Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-10-28
A baptist Brother Gives His Opin-
ion About the Presbyterians.

A baptist Brother Gives His Opin.
ion About the Presbyterians.
A lady correspondent gives a sketch
Of sermon she heard in Georgia, from
which we give an extract:
The preacher was apparently about fiji
ty years of age, large, muscular and
well-proportioned On entering the pull
pit, he took off his coat and hung it on
nail behind him, then opened his col
lar and wristbands, and wiped the pers-
piration from his face, neck and hands.
He was clad in striped cotton homespun,
and his shirt was OF the same material.
He had travelled several miles that NOR
ming, and seemed almost overcome by
the heat. But the brethren sung a coup
le of hymns while he was tanning and
cooling off, and when he rose he looked
comfortable and good natured.
He had preached there once or twice
before, but to most of the audience he
was a stranger. Hence he thought it
necessary to announce himself, which
he did, as ''Old Club AK Davis, from
Scriven county, a Half Hard and Half
Soft-Shell Baptist"
81 have given myself that name,
said he, "because l believe the Lord
elected me, from all eternity, to go
ahead in the backwoods and grub out
the path and blaze the way Tor other
men TO follow. After the thickest of it
is cut away, good warm Methodist
brother will come along and take my
trail, and make things little smoother
and good deal noisier. And after all
the underbrush is cleared out, and the
owls and wolves are skeered back, and
rattlesnakes is killed off, Presbyterian
brother, in black broadcloth and white
cravat, will come along and cry for de-
cency and order. And they'll both do
good in their spere. l don't despise a
larnt man, even when he don't dress
and think as do. You couldn't pay
me enough to wear broadcloth, summer
nor winter, and you couldn't pay Pres
byterian brother enough to go without it
IN dog days.
"God didn't make us all alike, my
brethren; but every man has his own
spere. When God has place to fill he
makes a man and puts him in it.
When he wanted General Jackson, he
made him, and set him to fiShtin III
juns and tie English; when he wanted
a George Whitfield, he made him for to
blow the Gospel trumpet as nc other
man ever blowed it; and when he want
ed Old Club AK Davis, he made him,
and set him to grubbin in the back
woods"
"But my shell isn't so hard but / can
see good pints in everybody; and as for
the Presbyterians, they are long way
ahead of us Baptists and Methodists in
some things. They raise their children
better than any people on the face of
the earth. Only few days ago Meth
odist class-leader said to me Brother
Club AK, was born Methodist, / was
raised a Methodist, and by the grace Of
God 7 hope to die a Methodist but,
thank God, I've got Presbyterian wife
to raise my children. And l believe,
my brethren, if the Lord should open
the way for me to marry agin, Id try
my best to find Presbyterian woman,
and run my chances of breakin' her into
the saving doctrines of feet-washin and
immersion afierward.
Just at this point he was interrupted
by two spotted hounds that had been
continually running up and down the
pulpit-stairs. One Of them jumped upon
the seat and begun to gnaw his coat tail
in which was something he had brought
along for lunch. He turned slowly
around, and took him by the ears and
tail and threw him out of the window
behind him, as easily as if it had been
young kitten. The other took warning
and got out as rapidly as possible,
though not without bowling and yelp-
ing as if it had been half killed. He
then turned to the audience, aud said,
smilingly: ''St. Paul exhorted the breth-
rem to Beware of dogs | wonder
what he would do if he were in my
place this morning. 1t appears like |
am 'compassed about with dogs, as Da-
vid says he was.
He had scarcely commenced preach
ing again before there was terrible.
squealing and kicking among the mules
and horses that were tied to the trees
close by. He put his head out of the
window, and said: "No harm done, my
brethren. 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"
Qniet being restored he continued:
"Well, my brethren, | will now try
to say what allowed to about the
Presbyteriaus.
GAS I said before, they raise their
children a heap better than we do.
They behave better in church, and keep
Sunday better, and read the Bible and
larn the Catechism better than ours do.
I declare, my brethren, their children
are larnt that Westminster Catechism
by the time they can begin to talk
plain.
SIT amt three weeks since was out