Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-06-05
Powerful and Thrilling Sermon on
the Curse of Cowardice.

Inili.nea by The Author iU publication in the Nash
J vile Union
We have the unspeakable pleasure Of lay.
ing before our readers this morning. one Of
the finest efforts Of the ablest and most in.
COMPREHENSIVE of modern divines. DR..
baldwin Is descendant of the prophet
Samuel on the one side aud Habakuk on the
other, and OF course is good egg" or as
has been beautifully said, whole team
and yellow dog under the wagon" Oi
hIs early history we can only say that his
name had significant origin. When he
preached his first sermon, an old dlady remark
ed to one OF the brethren as they went to
lunch, well, that little hoss preached a
screaming sermon" The brother replied,
1 don I know about the Preachiag, but
m sure he baeted one" From that hour
he was know as Brother Bobiuia," By a
slight photographed corruption. OF his
great book Armageddon, too much cannot
be SAID. 1t would do credit to a Lunatic
Asylum. IL is a work Of wonderful ueigLt,
being the heoriest thing Of the kind extant
1t Is said, as an evidence of his systematic
mode OF doing things, that when writing
the great chapter 10 Armageddon on the
Go1 tcah .Secea Horns, he was in the
habit OF drinking screen horns day himself
on the sagacions supposition that .Lke
'ooutd produce hkeP' The following SER
mon is however his great effort. It was
commenced on the memorable Sunday of
the Fall Of Fort Donelson, and its delivery
was unluckily cut short by announcement Of
that unlucky event. But we must no longer
delay the sermon.
The services Of the occasion were opened
with
PRAYER BY TEXAS RANGER.
Oh Lord, thou knowest that this thing of
praying is altogether out of my line. and as
hard for me to do as for Wigfall 10 keen
sober, or jeff. Davis to be made pay his
debts, or Floyd to keep from stealing. But
thou knowest We are some on tangle-faot
whisky, good at horse racing and tip top at
poker, and can hold four aces about as often
as John Morgan, ''or any other man,
Help us this day, for we are in n pcck of
trouble, AMI it will be the last time I'm ever
trouble you. AMEN
THE CURSE OF cowARpIcE
TExr-"curse ye Mero1--Curse ye siitery.r
Beloved brethren and sisters. Won are as.
sembled today to discharge the most i'm
portant duties Of your lives. The Yankees
In 'chariOts of fire" are cavorting and
charging like the beast with seven heads
and ten horns spoken of by St. John
{ tBrother MsNairy, make that Li,,aJban,d
Of yours quit his indecency or IN expel him
from the church, even as j udas was cast ont
OF the synagogue.) The uncircumcised
sons Of the Philistines are riding over the
holy soil of the South in chariots of fire
even as the chariots of Elijah and Amin,
dab, and my soul waxeth 'sfearfuIlv and
wonderfully mad" Oh brethren, let us
do as King David, the sweet psalmist ofI
Israel, did, when he arose and went after
his sling. (Stop, my brother, don't be in
such hurry to leave; didn't mean a ain.
sling, but the siing of the "spirits of inst
men made perfect" which will send rock
into the temples Of kbraham Lincoln. 81
Brethren, let US see if we can't perforate
into the meaning of my text-ah Curse.
ye. Me-roz My text suggests twol
cogaydice of q cuss, and the
cuss Of co,ottrdtce.
FIRSTLY then, there is always cowardice
in low ornery cuss. A cuss is always as
full OF cowardice as our Publishing House
is of piety, which you know, my brethren.
is an Exclusively religious concern,'' and
publishes among other excellent books, myI
great work on prophecy called 41n,agedtlo,i.
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T.: :s onsaNf a s ao,nasa; - ac"s cYpurd-
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