Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-09-21
Another rd.shell Sermon.

preached sermon on the way to Heaven, In
which he took for his text, "Give strong
drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine
to those that be of heavy hearts"
Of ginger pop he says: "Thar is a great
deel more water nor ginger in it, ah. 1t is
like the Camelite, fur thar is more water iu
them than ennything else. They even carry
thar doctrines 80 for as to reject glorious old
Burbin, ah. They is fit subject fur the track
and missionary societies; but no whar within
the eds Nv the Bible can emmy tex be found
which tells you that you can enter into the
gate Nv the. New Jerusalem on water alone"
Oflager, he says: This fuddles the idees,
upsets dsgestion, obfusticates the understand.
ing an leads the drinker thereof into the ways
NV sin and death. 1t may be likened to the
Alormons. They is wus than the Babblonish
idolaturs that fell down and worshipt the
golden image which Nebicanazsur the king
had sot up'
Of Cognac brandy, he says at is made
outen every thing and bears great price, ah.
1t makes man feel his keepins ah, ar when
under its influence he is mighty apt to et the
cat outen the bag, ali, an confess to things
that he oughtpt tell. This Ticker may be
likened to the Romin Cathelicks; because
when they get with thar preest an under the
influence of spirets, they confess thar sins"
He remarks of whiskey: "It depraves the
appetite, corrupts the sensiblities, nauseates
the stomach, consterpates the bowels, depras.
ses the feelings, destroys the health perduces
sick head.ake and vomiting, ah. In different
localitys it has various congelations. In Rack
ensack it is called rotgut; in Tennysee it is
named redeye; in Iinoys it. is denominated
bald.face; and in Texas, whur / live, it is
turned bust-head. This may be likeued unto
the Methods persuashun, for they is people
that sturs up things with short stick, ali.
They is death on camp.meetings and PreeSc,hin
up thar free grace and parden to all. They
sprinkles in place Nv baplisen, and with their
shoutin, and screamin and falling frum grace,
they gets obstropulous and hungry with heri-
ness Nv hart"
Champagne, he says, "is costly Ticker, IN
is used by them troubled with big.head, oh.
1t is nifty fine spirets, and keeps scissin,
popn, an efferVessin. -
1T isjust so with the Piscopalians, ah.
They is highfaluten, an 'ristocratic set Nv
unbeleevers, ah. They have fine pews, tall
churches, and monstrous Origins. Thar is
hoss racers, gamblers and chicken fters among
EN-, all. They is nifty proud people and
believe in the Postolic Accession, an they keeps
going up from one big preacher to another,
until they get up to nothin. They resemble
St. Johns beest with seven heads and ten
hornsn
He glores in peach brandy, and thus ex.
patiates on it: "This sperits my christian
heerers, may be compared to the old Hard
Shell B Baptists, ah. They never deviate from
the old track. No fallin from grace among
um. When they once makes the eddy, they
keeps clear Of the breakers nv whiskey, the
quicksands NV shampayne, the whirlpool Of
jimmaky, the sholes NV ginger pop, the waves
Nv coneyack, and tue siroccos of lager beer:
But they steer right into the havin Nv old
peach brandy, and thar my Iyn friends, the
wind may houl the lightnings flash, the thun.
ders roll and the ycth quake, the old Hard
Shell Baptist will set thar megs.
"But it makes no difference, when we get
to Heaven, how we get thar. The lurers OF
shampayne takes lie riStocratic car Nv Pisco-
palianism, the diciples Nv whiskey prefers the
pressur bubble bile steem bote of Method'sm,
the drinkers of old Jimmaky takes thar pas
sage in the regular packet nv PresbyterianiSm,
the suckers Nv ginger pop expects to wash
thar way into life eyerlastin in the cause Nv
Camelism, an whenever emmy Nv them get
thar, you may then sing "The Camels is
coming"
"The swiggers nv old coneyack expects to
make that trip to Jerusalem Land in the molly
raft Nv Roman Catholicism, while the swiilers
NV lager beer is willing to 60 to heaven in the
fiat boat Nv Mormonism, ah. An | hopes,
my Christian and dying friends to meet AMY
of you in Heaven. But am afraid shant,
fur see that sum is reddy to leev an are get
ting dry, ah, an the.text says:
"Gve strong drink unto him that is reidy
to perish, an wine unto them that be nv heavy
hearts,