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A IIard-Sheu sermon of Hard.
Shell Preacher.

| A IIard-Sheu Sermon of Hard
| Shell Preacher.
Nv hearers, | shall draw forth the
horns of my argument from the following
hymn:
| This world is all feetin' show,
To mans illusion given;
Never aspire where. you can't set,
Or to the earth you'll fall.
I agree with the tavern-keeper who
said, when the circus company eioped
without payin' him for grub ands grog,
This world is all a heetin' show; and
also side with the hungry man, who
cried out in the Dustin agony of his
heart when he saw a cooked pig head
smoking in the magic lantern, that it is
for mans illusion given"
Ny friends, you wrap your feelin's S
round the rotten things of this world,
even as monkeys do their tails round the
limbs of old trees. When yon get high
up, you find your honey-bee holler turns
out to be hornets nest, and when
these little winged Beelzebubs commence
pokiG their sharp-pointed snouts deep
into your oaFpass, you wriggle about
like an eel In fryia pan, your tail gets
untwisted, or the limb breaks that you
have grabbed as tight as leather sucker
does brickbat, and you fall cawallop
upon broken glass bottles which are
atways strewn under the pizen Upas tree
of pieasa.el. Oh, the vanity of desirin'
the slippery paths sf the airth. You run
after EN-, you pant, yos 9lawj the per-
spiration runs down you like soap Suds
in washing-machine; your body is Gov
cred over with the prickly heat of anx-
iety, sad your feet with the soft corns OF
care and disappointment, and what are
all these suaerings fGf? What makes
your nose bleed and what makee your
blood boil like hot pitch at a tar-gather-
in'2 Why, you'v been runnin after the
great shoat Of mammon His tail has
been dipped iat9 satan's lard kettle, and
when you think yop We got bin foul
when you We poured the ashes 81 your
vexation ON your pal ms, whep you have
dipped your fingers into the foul glue of
experience and wisdom, so that they will
stick fest and no mistake, the cussed
critter gives 9 grnnt like the Dustin OF a
bladder, and his Tail sips thro your paws
like the goose-grease lightning
Oh my beloved hearers! How awtui is
your situation in that particular time
You see the hog that you've been run
ming after all your born days way on
ever 50 far ahead, ard you ever so ditto
behind. All your PRECAUTIONS heve come
to what hickory wood in winter time will
ah;rpo J;rtv and yo,ss ewes are stream
pm. ,nil H. ~, ivy w. lrs.bonneys on ,siuw day
VIZ IN oJ oJo oohas apppd von geel tIo sea-
.r..ioa ou, noau oud ~ nanyas hacks rootin' into
''a,' .u,..es sl,"ii "iu Tha doos Of desnondencv
~ on, .h.onah tba Jor and bedbnos of
ols~ Nv en'o t. as sLcn,, Laan vou from
IpSs,I~o sIoa,' .Isougb ~ tbe b aiabt Yon're worse
H., n,o5 with ks hands lied living
naIad r"ts 4, bovop w;tbnpf n mnsoSito-
~. ~ 70 * ~ orsa snr;ngs abonf ten
:Ii; paIi s,,,Sar;tno. witS coz 10 stockings
lil.i,iu: .tn;r " Io@s anJ augars IN ,beiy moutbs
o,i I ine;, i. I1so;nLt t5rongh and tbrougb
Ill., ~ ~ HI and film mn the holes with
Soo.;."h Soa. D and sknnk's cologne. Your
-" e;.''at;o,, 49, Zoo numerous 10 mention.
S'hro.op TSn ,nolo . ssss 81 JbaosLeaJ Of generosity
tnI on"d n, coei;n' e staTed In and the
os amo soUS ,S.o;n of Kindness and humanity
:"es; ,r;th tho tar dead hogs and
,', n'lA,n ~aars 49, ' iv;n@ abont in the ,evee
urunton " ~ s.a.ai;s, E,s Tha M;ss;ssinni
ot sice s"a ipa $500 u,s,a: tho Steamboat Of
oi ,one as.d - I, ,bo h h,oad 6orn Of faith both
prayer an sue ~" r;oh oareo for ,be br'fa Country
49, 49, get cruellv snaSred on The logs of
Joo.e; Josoi;. o,d hotI sink deem in the vel
Iesp@,r,a ~ ~ ~ The cat.6sbes of hell.
rJM nv W. Y arn S IN hs Kiln snring of in
,u.e Will n's Ia soat aronnd vpur hrains.
ei1peIaHen' noI' oL,,Is &c sorrow tcen
an anu 'ne sgtssH 81" ~ ~ III Lan.soosts of vonT
Doo-"oo1l :" jnsoa,ad ,os snS desn;sed
hearts, ou &c uessr'.I 81 ~ Snr world Ken a
on re no more uso " w - hi:n5 r,an
par OF goggles are 10 U s.oneDl.u n,aie .i' H.
and you re no more use 70 yoarsen yen hohr .Jr"
problem OF Eucnd = 10 hlssel p"9lR 9lRIi
And now, my beloved nrelhreil, y
take drink (for, my throat Is as asI ~
a wet ehemise which has been IN h11 ',I
sun for three days) and then l VIII teil
you how you can turn the mill-stream oil
this world right slap on the wheel ot me-
so as to grind the grain Of the spirit so
fine that it will make doughnuts good
enough for angels to chew.
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