The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-27
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A lady correspondent Of an exchange:
gives a. sketch III sermon she heard ia
Georgia, from which we give an extract:
y. The preacher was apparently about ilfty
wears OF age, muscular ard wels-propor.
toned. On entering the pulpit he took OIL
his coat And hung it ON nail behind INN.
then opened his collar and wristbands, anu
wiped the preparation from his face, E.ck~
and hands,, He a;as clad. In strircd-estton
homespun, ,ausi his SHIFT was OF the same
mater ial-' He irsd trapriled several miles
that mornins, and secured almost overcome
by tis heat. But the bEcthren sung ceu-
pie OF hylnss while 1lexooled Oh, afd when
he rose he 5eUked comfortable aHd gooa-
naturcA s.;. rsrs.; .;.,;.*.2 ..t
He had preached 'shere once or ewice be-
fore, but to most OF the audience he was q
stranger. fTence he Thought it necessary
to irftrofince himself as sold Club AN
Davis, fssm 'Seriven county, a Half Hard
and Halt soft-Shell Baptist" -: v
sss assse given myself that name" SAID
he; q because believe the LordeIected me,
from all eternity, to go ahead ;sl the pack
woods nss grub out the path ard blaze the
way for other men to follow. After the
thickest OF it is cut away a good, warm
MctbaEst brother will coIKe along ana
take my trail, and make things smoother
and good deal noisier. And after
all the underbrush is cleared out, and
the osIs and wolves rare skeered
back. and rattlesnakes is Killed on, a
PRESBYTERIAN brother, in black broad
cloth and white cravat, will came along and
cry fer aecency and order. And they'll
both do good in their spsre. / don't de-
spise larnt man, even when he don't dress
and think :as I do. You rcollHn't pay me
enough to wear broadcloth, summer nor
winter and you couldn't pay Presbyte-
ran brother enough to 60 without it in dog
days.
"God didn't make us al alike, my breth-
ring; but every man has his own spere.
When God has 4 place to fill he makes man
and puts him in it. When ,be'wanted Gene
raj Jackson. he made him, and set him to
ightin' Inj uns and the English; When he
wanted George Whitefeld, he made bin
for to blow the gospel trumpet ;as no other
man ever bowed it; and when he wanted
Old Club AK Davis, lie made him, and sent
him to grubbin' in the backwoods. ,...
"But my shell isn't so hard butt can see
good pints in everybody; and as for the
ITGSDSttEEtIlS, tbCN q lOiso NUs uA' oSA Va
us Baptists and MethodistS in some things.
They raise their children better than any
people on the face of the earth. Only a few
DAYS AGO Methodist class leader said to
Inc Brother Club Az, was born Meth
odist, was raised a Methodist, and by the
grace of God hope to die q Methodist: but,
thank God. Fve got Presbyterian wife to
raise my children And I believe. my
brcthering, if the Lord should open way
for me to marry agin I'd try my best to End
a Presbyterian woman, and run my chances
OF breakin' her into the saving doctrines OF
feet-washin' and immersion afterwards"
just at this point he was interrupted by
two spotted hounds that had been contlnl-
ally running up and down the pulpit stairs.
One of them jumped upon the seat and be-
gun to gnaw his coat-tail. in which was
something he had brought along for lunch.
He turned slowly around, and took him by
the cars and tail and threw him out OF the
window behind him as easy rs il he had
been young kitten. The other took warn
ing and got out as rapidly as possible,
though not without bowling and yclping as
if it had been killed. He thea turned to
the audience, and said, smilingly: "St.
Paul exhortcd the brethrlng to Beware OF
dogs l wonder what he would do if he
were in my place this morning. 1t appears
like | am comprised about with dogs, as
David says he was"
He had scarcely commenced preaching
again before there was terrible squealing
and kicking among the mules and horses
that were tied to the trees close by. He
put Ills head out Of the window and said !:
"No harm done, my brethering. just a
cretur with Side-saddle on has broke loose. !
Will some brother head the animal for no
sister can walk home this hot day."
Quiet being restored he continued:
dwell, my brethering, will now try to
90 what l allowed to about the Presbyte-
rians.
iren heap better .'ah we 10. o icy Sd ne,
have better in church, 'uu heep t 4unuat
better, and read the Bible an. iain , sne Ca ~
,ehism better than ours do. &, eiai . 1T.
orethering, their children are lar.-' . ;.,".
Westminster Catechism by the time toy
IAN begin to talk plain. Il
"It amt three weeks since l was out
for two Of my yearlings had
;trayed off, and stopped in at old Brother
on Mill creek, and took dinner.
He's deacon in the Presbyterian chlrch
,ver thar. Well, as true az ! stand here
ny brcthring, Sister Harkey had her little
;al astandin' right before her. with toes
ust even with the crack o the to9r, and
Ter hands wer hangin' down by her side,
md her mouth turned up like chicken
when it drinks, and she was aputtin' this
question to her out O. that Catechism:
"What are the benefits which in this life
10 either accompany or flow from iustifica-
ion, adoption, and sanctifcatlon!"
CHOW, the question itself was enough to
break the child down; but when she had to
,egin and! SAY that question all over lfor
hats the way it was in the book, and then
hitch the answer to it, which all together
made this: The benefits which in this life
10 either accompany or flow from iustitica-
ion, adoption, and sanctiication, are peace
If conscience, JOY Of the Holy Ghost, in
crease of grace, and perseverance therein
o the end'-I thought the child was the
greatest wonder I'd ever seen in all my life.
She tuck it through, too, without balkln'
Or missin' the first word. And she spoke
% sweet, and she looked so much like little
angel, that before I knowed it the tears
were d runnin' down my cheeks as big as
buck-shot. I've seen the day when could
have mauled and split a thOusan' rails
quicker and easier than could have larnt
that thing and said it of like she did.
CHOW, my brethering, that child didn't
or know the meanin' Of one
word O. that. 1t put me up to all I knew
to take it in myself. But jest let that Pres
byterian grow up, and every word Of that
catechism will come back to her, and her
character will stitfen up under it, and she'll
have the backbone Of the matter all her |
life.
"Now, can't put things into my chill
dren that way Nothin' don't stay some- |