The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-01-17
MISCELLANY.s
s'upcls Johnson

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This was afamiliar name given to pious
old slave Of the family OF President Harrison
who was made free at the age OF 100 years.
he was awakened In early lite under thr
preaching of VIM. Tennent, and for pc &
century served the Lord with or airy =. J
ardor aud devotion. The Me- 8 .srl lNe.
list gives al account OF = =, =, ~ re-.
markabie experlepes which msn , 90 Christians
might coyet: "-.S1 ---AHy -
nus 1ndays, for more than seventy years,
naa psen rigldiy observed - a day OF. fasting
and prayer--days In which, as he said, Il says
to de body, stand back, Use going to feed de
soul to day. Those ale the DAYS in Which
i spreads de great things before de Lord and
beysl il iod oiffe n9os no - 81 il4i,
!" Hs accounted for his long lie in part, by
saying he d d not work very hard; that for
about sixty years his N Aster used u let him
out about six mouths in each year, to blow de
Iospel trumpet Oh the plantations round bout,
10 IA lhsm good aud religious; and tells
ye, mass when was in prime-say about 80
II could blow de old trumpet so dat dey
could hear me for miles, s.....
A CHRISTIAN irIend oi his, for many years, re-
lated the following ancedote OF soacie John
son." 5 asbuG aalngalr Il
"Once said to him. Uncle johnson, why
don's you go 10 church once in q whlle?' He
answered. 'Massa, wants to be dare, but /
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you can't behave p, Sass saaltasl9s
"Weil, massa, We knows, late years, de flesh
am weak; and when dey 'gins to talk and sing
aboutiJ asus. I'gin to oil up, and putty soon
has TO holler, and den dey say, Garry dat man
TO de- door, he 'sturD de meetin'.' '
But you should hold in until you could get
home. .6aoa -
so, massa, I can't hold in-I bust-ef l
don't holer.' - y,
HOnaa oftor haarino him efn~ aoA x,raxyr n q
midnight, when thunder storm was passing
10 the morning said, Was that you shouting
80 last night p aw astsb .e.tss.s.sss4sf afy v
"Yas, massa, so 'spose." ~ ~
"WeliaI thought the thunder made noise
enough without your hallooing." t.
H. looked up with sstonishment, and said !:
"Massa, do you link rs goin' to lie dere on
my bed Xix. great pig, when de Lord com'd
along shakln' de earth and de heaven? No.
massa. when hear de thunder commin, I
says, Ellen, Ellen, wake up here we is goin'
to hear from home agin'" 49, - 4 a
"Oic. after he had heen iii for a few DAYS. 7
said. ,Uacle j ,hnson, I thought your appoint
ed time had about come o. yes, massa, one
day Lthought could see de dust Of de chart
OF commiag over de mountains, and den
something said, Hold on johnson little
longer; TIL come round directly Yes, and
will hold on. If de Lord win, another hundred
years, for I'm bound for Canaan And then
he broke out singing, a A--s A4f6si e
Blu. This do find wefwo are 81 jineS. M " N
He not hyeil g. ~ and lesy me behind ( i
One day, Rev. Dc. Il. called on him, with
me. After a conversation which surely thu
D ,ctor will never forget, he said; .dtle
well. Uncle johnson, must go, . and then
taking him by the hand, said, Good bye.
shall probably hear soon that you have passed
over Jordan, but we will follow on al sgssf
The old man replied, Yes, nassa, great
many years ago, a young man like you tell me
dat; aud den after bit, I'D hear dey ha' gone
and am pilgrim yet, but always manages
to send word.n III
swell. II should die first, what word would
You send?' said DR.. H.. $50 Efaanat .onal
20, msssa, Il you should get home to glory
afore do, tell 'em to keep the table standin
for J huson is holding on his way.n All
We dare not attempt to describe the scene
we witnessed the evening his wife died but a
few days after, we said to him, .Don't you feel
very lonely since Ellen lett you2v gN
Hereplied, 20, yes, but de Lord comes rouni
every day, just as de nuss would, and gives me
taste oh de kingdom wild de sooon but how
wants to get hold Oh de dishi"