The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-05-28

de Lord dat de Williams DAT killed him
can't git at him-you've got free, and am
called freedmen, der is no putin up
wild you, you've got 50 awful stuck up
Why, look yer, you've got finger-rings
upon your fingers, aud earrings upon
your cars; you am dressed up wild all de
fringcs and de furbelows, and got 80
many big ideas in your head Hat you
can't give tanks to de Lord ut all. But
ies tell you dis you am de same niggcrs
rs you were before de varies de same
and if you don't square roun' and change
yer pride, you never can give tanks unto
dc Lord.
"Second metaphor dat | will use is
this I0a cic'c 10 mHc} t0}dcIer. Now
bredren, and some of you sisters too, you
use too much tobacker you don't expect
to give tanks when yer mouths are full
of dis weed. Why. | only use little
plug, which does Inc de whole day but
some OF you chew and snuf'1 AMI dips all
de time, until you make perfect pigs of
yourself Now, what does de Bible say
brcdrcn! It says ccanlincs9 is next to
godliness If you aiu't cleanly, you can't
be godly if you amt godly, you cant
give tanks unto dc Lord and jos tell
ye dis, you cant he clcanly, and cant be
godly, and therefore cant give tanks unto
de Lord, if you Use so much tobacler.
Third phor- l'oD sccq. to much
Now, bredren, | know dis am fault
among ye. Do you tink because you
hear de officers roun' swei rn' dat you am
goin' TO be officers by imtatin' dem ? Do
you tink because you hear be biz men
aroun' yer swearin' dat you am goin' to
be big men by imitatn' dem! No such
ting. Now, what does dc Bible say I?
Can de Ethiopian change his nsin or de
leopard his spots 2 No more can you be.
come big men and officers by imitatin'
dem in dis No, no, brcdrcn, you'll be
de same nggcrs all time, and mind We,
don't let me hear any one swcarin' roun
here, for if you do, you cant give tanks
INTO de Lord.
Fourth mctaphor-P}dcttV Re-
mdrlS"-(which covered cverything).
One day negro preacher discourscd
on "fymHy.' | do not remember his
text. lie told them to be humble and
low. lie talked Il long while on sack
cloth and ashes lie ended his sermon with
these words - "My bredrcn, in old
times they were very humble more dan
we am. Dat great temple which was
built IN de ancient time lifted its bcauti-
iul head mp to de skies its columns spre
up. Bredren, it was a mighty building,
bigger dan any you ever see roun yer;
but 1t 1t were your privilege to see dat
great temple, you would sea- Cat it had
low door, very low door, bredrcn. 1t
had big colums, but low donr. Dis
was an emblem of humility. Mcihinks
now sec in my imagination de old pa
triarchs goin' up de steps to lie temple
dey walken up dar-wil dar head lofty
on der shoulders dcy walked along de
cxpan'e until dcy reachcr de door, den
dcy bowed der lofty heads AMI went in.
De temple was high, but de door was
low. De old patrIarchs had to bow der
heads; dey had TO humble when dey
went into de temple of dc Lord. And it
was dis door in mind which made de
writer in de Scriptures break ont IN de
words, long TO be remembered by every
one Of Us, Lo(p) / comc."
will close by giving an abstract of a
sermon which | heard ut Tullahoma.
Tennessee, about sixty miles from Nash
vlile) The occasion Of the delivery of
the sermon was this, Three Methodist
chaplains had come down from the North.
and had joined their regiment stationed
at this place. | introduced a nerro
preacher to them, and told him these
gentlemen were also of the Methodist
persuasion. lie seemed very much pleas
cd. told the negro preacher that it
was my intention to take the chaplain TO
his church on the next Sabbath. told
him to prepare fine sermon. He said
he would try and ''do honour to de illus
trious bredren from de Norf" On the
next Sabbath morning | accompanied the
chaplains TO the colored church. They
were very anxious 10 hear plantation
preacher | spoke to the Rev. Mr.. Bony
/ Qor such was his name) before the service.
asked him if he was prepared. lie an.
swered, "that he had rcvolved "A great
subject in his mind, and was prepared TO
| 60 on wild de delivery of de sermon"
After the preliminary exercises, which
were very interesting, the old preacher
rose and said that he would "read por-
ton OF Scripture, found in second chapter
of Titus, begInnin' at de eleventh verse;
- For de grace Of God dat bringeth
salvation hath appeared to all men,
teachin' us dat denying ungodlincss and
worldly lusts, we should live sobery,
righteously, and gody, in dis present
world; lookin' for dat blessed hope, and
de glorious apperin' of &c great God and
our Saviour Jesus Christ who gave him
sell for us dat he might redeem us from
all lniquity, and'-mark it, bredren. mark
it!-and 'Wn!jJ into hiaselfa a peculiar
people eedlouS 0" good ,coIks.' W ill take
de last clause of de fourteenth verse of
dis second chapter of de Episile of Paul
to his beloved broder Titus. | read de
rest of de verses for the edi(ication of de
bredren'" After very lengthy introduc
tion, into which he en!eavored TO nut all
his theology, he said 81 will now
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