The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-10-24
A Hard Shell Sermon.
"-dnd When They Rig up Early in the
'" Morning, Behold They aoas all Dead
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~" } V" '"'' oay y-"iu ana Weatner per
mittin-hom the thirty,seving.h chapter
Nv Tsaisy, thirty.six,h verse, "And the
destroying angel smo.s in the camp Nv
the Sytecians hundred and forescore
and five thousand men ah. .And phea
they r's up early in &e morniny, behold
they 'cds al dead corpuses" And thus
tits, my unconver,ed trends and bearers,
that the destroying angel stalks around
With his meat AXE, ready to sen US to the
honeyard before We kin set down to
breakfast ah. An it is said, my frens,
that roses are red and viole,s are blue.ab,
bat its no .use Of tryin 10 honey .fuggle
round the angel Gabriel when be toots
bis horn for you 10 tuck 20 tails and gs.
under dirt ah.1 .r.o .'..' ..l3. ole ..a-
| "An when they riz up early in the
morning, behold they was all dead corpu.
| ses." y. " =" -.
My wretched brethring and sisterinc,
es was riding along the road one day,
seen man a settin on the top Nv his
febce, with a doubled-barrel shot gun ou
his lapIah, and twsttin. an a swet,in
and 2 fauuinhv histelf with a noble straw
bat and,a ,eussini Nv. the for,he Of July,
an North Ameriky, an the Constitution,
an the. Supreme Court. an tbe bird Nv
liberty, and ti,s" President Nv the United
S!ates'ah, aul when Lea.u tha, an
cussi an seen that big shot gun. tbinkI
70 myself, in the words Of the tex ah J.:
""Aud' when they riz up early in the
morning, beholdthey was all dead corpu,
An I,ole old Roam two wo, and sez +,
my ungody fren, IL you swear in that air
way you will forever aud eternaily ruiuate
yo immortal soul,ah, and never geta nib
ble when you go a fishin, :" and sez
he, "You go too hell. you damd old miss
hsppen, misbego,,en, mistake ov creation,
ah; Of you had to git the grass out Nv a
costing crap with free niggers, you'd gi,
upon as,ump aud cuss yourself out "
20 da,p'd old yaller hide. an 60 to he'll
for 20 health, ah," And seq I, my err
in fren, it cuts me to the marrer TO see
you .strugelio 10 the bon dsge ov sin all ;"
An ses he, my punkin faced customer,
ef you kin cline that air tai, red oak tree
thar aud ses anything in ,his here mis-.
erabie Ian but bonding and crsg grass,
you kin take ms ole hs. for a henness
ah." An see 7, my hard swearin fren,
am afesred you will never register yo
name In the book Nv eternal lifa.ah."-
An sez he, %! went to town lass Monday
to register An couldn't git a sight Nv
the book for the dam greasy nigger. ah."
lob, mistaken human" ser I, Il ,rimble
fur 70 future. fur you are on the road a
lesdin TOO psrditior sh." An seq he,
"You are damd ole liar. for I'm on The
road a, lsadin TO BeLtoniah."e | heaved
a groan, my hearers, an seq I,
"An when they rig up early 10 the
mornin, behold they was all dead corpu
ses." ..
Au sez he, "Lst EN- riz an be dam'd 10
en- all ah." "Oh, my suffsrin feller cree.
tur," sez !, "sf you would but sue fur
grace you might cum to jins that heaven
ly quirs, an be nnancipa,ed rum the
sbackIes Nv sin ah." An be cooked Nv
bis gun an sez he, II bad twenty six like.
ly niggers mancipatsd, on my hans wonst,
an ef you open yo' jaw bout msncips,ion
70 me agin I'll make buzzard viltles out
Nv 20 dam'd ole swivslcd mp cark Is. sbefo
hell could cripple Nv a gnapah." My
constant frens and hearers. when seen
that wicked man a cockin Nv his gun alb,
I begun to feel exceeding jubous, an the
words Nv the tex smoted upon my ear.
4 ah----,...s. o.. ~ uasyJsls,..-s D.. r r....
sand when they riz up early IN the
! moIpiu, behold they was all dead corpu.
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But, my Christian bearers, I fslt called
upon to try my han one more time on
this objurit man ah; an ssz I. "Ny bias
phsmous freu, you are continually an for.
ever dam'd ab, sf you DON'T immsji;Iy git
down ofoer tha, air fence ab, and 60 to
some seques.eyed spot an pray fur you
souls redemption sh." And he jumped
down ofner Of che fence shore enuf. but
he didn't boto no ssques,sTed spot sb |;
but, my unconscious hearers, be stuck
that big ole double barrel SHOTGUN close
mp to my reverend bead.ah, and sez be,
Five bessn seques,er Vas the next thing
TO cooa'cator, aud sf that's 70 business
in ,hi. here settlement, you bad better be
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