St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-01-01

Lord. Way back in slavery times. afOre
the Master of all set us niggerS free.
used To he IA very bad man. and swore
worse nor white folks. This went on
for some time. and found myself goin
from bad to worse. when. one day.
while | war fast asleep in corn-tield,
WAS touched on the head by something
dat went right through me. | looked
up aud seed beautiful angel standing
over me. What YOU want cried out.
and the angel answered. Nick, Use
come to ask you not to swear no more.
Then the spirit vanished away like, and
woke light mp. As soon as | came Ia
myself | started and ran to my cabin
and threwed myself into il corner.
clare to the Lord to dis day dat didn't
90 to sleep. but fell into kind of
trance. like. And" continued the old
fellow, very impressively. while WAS
in dat condition first sperienced the
danger of lcadin' on IL sinful life. 1t
come to me in dis way: | thought
WAS on the top of IL mighty big barn.
bigger nor any in the country, and
while | Warn't thnkin' on nothin. the
roof give way and | broke through.
Just as soon aS ! >periCnced the fallin
in of the roof found myself inside the
barn. and seed that it war filled full of
strings draWcd from one wall to the
other. | was away up fifty feet from
the ground and rcStin on these strings.
80 | stayed for bout two minutes. |
rrckonS, and den the strings begin to
break, AN. consequent, | commenced
Il fallin'. First ! went little by little,
den faster and faster, till the strings
commenced breaking all around me.
When comcd near the bottom, seed
the devil with big yellow dog and
three hlackimpS waiting for me. Oh,
| Lord thinks |, you gone now. Nick !,
and So went fallen faster and faster
till just fore coined to the ground.
and just as the yellow dog was maxim
IL spring for me. | war held fast on one
of the strings. and Il bright angel come
and said. Nick. does yer pray to lie
saved > Yes. say |: oh, Lord. yes y
and. the next moment. the devil and the
dog and the impS all vanished. and |
come to myself out of the trance !
| clare weren't asleep and found dot |
WAS a-lNin all i'll II heap on my own
cabin floor, safe as amy niggcr on the
| place. Dat war my first 'Spcricnce of
the power OF prayer. But" continued
the old preacher, dough knew now
of the salvation power of PRAYER. |
knoWcd notlin of faith. without which
no sinner can't hope t" enter into the
kingdom. The way | come to 'Spcri-
rnce faith war like dis: war living in
Il corn patch IN Il trance like. same aS
on tothcr OCCASION. when all at once |
see pillow a%oin' through the field with
ont no mules and no driver. and sure a.
Is S'.ttin' here nov. every row were
just as Straigh a> if dcN had been
,lTawed wild Il line. just when | mo-
ticed dis. and angel come To me and
said. Nick. docs you see dat pillow a.uin.
through the field J? Yes. madam. say :
|. in Nou'S sure its Il goin' dough
N"u don't see no man and no mules IL
movim' 1t " Yes. madam. SAYS |. Well.
den. SAYS she. 'Iou has faith. and you'>
'crptcd in the fold of the Lord When
She SAID dis she just went up into llraN
"n. and aS she War a-goim"' i'll got one
look and seed every thing 50 cool and
nice. wild Shadc-trcc> and 'radmized
roads fresh sprimlled. bats Heaven
sure. says |. and den | coined tu my
self; but war changed man. had
>l'rrIcncrd the power of PRAYER and tin,
power OF faith. | believed. and soon
after war baptized 'c"r,iim' to the Mas
ter'> word. Now" said the old man. III
c"ncluSi"n. moi all the devils in hell
cant steal my 'hrritrncnce OF do IN,
harm" The story of How old Nick
Clark got religion" is well known to tn,
rol"rcd people of Huntsville. and there
are very few of them who do not firmly
h"licV" in lis truth. The white minis
tiers here 1t" all they can t" rmIiyitcu
their minds and prevent them from Civ
ing credit Ia such stories. but the ne
%I"c> refuse tn listen to them, and will
not attend church when il is announced
that Il white man is To preach.