The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-04-03
A WESTERN SERMON.

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the papers in | 800. We think it will
be worth republlshing
Il may say to YOU, my breathring,
that | am not edicated man an am
not one of them as believe that edeca>
ton is necessary fur Gospel Minister
fur | believe the Lord edecateI his
preachers jess es he wants them to be
edecated, an although l say 1t that ought
not to say it, in the State of Indlanny,
whar l live no man as gifts bigger con-
gregation an what gifts.
Thar may be some here to,day as
don't know what persuasion l AN Nv
Well, may say to you, my breathren,
that am a Hard Shell B,ptlst. Thar's
some folks as don't like the Hard Shell
Baptist, but l rather have a hard shell
as no shell, You see me here to. day,
my brea.hring, dressed up in fine
clothes; you mustn't think | was proud;
but | was proud; but l am not proud my
breathring, and although I've been
preacher of the Gospel for twenty ye RS
an although I'm Capting of the flat boat
that lies at your landing, I'm not proud
my breathring,
I'm not a gune to tell edsactly whar
my text may be found: suffice to say, it's
in the leds of the Bible, and you'll find
1t somewhar between the first chapter of
the book OF Generations, and the last
chapter of The Book of Revolutions, an
ef you'll 60 ana search the Scriptures,
you'll not only find my text thar, but a
great many other texes as will do you
good to read, and my text when you
shall find it, shall read thus:
'And hc played on the harp Nv thou>
sand strings spirits OF just men made
perteck .f-.
My tex, brethring, leads me to speak
ofspirits. Now thars a great many
kind ofsperits in the word--in the fust
place thar's the sperlts as sum folks call
ghosts and then thars the sperits NV
turpentine, and then thar's the sperlts
as sum folks call liquor, an I've got as
good an artikle OF that kind of sperits on
my flat boat as ever was fotch down the
Mississippi river; but thars great
many other kinds Of sperits, for the tex
says: 'He played on the harp of thou.
sand strings-sperits Of iust men made
perteck,
But I'll tell you the kind Nv sperits as
is ment in the text, its fire. That's the
kind CT sperits as is ment in the text my
brethring. Now, there's a great many
kinds of fire; in the fust place thar's the
common sort of fire you light your segar
or pipe with, an then thar's fox fire, and
campfire, and fire before you're ready,
and fire and fall back, and many other
kinds Of fire for the text says, Gle plays
ed on harp Of a thousand strings
sperts ofjust men made perfeck.'
But I'll tell you the kind Of fire as
ment in the tex. my brethring-irs hell
fire! an that's the kind of fire as q great
many Nv you'll come to, Of you don't do
better nor what you have been doin--
For he played on the harp Nv thou
sand strings-spents ofjust men made
perfeck'
Nov the different sorts Of fire in the
world may be likened unto the different
persuasions of Christians In the world
In the fust place we have the Plscapa-
lions, they're hishsalin and a high-
faultin set, and they may be likenod
unto turkey buzzard, TINT flies up into
the air, and he goes up, und up, till
looks no bigger than your fn21
and the fast thing you kSaG
down andis tillip himss