The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-12-19
Deacon squite's scant Sermons.
REPORTED BY THE COLONEL.
SERMON X.

SERMON X.
g The Proof Of tile Pudding as in the Eattn1.
Here Won are once more, and Deacon
Squite in the pulpit with his regular month
" sermon. Hevin' no eddication, and no
more brains than my hat covers, | don't
reckon rs my sermons is much To look
ut the regular run of sermons is like looldn
at a train of wagons and carriages runnin>
on a bad road-all keepin' close in the rIt
made by them as went before them. The
worst of it is they don't run along the
chalkS as the first wheel made. Go to
church anywhere, listen well To the preach
in, then go home and think iG we'll over.
When you've done that, take the good book
down and read the sermon as should be the
model of all sermonS-the Sermon on the
Mount Then think that over as you've
done the church sermon; Then compare
one with the other and see how far they
agree. If your wife ordered her new gown
to be made on the pattern OF the last new
fashion, and it came home as near the pat
tern as the church sermon is to the Sermon
on the Mount, wouldn't there be rather
upsettin' at your house? | won't take a
church sermon and go through the com par
ison on the present occasion, but ii do bet
ter-I'll act on the maxim as says The
proof of the puddin' is in the eatin'." Lets
see what this church preachin does. then we
shall know pretty well what it says. In
CalitOrny lately. as the newspapers told us
the other week. a church had been sendn'
missionaries among the poor Chinese fell
lows, as works dog cheap ont there, to con-
vert them ont OF their own bad religion to
our good one The missionaries went to
work, and the church prayed as the work
might flourish. So it did. Several of the
| little, pigtailwearin' rat eaters became
| Christians and joined the church-beeame
members of the holy family of brethren in
| that great society that knows no. earthly
distinction, where One is master and they all
unworthy servants. These new brethren.full
of that fire that warmed the hearts of the
thousands as listened to Peters preaching
one day, wanted to mingle, very materially.
with the new and good family as they had
! been born into, and to sit down to commu-
Mon with them-eat from the same memo-
rial bread and drink from the same solemn
cup. Now this want of theirs was botherin'.
/ They actually thought all the talk they
had heard about brothers and love WASH
| just church sermon talk and nothin' else,
| but that it was meant just as It was said.
| Poor Chinese! how barbarous they must
| be with their pigtailS to know no better nor
| that! Civilized Christians don't blunder
| that way. They know as if they get COLI
/ verted. and amt got no carriage 20 drive to
/ church in, and no fashionable clothes to
wear. as they mustn't go TO sacrament at
/ fine churches where they We all these things
/ in abundance. Every body knows that such
/ small, low people must go to some church
/ round the corner. where folks Is no better
! off nor they are. But these poor Chinese
Z
| that churches nowadays was just like those
/ the missionaries read about in the good
/. book, so they wanted to go TO communion
| along with the church folks as had seat the
missionaries To convert them. and rs had
prayed for them to be converted. Here was
/ a pretty go! These Chinese as BACKED
/ boots, and washed clothes and cleaned
! houses, and did all manner of common
aborin work, to expect to sit at commu-
mon along with Il numerous ana mghIE re
has n
ions to sit on and gilt-edged books TO say
their prayers and sing their hymns out on
and so had their carriages standln outside
with servants to take care on em-serYants
| as have to go to the deuce for not goin' te
church-theBl to have yellow-faceds pig
tailed little Chinese as do the lowest KIND o.
work. sitting beside them, eating the same
sacred bread and drinkin' out OF the same
sacred cup as them! All very well FOL
Peter and Paul and John, and all those Hsh-
ermen and tent-makers to do, but to expec
respectable, high-toned mem bers OF nigh
~ respectable congregation to do II AID
surd. OF course it was absurd Who doesn
see that: So the church wouidn nave TINT
Chinese. To pray for their conversion wa
! very right; but to have them in their re-
spectacle church, sittin' in their respectao Oh
seats, fisteniH' TO the best singers ana tn
best organ player in town-as they q en-
gagged a6 vast expense TO sing ana pay 10
their enjoyment-and to eat and drink VIII
1911 Iosss tutSdt pcOptc OAs " 80 - :.
ton. So Mr.. Chinese. who was conveftes
into this faith, was kept out of that ehafci
no Dootblacks there, no. sir. Inc proc
of he puddin's in the eatin'"-s' here's tn
eatln! By their fruits you shall know
then" = here's the fruits. These fruit
prove better than any comparison OF WORD
what is the difference between the sermon
OF to-day and that Sermon that was preach
ed on the Mount two thousand years ago
Seighoors! Deacon Squite wants 20 ge
PACK to the old fashion and preach religiol
Inat leads to goodness. and doing gooa :
into and made q heaven for.