The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-08-01
NASBY,
from the Toledo Blade.]
W. Nasty Preaches--The "Prodlgal
SOn.-An Interruption.

CONFEDRIT p ROADS, (Wnioh 10 III
.s.ue Staff NV Kentucky, July 6, 1865.
| preeched last Sabbath, or rather
tried to, from the parable NV the Prodl-
cal Son. We had splendid congrega-
shun. notice revival Nv the workln
his part NV the Dimocratlc vlnyard,
which reealy cheers me. The demon
strashun our friends made in Memphis,
the canin Nv Grinnel by Rosso, and the
call for johnson Convenshun in Phil
adelphia, all, all hev conspired to COM
orr the souls Nv the Dimocrisy, and
Encourage EN- to renewed effort. 1t is
bringing forth fruit. Only last week
five Northern men were sent whirlin
out Nv this section-dusted III the night
to escape hangin, leavin their goods as
prey for the righteous niggers
hev bin killed and one Burow officer
hot. Trooly there is everything to en-
courage us.
The house wuz full. The weather
wuz hot, and the pleasant incense Nv
mingled whisky, tobacker and snuff
which ariz, wuz grateful to me. The
sun shone in on Deekin Pogram's face
as he gently slept, and when the sun
hits him square, I kin alluz tell where
he sets, even eff it is dark. He drinks
apple-jack instead Nv corn whisky, and
chaws fine cut tobacker instead Nv plug
and CONSISTENTLY when in the pulpit, |
kin distinguish the peculiar aroma Nv
his breath from those around him.
My brethren, sed I, SIGH Nv 700 ez
hev Bibles in your houses, kin get
somebody to read 700 the parable to
which 1 shell call your attention. A
man wunst upon time had sons, ez
many men hev since, and wun of EN-
wuz tough one. He left his home and
went into far countries, makiu the old
man shell out his share NV the estate,
and he lived high, jist, my brethren, ez
yoor boys do or rather did when they
went to Moo Orleans, in the days when
700 had niger or two witch 700 could
sell to supply EN- with money. He
played draw poker and faro, he drank
fancy drinks and boarded at big hotels,
and he followed strange women, which
will bust man quicker nor any one
small sin the devil hez yet invented, ez
voor pastor kin testify. Wv course his
pile give out and he got down, my
friends, did this ingenious yooth, to
rags and wretchedness, and ended in
being an overseer NV swine. What did
he do? He ariz and went to his father
and the old man saw him afar off and
went to meet him, and fell onto his
neck, and GIN an order for SCOT Nv
clothes and pair NV boots, and put
ring onto his finger, and made feast,
-illin for the purpose the fatted calf
witch he had saved for another occasion.
My friends you.kin find in the skrip-
ter suthin applicable to every occasion,
and this parable fits the present time
like ready-made coat. The South is
the Prodigal Son. We went out from
our fathers house, on expedition which
heznt proved altogether success. We
spent our share Nv the estate, and lit
tie more. We run through with our
means and hev cum down to rags, and
dirt, and filth, and hunger We are,
and hev bin some time, chawing husks.
We run out after them twin harlots,
Slavery and State Rights, and they've
cleaned us out. Our pockets are EN- PITY.
No more doth the pleasant halfdollar
jingle in sweet unison agin it's fellows;
our wallets is barren NV postal currency
and the grocery keepers mourn and re.
fuse to be comforted becoz we are not.
We hev got to the husk stage NV our
woe, and wood be tendin hogs of the
armies witch past through these counties
he'd left us any. We hev KUN back
In rags and dirt we hev wendell our
way to Washington and ask to be ia
ken back. Now, why don't our Faith
er, the Government, fulfill the skripter?
Why don't it see us afar off and run out
to meet us? Why don't it put onto us
a purple robe? where's the ring for our
finger, and the shoes for our feet? and
where's the fatted calf he ought to kill?
My brethren, then Ablishinists is worse
than infdels-while they preach the
gospel they won't practice it. For my
part, Il
At this point sargent belonging to
that internal Burow, who wuz in the
audience with enough Nv soldiers to
make opposin Nv him unpleasant, sed
he had bin sort NV an exhorter In his
day and desired to say word in expla-
nation Nv that parable, ez applicable to
the present time, and seq he "ef I am
interrupted, remember l belong to the
church military, witch is. just now, the
church triumphant" And cockin his
musket he proceeded, very much unin-
terrupted.
The prodigal son, SEE he, was receiv-
ed by the old man considerable doins,
but my worthy friends he went out de-
Gently. He didn't, ez soon ez he with
drawed from the house, turned around
and make war onto the old gentlemen
he didn't burn bis house and barns, tear