The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1865-09-30
Another Psalm from the Hap Of the
Thousand Strings.


row way v hich leads from a vain world ,oI
the streets of The Jeroosslem. and my tex
which shall chuse for tie occasion u inl
the lids Of The Bible. somewhere beteen III
secord Chronkills and The last chapter on
rimo,hy Titus, and when you find II, you
will find Il 10 these words:
And u,ey shel knaw file and dee into
me .moun,nias ~ Iiepsidam. wLar the lion
rosretlI and the whandoodIe mournein for i,s
irsi born"
Now, my breihering, as have before told
you. l am sa uneddicaied man, know moth.
ing abou, grammar talk and collidge hiialu
iieg; hut I'm plain, unlarnt preacher Of
The Gospil what's been foreordsined. called
70 sxpound The Scriptures 70 dyin world.
and prepare a perverse generation for the
day. Of wrath. "For they shall knaw file
and flee into the mountains Of Hepsdsm.
whsr the lion roareib and the whandoodle
mourne,h for iis first born"
Ny beinyed bre,heriug. The text says;
"they shall knaw a file" II don't mesn
they may, bufihey shall And now. there's
more'n one kind OF file. There's the hand
saw file, the rat tail iile. single file. double
file, and profile; but the kind Of iile spoken
Of here isn't one Of ihtm kind neither. be.
cause ,s iigger Of speech, my bseiherins,
and means gvin' i alone. anu gesling ukeer
"a: For they shall lnsw file and hre un-
u The mountains of Hepsidam, whsr the lion
rosreih, aud lse whangJoodIe mournelh forI
its frsI BORA
And now. there be some here with fine
close on ihsf bsx. brass rings on their fin-
gers sad iord thar har. what goes il willie
'h'y're young, ard lhM be brothers here
xhat ns ioi ~ thar constitutions and forty
cent ~hlskey In-'. goes il blind; and thar be
sisters hvTe what when they get sixtcenI
yeats ulJ. cut their uller ropes and gocs II
3ith rveh; bui say. my breihering. fakeI
care you dom, " ben Gabriel blows his last
nUmp. shes you've went il alone ard got
ukcerrt: f" For they they shiIl knaw lie
aud 4 l-e unfo The mountains Of Hepsidnm.
whsr Ihe hon roareth and the whangdoodleE
.oufneih for its first born =
And. .bre ,hrrinG ,ha''s more dame besides
!iepsidam There's ROTTERDAM, Hsddam.
Ams'erdam.. don care adam. and stnr-dam.
bniIt by child. the est of which. my dear
brefhering. Is tbs wors, 81 all. and reminds
me Of circumstances | nnce knew In the
State of Michigan. There was . msn tho
built him mill on the east fork Of Montreal
river and !, was good mill. ant ground al
site Of grain, but The man what built il was
. miserable sinner, and never civ anything
% The church, and ny hrc,he,ng. one night
Ihar cum dreadful storm Of wind and rain 1
and The foundations Of the great deep was
broken up. and the waters rushed down and
swept that mans mill dam into kingdom
cum, and 10 and beheld. in the morning,
when he got up be found he vas moi worth
dam. Nov. my young friends. when storms
Iof temptation overtake We, take care ye DON'T
fall from grace and become like that old
mill--not worm oam: E"For they shall
knaw file aud e into the mountains of
Ilepsidam ~hsr the lion rcarsth, ard the
whsngdoodle mourne,h FOR its first born
Whar the whangdoodie mourpe'h for ifsI
first born. Thisis part OF the text. my dear
Ibre,hesing. 10 another feger Of speech. and
il is not 10 De taken ss i say. II doesn't
mean The Eowlin' wilderness, whsr John
the Hard Shell Baptist, was fed on locusts
aud Wild asses, but Il means, my brethering,
the city or New Ycrleans, the mother al
harlots aud hard lcts--whsr corn is worth
Isix bits a bushel one day, and nary red The
next; whar niggers are as thick ss black
hugs in spilled bacon ham, and gamblers,
thieves, and pickpocke,s 20 skiten abou, the
streets like weszels ii barn yard-whsr
they have cream colored horses, gildsd car
Iraces, marble saloons, with brandy and 90.
car in 'em--whar honest men are tcsscsr
than hens teeth, and strange woman once
TUX il your beluved preacher. and bamboox-
lied him out'n two hundred nd twenty seven
dollars in the twinkling Of Sleeps tail, but
she cant do ii agsip. HalIejsh! for "thsy
shall knsw q tiIe snd flee unto the mountains
of Hepsidam. whar the lion roareIh and the
wha gdoodle mourneih for ils irst born"
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