The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1872-10-08

de bells and de whistles dom do no work dey
only make q noise. Guess OATS so. / dom
know bout ingins much, and I dom know
wedder rs puff-puff ingin, ar wedder blow
de whistle an rings de bell l feels like bofe
with chuckle) sometimes An / tell you
what, wen de fire is burnin', an | gets de
steam up, don't dribe no cattle ON de track
de ingin's comm Cl'ar de track !" This
with voice that shook the little house, and a
course, his hearers were by this time swaying,
shouting, and amen-ing splendidly.)
''An' de boys an gals, an de clarks an
young lawyers, dey come up var watch-night,
an dey peep in de windows, an stan roun'
de DOORS an dey laff an make fun of Ign
An Brudder Beecher seq, Why don't we
stop de noise now'n den, an go out an tell
'em bout it-'splain it to 'em. An | mem
bers wot de Bible says bout de outer dark
ness, an de weepin', an de wailin', an de
gnashin' oh de teeth. An if desc boys an
gals stan dar outside laffn', bimby dey'll
come to de wailin an de weepin' fus' dey
know. An den wen dey stan roun' de great
temple oh de Lord, an see de glory shinin'
out, an de harpers, an all de music, an de
elders bowin', an all de shoutin like many
waters, an all the saints singin' "Glory to
de Lam ~ 'spose God'll say, "Stop dat noise
dar, Gabriel You Gabriel, go out an
'splain !" ia. 5ss
eyes, / see dem stan las winter 'roun de
doors an under de windows an laff an dey
peek in an laff. An | member wot l saw
last summer 'mong de bees. Some OBJ de
hives was nice, an clean an still, like 'specta-
BILE meetin's, an de odders was a Dustin wild
honey ar de bees KEEP goin' an comm
in de clover; an dey jes KEEP on a film up
de hive, till de honey was fowin' like de
Ian of Canaan. An | saw all 'roun' de hives
was de ants an worms, an de great drones,
an black bugs, an dey KEEP on de outside
Dey WASH bees Dey couldn' make de honey
for darselves. Dey couldn' fly to de clover an
de honeysuckle. Dey jes hung 'roun de
Dustin hive, an live ON de drippis'.
" An de boys an gals come up var, an
hang 'roun'. Jes' come in, an We'll show
you how the gospel bees do. Come in, an
we Ii lead you TO Gle clover come ln-we ii
make your wings grow. Come in won't We !?
Well, den, poor things, let 'em stan 'roun' de
outside, an hab the drippin's. We's got
honey in dis hive
Raising the hynn-boolS, and with tender
voice, he took up the stanza just where he
had left it
Part of e hos cross Ter food,
An part are crossin now 2ae
''Sing, brudders,' said he; and to his
Ginning out they sang the whole hymn as
only such as they can sing.
All this was ten or twelve years ago. l re-
member, that while he was speaking, my SER
mon seemed to shrink and fade. And now
as | recall the scene and record his words but
in part, am feeling the power of his truth
Heavens mighty big place. The Fathers
house hath many homes and places prepared
for many.
Was he dreaming of these as he went about
our streets with tub and brushes to whiten
and sweeten the homes of men? Did he wear
his rags contentedly mindful of his robes
shining and exceeding white as snow? In
that day when those that are last shall be
first few will look down to find brother An
derson.- Woods Househozd MagaziRe.