Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-07-06
A Hard Shell Scrnl
norresnondent in N1ississip

A correspondent IN AllSslsSlP
following as veritable passage e..ia ulscourst
which he heard with his own ears, and w
give it place as specimen of Hard Shcl
learning and religion. Here it is:
"My Deer Brethren, you may lind ms te'
in the 18th chapter Of Mark, Sth and part o
9th verse. 1t reads somewhat thus: Eol
nation shall rise up against nation, and king
dom against kingdom and there shall bt
earthquakes in diuiae places, and there shall
be famines and troubles; these arc the be
pinnings of sorrows. But take heel to your
selves"
"And now my hecrers, as The last part o
the tex is the most important, shall coaiInt
myself principally to that rortion, and n! i
means the same to say "Take to your heels,
as to say "Take heel to yourselves and as
that manner of sayin' is more easily under
stood, 1 shall take the liberty although am
not in favor of new Bible,) of transpon' ii
thus: "Take to your heels" for it is certlinly
meant to flee away, and nothin' else.
And in the first place, my deer congega,
Eon, would not have you to act like coyards
and run away for every little triAe whenthcre
is no danger. No, l would have you stand
firm, like bold soldiers. But, my deer friends
there are some things that We should be ,teerd
of: and when we see them we should notstand
like fools and be destroyed. No, But take
to your heels !"
aAnd, my heerers, the wars and tanines
and earthquakes are not the only things that
you should beafeerd Of. No, my deer tuends,
there is the wicked, the hypercrite, aud u
great MANY OF these hollerin' and money
o preachers, and SIGH like. From sucl, m.
heerers, Il Take to your heels p .
"But, my brethren, before you knov VII !
to be afeerd Of, and when to obey tie tel {
you must be able to tell ginnywine Chistii
from hypercate. And let me tell "a be
/ tell them. I tell them by the way tbF t. /
their dram. You say, my hearers, h@a
hypercrite goes to take bis dram b sl1s i
around and enters the backdoor of thsros- z
~, but When the truu giunywine Cfssa
roes to take his dram be walks boldi UT {
The front door and calls for what bei@S
like q man, and he don't put both haaIo il
the glass to keep t'other folkcs tromsl' 0
how big O. dram he takes. No, my fine;
but if one glass amt enough be takes and, \
Test like nc Uluu Y CalE IL toS "O'iN SS~S~ |
Mark it, my heerers, whenever you see a =
fesser do that, he is ginnywine Chris; 8
but when you see him a slippin' around le .
backdoor lest like he was agwine to II ;,
somethin', you may know that mans t. y y
critic and I tell you, my brethren, aal :
love your deer souls, not to 60 aboutl,
a But take to your heels !"
"And my deer young people, therel. a.
other set of folks that l would charger W
particularly to watch and be afeerd Of !, g'
nv deer, tender young ladies and gent,
if any of you should ever so far torgee al
teachings of your parents and yonr pod So
preacher as to go to any of these bis sur m
meetin's, and heer the preachers beep
shout and holler, and maxim Christians u !,
BY rollin' you in the straw and mud, oft ds s
me warn YOU not to stay there, "But to OF
your heels" ~
aAh, yes, my deer Christians, it paiy :.
heart to think that after | have been a p. IT
er to you so long, there is great dansf n'
your children agwine of after these new
ioned churches. Oh my deer congrea, do
in conclusion, let me exhort you to reg II RJ
tex every day, both for you and your chi; e., e,
so that whenever any of you are likelh an an
led off BY any these new doctrines 1t n!Ir W. ~,
come up to your minds in thunder, w. w..
stake to your heels" PM PM