Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-17
AHara-shen sermon.
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J.. I. NORRIS, VI hlSel7othAA
Tmav saw 10 YOU, bFelhriBg, that am not an ed
Dictated man, an l am not one OF them IS .eue'es
that eddicaton is necessary for gospei mitlster'
for believe the Lord eddicates ms es0neIs usS -
he wants 'em dedicated; an slthoush say II thet
onghnt To saw it. vet in the State Of lndianny Whar
live. thsr's no man as gifts bigger congregation
nor What gifts. ,.-..,. -.
Thorav t7e some here toSday, my brethring as don
l,noW What persuasion l am Nv. Well, must say to
v,u nv hFelbring that L Hard-Shel Baptist
fbar's some folks as don't like the Hard Shell Bap-
tisis Pdraiher have hard she'll as no sbee tall GU
60 me here to-day 10Y brethring, dressed up in line
clo,bes: YOU mout think l was proud, but | am not
proud nv b.ehrIng, and although I've been preach
er of he gospel for twenty years, an although I'm
captiue OF the atbOat that lies a. your landing m
NOT proud my bre hiring,
Pm moi ewine TO tell edzactly wbar my tex may be
fouod sufee il 10 saw it's IN the leds Of TIE Bible,
and youl hnd il someWhsr between the inst chap
ter OF Generators and the last chapter Of the book
of Revolutions and eff youth search the Scriptures,
you not only lind my text thar, but great many
other texes as viii dc you good 10 read, and my tex,
when you shall fGd it, you shall find 1t TO read
thus:
"And be played on harp NV thousand strings
-sperils OF jest made peIfeek."
Nv tex my brsIbriBg, leads me to speak Of sperits
NV, tbar's great many kinds of sFeriis in the
word In the fust place, lhars the sperits as some
folks calls COSTS and thars the sperits Of turpenine
ana Lbars the sperlts some FOLKS calls liquor, an
Pye got as good srtIkel uv them kind Of sperits
on my halb0at as fOteh down the Mississippi
river: but thars great many other kinds speIis
for the tex rays, "IIe played on a harp Nv a
t>k-o-us and Strings, sperIts Of jest men made
perfeck
The tex is FIRE. That's the kind Nv sperits SIS is
ment in the tex, my bTeihIiDg. Now thar's great
raany kinds NV IRE in the world. in the fuss place
If fra lInrff
or pipe with, aud then thars foxhre and campfire,
fire before you're ready, and FIRE and fall back and
many other KINDS IRE, for the tex says, IS He
PLAYED on a harp h0usGad strings, sperits Nv
Jest men Eade Perfeck'
But FL tell You The kind of FIRE is ment in the
tex. nv bre,hring-its HELL FIRE. an that's the
kind NV FIRE as q great many Nv you'll come TO, eff
YOU don't do bester ncr what you have been dOin-
1or He played on q harp NV q thousand strings,
sperits NV lest men made perfeck."
Now the different sorts fire in this world may be
Ukeued unto the different peTsuasions of Christians
in the world Ia the rst place. Wehave Ihe PiscOpaS
ans an they are big sain and hghfautn' set, an
they may be likened unto turkey buzzard, thai flies
up in the air and he goes up, and up, andup, till he
looks no biggsr han your finger male; and the first
Thing you know, he GUMS down, aud down, and,
down and is a film himself on the carkiss Of dead
boss bg the side OF the road, and q" he played on
a harp NV sttoEsand strings, sperits NV jest men
And-tbeu thsr's the Methods, and they may be
kened unto the squirrel runniE' up into tIee, for
the Methods believes in gwine on from one degree
Of grace to another and finally TO PERFECTION, and
the squirrel gees up aud up, ami up, and he jumps
from nmo to limb, and branch to branch, and the
fust Thing YOU know he falls and down he comes
kerfumIx and that's like the Methods, for they is
alters fallen from grace, sh and I" He played q
harp Nv q MouSaad strings, sperits NV jest men
made perfeek.
and then, ny brethring, thar's the Baptist, all !!
ana they have been hkened unto pOssum on a sim
mon trle and thunders may roll and the earth may
quake, but the pOssum cnngs thar still; alb and
Won may shake one loot ana the others thar and
be clipgs aud olings fureyer 81 lie played on the
harp NV thousand strings, spiritsof the jest men
made perfeek,"