The Richmond palladium., 1869-09-07
THE GATES OF HE'LL.
A New HardsheIl Sermon.

[Fron, the Ell Passo (Il.) Journal
Most people have read the sermon on
the text, They shall gnaw file, and
flee into the mountains Of Hepsidem,
where the lion roareth and the whang>
doodle mourneth for it's first. born and
have laughed at-it as witty invention,
but we have something that actually
happened. that will Danish the whang>
doodle into the vale of tears, and cause
the lion to dry up incontinently, and
we have similar sermons preached in
our own city.
VIM. 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 sto-
ry as he tells it, as near We remember
The main facts are all absolutely true.
He was in the southern part of the State
last week. organizing Sunday schools,
when he encountered hard shell Bap-
tist neigh borhood. The minister settled
ever the little flock looked with jealousy
upon the movements of the new light S,
and finally announced his intention of
preaching sermon against them. On
the Sabbath designated, the Sunday
school men gathered in force, when the
preacher announced the well known
text:
Thou art Peter and on this rock
will build my church, and the gates of
hell shall not prevail again st it,
After giving Peter good setting out,
peculiar singing tone that is indescriba-
BILE, except to those who have heard it ::
Yes, my brethering, ah--an' the
gates of hell shell not prevail aein it ali!
Now, you'd like to know about these ere
gates o. hell ah! Well, my brethe ring,
THAR air four gates o hell ali.
There is, fustly, the Sunday school
systum ah. That thar is one gate to
hell ah, whar they bring young men and
wimmin together all, and onder the igee
of teachin on 'em the Bible, they set
'em hankerin' arfter one another ah,
and so open wide that gate O hell ah!
sAn the next gate O. hell is wuss'n the
fust all. That thar is Bible So si-ties
ah, whar they put the word into the
hands O. them as haint larnin' sufficient
ah, fer to understan' it ali, an this here,
brethering, is one of the Wust gates O.
hell ah Of which we read about in the
Bible ah.
AN the next gate o hell, my brether-
ing, is temperance societies all, whar
they go rite into yer house and bust in
to yer rooms all, and try to diskiver ef
We hev anything ah, that is good for the
stomach's sake ah, an when they find it
they spill it cut onto the ground ah,
and let it all run to waste ah.'
TSigns of dissatisfaction among his
church members. Greatly excited, he
continued
.Yis, brethering, they do ah. They
air boun' to bust up all our business an
an ali, tharby they open another gate
O hell, ah. These air the ~ Ell that air,
all, goin' to come among us, an prevail,
all, agin the rock on which I will found
my church, ah. Yes, brethering, ah,
they are sot out to do it, all. an we
must jine hans, ah, an war agin EN- ah,
that they shall not prevail all.
An the next gate O hell ah, my
brethering ah, is the Republican party.
[Signs of approval from his auditors. ]
Yes, rethering ah. the Republican par
ty ah, wot hez sit all the niggers free,
| ah, and turned agin thar marsters all,
an agin them as put thar money in em
| ah, ah' hez cheated and robbed the
South ah, outen it's material rites, ali,
an the gates O hell shel not prevail
agin it an