Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-01-10
NEGR0 PULPIT KL0QUENCE IN NEW
JERSEY.

IL was not many moens ago that the sable
sons and daughters of Africa in this quiet oity
oy the Delaware, were stirred up to their dark
est depths by the expected advent of distin.
guished African pulpit orator from Pittsburr.
On the day appointed for the holding forth, the
pulpit stage, erected in . Druid-like grove
near the city, between two venerable oaks, was
crowded with the eolorsd hsralds of glad IT,
dlngs belonging 10 Z" de Messodist 'Pisoopal
Church" Beneath and around il lay q DARK
ness which, like that Of Egypt might have
been I" felt" and, may add, unlike it, smell
Alter the opening prayer by . venerable
preacher, upon whose black sconse the white
wool lay in patches like hoar frost, q Young
athletic negro, with face shining like polished
ebony, and the crisp, short curl of the wool
only TO be seen in the real Guinea breed, ad-
vanced to the pulpit desk. He evidently felt
that bis fame had gone before him, as he looked
over that dusky mass, now hushed to admiring
silence at his presence. The sable Chrysostom
then announced his text, which came forth So
norous and strong through the ivory gateway
OF the whitest teeth that ever opened for the
admission of hog and hominy." "My text,
my bruddern," said he, "may be found in de
sixth verse of de gospel for de day Put not
your trust in princes !"
In most glowing exordium, he explained
the meaning of the word princes as having ref
erenee to de profane princes Of dis world;
Tor, said he, "dere are but two kinds of great
mon In de Holy Book dat are mentioned holy
princes and profane princes. In do last, nv
oruddern, de world must nebber put its trust
Why! Because deir ways have become cor
rupted on dc yearth, and dey hab no faith
Dere was Hannibal, one OBJ de greatest GIN
erals and princes dat eber libbsd in dc tide oh
times, and q cullud pussen at dat. Why, Tine
told he understood tictacs better dan any gin
eral dat eber libbed before or since. Muffin
could stop dat man. He LATED at de Alps
when dey shook dere frowning brows at him,
and be and his soldiers walked right ober em
easy as nufhn. But nobody could put any
taith IN him; he cheated eb5ery body as soon as
he got chance, and when de indignant Car
thagenians got up a muss round his house. he
TOOK lodium in his despair. Aud den whar
was all his glory, when de Lord struck him
down! Oh, my bruddern, it was nowhar And
dere was Julius Caesar, after whom Tine sorry
to say SO many niggers have been named, one
OF de greatest Of de earthly profane princes.
He, de stamp of whose foot did make dc whole
yearth to trimble. Dey thought be was a
friend oh de people, and yet be was ALWAYS
dere greatest inimy. He was perfdious-"a
beast without de heart, as one Of the Roman
annslists hath it And how did the Lord pun.
ish him Let dat awful groan dat went up
from the foot Of Pompey's statue answer dat
question, when Brutus and Cassius did, as de
sweet swan of Avon sings,
Bathe deir hands In Casar's blood
Up TO DER elbows
And den, coming down to desc more modern
times, dere wss Gineral Taylor, dat great
American prince, dat great hero, who wade
waste deep in blood on de Mexican battle.
fields. Why, dey made dis man-of-war de
President of dis great nation. and his heart
swell big with pride, and like N Nabochadnezzer,
den he said: " Is not dis de great Babylon
dat l have builded 2" Now my bruddern,
could de people trust him? Let do dissppipted
applicants for office, to whom he promised ebery
ting and CUB em no ting, answer dat pregnant
question. And how did de Lord sarve him
In all his pride of place, towerin like dis here
oak dat stretch its braupy arms, and spreads
its leafy pride above our heads, dis man, dat
Santa Anna couldn't kill, was killed by de
contemplate instrument Of too much cherries
and milk. David kill de great golly giant
Goliath wild de simple stone from de leathern
sling of de lilly David, and death kill Gineral
Taylor by common bellyache, from too much
eaten of cherries and milk.-Philadslphia
Press.