Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-09-20
THE CUss OF c0wARDICR.
A Thrilling Seeesh Sermon preached at Naskville,
during the Fight at Fort DonelsoH.
sY THE rev. xrRos ARxAarDDox BALDWIN.

.1his DISCOURSE (says the Nashville ONs0S)
was delivered at the request Of the Texan
Rangers Vigilance Committee, and of Gov.
ernor Isham G. Harris, than present, who rec
ognizes the Rev. Baldwin as Grand Inter
prefer Of the, Hidden Mysteries of Cog and
Magog; High Priest of the Wheels of Eze-
kiel; Chief Opener of the Seven Seals of St.
John; Expounder Of the Billy Goat Of Dan
iel, and Keeper Of the Beast Of Seven Heads
and Ten Horns, &C., &c.
DR.. Baldwin is reputed to be descendant
Of the prophet Samuel On the one side. and
Habakuk on the other; and, Of course, is a
" good egg," or, as has been beautifully said, a
i" whole team and yoller dog under the wag-
on" OF his early history VIC can only say
that his name had a significant origin. When
he preached his first sermon, an old lady re-
marked to one of the brethcren, as they went
to lunch "Well, that little hoss preached a
sermon" The brother replied /:
II don't know about the preaching. but I'm
sure he bawled one." From that hour hs was
known as Brother Baldwin" by slight Or
corruption. Of his great book
too much cannot be said. 1t would do credit
to lunatic asylum. 1t is work Of wonder
full we;gAt. being the Aeaviest thing of the kind
extant. 1t is said as an evidence Of his sys-
tematic mode of doing things, that when wri-
ting the great chapter in Armageddon on the
" Goat with Seven Horns," he was in the
habit Of drinking seren horns day himself,
on the sagacious supposition that like would
produce like!" The following sermon j..
however. his great effort. Itwas commenced
on the memorable Sunday of the fall Of Fort
Donclson, and its delivery was unfortunately
cut short by announcement Of that unlucky
event. But We must no longer delay the SER
mon
TExr-"Curse ye Mcroz-Cursc yc bitterly
beloved brethren and sisters. you are as
sembled to-day to discharge the most impor.
tant duty of your lives. The Yankees in
Of fire are cavorting and charging
like the beast with seven heads and ten
horns spoken Of by ST. John-( Brother Nc
Marry, make that blood. d.hound Of yours quit
his indeccncy, or I'll expel him from the
church, even as Judas was cast out of the
synagogue)-the uncircumciscd sons Of the
1hilistines are riding over tho holy soil Of the
South in chariots of f,e, even as the chariots
Of Elijah and Aminndab. and my soul waxeth
fearfaly and wonderfully mad.' Oh! brcth-
rem, let us do as King David, the sweetest
psalmist Of Israel did, when he arose and went
after his sling. (Stop. my brother, don't be
in such hurry to leave. didn't mean gin
sling. but tho sling Of the just men made per-
feet, which will send a rock into the temples
Of Abraham Lincoln.) Brethren, let us see If
we can't perforate into the meaning Of my
text-ah! Curse ye Me-rox-ah' My
text suggests two points-the cowardice Of
cuss, and the cuss Of cowardice.
"Firstly then, there is always cowardice
in a low ornery cuss. A CUES 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
,monr other excellent books, my great work
on prophecy, called Ar,nageddon. Price one
dollar aud fifty cents-ah
"Secondly. The cuss of cowardice. Who
my brethren and sisters, is cuss ofcowardice
A cuss Of cowardice is one who bellows like
bull Of Bashan' in time Of safety. and then
runs like q 'fat'ed calf in time Of danger.
There's Isham G. Harris, who issued proc
la,nation few days ago talking about defend
ing the sanctity Of our homes aud our wives
and daughters, and dying in Me Last ditch
Yea. he cavorted nightly, and shouted % he
sln.lt the battle afar off, but to-day hs roam
eth like disconsolate Whapgdoodle on the
dark mountains of Hepsidam. roaring for her
first born, and will not be comforted because
they ars not Instead of staying to fight that
BON Of Belial. Andy johnson. he is packing
up his duds for grand skedaddle. My
brethren, he is cuss and 'cuss Of coward
ice.'
"Then there IL Gideon Pillow. who has an.
dcrtaksn . contract for digging that last
ditch of which you have heard 60 much.
am afraid the feathers will fly' whenever that
cese is opened. and that Pillow will give US
the slim. The Sword of the Lord isn't the
sword of Gideon Pillow, ! am certain. %
shall not bolster him up longer. Gideon is
: cuss.' my brethren. and 'cuss Of coward
ic0.'
"There is Wash Barrow, who has been
handling millions Of dollars. and staying cosi.
" at home, while 'lewd fellows Of the baser
sort do the fighting. l believe that this Bar
row belongs to the herd Of swi 70 spoken Vt In
the Testament, Of whom the devil took pos
session. Why don't he bristls up At the
Yankees3 Does he want to save bis bacon
more than to save the Southl If be does b.
ought to be we'll smoked. He. too, il . 'cuss
Of cowardice.'
"Then those in the Vigilance Committee Of
Nashville. Vigilant about what. I'd like 70
know. Az ivigilant ~ cat to steal cream