Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1865-08-04
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Ny, uh breethering, Idon't seelass1 can finish
my sermon. I'm very much fatty-gued from
preachir the Gospelall day yesterty, and, jest At
sundown,t 1called at Sister Sykes aud eat harty
bait of aters aud kabbitch, and its been grinding
my innards ever since. Brother Mills, as Paul
said to Timothy, stake little wine for thy
stomach's sake" feel like talin' leetle for my
self-hand up our ticklcr. Hal-ahem I feel
better Them or gals had better git away from that
ar.water bucket, and take thar seats--they hinder
the prcachin'. of the Gospel
And, brcetheriug, thar was brother Virgins, he
once lived fine farm, the best on Pankin Vine,
lahI His cabin was comfortable-peace aud plenty
|reign'd within, ah. He owed nobody nothing, uhl
But, pride got into sister Wiggins head, mil She
boughpa parof brass 6og-irons for her fire place,
uhi Then theold stools and tables, and bedstead,
looked as tho they war ashamed of themselves, uhl
But sister Virgins bought fine new furniture to
suit the dog-irons, nhl Then the cabin didn't suit
the furniture, uhl Brother Wiggns then built
fue large house, uhi The furniture war TO small
in quantity, uhl toosnnall in size, and out of fash
ion, uhl The house and furniture got him in debt,
head and ears, and the whole farm war sold to pay
the debts ahi uh, me- "Fride gocth before fall,
nh rsr.
Thar you see, my breethering, it war pride that
ruined him, uhl War'nt it so, Sister, Virgins ?
La, nell And thar war brother Sykes too, he
used TO dip water, with gourd, out Of as good a
spring as everrun into Punkin Vine Creek, uhl--
hut he too got proud by following the ways of his
ungodly nabers, uhi He dug him ci.tern, and in
drawin up water, fell lin and drowned, uhl wtrnt
it so, Sister SykOsf Verify, "Pride goeth before
| fall" ",a. i'H .ia. riW H.,fas
| And now, brecthering, IL these warnins don't
convince you Iknow what will, uh You'll find
| il recorded in the Book of Milton, in the s5ta
chapter, uhl Thar war once an Angel Of Light,
ipjoying all the happiness he could wish uhl But
he too got proud, and swelled up too big for his
clothes nh and war pitch'd out of Heaven, head
long TO the aiEh, and struck on spot since called
vessuvious, uh But he didn't stop thar, uhl He
went clean through nh, into the bottomless pit Of
l1iquid FIRE and birthstone, uh Whar he and oil
who are out OF the true Church, viii continue tc
float on hrery waves waiting them from the shore
forever and ever, uhl That ar hole, breethering
leads to that place called by the learned perditich
The word -perdition--is a Greek word 1t come'
from two Hebrew words, uhl Eir and Koomerous
which means take nothing from nothing, and
nothing remains uhl That are hole is called /
voloanny, and its been vomtin' forth the liquid re
and black smoke ever since, uhl II has covered
whole cities and towns and the surroundius country
Iuhl 1910 ~
Ny brecthering and sisters, how thankful anS
comfortable ought we to feel when we know tina
ibc Saints have nothing TO do with that ar place
ruh But forgo, 70 mention some crying sins II
this here congregation. BreetherinG in Paul
itime, The people used odors at the burial Of tn
dead, but in these days of pride and fashion the.
are brought Into the meeotng house. There i
Sister Jones, she uses cinnamon drops on her han
kcrchefi Sister Smith uses campfire, and siste
Wiggins rose-water and, I'm told, that Sste
Sykes keeps muwat in bor clothes enlist the yea
round. Remember sisters thai "pridc goeth beior
va fall" a-h rtN '. -H
Aud brcethering, Speeking Of draps reminds nj
Of deeE old brother Doctor Smilto tie was tb
he, Doctor on Punkin Vino creek Old S'ste