Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-08-03
the FLOOD AND THE ARK.


Hard Shell Baptist camp meeting in the
interior of Georgia and heard a sermon
which have never been able to forget |
or describe.
The speaker had just been licensed
and it was his first sermon. In person
he was small, bullet-headed, of fair, |
sandy complexion. and his countenance
was indicative of sincerity and honesty. |
He was taking up the Bible in regular
order for the first time in his life and |
had gotten as far as the history of Noah,
the ark, the food, etc. Besides. .just |
before his conversion he had been read
;-q Gnldemith's sAniraatad Mater and |
the two together, by the aid and assist
ance of the Sperit, had led him into a
powerful train of thinking, as he stood
at his workbench, day in and day out"
The text was,-'.As it was in the days
of Noah so shall the coming of the Son
of Man be, and he broke out in the
following strain:
.'Yes, my brethren, the heavens of
the windows was opencd-ah, and the
flood gates of the great deep kivered
the waters-ah, and there Shem and there
Ham and there Japheth-ah, was all
a-gw1ne irto the ark-ah.
"And there was the elephant-ah, that
great animal-ah of which Goldsmith
describes in his Animated Mater -ah,
what is as big as house-ah, and his
bones as big as tree-ah, all a-gwine
into the ark-ah And the heavens of
the windows was opened-ah, and the
floods of the great deep kivered the
waters-ah, and there was Shem, and
there was Ham. and there was Japheth-
ah, all a-gwine into the ark-ah.
"And there was the hippopoptumus-ah,
that great animal-ah, of which Gold
smith describes in his Animated Mater
ah, what has great horn-ah a-stick-
in right straight up out of his foreward-
ah six feet long, more or less-ah, de-
pending somewhat on the length of it.
ah, all agwine into the ark-ah.
.And there was the giraffe-ah, my
T brethren, that ill-contrived reptile, Of
, which Goldsmith describes in his Ami
, mated Nater'-ah, whose fore-legs is
twenty-five feet long-ah, more or less-ah
S depending somewhat on the length O
- 'e...-s oh, e4a a -Aeal- le-s hA nan- 90
: hay off the top of a barn-ah, depending
e somewhat on the hithe of the barn-ah
+ all a-gwine into the ark-ah. And tn,
: heavens of the windows was opened-ah
Z. and the floods of the great deep kiyereC
: the waters-ah, and there was Shem, ant
n there was Ham, and there was Japheth
y ah, all a-gwine into the ark-ab.
{; "And there was the zebra, my breth
d ren-ah, that b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l animal 0
S which Goldsmith describes in his 'Ani
n mated Mater -ah, which has 800 stripe
d a-runnin' right straight around his body
N ah, more or less, depending somewha
re on the number of stripes-ah, and mar
50 two stripes alike-ah, all a-gwine int
is the ark-ah.
IN "And there was the anaconder-al
at that great sarpint of which Colo
s. smith describes in his Animated Mater
T. ah, what can swallow six oxen at
be meal-ah, provided his appetite don't ca
s, for less-ah, all a-gwine into the ark-al
And the heavens of the windows WI
IL opened-ah, and the foods of the dee
u kivered the waters-ah, and there wa
b. Shem, and there was Ham, and the
ge was Jahpeth -ah, all a-gwine into Il
lr- ark-ah.
Nd ..And there was the hon. brethren-a
"o what is the king of beasts, accordin
NJ Scripter-ah, and who, as st. Paul say
IT. ah. prowls around of a night like ros
- in deyil-ah, a-seekin' if be can't cat
~ somebody-ah; all a-gwIne into {
0n ark-ah.
eAnd there was the antelope-ah.
which Goldsmith describes in his al
Il ~ mated Mater -ah, what can jump seyeni
- FIVE foot straight up-ah, and twice Il
- distance down-ah, provided that his L
=. will take him that fur-ah. all a-gwi
!. into the ark-ah. And the heavens
~ the windows was opened-ah, and
- foods Of the great deep kivered
-. waters-ah, and there was Shem, a
there was Ham, and there was Jephe
III ah, all a-gwine into the ark-ah.
!. "But time would fail me, ny brethr
i: to describe all the animals that W
rha into the ark-ah. Your patience and
!, &c strength would give out before ]
-. half through-ah. We talk, my brethr
-. about the faith Of Abraham and the
-; tience Of Job-ah but it strikes me d
e.. didn't 20 much ahead Of Noer-ah.
tuck a right smart chance o botl
gather up all the gopher-wood and pi
hot and other truch for 10 build that or
Uses ah. am sort Of carpenter mys
ary, and have some idea Of the job-ah. Bu
we hammer, and saw. and maui, and 8
for away on that one thing hundred
be twenty year.ah. an lookin' for his
aist- in another world-ah - | tell ye,
,,.ev hrefhven II the ard had a .sof job