The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-04-16
a WITTY YURLEsQUE.

He Played on > Harp OF Thou
sand Strings-Spirits Of Just Men
Made Perfect
The following burlesque on the style of
preaching formerly too prevalent in the
Southwest, was, fifteen or twenty years ago,
printed IN almost every newspaper in the
United States, provoking roars OF laughter
wherever it went We fad it preserved in
Burton's Cycl2podta Of Wit and Humor,
where many other good things are embalm-
ed. Tine reader will imagine that the
place where this sermon was delivered was
landing On the Mississippi river, and that
the preacher was on his way with his fat
boat to New Orleans
L may say to yon my brethring, that I
am not an edicated man, an am not one
OF them as believes that edication is neces>
sary tor Gospel minister, for [ believe
the Lord edicates his preachers lest as he
wants 'em to be edcatcd an although I
say 1t that oughtn't to say it, vet in the
State of lndianny, whar live, thar's no
man as gifts bigger congregations nor what
eits.
Thar may be some here today, my
| brethrng, as don't know what persuasion
| am NV. Well, L must say to you, INV
brethrlng, that | am tiard Shell Baptist.
| Thar some folks as don't like the Hard
Shell Baptlsts but I'd rather have hard
shell as no she'll at ALL You see me here
to-day, my brethring. dressed up in fine
clothes; you mOut think | was proud, but
am not proud, my brethrng, and altho'
, We been preacher of the gospel for
| m oil \,
the fiat>boat bat lies at your landing. IN
not proud, MY brcthriag.
am bot ewine to tell edzactly whar nv
tex may be found suffice to say, it's in the
leds Of the Bible, and you'll fad it some
whar between the first chapter of the book
OF Generations, and the last chapter of the
book OF Revolutions, and eff you II go and
search the Scriptures, you'll not only find
my tex thar, but great many other texes
as VIII do you good to read, an my tex,
when you shall tin it, you Shil find it to
read thus =
And lie played on harp of thousand
strings -sperits Nv Jest nell made perfeck. "
My tex, my brethring, leads Inc to speak
of slcrls. Now, thar's great many
KINDS OF sperlts in the world-in the fuss
| place, thar the srerits as some folks call
ghosts. an tfIars the spcrts IT turpen>
! tine. an ihara the sperIts as some folks
call liquor, an I've got as good an artkel
OF them kind of srerits on my fat boat as
ever was fetched down the Mississippi river;
Uut thars a great many other kinds Of
spcrIts, Tor the tex says, "He played on 4
harp w o-n-S-zud strings, sperits Nv
/ jest men ma.te rerieck
But !! tell you the kind ny speriis As is
meant IN the tex, is FIRE. That the
KIND Nv sperlts as is meant In the tex, my
brethring: Now, thars great many
hinda OF fire in the world. In the fuss
place thars tue common sort of fire YOU
hght Your cigar or pipe with, an then
thar toxtlre and campfire. an tire before
you re ready, and fire and fall back. and
many other Kind, If fire, for the tsx saws.
lie played on harp uv thousand
strings sperlts Nv jest men made perfcck. "
But | ii tell you the kind Nv fire as is
meant III the tex, my brcthrng-it's HE'LL
FIRE an that's the kind Nv fire as a great
many NV you II come to, eff you don't do
better nor what you have been dom for
lie played on harp Nv thousand
| Strings, sperIts NV jest men made perlcck "
Nov, the different sorts of fire in the
word may be likencd unto the different
pcrSnasIons OF Christian, in the world.
In the first place we have the Pisca pasionS,
an they are high sailu' an hichtalu,in'
set, an they may be iikened unto turkey
buzzard, that flies up into the air, and he
goes up and up, and up, till be looks no
bigger than your finger nail, an the fuSt
tnlng you know, he Gums down and down,
and Is film himself on the dead carkiss of
a dead boss by the side of the road. and
He played on harp Nv a thous ana
strings, sperils nv just men made perfeck."
And then thar's the Merhodis. and they
may be ilkened unto the squirri runnin' up
into tree, for the Methods believes in
gwlne on from one degree of grace to an
other, and finally on to perfection, and the
.qairrll goes up and up, and up and up,
aud he jumps from limb to limb, and
brancN to branch, and the fu>t thing you
know he falls, and down he Gums kerffum-
X, and that Ike the Methods, for they is
alters falIln from grace, all and He
played on harp Nv a thousand strings,
sperlis Nv jest men made perleck /"
And then, my trethring, ther's the Bar
tist, ali !! and they have been ikened unto
a possum on 'slmmon tree, and thunders
may roll and the earth may quake, but that
po-sum clings thar still, ali and you nav
shake one foot loose, and the others thar,
and you may shake all feet loose, and he
laps bis tail around the limb, and he
clings and c!ings furevcr, for "iIe played
On the harp Nv thousand strings, sperits
Nv just men made perfeck."
murder WILL Our. In January,
1859, the Treasurer of Coshocton, Ohio,
was robbed of 800 600 large sn,p nor,