The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-06-14
Home Reading.

A~"o'e' "'nouV S'oec arc ithc clUct
without a face. Ir.1u b b4e +,
When stones arc scarce always kill twt
birds with one. 'IH4'. w 20 '..' 'a
H They who "pine' in their youth, cal
never lool; spruce" in their old age.
! Words without the deeds are like til,
husks without the seeds.
1t is best grinding at the mill before tn,
waller be past. ag,7 guo aia,rq
A thoughtless word may excite worlt
Of thought. nj ann n
Truth is the only reparation that can b.
made for years of injustice. os "a
Cliques arc generally dangerous, til.
click ola pistol is particularly so. ,4 ia,
a Wrry 'BunLmQuE- "IIAEp or i
THOUSAND SrEIsos-Spinlrs OF j usr Nix,
MADE PEErEcr."-Thc following bur,
lesque; on the style Of preaching iormerl,
too prevalent in the Southwest, was, ff
teen or twenty years ago, printed in al
most every newspaper in the United
States, provoking roars of laughter where,
ever it went. We find it preserved in
Burton's Cyclopacdia of Wit and Elumor,
where many other good things arc cl IN.
balmed. The reader will imagine that
the place where this sermon was delivered
was a landing on the Mississippi river, and
that the preacher was Oh his way with his
tlat-boat to New Orleans:
may say 10 you my brcthring, that !
am no edicated man. an' an not one Of
them as believes that edication is .ncccs-
sary for Gospel minister, for believe
that the Lord edicatcs his preachers just rs
he wants EN- to be edicatcd an although
| say it that oughtn't to say it, yet in tie
State oflndiauny, wllar i live, tha'rs no
man as gets bigger congregations nor wha.
| gifts. III
Thar may be some here today, my
brethring, as don't know what persuasion
am Nv. Well, ! must say to you, my
brcthring, that ain Hard Shell Baptist.
Thar's some folks as don't like tho lizard
Shell Baptist, but I'd rather have hard
shell as no shell at all. You sec me NJ, here
to-day, my brethring, dressed up in fne
clothes; you mout think l was proud, but
| am not proud, my brethring, aud al
though I've been a preacher Of the gospel
for twenty years, an although Pm cap
ting Of the hat-boat that lies 1T your land.
ing, I'm not proud, my brc,hring. >i3'ia
ain now gwiue to tell cdzactly whar
my tex may le found; suffice to say, its
in the leds Of the Bible, aid you'll find it
solnchwar between the first chapter Of the
book Of Generations, and the last chapter
of'ha book Of Revolutions, and Of you'll
go and search the Scriptures, you'll not
only find my tex thar, but great many
other texes us will do you good to read,
aud my tex, when you shall find it, YOU
shall find it to read thus: 7Ii' ~. EFaf'dt1
p ",And he played on a harp Of thou
sand strings-spcrits Nv jest men made
pcrfcck."
My text my bretlriug, leads mo to
speak Of spcrits. Now, thar's q great
many kind, of sperits in tho world-in the
fuss place, thars the sperits as some folks
call ghosts, and thars the sperits Nv tur-
pentlnc, and thar's the sperits as some
folks call liquor, an I've got US good an
artikel of them kind Of sperits on my fiat
boa'as was ever fotcht down the Mississippi
liver; but thar's u great many other kinds
ofspitlts, for tho tex says, =" lie played
on harp Nv a t-h-o-u-s-and strings, sper-
its Nv jest men made perfeck." a
But, Ill tell you The kind Of sperits as
IS meant in the tex, is FIRE That's the
kind Nv spirits as is meant in the tex, my
bretllring. Now thar's a great many
kinds Of fire in tue world. In tho fus,
place thar's the common sort Of Gre you
light your cigar or pipe with, aid then
tllar's fox-frc and campfire, and fire h.
fore you're ready, and fire and fall back,
and many other kinds Nv fire, for tho tex
says, I" lie played on the harp Nv athous.
and strings, sperits Of Jest men made per- per.
fcck." o 500 ias}i'. ,l.,I7 w ! r
But I'll tell you the kind Of fire as is
meant in the tex my brcthring-.it's HELL.
FIRE. and that's the kind NV fire as great
many Nv you'll come to Of you don't do
better nor what you 1lavo been doin-for
"lle played OH harp NV thousand
feck." ~
Now the different sorts Of fire in the
world may DO likened unto the different
persuasvns Of Christians III the world
In the first place we have the DESCRIPTIONS.
an they are d higlsailil' and u highfalu-
tin, set, and they may b. like.el unto a
turkey buzaard that fles Up into The air.
and he goes up, and up, till he looks N"
bigger than your finger nail aud the fust
thing you know, he comes down, and down,
and is film hinsel, on the curkiss Of
dead hoss By the side Of tho road aud nv
played on n harp Nv n thousand strings,
sperits Nv jest men nnde perfeck." j
And then thar's tie Mttllvuis, and they
may be likcncd unto the squirrel running
up into tree, for the Methods believes III
gwine gu from one degree Of grace to an
other, aud finally on to perdiion, and the
squirrel goes up, and up, aud he jumps
from limb to limb. and branch 10 branch