New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-28


momsnt. be drawled ont: "My bred-rn, left us
raise our hearts ter de Lord" The whole coDgrega-
ton then kneeled, and jack closing his eyes
cenching his hands together and throwing his hesu
back until his nose came nearly on lire with inc
roof Of the bnildiDg. " lifted up his voice ana
prayed. -,...oo,.rs
he began by telling the Lord all about Hlmsen ali
He bad ever DONE aud oil He Is going to doi now
long lie had lived, and how long lie Is gong 20
live; how great lie ia" taller daR de monntins, an
| bigger dan do eeas;" how lie made the world IN
ak days. and then, "gittin tired rested on dc
SEVENTH how be formed ont Of tho dust OF the
ground, and then, out Of his rib, formed woman
| how the woman tempted the man, and he feli ana
how women has raised Cain on the earth ever SINCE
| how He sent the flood, and how Noah Dulioeo tne
ark; how Noah axed all the wild critters into 1t,
and how they ell came in two by two, aud how
Noah and the wild beasts lay down lovingly to-
getber, till the wet spell was over; how Moses,
when he came down from the mount, stumbled
and broke de law; an how cherry one OBJ us dat bao
come inter de worle sence, hab stumbled, an proke
de law case he did," how Nosh, Though he was
white man, and hsd white wife, begat black son
and how that black son was great sinner, ana now
all his descendants have taken after him, and been
mighty big sinners ever since.
Then be described the sinners, particularly tne
black sinners present; and if half OF what be sad
was true, every one of them deserved to be cold
4" down Souf b." and kept on cold hominy and hoe
cake all the rest Of his days. -.
The prayer was a strange medley Of absurdlty,
presumption, and profanity, and felt relieved 70
hear his long amen aud to Bee Joe rise, ana a. ALI
approach the pulpit.
Requesting some one present TO raise few OF the
windows II took OCCASION afterward, to thank him
for that very considerate action, Joe opened the
Bible, and said My friends, j am ggine ter talk
ter YOU from dc tex, An dey drew an lifted up
Joseph out OBJ de pit an sold Joseph to DO lshnae
ties for twenty pieces OBJ silver and dey brought
Joseph inter Egypt.
" You all Knows" he continued, " de- story OBJ
Joseph an his bred rim; how dey wus raised up by
dar iader Jacob in vile country, whar Oar warn't
no schools, an no teligence an no larnin'; an
how bis fader lub'd Joseph more dan all oh his
bred'rin, an made fur him coat OBJ many colors
But p rsps you don't know dat de Lord lub Joseph
great sight bettern his fader did, an cass lie lub
him so, dat He harden de hearts oh his bredrn aein
him. till dey sole him ter de lshmaelites-de slave
traders OBJ dem days-tsr be taken down inter
Egypt An p'rsps you don't know dat Egypt
was u great country, whar dar wus schools an
churches, an great Libraries OBJ books, an all
manner OBJ sciences; an dat Joseph wus made de
lord OBJ all dat country, an dat hnary he got his
fader an his bred rim an dar wifes an all dar
little ones, ter come down dar, an stay; whsr,
dough de tasks sometimes hard, an dey had 10
arm dar bred by de sweat oh dar brow. dey could
cit knowledge an Iarnn'. An p'rsps, 700, you
don't know dat de chilren oh Israel, who war de
chil'ren 90 Joseph an bis brethrin when dey'd
STAYED down dar in Egypt de pointed time. war
taken BY DO Lord inter do Ian oh Canaan, which
was Lam flown wild milk an honey an dat
dey war gib'n dat Ian fur dar possession. Now, my
friends" and he paused, and looked around on the
congregation, "de story OBJ Joseph am de story ob
de black mani he had been taken out oh de pit; he
hab been sole for twenty pieces OBJ silver; he hab
been brought inter Egypt ap, bress de Lord, he an
boun for 10 Ian ob Canaan.
"He hab been taken out OBJ de pit. A pit my
friends, am dark place, wbH de sun neber shine,
| an de light reber come; an Africa, do country
whar our faders an gran faders come from,
nit; for de darkness eobers dat Ian an gross dark
ness dc people dsreof. Dey hab no coesi dey lib In
cabins made Oh clay, an in holes OBJ de grouD'i dey
kill sn' eat anod.r en- dey'm alters at war wild
! one anoder But de white nun he gwo dar, an be
buy 'em for twenty pieces OBJ silyer-dats zacIly de
priee-twenty silver dolArs-dey pay dat fur EN- up
ter dis day-dem pore, ign'rani folks woat take
nnfin' bu silver. Well, dc white men bay EN-, an.
he fotch en- ter dis country which am like de Ian
OBJ Egypt, full OBJ schools, OBJ churches oh larnin',
an OBJ all manner ob good tiDgs Shore, We lab ter
wuck hard har; some oh us hab ter bear heaoy bur-
deus an ter make bricks when hab no straw ter
make EN- wild; but am in de Ian oh Egypt, whar
we hab knowledgd OBJ de Lord whar de gospil am
preach ter u.s. an whar we kin fine out De road ter
do Ian oh Canaan. Ter be shore we karn't all larn
out oh do books; but book larnio neber make man
nohowl Vas my friends, yere we kin fine out lie
road ter de Ian oh Canaan; an do you know what
dat Ian OBJ Canaan, dat N wGitin' fur de brack man.
ami DO you s'pose l, am 4 Ian whar de days am
hot, an de nights am cole; whar We'll hoe de cot
ton an gader dc turpentne, an cut de shingles In
de swamp; whar we'll wuck till we drap down;
whar we'll hunger an furst; whar dc fever will
burn Ia our veins an Dc mayer will rattle our bones
"a De corn am ratified in dc hopperi No mr. friends.
faint no Ian like dat II AN de 6ati,ation on
high, de city buiided OBJ &c Lord, de Everlasting
kingdom founded by Do Eternal God, who made
beaben an 'arth, de yea, an all da. 10 dem is. Oh
tink OBJ dat my friends an hab courage. Tink oh
dat when you'm faint an q weary an left you |
hearts be glad. an you souls rejoice in hope. Fur
dat Ian amt spressly fur de white man-iI am fur
de brack man, too an cherry one OBJ us, chen dc
brackest kin git ter II ef we'll ices foller dc road
ef Wen jess DO our duty, bear meekly our burdens,
an lean humbly on de arm oh de Lord. / knows Is
am 80, my fnends-l knOrs 1t am SO; fur do oder
night, when de deep sleep fell upon me, dreamed
dream. fought dar come ter my cabin an stood
aside OBJ my bed, a great white angel, wild feet dat
touch de arth but wild head dat reach unter do
heabens. He wore raiment shinin' like silver an |
on his head was girdle OBJ starr. His face was
dazzin' de SUM- en- his eyes war like hanin fire.
lie look at me, an be say: Joseph, come up
bitherP lie reach out bis han an he lft mo up
above de 'arth-above de clouds-sbove dc stars
way up ter dc high heabebs, whar am do sperrits
o5 Just men made ferfsct, who hab been redeemed
from among men, who hab gone fra great tribuation
whose garments hab been washed clean In de blood
Oh de Lamb dis, be say, Am do city OBJ do
libn' God, de heabenly Jerusalem, whose founda
tions am safiomirts, whose walls silver, whose
streets am gole whose housen am jewels an all
precious stones lere de sun never sets; yere de
storm and de hurricane neber come; an yero
Joseph, am a dwellin prepared fur youi yere, ef
you'm faithful an 'bedient, you sbill come when
you wuok on de 'arth am oberl'"
The speaker had been gradually warning with his
subject till he uttered this last sentence, when his
voice trembled, his face gowed. and his upturued
eye seemed fixed On the inefabo glories of The land
he was describing. A stiffness Ike that of death
fell on the assemDlage aud the simple blacks hang