The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-12-18

An Illinois HardsheH Preacher ON the
-Four Gates of Hell-A Queer Sermon.
An Illinois paper is responsible for the
following:
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 absolutely true. He
was in the southern part of the State last
week organizing Sunday schools, when he
encountered a hardshell Baptist neigh
borhood The minister settled over the
little flock looked with jealousy upon the
movements of the new lights, and finally
announced his intention of preaching a
sermon against them. On the Sabbath
designated the Sunday school men gath
cred in force, when the preacher announc-
ed that well known text, Ehou art
Peter and on the rock will / build my
church, and the gates of hell shall not
prevail against it.
After giving Peter good setting out,
the minister closed as follows, in that Pc
culiar singing tone that is indiscribable,
except to those who have heard it,
Yis, my brethering, ah-an' the gates
of hell shell not pervail agin' it, ah.
Now, you'd like to know about these ere
gates o, hell, ah. Well, my brethering,
thar air four gates to hell, ah.
Thar is, firstly, the Sunday school
system, ah. That thar is one gate to hell,
ali, and onder the igee of teachin' on 'em
the Bible, they set 'em hankerin' arter
| one another, ah, and so open wide the
gate o, hell, ah.
| An the next gate O. hell is wuss'n the
fust, ah That thar isBible so-ci ties,
ah, whar they put the word into the
hands O. them as haint larnin' sufficient
ah, fur to understan' it, alb, an this here,
brethering, IS ono of the wust gates o
hell, ah, of which we read about in the
Bible, ah.
An the next gate O. hell, my brother.
ing, is temperance societies, ah, whar they
go right into yer house and bust into yc1
rooms, ah, and try to diskiver eff ye hev
enythin', ah, that is good fer the STUN
lnick's sake, ah, and when they find il
they spill it on the groun', ah, an let il
all run to waste, ah.
/ (Signs of dissatisfaction among his
church members. Greatly excited he
Yis, brethering, they do, ah. They
ah-an', ah, tharby they open another
air, alb, goin' to come among us. and pre-
vail, ah, agin the rock on which will ]
foun' my church, ah. Yis, brethering
ah, they air sot out to do it, ah, an VEG
must jine hands an war agin em, ah, tha
they shel not pervail ah.
An the next gate of hell, ah, my
brethering, ah, is the republican party
(Signs of approval from his auditors,
Yis, ,brethering, ah, the Republican party
all, wot hez set all the niggers free, ah
and turned 'em agin thar marsters, an ah
agin them as put thar money in 'em, an
hez cheeted and robbed the South, alb
outen its natural rites, ah, an the gate
O. hell shell not pervail agin it, alb,
We can give the preachers name ant
address if necessary. The party wer'
too much annoyed to take accurate notes
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