The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1878-05-25
"DE Sun DO MOVE
The Rev. John Jasper. L. L. Darly,
Of Richmond, Searches DE Re-
cords, Takes DE Fio,' Preves dat
DE Earth Don't Tmrn.

The Rev. Mr. Jasper, WIN has 90 brilliant
y end powerfully defeI the scientific world
becanse the Bible ss on bis side, has appeared
On the lcctnre platform in Washington.
This m0lrrn Joshua, who has commanded
siAi yer sun to stop BLOWN. who has indeed
'iarkiy eclspsed tie scientific sun, has Leen
rsInried by the Washington Pod. He arsse
and ssid he Z would prove that the sun do
siaDsi still, prove it frnm the leas of the
Bible He didnH knew nOtilin' ainut
f'ssaidrrs; and dealt only with COTS Word.
whsch var writ By holy nsen inspired l,y The
Spirit Of God, me~esl apon by the Holy
Ghost and authorized by Gosis authority
10 light lamp for the feet and prepare
guide for the path" He was NOT q gtaas-
marian, and hal never been to sxtaol il
bis life, except seven mensha' tituuni,inC Of
New York spelling l,ook. bat had been di
rccted to studying the Bible and had asked
God. for Jesus Chrisss sake to tighten him.
He then described his conversion, his en-.
trance intO the ministry and the manner in
which hewas brought into thIs argument.
He hsa preached II by request four tines,
90 each srcasinn his white hearers increasing
in nnmi'cr. Thfn, warning with his sul,j.cf
And rising equal 70 the emergency, he plum
grd into the famnDs ssrInnn whssh has car.
Eisd tAe -naEse Of jasper all over the coma
try
Ladies and gentlemsn, : said he, . i,efme
proving, ~ have been formerly sla, that the
sun do move, shall go into Egyps exten-
sively, and stser dvvouriag my subject viii
then travel intr Canaan and show by the.
Lords own mouth that The sun gits up IN
shs morning ip the east, wba you kin see
him u jon wants %, and gDcs over houses
and trees and serEisngies and cot houses I'LL
be goes down n the west, whAr he hastsDed
hack again % the starting plase. Now that
The L0rd is wan Of war. just take notice Of
Exodus fifteeath chapter Ddthirsi verse, AMI
'ss,sasr nae for meandenng arocnd in Egypt.
for shalt not undertake 10 prove that the
suB do move until git over into CAnaa.
From the creation until the fnssd when the
Iord drowned everybody but Noah and his
family vas 1,s55 years. Thea 400 years
after. whep the world had gut demultipIicd
with Ieaple pretty thick like. She Lord took
Abraham nr,f uf the land yf Earay, svea,- f,x,,
bis kinsred and rrlstions, who wns ldo.atera,
asd after giving him sOa. lie made up
bis mind to try Abrams 4sita. It was
soce Of pleasure for AbrAham-excase me
for calling him AbrahAu. his name was
Mbsam, but II cnmes kinder pat, but I don't
nean is-to look 1t young Isasc, oat the
Knrd said. says ne. .Ahram, take de 10y up
to Mor;as' Mndnting, and strap To pile II
logs for burnt sacrifice. Nov. II Abram
hatl tcsn philosopher and haela't had IN.
shooken confidence bell have said, Lord, (
! stick my knife In young Isaac's frost, whar
We gwine TO git AUushes ta.y If mine through
whom 70 bless the humsn racer But ATram
wasn't philosopher; he heard the Lord, be
sadldled his as, he ride to Monas' Mounting.
and was Jess ready 10 make burnt sacrifice
Of Isaac. when an gngel of Dc IOr,l--I ,lou't
knoW &is other Da1ne--cslled out 10 Abrsm,
- Sse here, old man. that's enough, don't
kill The bcy. TharS an 0ld ram got caught