The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-05-15
A Negro Revival.

| wild de I.ord,,-ss Better xVhisDah dc
Lord dan TIoiler at de De sble.''
We must give the reader few speci-
mems of prayer and an exhortation we
heard in revival meeting among the
colored folks. Ashining black preacher,
| glossy as a vanished beaver, gave us a
characteristic article in this line. Be-
ginning his prayer in low and reveren-
| tial voice. he addressed the Deity as
'Thou" and L" You" indiscriminately
| and sometimes indulging in the doubt
| full grammar of "Thou knowetb, and
"You knows" Soon his words were
uttered as a kind of wailing chant, with
a prolonged sound in a higher key on
emphatic words and syllables. The
peculiar information, especially when the
congregation would catch the key from
the plaintive sounds, and unite with the
preacher in a piteous moan, between
words. gliding down from the dominant
note to the minor third below, and
dying through diminuendoes into sobs
and signs. The effect was at times
thrilling. Some parts of an exhortation
which we listened, however. while less
eloquent were certainly very practical.
The preacher struck nails square ON the
head as he hammered away. For in
stance:
"Now, brethren and sisters, we want
mounahs heah tonight. No foolin'.
Eff you can't moulin for your sins, don't
come foolin' roun' dis allah. 1 knows
We. You's tryin' mighty ha'hd to be
convarted 'thout bein' hurt. The Lord
'spises mockery. Sometimes you sim
nahs comes foh'rd an holds your head
too high a-comin'. You come foah
you's ready. You starts too soon. You
don't repent you's no nlonah. Your
fooiin' wild de Lord. You comes strut
tin up to de allah you fops down on
your knees, an you peeps fru You
fngahs dis way, an you cocks up you
eahs to see who's maxim de bes' pray'r.
You's 'tirely too peart for peniten's
You's no mounahs. Ell you comes hear
to fool, 20 bettah stay away. Bettah go
to hell from de pew asleepin'. or from
your cabin a swearin', dan from de
mounah's bench foolin'. Eff you's
not in earnes', keep away from he'eh ;
don't bodder us. Do you want us to
make ourselves hoase an weah out ouah
lungs prayin' for you when you knows
y.u's only foolin' wild de Lord? tells |
you to be mighty cahful. I want to see
you comm SO buhdened by the weight |
heads. I want to see you SO heart |
broke dat you knees knock togeddar
when you walk. You mus be low
De Bible lays great stress on
de low. You's got to get low down in
de dus'. De good book says, Low
dob in de vollem OF de book it is writ.
Now, min dat and be low"
Then addressing the members of the
church more particularly, he said:
&c Brederen in de Lord, you mus be
airnes' prayin' for desc pore sinnahs.
You mus wake up. In dis spring time
OBJ yeah, when the leaves is comm, an
de fiowahs is a-winklin' an a-bloomin',
what does de leaves an de fiowahs say?
Dey says, Git upr" ["Amen! OATS
80, from an old brother in the corner.
'' 1t is mohnin, de day is breakin'. Git
up. Wake up in the mohnin'." Amenl
wake 'em up, Brodder Clinton from
the corner TOO many Oh You fessahs
OBJ igion has been sleepin' on de wheels
OBJ time. Git up an put youah snoul-
dab to de wheels. Den when you kneel
roun' dis allah to comfoht de nounahs,
don't holler." "Amen, halleluyah,"
yelled sister from the women's side.
&c Every time you hollers de debble he
put another thought in you heart.
You'd better whispah to de Lord dan to
boiler at de debble. Talk low. Let de
pray for themselves. You
bodder dem wild your hollerin' Git
down Ion side dem, an 'struct dem
when dey ak, but don't waste breff ober
any who's peepin', roun' listenin' for
nice talk. Don't tell de mounah to
watch for visions an wait for. miracles.
Jus show dem how to res on de wohd
an resk de promises. mississippi
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