unto TIC mountains OF II sitam, whar the ion
r3arch and tie wang doodle lnouInerth for his fist
/ boIr-aL.'
Ms br, lhoring, am captain Of that lat-hoat YOU
see tied ~ thar, and have got aboard ct her -four,
bacon, taters, ana rs good Monongahcla whisky as
ever was drunk, and am mighty apt to Get a biz
price for them al; hut what my dear hi ethcFing
would il be with III hadn't religion? Thar'S moth
Ing Ike religion my brethering its better nor ST.
vsr Or gold aimcracls; and you no more &c;
u heaven without il, than jayb ri can ~ without
4 tlil--ah. Thank the Lord, I'm an oaolcsted
IN, my brethcrnE; but I've Fchcd the Scripter-
from Dan to Dtcrsheba, aid iound Zon nigh, side
10 ana hsrshell religion IS the best kind Of raiig
ion-ah. Ills not Ike the Iehodists, what spccks
- get 10 heaven by holleln hell-lre; uor like the
CniversaiSs, that get on the broad gage and 20 the
+ nut! u b-tl; nor Ike tle \ Swnltet bsSiheIIucl
hit;akes each other by the slack OF ihar byeeches
and his. themselves in; nor Ike tle Il iheks, that
buys threw tickets from thur priest; bit it nav II
! iiheHei unto a IN Wh had - cross river-ah
and th ferry bat gas gone, 50 he tucked up his
/ brecchos and wa.'ed Gerost-ahi For they shall
gnays i file, and Zee unto the mountains vi Hepsi
dun, wilas the lion roaFcih and tie wang doodle
mou.neth for his lirsi- born!'
P.,ss the hat Bother lint, ana let every Hard
she'll Blptis, shell cut.