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

of time. Now, time is very Useful ting,
bredren. If you didn't have ii, you
couldn't do much you couldn't come tc
dis place; to sum de matter UP you
couldn't do noin. Now time, dat usefu
ting, may be compared to a great many
tings,. 1t may be compared to piece
OF white paper which if you write upon
wild ink, you cant rub it OUT it may bC
compared to money, which if you spend
foolishly you can't get it back, Time
may be compared TO great many tings.
! but | havn't time to commemorate them
now, but pass on to de main portion oI
my discourse.
"De text speaks Of rcdccming de time
Now dar am various ways OF doin' dis
81. You can redeem do time by goin'
roun' yer and pourin' de oil of consolation
upon dc waters; and you dat am rich
can 20 among de poor and orphans and
dc widders, put shillcn in der hand, tell
dem to put on dar best bib and tuck. and
come mp var next Sunday mornin and
hear de Gospel dispensed free wiiout
money, at half past ten o'clock.
% lon can redeem de time, bredrcn
you dat am So favourcd as to belong
to dis hock-by fofmn' nucleus. or
stariin' point, from which will radiatc a
great deal of good, which will 90 among
de poor and dc miserable of dis town.
Den let de influence radiate and 20 into
all de country round in dis vicinity--dcn
let ii spread among, cur poor bredren away
down South, who have been kept in de
house of bondage longer dan us, and who
have been in de miry clay; make dem,
bredren, instead of bein' dc cotton pckers
and refuse of de South American born
citizens, wild de stars and stripes waven
over dem, and de American eagle pcrched
on dar heads"
After telling them various other ways
of redecm;ng the time, he copcluden as
follows :-"And now, my brethren, if
you do all dis dat | has told yu, you'll
have de reward dat am promised to de
faithful for soon de angel Gabriel will
come along in his cverlastin' chariot,
drivn' de immortal white horses. and
he'll tell ye TO get in and took a ride to
de far off country. AMI ye dat am good
step in, and Gabriel will crack his whip
of tunder at dem immortal horses DRAWN
dc cverlastin' chariot, and away you'll
go skippcn and n buzzin' until you land
at the curb stone OF heavens gate
One Sabbath evening. as was walk.
ing from the General Hospital to my
office, heard singing inquired of n
passcr-by if the negroes had services ut
that hour. He said they had. | went
into the church and took n back seat
Some Of the congregation, however, cs.
pied me, and cried out "NVc want to
hear the white broder preach" The old
minister without any hesitation came to
me and said, 1T AN de wish OBJ de pco-
pie dat you dcliber ourself of Il sermon,
and |, bcin' de miuister of dis church.,
invite you to step forward au deliver TO
de people a sermon" No excuse would
be recclveI The negroes, seeing me
hesitate, cried, "l'rns de white brodcr
along" ! went forward and spoke TO
them The negroes are always pleased
They will act generally upon the advice
Of II white man from the North. Some.
times when | was speaking | could
scarcely be heard, by reason ot the amens
halclniahs, and clapping of hands. After
/ had spoken, the old preacher gave them
a short sermon. lie took text simply
to give character to his discourse, for he
did not speak from it, Ills aim was to
enforce upon them what | had said. |
remember the concluding sentence &c
My bredrcn, you must not forget de
sermon of de brodcr who has so kindly
taken my place to night Write de wor Is
upon de tablets Of dc archives of lie mem
ory-take de thoughts into your minds
for ifyou don't, you'll wish dat you
had for when de time will come when
sac"cIoth of hell will he placed before de
sun-and when de moon, de silvcs mes.
senger oh de night, will become fiery
orb in de heavcn-and when de stars
which light up de frmamcnt which am
over US, runs into sea of blood-whcn
all tings visible and invisible resolve wild
great big noise, den de time will come
when you had wished you'd give atten-
tien to de tings which have been spoken
to you dis night by de white broder from
de NCrf."
Many of the readers of Good Words
are ministers. Writers on homietics
tell them to make the divisions in their
sermons clear A sermon which | heard
at Chattanooga, Tennessee, from a negro
possessed at least clear and distinct diyi-
sions. The preacher said he would take
his text from the Psalmist David" 50
give tanks unto dc Lord For de clear
apprehension of dis truth recorded in de
Scriptures, | will divide my sermon into
four metaphors. Metaphors he under
stood to be divisions Now, metaphors
are used in de Old Scriptures and in de
New, by de Psalmi-t David and the
Apostle Paul and |, bein' minister
and servant of de Lord, will use met
aphors on dis occasion. The first meta
phor dat | will use am Pl7de. Now. my
brrdren and sstern, you never can give
tanks unto the Lord if you have pride.
Pride am de fader of sin, Why, look
var: don't you know dat de most
OF you has slch proud hearts dat yon
find it hard to tank de Lord for his
mercies ? Why when you were slaves
you had Droud hearts hut vou couId