M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-08-17
sWhere the Lion ROareth
and the Wang- doodle
MOurMcIh.n

an unlarnt Ilard>shcll Baptist preach
CT, OF whom you've no doubt hcarn
afore, and now appear hero to ex'
pound the scriptcrs and pint out the
narrer wsy which leads from a vain
world to the streets of Jaroosqlem;
and my tex which I shall choose for
the occasion is in the lcds of tho BIZ
bio, somowhar between the Second
Ohronic.ills aid the last chapter of
rimothytitre; and 'ghon yoa lind II,
you'll find it in these words:
"And they shall gnaw file, and
flee unto the mountains of lIepsidam,
where the lion roareth and the wang
dooIdo moulncth for his first born"
Now, my brethering, rs | have
before told you, | am an oneddicated'
man, and know nothing about gram.
mar talk and collidge higha.utin, but
| am a plane unlmnt preacher of the
Gospil, what's been foreordaned and
called to prepare pcrvarsc genera
shun for tho day of wrath-ah!-
"For they snail gnaw file, and flee
unto tho mountains of llopsiJam,
whar the lion rOareth and the wang
doodle nourncth Tor his first born"-
All!
My beloved brerhrring, tho tex
says they shall gnaw file. 1t does
not say they MAY, bu. shall. Now,
there is moro than one kind of file
There's the hand>saw file, the rat
rail file, tho single file, the double
file, and profile; but the kind spoken
o: hero isn't ono Of them kind n'yther
bekaws it's figgor of speech, and
means goin' it alone and getting
ukered, "lor they shall gnaw q file,
and flee unto the mountains of uep
5idam, whar the lion roareth and the
wang doodle mourneth for his first
burn"-ahl
And nov thar be some mere with
fine close on thar backp, brass riggs
ON thar fingers, and lard on THAI har,
what goes it while they're young;
aud thar be Others hero what, rs long
as their constllooshins and forty cent
whisky last, goes it blind. Thar be
sisters here what, whom they Ge'e lG
cars old, cut their tillor ropes and
,es it with rush. But say, my
lear 6rcthering, take care you don't
fnd when Gabriel blows his last
rump, your hards played out, and
you've got ukercd-ah! "For they
shall gndw II file, and flee unto the
mountains OF Hopsiiam, whar the
lion roareth and the wang doodle
mournoth for his first born"
Now, my brethcring, "they shall
dee unto the mountains of llopsi-
dam," but tlar's moro dams than
uepsidnn. Thar's Rotter cam,
Had.Gam, Amsterdam, and "Don'i
care a dam"-tho last of which, my
brethorin, is the worst of all, and
reminds mo Of sirkumstans | onst
knowed in the State of lllenoy. Thar
Was man what built him Il mill Oh
The north fork Of Ager Crick, and it
was a good mill and ground a site of
grain, but the man what built 1t was
a miserable sinner, and never give
any thing to the church, and, my
dear brcthcring, one night there
came a dreadful storm of wind and
rain, and the mountains of tho great
deep was broken up, and the waters
rushed down and swept that mans
mill to kingdom cum, and When he
woke up he found that he wasn't
worth O dam-ah! "For they shall
gnaw a file and flee unto the noun.
tains of Hepsidam, whar the lion
roareth and wang doodle mournoth
tor his first born-ahp
hope don't hear anybody larGn
do II
Now, "whar the lion roareth and
the wang doodle mourneth tOr his
first bori." ."--ahl This part of my
tex, my besoaching brethering, is no
10 be taken as it says. 1t dom
mean the bowling wilderness, whal
John The uard-shell Baptist fed OF
ocusts and wild asses, but it means
my bretheiring, the city OF Now
lY'Orleans, the mother of harlots ant
hard lots, whar corn is with six Bit
bushel one day and marry red tht
mex, whar niggers are as thick al
black, bugs in spilled bacon ham, ane
gamblers, thieves and pickpockot'
goes skiting ahout the streets lik'
woasels in a barn yard, whar homes
men are scarce than hens teeth, ant
wbar strange woman once took il
your beloved teacher, and tambooz
lied him ont OF two hundred an