The Red Cloud chief., 1878-05-30


At-su, TO. huair~i re~'rie sssrmhAsi
In iAncoln hall last s,essns ~ b.at
Ne, JsAa Jssrsr. The e,lossi PRIV schsr
~ kichnsond Va. lrctarv np~se The
koistson ~ the suh rNs rntestsin,
men, ~as Nniqo~. snd greatly eaio,~i
Nv the sad,escv, althNush svFs tee IL
NJ. h.sr~r. gave ladiesil~ns ~ hsv,ur
tcvn c~sntvrts~i 10 the rv,ofvai l~ctnr,
.r's ,tes.. Rev JoAa JAspor W . gva'
a,ne colur~d preacher. ~ the vps hss
msAc colofrsi rruvsls and camp ms~t.
ines 81 Interesting a. pcr.cas used ~
the formal eloqaesce anil measured
prayers II white churchcs enc ~ sh.sse
preachers Who have 49, siasyucnee and
tcree peculiar io themselves Ne s
rather tall In .tatar.. ~ an angular 40.
arr. and ~ss Dressed last svvnimg 10
e~lrrical hlscA, A .hert. crisp, ucciy.
beard covvrs his bisck tsre. and thr
s~l al the top ~ HE head hes tw~a
~crn o6 with frequent rahhiag. - hal
his fofehesd sr~ms to extead Va the hscA
u his skull Nhs di.coUr~s wAs faii ~
ausin, expressions. aud he r~sScun,.si
sc~a-s from the n,sle In the ~ssrnscalsr
common among ,hr n~grNsrs II the
south, Attending rarc -n,ertainm-s, ,a
three NJ his ksarvr> wNe have seldom
had NJ o~reouuatty ~ listening IA
plantation eie9us nee. ~ ha.s he tell
'u,c the sing song l~ntnnsiian style ~
drli,ery - oi,rn heard ., negro vs,i.
val meetings, aud p.csliarly notiorable
among the colorcl Nsp,ists. Had he
t.-cW ~sJJr~..t.r Ms own congregation.
l IN A.. k..l - s..s -u..ll ..
wagging and eo,sb,n. In tine With ,hv
voice VI the speaker
Ills argsmcn, was hs.sd "suDly ~
snripiural quotations to sho~ thai ''uAs
sun DO move" lie ,-sgan with = r~f.r'
| cnce to Joshua, Who commanded thr
snp a. stand -tll, and then garv either
passage. from III. Nihir. la which ri
efence " mad. TAI the rising aud settling
II the sun lie wanted Ia Know ".
whcn anything rosr, I, did not mo,of
How would tho sun tis. and 10 dowH
withon, mo,ingP They could sec "
with their " eyes rising In the east,
aud then passing o,.r the ir"cs and
houses and settling In tho wus,, Vet
there are some p.oplc who say the sor
don't move. After each quotation
/ NHl'N NV Nfnsiifffu " 'f'N' N'fF wv
added. ''and yet the, say IN, sun don
move" with nm AIR expressing bo,i
pity aud contempt for the unhclievcrs
''What man IL thar" he asked. 'tha'
lives on Gods earth ,ha, q take
mic roscopc. or any other scope, and
SAY that III, sun don't mover Wbar u
hep Whar 10 tho man that q 81,
from this locality and toll how Tar tb,
sun " from tho EARTH lic may do u
bu, then ! have my convictions, apd h
has his. Ninety DIV, millions VI miles
from the earth" he exclaimed, ''wh,
In the name ~ God could tell that
What eau n man look through and lool
"a. 600. 900 milcsP' u, advised hi
hearers hrst Ia ''ca,oh hold ~ 1000.
90 before talking about ~. 600. oD0
His whole discourse was full III inter
.-ting and Npropos little anecdotes an'
illustrations. II. exhibited an earne.
and hard headed faith In the literal trN
~ the Bible. and said that they coul,
call him n ''falsehood'' or anything
they choose, hut they couldn't DISPUTE
the Bible. When the audience was dis
persing u gentleman, rising from hi
seat, asked how the sun got back frou
Yves, Ia east. and he answered IN IN
words ii Solomon. that II hasten
back To the plac. II rising Apo,hc
gentleman asked IL the height ii nire
could not he measured Ia any oihr
way than by climbing la the top an
using n tape lin.. and III. lecturer re-
piled that u could not bc measured On
cep, by using a tapc-ine or other In
s,rumcnt-- WdsAingfoB Republican.