Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-11-14
MISCELIANE0uS.
A Baptist Brother Gives His Opinion
About the Presbyterians.

A lady correspondent OF an exchange gives
a sketch of a sermon she heard in Georgia,
from which We give an extrao.:
The preacher was apparently about fifty
years of age, large, muscular and well-pro>
portioncd. Oo entering the pulpit, ho took
of his coat and hung it on nail behind
him, then opened his collar and wristbauds,
and wiped the Perspira,ion from his face,
neck aud hands. He was clad in striped
cotton homrspun, and his shirt was of the
same material lie had travelled several
niles that morning, and scemcd almost over
cone by the heat. But the brethren sung
a couple of hymns while he was tanning aud
cooling of, and when he rose he locked COM
Portable and good na;uTed.
Ii had preached there ouce or twice be-
fore, but to most of the audience he was
stranger. Hence he thought 1t necessary TO
announce himself, which he did, as Odd
Club Ak Davis. from Scrivrn county, Half
Hard and Half Sn!t-Shpll Bsptst"
Il have given myself that name;" said he.
because l believe The Lord elected nc from
all eternity, to 20 aheRd in the back4aods,
and grub ont the pai6, and bIazs the way,
iDr othGrlmen TO iolIaw., After the thiGeest
ot 1t is cut away, = g9pd %Arp Me:hcdist
brother vii! cciae aGge spd, tlke M, trail,
and msko things bttleg smoother and a
good deal noisicr. A1dsalt n ali the undor--..
brush is cleared out and tie ogis.and. wolves
aTe,SfreEsd back, and g7itiesr1rIl sssis killed
"tsRgs Presbyterian br9ihet, ek broad>
cloth and white crayafS9iii c6ils along and
cry tor decency and order. And they'll
abatils adsGnoIas in n Z Z i9s't 7losr;sel
a laTnt man, even when he don dress and
think as ! 90. You couldn't pay me enough
To- wear hre"dc!oth, summer nor winter, aud
you couldn't pay Prcshy tcriqu brother
enough to 60 without it in dog days
God didn't make all nike, my brcth>
rcn but every man has his own spere.
When God has place to eli lie makes a
man and puts him in it. When he wanted
General Jackson, he made him. and set him
to fIhtin' I"juns and the English when he
wanted George Whitfield Lo made him for
to blow the Gospel trumpet as no other man
ever blowed it; aud when he wanted Old
Club Ak Davis, he made him, aad set him to
grubhin in the hackwoods."
But my she'll isn't so hard but can
sec good pints in every body; and as for the
Preshy;erians, they arc long way ahead of
us Baptists and Mc'hodis,s in some things.
They raise their chidfcn better than any
people on the face of the earth. Only few
days ago Methodist class leader said TO me
'@-'''''''
l was raised Il Methodist, and by the grace
OF G"d hope fiic NJ ctI,,cii-t; !; but, thank
God, I've got Pre-bytcrian wife to raise my
children And ! believe. my brethren. if
the Lord should open the way for me to mar
~ agin, d try my hest to find Presbyterian
woman, and run my chances of breakin' her
into the saving doctrines of feet. washin' and
immersion attcrward."
just at this point he vas Interrupted by
two spotted hounds that had been continual
ly running up and down the pupit.stsirs
One of them jumped upon the seat and be-
gun TO gBaw his cJat-iaii in which was some
thing he had brought along for lunch lie
turned slowly around, and took MIN by the
ears and tail and threw hin: out of the vim
dow behind him, rs Sa-ly ns i: it h,d been
young kitten. The other took warning and
! got on, rapidly as possible. though not
without bowling and yepiDg as if it had
been half killed. lie then turned tn the
audience, and said, smiiirgly: st Paul cx-
herted the brethren TO Beware of dogs |
wonder what he vuu'5 10 if he we're in nv
place this morning. 1t appears like | am
conpasscd about with dogs, rs David says he
was"
lie had scarcely commenced preaching
again before there was a terrible suucaling
/ and kicking among the mules and horses that
/ were tied to the trees close by. lie put his
head out Of the window. oud raid 'No
! harm done, M brethren. just cretur With
| a side saddle oa has broke loose. VIII some
! brother head the animal? for no sister can
walk home this hot day
! Quiet being restorcd he continued:
We'll, my brethren will uow try to say
what allowed 20 about the P-esbyteriaus u
AS said before, they raise their children
( heap better thao VIC do. They behave
better in church, and keep Sunday better,
and read the Bible aad Iarn the Catechism
better than ours do. declare, my breth-
rem, their children are Iarut that Wcstmins-
ter Cat'chism By the time they can begin
to talk plain.
at amt three week since was ont a
eat'le-huntin'-for two of my yearIin'F had
strayed Fl and stopped in at old Brother
! Harkey's on Mud Creek and took dinner.
| He's deacon in the Presbyterian church
over thar. Well as true as stand here,
my brethren. sister Harkey had her little
Gal staotlin' right before her, with toes
just even with the crack o the floor aud
hands was a-haugin' down by her side, and
her mouth turned up like a chicken when
! it drinks, and she was a putin this question
: 81.