The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-11-01


patience and my strength would give
out before ! gothalfthroughSah. lWe
talb, my brethorin, about the faith
of Abraham. and the patience of Johr
ah. hut itstrikes mo they didn't 20
much aheSd Of old Noerah. Il tuck
arightsmart a chance o both to geth,
er up all that gopher-wood and pitch,
and other truck for to build that
craft,ah, 4 am sort of carpenter
myself, and have some idea of the
job:ah. But to hammer, and saw,
and maui, and split away on that
one thing q hundred and .wenty
ryearah, anplookin' for his pay in
another world.ah-I tell ye my breth-
erin ifthe Lord had % sot Job at
that IFS my opinion he wouldaituck
his vi(es adyiOe inside % ATTY year
sls po doubt his ishleopA
soul was yexed every day. nanu lurs'
nin,' with the filthy commphica,
tions of the blasphemious set that
was always n loaferin' and saun-
term around,ah, a pickin' up his
tools and a misplacin' 'em, and a call
in him an old fool or somcthin'
worse-ah, and, to clap the climax, he
was preacher, and had that ongod-
ly gineration on his hands every
sunday-ah. But the Lord stood by
him and seed him through the job
ah, and when everything was ready
he didn't send Noer out to scrimmage
an scour and hunt all over the wild
world for to git up the critters and
varmonts that he wanted saved-ah.
They all come to his hand of their
own accord, and Noer only had to
head 'em in and fix 'em around in
their places-ah. Then he gethered
up his own family, and the Lord shut
him in, and the heavens of the win
dows was open-ah.p
"But, my brotherin, Noer-ah had
use for patience after this-ah. Think
what time he must a had a feedin'
and waterin' and a cleanin' out af-
ter such a crowd-ah. Some of 'em,
according to Goldsmith's Animated
Natre'.ah, was carnivOrious, and
wanted freshmeat-ah, ann some was
herbiyorious, and wanted vegetable
foodah, and some was wormivorious,
and swallowed live things whole-ah,
and he had to feed everything ac-
cordin' TO his mater. Hence eview
my bretherin,ah, as the mater Of the.
animals wasn't altered by goin' into
the ark-ah, some of 'em would roar,
and howle, and bark, and bray, and
squeal, and blate the whole indurin'
a drivin' sleep from his
eyes and slumber from his eyelets-
ah, and at the first streak o daylight
the last hoof of 'em would set up
noise accordin' to his nater-ah, and
the bulls of Bashan wern't no whar-
ah. I've often wondered how their
women stood it. Scriptures silent
on this pint-ah, but I think 1 know
of some that would a been yapory
and nervous under sich circumstan-
ces.ah, and in an unguarded moment
might said somethin' besides their
prayers-ah."
"My brethorin, one more word for
old Noer.ah, and l will draw to a
close-ah. After the outbeatin' time
he had, first and last, for so many
hundred year-ah, if he did, by acci-
dent or otherwise, take leetle too
much wine on one occasion,ah, /
think less ort to a been said about
it-ah. Besides, l think he was en-.
titled to one spree-ah, as he made
the wine hisself, and, accordin' to
scripter, it makes glad the heart o
man-ah."
"My bretherin, as it was in the
days of Noer-ah, so shall the coming
of the Son of Man be.ah, The world
will never be drownded agin-ah. 1t
will be sot a fire and burnt up, root
and branch, with feryient heat-ah'
Oh! what will wretched, ondone sim
ners do on that orful day-ah2 They
won't feel ct for to live, nor for to
die.ah. They will be put to their
wits end, and knock and straddle
around in every direction.ah. For
all at onct, my brothorin-ah, they
will behold the heavens a darkenin'-
ah, the seas a roarin'-ah, the tombs