Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-05-29
A Regular /" Hard Shell" Sermon

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had been spent in the mountains OF
Carolina, but who was a famous
preacher in his persuasion, He was
an enthusiast o.: the subject of i'm
mersion,' and being strong i: his
own convictions, earnest and decided
in nexpressing them, he influenced
others. He gathered around MIN as
disciples men of higher cultivation
than himself. His preaching would
astonish any city congregation, but it
was at least stirring in its character.
In the woods and upder the giant
trees. and in the log school houses Of
California, where he wasbroueht onto
contact M5th spipds as rNde and tdpin-
formed Las his t6wn, it' Vas that his
emotional,nature met a response and
carried his audience with him. 4
favoriye sermon Of his he called his
/" eagle" sermon. and was ,frour tex:
in.Deuterono!nSs sAy an .cegte sir
reth mp her nest. Hhttereth over hei
young. spreade'h abroad her wings.
taketh the1a.' The writer once heard
it, and its general tenor is indeliblv
imprinted on his mind Aftera long
preliminary exspise he began :
My friends, hSS mepby kinds5ot
eagles. They are singular birds
that is, they is queer birds Thar is
the gray eagle, with white hars on
his head thar is the bald eagle, ditto,
who goes sabeut like IA roarin .hoae
seeking What 3he.taay leat.qp. Thar
is the grand OLD. American eagle,
what Aops his wings aud flies oyer
all creation; ana q hav heern teE Of
double hedded, an Austrian, but |
never seed one, and don't believe
thar is one-though that don't signi
fy. fur some Of you uns might say
you hadn't never seed GOD. conse-
quenily thar warnt none. But thar
is.nevertheless, notwithstanding far
which.
Now onct knowed an@eagleAttiat'
is, knowed on him-and her too,
fur thar wur two on EN-, a big rooster
eagle and hen eagle. 1t wur in the
big mountings of Caroliny; and thar
they pitched their tents in tall and
towering pine-righti1 the topAand
it hung over deep precipice, whar
it wur in danger Of being partieipa--
ted down the precipice when the
"loud winds d d roar. on Caroliny's
shore But it Warn't fur he call
eth his sheep by name and they fol-
low Him, and the desert bios
SONS like rose, and the Nbarrsn are
better than them thatgbearefh clll-
dren-neverthcless, notwithstanding
fur which.
Wal, these here eagles pitched
their tent III this waste, howIing vii
derness, whar they wur as lonely,as'
solitary snipe in, dog. days, - -, J
Fust, they got 'wiiar there @dr two
cross-limbs then they brought big |
sticks, md laid EN- carefully round
andround until it began to look sor
Ter like big balloon careening to
the sky, only it was on tree; then
they put in it little sticks, and little
sicks, and little and little. till binle-
by it wur small and compact like.
Then they got all the wool and down
and moss and soft things, and put
EN- down into the bottom. and on the
sides of its insides, aud made it
smooth and warm and comfortable
like-like unto the man that filled
his barns, and told his sould to be
easy and take things natural lik IT
and laid their egs thar-but ur-the
terrible voice that said" Fool, this
night thy sould shall be"-that is; ne
wur to die that very night, md all
his nice things wouldn't be ennysE
more use to hiln-thoagk, they wurn't
hurt, fur THAR eggs wur hatrhe.. and
ali their young uns came out with
marry single feather on themA
nevertheless, Notwithstanding fur +
which.
Wal, these eagles and THAR young
uns in thair- fne home, aud had on
soft clothing like John the Immerser
wandering in the wilderness. wha:-
they war in kings houses-and the
big uns led Glars parents iced thair
little uns-though tharsa command;
ment again steelieg, which the eagles {
have ,'tot do, ltmte It's thar nattrR /
though that don t signify, fur a man s
natnr is to steal sumtimes, and he's
got to 6te again that natur; fur when
I would, DO good, eyil.is present.
and a man amt an eagle BY chance
nevertheless, notwithstanding fur
which.
When the eagles groyed up apd4
had feather@thst Is; Mhen 1tlea
came 10 theage Of 'countability, which
is expected Of boys and girls like
though eagles natpr Is different
then tfe 'oid eagles wanted them to
fly abroad and mount up on wings Of
eagles and jine the song that floats
around The throne. And that's whar
the text beams for that's the way
the Father up yonder wants us to dol
when we reach the age Of 'counta-
bility-to fly 'upward-to fly upward
and ijine The band in the narrer way,
and pass through the straight gate.
But they didn't like to leave home
and THAR Kindred and THAR parents,
and seek 4 country - lks unto the
good old HtaAhshA
"whar. oil whar is the good old Abra,
whar;olls ns1o neutrality-suspicious. r
Whar, oh whar,i$ ala good o1sf Abrdialh
Safe in thepfdgdsed dlapdr' Il
The old eagle goes off and "'aut-
tereth over Ter young" and that !
brings US to the second pint of our
discourse. ".Ske hutlereth,' she I
Aops her wings, like INTO as ,yop FAYE
seen hawk just Citing ready TO
pounce down upon . poor 6eld mouse
though it ANT like that neither,
for the hawk hutters in wrath. but
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