Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-02
"The Harp of O Thousands
Strings"
SERMON

SERMON.
| may say to 20, my broth
ering, that I am not an edeca-
ted man, an 1 am not one O.
them that bleeves edecation is
necessary fer a Gospel minis
ter, fur I bleeve the Lord ede-
Gated his preachers jest as he
wants 'em to-be edecated; on
although I say it that oughtn't
to say it yet in the State of In
danny, war l live, thar's no
man as gifts a bigger congrega-
ton nor what / gifts.
Thar may be some here to-
day, may brethering, as don't
know what persuasion I am
Nv. Well, a may say to you
my brethering, that I am a
Hard-shell Baptist. :. :. Thar's
some folks as don't like Hard
shell Baptists; but I'd ruther
hev a hard she'll as no shell at
all. You see me here to-day,
my brethering, drest up in fine
close; you mont think was
proud, but I am not proud, my
brethering, an although l
have bin a preacher Nv the
gospil for twenty year, an al
though Pam captain Nv a fat
boat that lies at your landing,
lam not proud, my brother
ing. @ IS
I'm not gwine to tell you
edzackly whar my tex may be
found; suffice it ter say it's in
the leds of the Bible, an
you'll find it somewhat tween
the fast chapter of the book of
Generations an the last chap
ter of the book of Revolutions;
an ifyou'll 60 an sarch the
Scriptures yu'll not only find
my tex thar, but a great many
other texes as will do you good
to read; an my tex when you
shill find it, you shill find it to
read thus; .A
And he played on harp iva thousand
strings-sperits Of inst men
made perfectk. ,
My tex, brethering, leads
me to speak of sperits. Now |
thar's a great many kinds oil
sperits in the world. In the
fust place, thar's the sperits as
som folks calls ghosts; then !
thar's the sperits Nv turping- |
time; an then thar's the sperits |
as som folks call liquor, and
I've got as good artikel uvI
them kind Nv sperits on my |
aat-boat as ever was fetched |
down the Mississippi River;
but thar's a great many other
kinds NV sperits, for the tex
says; He played on a harp uvl
a thousand strings-sperits |
Nv just men made perfeck.' |
But I'll tell you Nv the kind
Nv sperits as is ment in the tex
my brethering. Now, theirs a
great many kinds of fire in the
world. In the first place,
thar's the common sort Nv fire
you light a pipe or cigar with;
an then thar's camfre before
you're ready to fall back, an
neny other kinds NV fire for
The tex says "He played on a
1arp of a thousand strings
'perits Nv just men made per-
eek.
But I'll tell you the kind Nv
fire as is ment in the tex, my
brethering-it's hell fire an
that's the kind of fire as a
great many of you'll come to
eff you don't do better nor what
you've bin.doin for HE play-
ed on a harm Nv a thou-sandf
strings-sperits of just men
made perfeck.'
Now the different sorts uv
ire in the world may be liken-
id unto the different persua-
sions in the world. In the
'ust place we have the 'Pisco-
an they're a high
sailin' set and they may be
likened unto a turkey buzzard
that flies up into the air, and
he goes up and up till he looks
no bigger than your finger-nail
an the fust thing you know he
cum down, an is a-illin' him
self on the karkiss NV a dead
boss by the side NV the road
and He played on a harp NV
q Thousand strings-sperits of
Just men made perfeck.'
And then thar's the Metho-
dis, an they, may be likened
unto the squirrel runnin' up a
tree; for the Methods believe