New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-13

- fr notbin more than to do honor to old Union Coun
~ md I picked out my tex, airly Monday morning
NOT iptendjn 10 do lick o. work all tho week. and
didn't for every Inornn went out away OF into the
woods. and into big sink hole and said. this rock Is
c cheer and them trees is the lawyers and took my
tex and then ! preached sometimes one way, so'ne'
times Tohcr ill got the fust part "a wanted IT, ana
said you're all right I'll preach you and 80 went on
ill got 'em ali right, then l put EN- together ana
preached 'er together and thought had EN- as they
ortcr 10 be- thought had the best sarnon as ever was
preached and don't know but had brt you see wheh
got into the schoohousc which was chocS iu ana d
prayed and Fn ont the hines and took my tex ana got
lttlo way. jest os had it, things got kihder tangled
and made the fifth part come aiore the second phi"
and told part of antidote Id told aiore ana thoy
was bcginnin TO laugh, when seeing wha' scfaIe
Id got into lest throw ii all away. and preached as
I'd alters preached, when felt hec and never was
so happy in my life and when got through they was
so solemn Won conld heard a pin drnp But don't
want TO interrupt you with no long stories 90 on
about tie preacher
Eyes. In GoetoIing he made out well enoush-no'
body found any fault with lin but in preaching he eoi
into difficulty. More than this lie was poor ana had no
Influential kin folks 20 hep him, 80 that only the poorest
people cared much about him; and in oil his preaching
there were only two three large planters who liked him
and .ese were afraid to have II known TO sho" you
what kind of doctrine he preached will say TINT In the
first sermon Of which the book gives an account he
said: That the Lords spirit npon him. that lie had
been anonted to preach to poor foko so that be could
cure those whose hearts broken, that hc might
preach liberty tosc cavcs to cure sore eyes anu set
az liberty anybody that was hut"
just as expected" interrupted the preacher. "a
p7cachn liberty to the oaptives which means slaves
We had thcm kind down In Alabam. and every one on
EN- was an Aholifhioney-a black hearted AbOshon-
or-bu. they coon got enough Oh II. That's the
way they all talk Only think OF n man calling
his-clf preacher. and sayin he's 6ninted to
preach sich s!uiI when tho Bible says, "cusscd be
Canan-which is DiygeTs which God made to b. slaves
slaves alters What did you say his name was May
be ho.rn Of him down in Anbam"
II hardly think you ever heard Of lin. II ron did
you seem 20 think little enough Of him"
"In course don't think notlin ofhim. But what
become of him p
"We he preached this Mind Of doctrine two or three
years and good many got to going 10 lear him. and
he kept doctoring too and going TO see whoever sent
for him; but il w,s the sermons which made disturb
ance and so much disturbance tina, they wouldn't If
him preach in tie meeting houses, I'LL at last as he was
camping on, one night they got hold Of him. They
lad kind Of q triad right away and though the law
was on his side they took of bis clothes aud spit on
him. aud whipped him. and then fastened him up 10
tree tin ne died"
Starved him right. seryed him light" said The
preacher AN sich ortcr swing. They've done Wa
nor that down South; they burnt EN- yes. they
burnt EN-. IT hinder 10 me hearn OF this very
filler aforc I come away. Wnst Woods, or Larkins,
or HensLawi One or toller, reckon"
"Ycs you must Lave heard Of him. 1t would be sin.
gullr il you had not. Ills name WAS Jesus Christ"
Tie preacher s,arod up red with rage; he sezed biz
hat and. departing. said:
Il don't want 70 have nohin To do with you. dom,
want 10 have no,hin' to do with you ! don't want to
| have nothin to do with YOU" s.cM