Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-11-02
Another Psalm from the Harp Of the
Thous and Strings.

! Another Psalm from the Harp OF the
Thousand Strings.
Sly beloved Bretheripg and Sistren-I
am an unlarnt preacher, Of whom you've
no doubt hearn before, and now appear
10 expoaud the ScEip;ur, and pint out a
\ narrow way which leads from q vain
world to the streets of the Jproosalern,
and my tex, which shall ebuse for the
occasion, is in the lsis Of the Bible, sprae-
where between tie second Chronkills and
/ the last chapter Of Timothy Titus, and
when you fad il, you will iud it in Fhese
words:
4 Sand they shall knaB a Rls and fee in
to the mountaius Of Hepsidam, Wh4r the
lion roaEesh, and tie whang doodle inc urn
eth for its first born"
Now, my brsthering, a. bare blfore
| told you, | am an uncdicated man, and
know nothing about grammar talk and
eollidge hifaluting; hus am plain IN
larnt preacher ct the Gospel, what's been
fereordaiued called TO expouud the Scrip
tur to dyin w0ril, and prepare per-
verse generation for the dag of wrath -
"For thdy shall klaw Eie and fee into
the mouGtains of Hspsidam, whar the
lion roare'h, and ths aangloadle Inouza-
| eth its first born.n
! My belnved bTetheriug, the tex says:
"they shall knaw fle." IL dent mean
| they may, bat they shall. Now, there's
more'n one kind Of Gle. There's the
hand saw file, she raE-tail fle, single iile,
double f!s, and profile; 1as the kind Of
= Ia, .EaF. If "a . IL l.. a
neither, because It's fgger of speech,
my bEethsrinE, and means goin' is alone
and getting ukeered, ''for thew shall knaw
tile, aud aee into the mountains Of Hep
sidam, whar the lion r0artth, aud abe
Whangio0dIe m0urneth for its Gfst born. :"
And now, there viii BE- some here with
! fine close on their bax, brass rings on
! their fingers and lard on their hair, shat
goes IL while thar young, and thar be
/ brothers here sba8 as long as thar con
stitutions and 40 cent Whiskey last, 20 it
blind; and thar be sisters bore what ~hrn
they get TO be sixteen years old, oag thar
tillers and 90 1t With a rush; but brother
ing, take care you DON'T find when Gabriel
blows bis tramp, that you've ali went ID
alone, and got ukeered; ''fof they shall
knaw fle, aa.l fee into the mountains
Of Hepsidam, whar the lion roareth, and
the whangdoodla moarDeth for It's Erst
borB.n
And, my brethering there's more dams
besides Hspsidam. There's Rotterdam,
| Haddam, Amsterdam, and don't care-a-
dam, the last of which, my dear brgther.
ing, Is the worst Of all, and reminds M
isAF FsfR 1 h.
State Of Miehigaa. There was q man
| that built him q mill on tue East Fork of
Montreal River, and IL was good mill,
aud ground site OF grain, bat the man
| what built was miserable sinner, and
never give anything TO the church, and,
my brethering, enc light, thar cum a
dreadful storm Of wind and rain, and the
foundations Of the great deep was broken
up, and the waters rushed down and
swept tbe mans miildam into kingdom
ecme, and 10 and beh6li-iu the morning
when he got ap, ha found he was not
worth dam. Now, my young friends,
when storms and temptations overtake ye,
take care you don't fall from grace, and
| become like that old man not worth a
dam: ''For they shall knaw q file, and fee
into the mountains CT Hepsidam, whar
the lion roareth, and the Nhangaoodlc
mourneth for is Erst born.n
| ,Whar the whangioodle mourneth for
its FIRST born. This part of tex, my dear
bresbering, is aaother fgger Of speech,
and il MT 10 be takep as Il says, Ii does
not mean the howlin' will lefness, where
John, the Hard Shell Babiist, was fed on
locusts and wild asses, but il means, my
bFethcring, the city Of New Yorleans, the
mother of harlots and bard lots whar
corn is warth six-biFs a bushel one DAY,
and nary red tha next; whar niggeFs are
as thick as black bags in spoiled bacon
ham; and gambIers, thieves, and pick
pockets 20 .skitIng about the streets like
weazels ina barn-yaTd, where they have
cream caIoFed horses, giIded carriages,
marble saloons, with brandy and sugar
in 'em-=whar honest men are scascer
than ben teeth, and strange woman
| once tax IN yoav beloved preacher, and
bsmbuzzEed him Oue,n two hundred and
twenty seven dollars 10 the twinkiing Of
sleeps taih bat aha can't do is agin. -
Hal-elujah! far f'they shall knaw . 6le,
and fee iata the mouolaiRs Of Hepsidan,
whar the liol roaresb, and The whangdol-
die mouFueth for It's FIRST boru.'
Pass the hat, brother Flint, aud let CIV.
err bard shell, shell cut. Amenl