Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-10-07
A Good In.aItution,

The recent articles of the St. Clairs-
vile Gazette Oh Bible Societies, Church
es, Sc, are so completely initiated in
the following from the Ell Paso Gil. J
Journal, that We cannot fOrego the
pleasure vi giving it 10 our readers
A GENUINE HARD SHELL BAPTIST SERMON
VIM. eynoIus, Oi Peoria, is well known as an
enthusiastic worker in The oabbath school cause
lie Is perhaps better known Than any otner
man IN the STATE, and we give the following
story rs he Tells IL, as near rememuer,-
Inc main iacLs are absolutely true. He as in
Lie southern part OF tne Stale last Week, Or
ganIzing Sunuay schools, when he encountered
IA Haru shell baptist nelgnDorhood. The min
lsLer settled over The lIttie flock looked iJh
jealousy upon Lne movements OF the new lights
ana nnaliy announced Ills intention OF preacfi-
ing SERMON against them. On The Saboatn
dcsignateu The Sunuay school men gathered in
torce, When the preacher announced that weii-
KNOW N IeXt:
''1nuu slTt Peter! and on this rock | will build
my ciuicn and the gates vi hell shall not pre-
vail against A..
After giving Peter u good setting out, the
minister closed as fuilows III that peculiar sing
Ing tone tiI;.t Is indescrIDaDie, except 10 those
VINO nave neiru IL:
"Yes, my preLhering, ,ah IAN the gates of
he'll snail not prevail agln il, ah b.! Now you'd
ike To know about these ere gates o. hell ah =
Heu my DretuerIng, thar air four gates TO hell
AMI
Thar is, Justly, the sunday school systum
ah. That thar Is one gate 10 hell ah, whar they
DrlnS young lucu anu wlmlnen tOglther ali,
AMI Onder tue lgee of Ieachln' on 'em The Bible,
they set 'em nankerin arter one another ah,
ana To open wide that gate o. hell ah!
And The next gate y hell Is wuSs n the fust
ah. That thar Is Bible Societies ah, whar
Lney put the word inLo the hands o. them as
halnt learnin' sufficient ah tor 10 understan' it
an; an this here, brethering, is one of the
wusI gates o hell ah of which we read about in
Ine Biuie ALI.
An the next gate o. hell, my brethering, is
temperance soclLIeS all, whar they GO rite into
Yer mousse and burst into yer rooms all, and try
10 dlskfver ef ye hev any thin ah that Is good
1or The stuminick's sake ali, an when they lind
IT, they spiIl 1t out onto the groun ah, an let it
all run To waste all.
tSIgns OF dissatisfaction among his church
meinDers. Greatly excited, he continued:J
fis, oreLherlng, they do, ah. They air bound
TO bust up all o our bizness, an'-an' tharby
they open another gate o. hell ah. These air
the men that air, All, goin to come amongst US,
ana prevail, an, :.Sln Ine rock on which will
foun my church, ah. Yes, brethering, ah,
they air sot out to do 1t ali, an we must jine
nalids all, an war agin 'em ah, that they shell
moi prevail, ah.
An the next gate o. hell ah, my brethering
all, is the Republican party all. lSigns OF APP
proval from MS auditors.l Yes, bretnerlng an,
nigger Tree an, aud turned 'em agin thar mar
sters an. an agin then put thar money in
en- an, an hez cheated and robbed the South
an, outen It's material rites ah, an the gates o.
he'll shel not prevail agin Il an"
we can give the preachers s name and address,
ii necessary. The party were too much annoy
ed 10 take accurate notes. But Mr.. Reynolds
himself Will youch for the truth of what We
nave written. Truth Is stranger than fiction.