The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-10-05


Threats of the earnest listeners. and
after the prayer is over, and the dev6nt
old man who led his arisen, trembling
and grooming. under a weight of emo
ton, the hundred voices In tho box Join
in the song: .s't,',.-,, 80
Eff you git dar before do-ah, ~ n-'i.9
sa Right in de ,ni.;dle oh tle air. B! i, .l'-i
+ (NAta-a-h) Tell 'etn Pm u comm tOo-a1s,
~. Right in dc middle Oh de air. ...'...,'''-
tsiSHH Must be Jesus, y 80 's8i' -.t' 8
tit! ns H. Right III de middle, 's--
! ttss'i fot =. Must he Jesus, 'i ~. go i-.'.
~ Right liz de middle oh de air.
t. When was young / wrote my name,
Right in de middle oh de air; ..-.-
! So IL was dar when Jesus came.
-1g Right in de middle Oh, de air. 'i'.' 81
| -.g.t Must he Jesus, $40 -'r- -.Fr
| -.sGi..9t Right IN dc middle, -tsee
5a- .iIs Must be- Jesus, ".t-1E % 49,
81 Right indie middle oh de air.
Then Dominic Hinton preached a
long sermon containing these. SEN
fences: ode prophet Izeer am right In
saying dat people sis grass Yes, my
clears, and de angel Death is like II
patent moving machine, which is no
respective. of pussons, but cuts 'em
down like de tender lille and leabs oh
grass. We ls heah tonight (dat is, II
good many oil, US am heah) but to-
morrow we will be somewhat else
dead and forgot. Wild cherry tick oh de
clock some soul ia horned away, some
feeble flame expires. Some gOethr to
dc right ham side Oh de Lamb OBJ God
! but Mlers-oh, my frensAOfers climb
down de long, long stairs into cher
lastin' dere to weep and to wall. I
could glib you more illustrashins, but
sla clock and de n0Win' machine am
good 'nuf." i,.au"i.I =. rnrh ia-f
At the close Of the sermon Dom inie
TAS -
and with a genial laugh cries out: ats
strange coat, bute it's de- same me.
Now, my frens," he continues, ssaH
we want is three loIiars-ahem-that
is to say (hastily) we want to sabe
souls, oh, oh course but it cosses money
and we mus pay de expenses. It
cosses money fer de lamps and fer De
grOuns and fer de preachers-aif dem
cosses money. So, now, be generous
and member dat yours savin' money,
no matter how much you gib, for you
il payin' fer religion, and Of 'twasn't
ter religion burglars would break into
cherry house and cut cherry one oh your
treats dis very night" Then the beg
ging dominic begged for ga good ole
fashion song-One dat enlivens and
opens de heart-and de pocket books,
If you please" The ebony choristers
responded with this quaint hymn, sung
in the genuine plantation manner that
the best negro MINISTRIES SEQ the fun and
beauy of, but try in vain to initiate:
Hallelujahi bress de Lamb,
Little wheel turn de big wheel;
Jesus died fer cherry man,
Little wheel turn de big wheel.
/ ZeKeel saw de wheel, -'''S
Wheel within dc wheel;
| Zekeel saw de wheel,
Little wheel turn de big wheel.
.tEittis wheel TURN de Big wheel; o. \
God has glib you liber-tee.
Little wheel turn dc big wheel.
| & Zekeel saw de wheel, .'..- rt.-.,2'
! El. Wheel within de W heel; ..n-.-ttu-
q; Zeke0l saw de wheel, f o.. go stii.f b.
l Little wheel turn de big wheel.
I sire to hab q plenty OBJ time. a.,s, 20
Little wheel tnrn de big wheels
| Cos 'twouldn't do to be behin',. = ~
Little wheel turn de big wheel.
Zekeel SAW de wheel, ... -.....,
Wheel within dc wheel, &c.
The collectors We're sent out four
times, and nearly three dollars in very
small coin wa. gathered. The lively
hymn, which Is rs readily adapted to
every requirement AS if the mOurnfnl
brain of @. w. Childs, a. NJ, had
evolved it, was sung by blacks, and
whites alike. The song, with its
changes, would read like this, each
change being n new verse:
Oh, preacher, sistor,. brother, cousin, or
sinner, you ought ter bin dar-
ssY aass, my Lord,
4 settin' in do Kingdom z.--f.. ,.z
TO hear ole Jordan roll
Roll, JertlAn, roll sst. -, 49,. 4.
ETtoN. Jordan, rOll; ~ "a 81
sLwantito 60 to Heallels ", en Z ftie
heaf Ole Jfrt1an roll.H r 81 a
After the benediction the congrega-
ton liSperSs,1l the horses wert. united