The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-07-08
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
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We have had repeated applications for a cop,
Of our paper containing the following inimitabl
svai1, Is We are unable to supply them. Unden
these circumstances, we have concluded to repub
lish it. The scene is laid in the town of Water
proof, Mis:.-Rsehards' SPIRIT Of The Times
may say to you, my brethring, that 1 am not
an educated man, an I am not one of them al
believes that education is necessary for a Gospe
minister, for j believe the Lord educates his
preachers Just as he wants 'em to be educated
an although I say it that oughtnt to say it, yet,
u the State of Indiany, whar l live, thar's no
man as gifts q bigger congregation nor what !
gifts.
Thar may be some here to-day, my brethring,
as don't know what persuasion I am NV. Well,
must say 70 you, my brethring, that I'm Hard
Shell Baptist. Thar's some folks as don't like
the Hard Shell Baptists. but I'd rather have a
hard shell rs no shell at all. You see me here
to-day, my bretbring, dressed up in fine clothes /:
You mou't think I was proud, but I am not proud,
my brethring, I've been a preacher of the Gospel
for twenty years, an although I'm capting of the
dathoat that lies at your landing, I'm not proud,
my hrethring. p
I'm not gwine to tell edzactly whar nv text
may be found suffice to say, it's in the leds of
the Bible, and you'll find IL somewhat between
the first chapter of the book Of Generations and
the last chapter of the book of Revolutions, and
ct you'll go and search the Scriptures you'll not
only find my text thar, but a great many other
texes as will do you good to read, and my tex,
when you shall find it, to read thus =
And he played on a harp NV a thousand
stringp-periss Of jest men made perfeck."
My text, my brethring, leads me to speak of
speris: Now, thar's a great many kinds of sper-
Its IN the world-in the fuss place. thar's the
sperits NV turpentine, and thar's the sperits as
some folks call liquor, an I've got as good an
artikel of them kind of sperits on my fatboat as
ever was fotch down the Mississippi river but
thar's a great many other kinds of sperits, for the
tex says, He played on a harp Nv a Thousand
strings, sperits of jest men made perfeck."
But I'll tell you the kind of sperits as is ment
in the tex, is FIRE. That's the kind Nv sperits as
- ment IN the tex, my brethring. Now thar's a
great many kinds of fire in the world. In the fuss
place thar the common sort of fire you light
your cigar or pipe with, and then thar's f~oxire
and campfire. fire before you're ready and fire
and fall back, and many other kinds NV fire, for
the tex says, He played on a harp NV a thou
sand strings, sperits Nv Jest men made perfeck."
But I'll tell you the kind of FIRE as is meant in
the tex, my brethring-it's HELL-FIRE, an that's
the kind nv fire as a great many NV you'll come
70 eft You don't do better nor what you have been
doin'-for " He played on a harp NV a thousand
strings, sperits of Jest men made perfeck."
Now, the diff rent sorts of fire in the world may
be likened unto the different persuasions of Chris
tlans IN the world. In the first place we have
the Piscapalions. an they are a high-sailin' and
q high-falutin' set, and they may he likened unto
9 turkey buzzard, that flies up into the air. and
he goes up, and up, till he looks no bigger than
your finger nail, and the fust thing you know. he
Gums down, and down, and down, and is a film
himself on the carkiss of a dead hoss by the side
of The road, and 50 He played on a harp Nv a
thousand strings, sperits NV jest men made per-
feck."
And then thar's the Methods, and they may
be likened unto the squirrel runnin' up into a
tree, for the Methods believes in gwine on from
one degree of grace to another, and finally on to
perfection. and the squirrel goes up. and up, and
up, and up, and he jumps from limb to limb, and
branch TO branch, and the fust thing you know
he falls and down he comes kerhumix, and that's
like the Methods, for they is alters fallen from
grace. ah and = He played on a harp of a thou
and strings, speerits Nv Jest men made perfsck."
And then, my brethring, thar's the Baptist.
and they have been likened unto a possum
IN a 'simmon tree, and thunders may roll and
he earth may quake, but that possum, clings
thar still, ali! and you NAV shake one foot loose,
md the Others thar, and you may shake all feet
Dose. and he laps his tail around the limb, and
,e clings and cIings further, for " He played on
harp NV a thousand strings, sperits NV jest men
made perfeck-"