Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-04-04
Hard Shell Baptist Scrlhon. Vi
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THE Brandon (MississippD Regis
ter reports the following uuous SER
mon, preached at the town Of Water
proofs, not far from Brandon, ,, =
"Inay say to you, my breethring
1 that I am not an edecatedf man, an
am not one o'them As "bleeves that
edecation is necessary fur a gospel
minister, fur I bleeye the LORD
edecates his preachers jest as he
wants en- to be edecated, an although
say it that ought'nt to say it, yet ir
the state of Indauny, whar | live,
thar's no man as gifts bigger con-
gregaton nor what / gifts.
"Ihar may be some here to-day
sny breethring, as don't know what
persuasion | an Nv. We'll, may say
to you, my brecthring, that I'm q
Hsydshell Baptist. Thars some
folks rs don't like the Hardshel Bap-
fists, but Id ruther have,s hard shell
as no shell at all You see ue here
to-day, my breethring, dre.t up in
fine close vou aout think | was
proud, but ! am not proud, NY bresth
ring, and although / We been . preach
er NV the Goep fur twenty years,
and although m c.pting of that fat
boat that lies at yure landing, I'm
not proud, my bre-thr:ng.
Il IN net a g~ine ter tell you
cdwctIy whar ny tax may be found j;
sutSc. it to say, it, in the !-as of the
Bible, an you'll tis& it som.~hxr
tween the first chapter Of NE book Of
Gene~ tions and the last chapter Of
the Iooh OF Revolutions, and ef you II
50 and ssrch the Scriptures ss ! have
sarched the Scriptures, yen Il not only
find asy tex ,har, i,Ht E. great many
uther trees as viii 10 yod good to
read, an my text, when YOU chill
find it, YOU sAill find it - read TINS:
"And he PLAYED sn hsrp nv tl.sa-
sand strings -spcrits of just men made
perf-ck."
"My tex, bra-..rin9, 1",&s me to
speak Nv spcrits. Now th.r's "A great
many Kinds Of sperite in the world
in tie fust place, thsrs the sperts as
some folks call ghosts, and then thar's
the s:rcrlt8 Nv turrsn tine, and then
tbsrs the sp-rts as sum folks call
liquor, an I've got a. good an artic-
kIe @t tl-ra kind NV sperits on n,y
hst-boat as ever was fotched down tl~
Mississippi river, but th.r'' great
m&ny other Kind Of sperits, Tor the
tex sez: '4le played on harp nv 4
thou-s.nd strings-sp-rits Of just men
made pcrfack.
But III tel. you tn. kind NV sp.r-
its as is nent in the tex, it's IRE.
That IS the kind Of sperits as is ment
in the tey, ;ny breethring. Now
thar S a great many kinds Of FIRE in
the world. In the fust place, thar's
the common sort NV fire YOU lite a
segar er pipe with, and then thars
cam-frc, fire before yure redlr and
fall back, and many other kinds NV
fire, for the tex scz: He played on
harp Nv Nou-sand strines-sperits
NV just men made per;eck.'
but Ill Tell you the kind Nv FIRE
as is ment in the tex, my breetiaring
its hell fret an that's the kind NV
FIRE as great many ~ you'll come
to, ef you don't do better nor what
you have bin dciR'-for He PLAYED
on a harp Of q hou- sand strings
sperlts Nv gust men made perfeck.'
New, the different sorts Nv. fire in
the world may be likened unto the
different persuasions of Christians in
the world. In the fust place we have
the Piscapalions; and they are a
high sailin' and a high,falutin set,
and they may be linkened unto a
turkey -buzzard, that flies up into the
air, and he goes up and up, till he
looks no bigger than your dnSer-nail,
and the fust thing you know, he Gums
down and down, and down and down,
and is a-fllin himself on the karkiss
nv dead hoss, by the eide nv the
road-and lie played on harp NV q
Thousand strings-sperits Nv Just
men made perfecll.
"And then thar's the Methedis and
they may be llkened unto the squir-
rel runnin up into a tree. for the
Methods bloyes in gwino on from one