The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-06

thousand strings (which is certainly
good enough to be reprinted at least
once every five or ten years, and so we
initiate the example of Harper.
SERMON.
1 may. say to you, my bretherlng, that
I am not an edecated man. an / am not
one o them that bleeves edecation il
necessary for a Gospie minister, fur ]
bleeve the Lord edecates an although
I say it that oughtn't to say it, yet in
the State of Indianny, whar | live
thar's no man as gifts q bigger cong
regation nor what l gifts.
Thar may be some here to-day, my
brethering, as don't know what per-
suasion | am Nv. Well, may say to
you my bretheTing, that I am Hard
shell Baptist; but i d .ruther hey a
hard shell as no shell at all. You
see me here to-day, my brethering,
drest up IN fine close; you moEt think
I was proud, but / am not proud, my
brethering; an although l HAYS bin a
preacher Nv the gospil for twenty year,
an although m eaptlng Nv tlat-boat
that lies at your landing, I'm not
proud, my bTethering.
I'm not gEine to tell you eotrackly
lghar my tex may be found; suffice it
te- say it's in the leds of the Bible,
an'you' / find it somewbar tween the
fust chapter of the book of General
ions an the last chapter of the book
Of Revolutions: an if you'll go an
sarch the Scripturs you'll not only
find nly tex thar, but a great menny
other teres as will do you good to read /;
an my tex when you shill find it, you
shill find it to read thus:
And he played on a harp Nv a
thou sand strlDgs-sperits OF Just men
made perfeck." My tex, brethering,
leads me to speak of sperits. Now
thar's a great many kines ofsperits lie
the world. In the fust p ace. thar Is the
sperits as som folks call ghosts; then
thar's the speriis Nv turpingtime; an
then thar's the sperits as som folks
call LIQUOR, ana I've got as good arti-
kel Nv then kind Nv sperlts on my
1as. boat as ever was fetched down the
Mississippi River; but thar's great
many other kinds nv sperits, for the
tex says: He played on harp Nv a
thousand striDgs-sperlts Nv just men
made perfeek."
But I'll tell you Nv the kind Nv
speTits as is ment in the text S fire.
That is the kind Nv sperits as is ment
in the tex, my bretheriDg. Now, thars
a great many kinds of FIRE in the world.
In the first pace, thar's the common
sort Nv fire you light pipe or cigar
with; an then thar's eamfre; FIRE be-
fore you're ready to fall back, an meny
other kinds Nv fire; for the tex says ::
He played on a harp of Thousand
strings -sperits Nv jGsg men made per
feck." - ias-aagsc.
But I'll tell you the kind CIV FIRE as
is ment in the tex, my brethering-it'
he'll fire an that's the kind Of fire as
great mcny of you'll come to eff you
don't do better nor what you've been
doin'-for He played on a harp Nv a
thousand strings-sperits of just men
made perfeok."
Now the different sorts Nv fire in
the world may be likened unto the
different persuasions in the world.
In the fUst place, we have the 'Pisco-
palians. an they're highsailin' an a
high-falutin' set, and they may be
likened unto q turkey buzzard that
flies up into the air, and he goes up
and up TIL 10 looks no bigger than
yolsr fnger-nail, an the fust thing you
know Ee.cums down an down, an is a
film himself on the kaTkiss Nv dead
boss By the side Nv the road-and He
played on a harp Nv a thou-saud
strlngs-sperits OF just men made per
feck."
And then thar's the Methods, an
they nay be likened unto the SPUR 2 |
runnin up tree: for the Mathodis
believes ia gwiBe on from one degree
ny grace to another, an finally on 10
perfeckshun: an the squirrel goes up
an up. an he jumps from linn to linn
an branch to branch, an the fust
thing you know he falls, an down
he comes, kerflummux an that's like
The Methods. for they is alters fall.
In from grace-ahI And He piaVeC
on harp of a thousand strings
sperits of just men made .perfeck."
And then, my brethering, thar's thu
Baptist-ah and they hev bin likeneC
unto a possum on a 'simmon- tree; an
the thunders may roll an the airtl
may quake, but that possum clingt
still-ahl An you may shake on
foot loose, but tother's thar; an yot
can shake all his feet loose, but h,
LAPS his tail around the linn, an BIZ
elfngs fur ever for He played on.
harp Nv thousand strings-sperit
of Just men made perfeek."