Ellsworth American., 1877-07-05
southern Pulpit Eloquence.
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In the autumn OF lS3O a,te,d.,
"dist camp-meetiny in the intar;,-HI "a =" " 'iett
k'a' aNd heard sermon which I ba,..' uoo'
'l oeeh able TO forget or describe
earnest solicitation OF friends ba, ~
"P'.u several times to write II H.,
1t"u' r. Pr On paper. The main rrr,,
~ II was IN the snuilling. ana snjt,ioc ~ ~, .
E'"Hh'nS, and hound aftcr.a-foy , Au,
s''p ana whine, % which no nen na y
y'S' it must be intoned To be am
=, nave preached it n tbonsn,,
/ t '"ae> 'or the amusement OF friends anJ
nv oerh satisfied with my effort. I ba,a n'
7 ,ha + ~ remedial agent in exercIsing
II Thc lemons .m, OF 11Sspoes;hl2ndria and bayc
It va N bstNer a has jus, baonir..
small. buIln, sermon. In n'cehsed, and
pIeXion, aud ~ bi4aed ofa fair, s,n, son ne vas
the Bible in regular order YcnS Indicative
time In III. lie. lie had got as far as the
history OF Noah, the ark, the food, etc.
Besides. Just before his conversion he had
GoIdsmith's Animated Mater : and the
two together by the aid and assistance Of
the spirit. had led him into powerful
train OF thinking as he stood at his work
bench day in and day out.
But whatever his sermon may have been
il was hi, own. The text was: AS il
was IL the days OF Noah 20 Shall the com
ing OF the son of Man be-" After com.
mentins upon that part of Genesis descrip-
tive OF The food, he warmed up" suddenly
and broke out in the following strains
Yes, my brethren, the heavens OF the
windows was opened-ah. aud the floods OF
the great deep kivered the waters-ah. and
there was Shem. aud there Ham. aud there
was Japheth, all a-gwine into the ark-ah.
And there was the elephant ah, that
great animal-ah Of which Goldsmith de-
scribes in his Animated Nater-ah, what i
as big as a house-ah, and his bones as big
a. a tree-ah, depending somewhat on the
size of the tree-ah. all a-gwine into the
ark -ah. Aud the heavens of the windows
was opened-ah. and the floods of Il great
deep kiversd the waters ah and there was
Shem. and there was Ham, and there was
Japheth-ah. all a.gwine into the ark -ah.
And there was the hippopotamus-a
that great animal-ah OF which Goldsmith
describes in his Animated Nater-ah, what
has a great horn-ah stickin' right
straight up out OF his foreward ah six feet
long. more or less depending somewhat
on the length OF it. ah, all gwine into TIE
ark-ah.
And there was the giraffe-ah my breth-
ren. that ill-contrived reptile, OF which
Goldsmith describes In his Animated Ma
ter .ah, whose forelegs is twenty five feet
long ah. more or less-ah depending some
what on the length of 'em-ah, and a neck
so long he can eat hay off the top of
barn-ah, all a gwne into the ark ah. And
the heavens OF the windows was opened ah
and the floods of the great deep kivered
the waters-ah; and there was Ham. and
there was Shem. and there was Japheth-ah
all gwin Into the ark -ah.
And there was the zebra, brethren-ah,
the beautiful animal of which Goldsmith
describes in his Animated Nater-ah who
has three hundred stripes running round
his body ah, more or less, depending some
what on the number of strpes.ah, and nary
two stripes alike-ah, all agwine into the
ark-ah.
And there was the annconder-ah. that
great sarpint OF which Goldsmith describes
in his Animated Natcr-ah, which can swal-
low six OXens at a meal-ah, provided his
appetite don't call for les>-ah. all gwine
into the ark-ah. And the heavens of the
windows was opened-ah. and the floods Of
the great deep kivered the waters-ah. and
there was Shem, aud there was Ham, and
there was Japneth-ah, all gwine into the
aril -ah
Hnd there was the lion ah, what is king
of the beasts. according to the scripter' -ah,
and who, as ST. Paul says-ah. a seekin' If
he can catch somebody -ah; all a gwine in
to the ark-ah
A nd there was the antilope-ah that frisky
little critter-ah. of which Goldsmith de-
scribes in his Animated Mater ah, what
can jump rs feet straight up-ah and twice
that dist ance dOwn-ah. provided his legs