The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-11-26
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THE HARP OF A THOUSAND
STRINGS.

Il HE HART VI n AHOUSAND ~
STRINGS.
IT is timo TO reprint again this fa.
nous Hard-shell baptist Sermon
The world will never cease to road
and laugh at it
SERMON.
| may say TO you, my brethering,
that | am an educated man, an |
am not one Of them that believes
education is necessary for n Gospel
minister, for belcovc tho Lord ed
ucates his preachers jest as no de-
sires em To- be educated ; an altho'
I say it that oughtn't to cay it, yet
in tho State of Indianny, whar
live, thar's no man MS gifts u bigger
congregation nor what | gifts.
Thar nay be somo here TO. day,
my brcthering, as don't know what
persuasion i am uv. Well, / may
say to you, my brothering, that I'm
Hard~shell Baptist. Thar's some
folks as don't like Hard-shell Bap-
lists but I'd rather hev n hard
shell thun no shell at all You SEQ
me hero o-day, my brethering,
drest up in fine closo You mout
think was proud, but | am not
proud, my brethering an though
| have been u preacher Nv the Cos
pei for twenty years, an alth ough
I'm capting of u fiat boat that lies
at your landing, I'm not proud, my
brethering.
I'm not gong to tell you edzacl-
ly whar my tex may be found ;suf-
fee i. to say it's in the Bible, and
you'll find IL somewhar between tho
first chapter of the cook Of Genera.
tions an the last chapter Of tho
book of Revolutions an if you'll
90 an search tho Scriptures you'll
not only fnd my text thar, but IL
great many other texes as will do
J ou good to read an my tex,
when you shall find 1t, you shall
find it to read thus -
"And he played on a harp of thousand
strings,
sperits OF just men made pcrfcck."
Ny tex, bretherlng, leads mo to
speak of sports. Now thar's q
great many kind of sperlts IN tho
world. In tho first place, thar's the
sper,ts us some folks call ghosts (;
then thar's tho sperits of turpen-
tine and thar's the sperits as some
call lIcker, an I've got as good an
article Nv them kind Nv sperits on
my fiat boat as ovor was fotched
down the Mississippi River but
thar's q great many kind NV sperits,
for tho tex says "He played up
on a harp of o thousand strlngs,-
sperits of just men made perfeck."
But I'll tell you the kind Of spor.
its as IL meant IN tho tex, my breth-
erng-it's fire: That is tho kind
NV sperits az is meant In tho tex,
my brethering. Now, thar's great
many kinds Nv fire IN the world
In the first place thar'e the common
sort Nv fire you light q pipe or q
cigar with an then thar's cant
fire fro before you are ready to
fall back, an many other kinds Nv
fire for the tex says "He play
ed ON q harp OF q thousand strings
-sperlts Of just meh made perfeck.' y
But I'll tell you the kind Of fire
as is meant in the tex, my breath-
erlng-it's hell fire. And that's tho
kind Nv fire as o great many Of you
will como 10 Of you don't do better
nor what you're been doln'-for
''He played on u harp Nv thous-
| and strings-sporits NV just men
made perfeck. !"
Now the different sorts NV fire IN
the world may be likened unto the
different persuasions in the world.
In the first place we have the Piss
copalians, an they're q high sailin'
an highfalutin' set, an they may
be likened unto a turkey buzzard
that flies up into the AIR, an he
goes up an up till he looks no big-
ger nor your finger nail, an the fust
thing you know no comes down an
down, an is film hlsselt on the
karkiss NV a ded hoss by the side
NV tho road-an' "Ho played on O
harp NV thousand strings sperits
Nv just mon made porfeck."
An thar's tho Methods, and
they may DO llkened unto the squir-
rel runnin' ura trcO for tho Nc