The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-11-15
.,MisrrlIanrnlts Rfuaing.
!. Harp Sermon,

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ss The following sermon went the
rounds Of the papers some years ago,
but we, give il again for its good hu.
NOR, and for. the, want of something
better. twill lose nothing byr sec.
ond reading. ~ Would like 10, get hold
of "Sut Loyeugood's Daddy Acting
Horse" ~" Harp, of a Thousand Strings"
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My Beloved Brcethering4-E,am an
'nn'arnt hard shell Baptist prea.ien of
whom you've no doubt beern before.
and now appear here to yexpound the
Scriptures and pint out the narrow way
which leads from a vain world 10 the
streets Of the Jeroosalum. and my text
which shall choose for the occasion is
in the leds of the Bible somewhere DO.
tween the second ,Chronicills and The
last chapter Of Timothy Titus, and
when you find it you will find il in
these words a..n.. ~ a.rra,-.aat ,o
And they shall gnaw file and fee
unto the mountains Of IIepsidam, whar
E,tbe, lion roareth and the wangdoodle
mounelh for its first boru.T ,is5 a.at !,
Now, ny breethering. as I have be.
fore told you, am an uueddicsied man,
and know nothing about grpmmer talk
and. collidge highfalooting, but I'm "A
plain ualarnt preacher Of the Gospil
what's been foreordained, and, called 10
expoandolhe Scrip, ures 10 adyip' word,
and prepare a. perverse generation for
the day Of wrath ;. for they shall gnaw
allie, and flee unto, the mountains, of
.Iepsidan, ,1wbar, the lion roareth and
,beu .wsng'loodle mourpe,h for its first
born, ,,.,.'',,s. '..' one '''F" =,
Ny beluy;ed breeetheringts,l the iexti say.
they shall gnaw a file. II don't say
may, but shall. And now there's :
more'n one Kind or file. There's ihe
band saw file, rat Tail file, single file,
double ille and profile Gnt The Kind of
file spoken of. here isn't one of them
Kind hefihet;; 'Eecause its 4 figeer Of
speech, my brectbcring, and means coin
y alone, getting uEered'; for they shall
9naw' a fiie and fec unto tile mountains
Fof Jepsidam. whar the lion foaretl,
and the wangdoodle mourneth for IT'S
first bufu.. u E1"'"s lHlaFt ~ aa,tg Z
And now there be some here with
fine close on thar backs, brass rings on
thar fingers, and lard on tIiar tar, what
goes il while they're young; and thar
be brothers. here what, as long as thar
constitutions and forty cent wliskey last
goes it blind; and thar lie sisters here
what. when they git sixteen years old,
cut thar tiiler ropes and goes it with, a
rush say, nv dear bree,herinr. take
care you don't find when Gabriel blows
his last trump, that you've all went i,
alone and ukered for they shall cnaw
fiie and fee unto the mountains OF
IIepsidam. iwlar the lion roareth and
tho wangdoodle mourneth for its first.
born. a'od ,ait,t gtf'fa gfT so, ID. rs
And, my breethering, there's more
dams besides Hepsidam. Thar's Hot.
tendam.A A amsterdam, milhdan,, and don't
care n dam--tbe last Of which, my dear
breethering. is,thesw worst of all, and re.
'minds me of "a circnmsians 1 once knew
in The State Of lllen6y. Ihefe WAS a
man what build him a mill on the east
fork, OF Agur creek, and 1t was, a good
mill, and groun site oflgrain, bnt the
man what built it was n miserable sin.
ner, and never give anything to the
church; and, my breetherin, one nigh
thar come a dreadful storm of wind
and rain and the fountains Of the great
deep was broken up, and the water.
rushed down and swept that mans mil
dam into Kingdom como, and 10 ant
behold, in the morning when lie got NJ
he found that he was not worth dam
Now, my young breetherihg, wher
storms Of temptation overtake ye, tax,
care you don't fall from grace and be
come like that mans milI--- not worth
dam; for they shall guaw IL file anc
flee unto the mountains of Hepsidam
whar The lion roareth and The wang
doodle moprnell, for it's first born. ;
| tWhar the lion roaretll and the wang
doodle mourneth' for its first born
| This part Of the text, my breethering
Is another fgger Of speech, and isn't /,
be taken rs II says. 1T doesn't mea,
1.-THE howlin wilderness, where John tli
lard shell Baptist was fed on locust
and wild asses but it means, m,
breethering, tho city Of New Yorlean.
1 the mother Of ,harlots and hard lots-l
Whar corn is worth six bits "a bushe
one day and marry red the next; wha
| niggers are as thick as black bugs in /.
spoiled bacon ham. and gambler.
thieves and pickpockets are ski,in,
| abou. Che streets like weaseis IN bar
I yafd-wiisr they have cream coiore
horses, gilded carriages, marble saIoon,
\ with brandy and sugar in 'em7 whs
honest meE are scarcer ihan hens teeil
{ land q strange woman once, lux in yop
5eluved preecher aud bamboozled hiJ
out Of two hundred and twenty -seye
dollars 10 The iwink!in Of a sleeps e.:
bot she can't do Il aein. Hal!eluic,
for They shall gnaw a file end Fee nm m
tI,e mountains Of Hspsid..o, whsr' II
lion rosrethspd tho wangdoodIe nourI
Eeth fot!i!s FIRE. oorn. 4
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