The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-04-03


Ia describing the creation, he
said: "Breddren, it's now 1887
years sence de good Lord made
de world, an de mornin' stars
sung togedder. Dat 1Cd'R't yester-
day! Ha! read de Book O. Job,
n see for yerself! Dat acs'n't a
month ago! 7 scasn't dar denF'
(thus illustrating with sublime
scorn the ittleness of man, ''but
by de grace of God, I'll git dar
by'n,byr' there his voice was
faint and suggestive of fearful
joy, "to join de mornin' stars, an
well all sing togedder! Oh, yes!
oh, yes! Heavens God made de
world an de fulness dereof, an
hung it up on de high hooks of
heaven. Dere want no nails
dere; no hammar dere; no nothin'
but de word of God" In limiting
at the terrors of death to the un-
converted, he sang wild word-pic
lures which had a certain rude
force even for US, and then
shriked out these words: EFF de
brudders don't want to die in de
dark, dey must git Christ to hole
de candle. Gods grace shall be
de candle in de good brudder's
heart. Devils may howl, lions
may roar, but nothin' shall daunt
dat brudder's heart. Angels
shall come down with lighted can
dies in DER hands to congratu-
late de brudder.' Then, once
more screaming and dancing and
weeping, he uttered these words:)
die right, brudder, m yo' shall
not die in de night; yo' shall die
in eternal day. Eff Christ don't
bring light enough den God will
come with his candle; an eff dat |
amt enough, den de Holy Ghost |
IL come wild his candle, too, an
dere can't be no more night wild
dat brudder's soul"
At another period in the SER
mon, he said: "Ef we can't |
preach God, we can exhort Him;
eff VIC can't exhort Him, we can |
live him; an eff we can't live Him,
we can die him. I've served I'M
der Him forty-two long year,
longer dan Moses led Israel in de !
wilderness; an eff I don't know
what God Is, den I'd better shut
up an go home! J.! Jesus
snatched my soul from hell forty !
two years ago in Fredericksburg,
in old Vaginny! Praise Him! OF
praise Him! Let no brudder |
shout for Jesus who DON know |
Jesus"
After the more furious passages |
of exhorCation were over, he gave |
his ideas upon prayer, something
in this wise: ''Dar was ole Fad |
der Jupiter "a colored preacher.
Now Jupiter he used to git a |
Bible in one ham an a pra'r book |
in anudder, an a hymn-book I'M
der his arm; an den he'd start |
out to see de widders m de fad
derless; m one day I met old Fad
der Jupiter, m 1 say to him:
'Fadder Jupiter, how many
pounds of meat have We prayed?
How many pounds of sugar have
We exhorted? How many cups of
coffee have We sung to dem pore
widders m fadderless?' M he
says: Not one. m den 1 say:
"Pears like, Fadder Jupiter, yen |
sing here, and bray dar, m yell
pray every widder to death, n
sing every fadderless child to de
grave; m call in help to bury 'em.'
M den 1 told him dat when he
sung he must call bari o. flour |
long meter, m fur short meter he |
must take a keg of lard, m OATS |
short enough, anyhow; and fur |
particler meter Lice ham m some |
coffee m den he mus take de Qua
ker pra'r book, two-wheeled cart,
m fill up de ole pra'r-book with |
coal ~ when de cOP wedder come |
he must drive de ole pra'r-book |
down to some wilder sisters, N
say: Sister, I've come to pray six |
bushels of coal wild We, m den |
open de cellar-door, dump de ole |
pra'r-book, m pray de cellar full O.
coal"
The sermon was interspersed |
with imprisoned recitation from
Watts and Wesley. There was no
logic, and no clear idea of anything
except the love of God and charity.
Now and then, with pompous air,
tee speaker would say: "An' now,
breddren, we will proceed to con-
slider dc third Cor fourth or fifth)
point" and after a moment:of SOL
emn cogitation, would plunge into
exhorting appeal and sarcasm, and
yell until the rafters rang. His
face was convulsed, and sobs shook
his whole frame when he sat down,
and q strange, wild hymn was
sung, the singers weaving their
bodies to and fro to the measure of
the music.
One of the moon faced ministers
then arose, and babe those who de-
sired the prayers of the church to
come forward and lay their sins up
on the altar. And indescribable
rush of some twenty persons en-
sued. Old men and young girls
fastened together to the pulpit, and
knelt with their faces bowed upon
their hands, and a low tremuleus
prayer to so my Heavenly Fad
DER" was heard, as one of the old
deacons poured forth his soul in
supplication. During the prayer
an exhorter passed around among
the congregation, singing out the
impenitent, and personally address
ing them: aye better go nowi"
"How'n ye feel when it's too late,
m dar amt no gettin' dar?" In
a short time. the church resounded
to groans and prayers, high over all
of which was heard the clear voice
of the colored Quaker chanting:
"For everywhar / went to pray
met all hell right on my way"
shut Heavens God, m we'll get
dar by m by. o praise Him! o
bless Him, m sing wild de mornin'
stars p'-Edward King, in Scrib-
ner's for April.
TIMBER THAT HAS STooD FOR
| FoTJR THOUSAND YEARs-PrOba