The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-09-03

From FL Pa9o ( III, Journal.
A HARD-SHRLL SERMON.

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+ Most people. have read the sermon on
the text, .'They shall gnaw file and
flee unto the mountains Of Hepsidam,
where the lion roareth and the Whang-
doodle mourneth for its, first-born,
and have laughed at it as witty inyen-
ton. but We have something thatactual-
by happened, that viii Danish the
whang-doodle into the vale of tears,
and cause the lion to "dry up" inconti-
VIM Reynolds, OF Peoria. Is Wen
known AZ al. - - Ga s1
Sabbatli school cause. He is perhaps
better known than any other man in the
State, and we give the following story
as he tells it, as near as we remember.
The main facts are all absolutely true.
He was in the southern part of the State
last week, organizing Sunday schools,
when he encountered hard-shen Bap-
list neighborhood. The minister set
tied over the little flock, looked with
Jealousy upon the movements of the
new lights, and finally announced his
attention of preaching n sermon against
them. On the Sabbath designated, the
Sunday school men gathered in force,
when the preacher announced that well
known text: A5@ - f3
E'Thou art Peter! and on this rock /
will build my church, and the gates of
hell shall not prevail against it. pm = 8.
After giving Peter. a good setting
out, the minister closed as follows, in
that peculiar singing tone that is indie
scribable, except to those who have
heard 1T: fta.7.n rgJffs ofit -ss .lf as.
|. Eyes, my brethering, ah--an' the gates
of hell shell not prevail agin' it. all I!
Now, you'd like to know about these
ERE gates o. hell ah! Well, my breth-
ering, there air four gates O. he'll an!
fThar is, Justly, the Sunday School
system ali! That thar is one gate to
hell ah, whar they bring young men and
wimmeR togither all, and onder the igee
of teachin' on 'em the Bible, they set
'em hankering arfter one another all, an
so open wide that gate O. hell ali!
An the next gate o hell is wuss'n the
fust ah. That thar is Bible So-si-i-ties
ali, whar they put the void into the
hands o. them as haint larnin' suffi-
cient all, fer to understan' 1T ali: an, this
here, brethering, is one of the wust
gates o. hell alb of which we read about
in the Bible all,
AN the next gate o hell, my breth-
ering, is temperance societies ah, whar
they go rite inter yer house and bust
into yer rooms ah, and try to dis
kiver eff you hcv anythin' an that is
good fer the stumnlick's sake ali, an
when they find it, they spill it out onto
the groun' all, and let it all run to waste
ah."
[Signs of dissatisfaction am ong his
church members. Greatly excited, he
continues 7
''Yis, brethering, they do, all They
air bonn' to bust up ali o. our bizness,
an'-an', an, thereby they open another
gate o. hell, ha. These air the men that
air, ali, goin' to come amongst us, and
prevail, all, agin the rock on which ]
foun' my church, ali. Yis, brethering.
ah, they air sot out to do it, La, an We
must ,iine hands, ali, an war agin 'em,
all, that they shell not prevail, ali.
'"An' the next gate o. hell all, my
brethering all, is the Republican party
all. [Signs of approval from his audi
tors. Yis, brethering all, the Republi.
can party all, wot hez sit all the niggers
| free all, and turned 'ein agin thar mars.
tiers all, an agin them asput thar money
| in 'ein alb, an hez elected and robbed
the South all, outen it's material rites ah
an the gates O hell shell not prevail
agin it ah." ,g-l5-al., 81.
We can give the preachers name and
address, il necessary. The party were
too much annoyed to take accurate
notes. But Mr.. Reynolds himself will
vouch for the truth of what we have
written. Truth is stranger than fiction
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