The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-28

THE Four GATES OF HELL-A GENUINE
HARD-SHELL BAPTIST SEEMoN.-William
REYNOLDS, of Peoria, is well known as an
enthusiastic worker in the Sabbath-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 arc all all
solutely true. He was in the southern part
of the State last week organizing Sunday
schools, when he encountered Hard-Shell
Baptist neighborhood. The minister settled
over the little flock looked with jealousy
upon the movements of the new lights, and
finally announced his intention of preach
ing a sermon against them. On the Sab
bath designated the Sunday-school men
gathered in force, when the preacher an
nounced that, well-known text
"Thou art Peter and on this rock vii
I build my church, and the gates of he'll
shall not prevail against it,"
After giving Peter good setting out, the
minister closed as follows, in that peculiar
singing tone that is indescribablc except t
| those who have heard it:
Yes, my brethcring ah-an' the gates
of hell shell not perval agin' it, all Now
hell, an! Well, my brethering, thar all
four gates to hell, all !!
| "Thar il, Justly, the Sunday school, sys
ten, uh That thar is one gate to hell, all
whar they bring young men and wimmin to-
| gcther all, and onder the igee Of teachin' or
ZEN the Bible, they set 'em hankerin' arftel
one another ali, and SO open wide the gate o
hell all!
AM the next gate O. hell is wuss'n the
fust ali. That thar is Bible so-ci-i-ties all,
whar they put the word into the hands O
them as haint larnin' sufficient all, fur tc
understan' it ali; an this here, brethering
is one of the wust gates O. hell ali, of which
we read about in the Bible ah.
"An' the next gate O. hell, my brother
ing, is temperance societies oh, whar they
go rite into yer house and bust into yel
rooms all, and try to diskiver eff We hev any,
thin ali that is good fer the stummick's
sake ah, an when they find it they spill il
out on to the groun' ah, an let it all run t.
waste all"
[Signs of dissatisfaction among his church
members. Greatly excited, he continued ::
"Yis, brcthering, they do, ah. They
air houn' to bust up oil o our bizness, an
an ali, tharby they open another gate o
hell al. These air the men that air, alb
goin' to come among us, and prevail, ah
agin the rock on which will l foun' my
church, ah. Yis, brethering, ali, they all
sot out to do it all, an we must jine hands
all, an war agin 'em oh, that they shell not
prevail, ah.
AN the next gate O. hell ah, my brother
ing ali, is the Republican party ali. [Signs
of approval from his auditors.l Yes, breth-
ering alb, the Republican party ali, wot hei
set all the niggers free ah, and turned ZEN
agin thar marsters ali, an agin them as
put thar money in 'em ali, an hez cheeteo
and robbed the South ali, outen its natera.
rites all, an the gates O. hell shell not pre-
vail agin it an
We can give the preachers name and adj
dress if necessary. The party wero toe
much annoyed TO take accurate notes. Blu,
Mr.. Reynolds himself will vouch for the
truth of what we have written. Truth is
stranger than fction.-N Paso (W.) Jour
nal.