Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-11-27
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ahead of old ,.!oer-ah. Ittuck Alright
smart chance o both to gether up all
that gopher wood and pitch and other
truck for to build that craft-ah. I
am sort of carpenter myself, and
have some idee of the job-ah. But.
to hammer, and saw, and maui, and
split away on that one thing a hun
dred and twenty years-ah, and look
in for his pay in another world-ah-
I tell you my bretherin' if the Lord
had sot a Job at that, it's my opini-
on he would tuck bis wife's advice
inside of fifty year-ah. Besides, no
doubt his righteous soul was vexed
every day. hand runnin', with the
filthy communications CT the blasphe-
m ,,l- set that was always a loaferin
and ,l sauaterin around-ah, = picklns
up his tools and misplacin elm, and
:. csllin' him an old fool or some HIN
worse-ih; and to cap the climax. he
was II preacher, and had that ongodly
gineration in Ills hands every Sunday
-.h. But the Lord stood by and
seed him through the job-sh; and
when everything was rea,iy he didn't
send Noer out to scramnqgs and scour
MD hunt all over the wide world Tor
to get up the critters and varInints
tLat be wanted to sava-ah. They all
come to his hand of their own accord,
and Noer only had to head EN- in.
and fix EN- round in their placrs-ah.
Then he gethered up his own family,
and the Lord shut him in, and the
heavens of the windows was open
c;-.,h.
BUT my bretherin, Noer-ah had
.ls- for patience after this-ah. Think
what Il time he must q had aieedin
md II wateriu' and Il cleanin out at
ter such rrowd-ah Some Of EN-,
.ccorlin to Goldsmith's Animated
Mater wascarniverous, and want
ed fresh meat-ah, and sone We're ner-
biverous. and wanted vegetable food
ah; and some were wormivorous, and
swallowed live things whole-ah; and
lie had to feed every one accordin to
lis mater. Hence, we view, my breth-
erin -ah, as the mater of animalswas Mt
aite ed by going into the ark-ah,
some of EN- would roar and howl,
and bark and bray, and blate and
squeel the whole endurin night-ah,
d driven sleep from his eyes and
slumber from his eyelets-ah; and at
the first streak o daylight, the last
hoof of EN- would set up noise ac-
cordin' to its nater-ah, and the bulls
OF Bashan weren't no whar-ah. I've
often wondered how the women stood
it. Scripter is silent on this pint-ah;
but 1 think I know of some that
would been vapory and nervous un-
der such circumslances-ah, and in an
onguarded moment mig ght said some
thin besides their prayers-ah.
Here the speaker stopped again,
spit, took water, etc., and fastened
TO conclusion.
"My bretherin" said he, Zone more
word for old Noer, and / will draw
to close-ah. After the outbeatin
time he had first and last, for so many
hundred years-ah, if he did by acci-
dent, or otherwise, take a leetle too
much wine on one occasion-ah, /
think less ort to a been said about it
-ah. Besides, I think he was entitled
to one spree-ah, as he made the wine
hisself, and accordin' to scripter it
makes glad the heart Of man-ah.
The world will never be drowned
agin-ah. 1t will he sot fire, and
burnt up, root and branch, with a
;p:vent heat--ah. Oh! what will
yre,che,l, on,lone sinners do on that
orlul ,!;ly-ah. They wont feel fit for
to live. nor fl for ID tlie-'lhl They
will be put to their wits end. and
knock and str,tddl. around in every
'llrection-ah. For all at once, my
bretheren-ah, they will behold the
heavens darkeuin'-ah, the seas
roarin -ah, the tombs a bustin'-ah,
the mountains meltin'-ah; and eve
rything. think, will be in confused
and unsettled state May the Lord
add his blessing. Amen.