The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-10
NEGRO sERMON.

Yet forth from the feryent, frey light
Cometh TRANSFORMED and enrolled in white.
--~ee-%-
NEGRO SERMON.
The editor of the Ohio Patriot, re-
Gently visited Salem, where, to- give
color to his piety, he attended the At
rican church. What he saw and heard
he relates thusly:
We've been to nigger meeting =
We're gou ever at one of ,em? Well,
there, if it doesn't beat the nigger
Iainstrels alto snithereens may we
never eat another plate of oysters. "A
friend "injucedp US to visit last week
the Main Street Colored Church in
Salem, promising us a great deal of
spontaneous amusement, and he was
right. We found there promiscuous
gathering of blacks and tans, with a
sprinkling of white sinners, while an
odor of peculiar s,veetaess perYaded
the sanctuary. Men and women, girls
and boys, were huddled together in
close companionship in the room. At
seven O'Clock, sharp, the services COM
menced by Rev. Chawles Augustus
White arising to give out the hymn.
After turning over the leaves of what
appeared to be small account book,
our venerable friend said
My b'ioyed frens--don't make no
difrens bout dc page-please sing
'thout liiiin', dat good ole tune, AN
Can l Yet Delay q
This was given with vim, followed
by short prayer by brother Lucas !;
this seemed to warm 'em up little,
and when Chawles Augustus arose to
open up the discourse, there was "a
good feelin' peryadin' de assembly,
as brother expressed it.
Chascles Augatstae--Frens, I dunno,
zackly, whar tn tell you tn look for de
tex, but it's somewhar widin de lids
OF dis good book, and dere you will
find desc words CORDED Save or l
Sinkp alAk ss
Chawlesa Augustus dove at once
into his subjeck,' as he intimated he
would do for while he made things
hop again, in describing the beauties
ofthe celestial world, and was cheered
on in his good work by encouraging
remarks from his hearers as they
warmed up to it, and g drank in de
! balsam of de new Jeroosalem.D We
shall endeayor to give an inkling of
the discourse. -.
Preacher-Yes .b'loved hearers, dar
won't be no reconstruction up dare :.
no indeedy !; for your sins will all be
secured clean, and you will all be as
white as de dribben snow. Dats NICE
hear dat good o1d creetur!D And
when you arrive at de, golden gates,
and hear de brass band, den win come,
dat great reward promised to de black
man. Dar- ouwill see de streets, and
lanes, and courts all pabed wild gold !;
(Ohi mighty, hear him talkin') wild
nice gates of moder of pearl, swingin,
wide open to receib you (Gsee soay,
give scag, I'm comiag.) And when
you git inside of de great city, dar
you will see de angels scootin' aroun'
de place, and de horns a bloWin', and
bells a ringin' for hands to come to de
feast Csc got q pass to dat feast.
Bs'ess de day. STAN cldr, and let de
angels M Dar won't be no sorrer,
no more sufferin', no more muffin OBJ
dat kind no indeedy; we'll roam de
2 blessed fields on de tranquil ribber,
where pure milk and white honey
flows free for everybody. GOOD.
Lord, good Lord--ob my, oh NM!
What do gon sdy9 s1fasser hesp,) In
dat day when de horn shall sound,
whar viii you be when de rolls called
Oh, Whar will you bel I tell you my
bl0yed frens, cut some nasty capers
on dis yearth, sometimes; but when
git across de ribber, I tell: you Pll cut
mean caper. (Ohl he's. de qau
preacaer.) All, dear frens, dar's moth
in' like de colored Christian. He put
me in mind OBJ de captain ofa canal
boat; when he observes de storm a
comm, he sings out to de crew of de
ship Catch hold dat var rope"
"What fur r. saysde rebellous crew.
Never you mind, catch hold dat var
rope. 4 knoscs my 6atsinessU OATS
it; he knows; he's de boss, he knows
what time it is; yes, indeedy. So it
is wild de colored Christian. Why,
my preshus Jams, de colored Christian
is tike de ole warrior goose-he sees
de black squall comm and rearin'
and a pitchin', threatenin' to swaller
de whole barn yard but dat ole war
rior goose is too knowin'; he sarcum-
vents de storm he gifts his fedders ali
smooved slick to his back, den he puts
down his tail, and says" Let the
storm come-ao7tat do 7 keer?" So it
is wild de rightyus man; he's always
smoovin' his fedders, and when de
storm hits 'em it glides off like dat
coon Frank Johnsing was arter last
Sunday. (1'alk to 'ens honey; talk to
I 'ens. Hail to de aoasrtog goose.) Amen,
and amen." =
We have thus given our readers
but faint outline Of what we saw
and heard at a Niger meeting; the
preachers discourse was in that same
vein all through, while the side re-
marks of his hearers came thicker and
faster than we could note them down.