The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-06-07
Does the Sua Stand Still?

Inasmuch as the fugitive extracts
that have been given from the lecture
OF RichmOHd'S learned Divine, on the
subject of the Suns revolution about
the earth, have not done full justice to
him, it is but fair that he be heard in
his own speech. We therefore quote
from the literal report, as furnished by
the Washington P0at:
Ladies' and gentlemen" said he,
"befOre proving, as | have been for
merly, that the sun do move, | shall
go into Egypt exclusively, and after
devouring my subject will then travel
into Canaan and show by the Lords
own mouth that the sun gets up in
the morning in the east, Wha you can
see him if you wants to, and goes over
houses, and trees, and territories, and
cot houses tell he goes down in the
west, whar he hasteneth back to the
starting place. Now that the Lord is
a man of war, just take notice of EXo-
dus fifteenth chapter aud third verse,
and 'Gcuse me for meandering around
in Egypt, for | shall not undertake to
prove that the sun do move until L git
over into Canaan. From the creation
until the flood when the Lord drowned
everybody but Noah and bis family
was ,ODD y 1uSll nv y d1lCI
when the world had got demultiplied
with people pretty thick like, the Lord
took Abraham out of the land of Ha-
ran, way from his kindred and rela-
tioIis, who was idOlaters, and after
giving him a son He made up his mind
to try \ bram's faith. 1t was so'ce of
pleasure for Abraham excuse me for
calling him Abraham, his name was
Ahram, but it comes kinder pat, /
don't mean ito look at young Isaac,
but the Lord said, says he, 'Abram,
take de boy up to Morias' Mounting;
and strap, to pile of logs for burnt
sacrifice.' Now, if Abram had been a
philosopher and hadn't had mistaken
confidence he'd have said, Lord, if |
stick my knife in young Isaac's Iroat,
whar We gwipe to sit GuCtheF hQY Of
NINE through whom to bless the hui
man racen But Abram wasn't phi
lOsopher; he heard the Lord, he sad
died his ass, he rode to MOrias' Noun
ting, and was jess ready to make a
burnt sacrifice of Isaac, when an an
gel of de Lord-I don't know his other
name-called out to Ahram, see
here, pl3 p.aL,, tnars sdGngh,' don't
XIII the boy. Thar's an old ram got
caught by the horns in the thicket
over thar; make a burnt sacrifice out
on himu Abraham he begot Isaac,
and Isaac he begot Jacob, and Jacob
he begot twelve sons, and they all
Mlul GOWN n4.G Egypg.s lapd, Nhar
I've been ineanderlng all this time
Thar they stayed 400 years, and thar
God said to Moses one day, Moses, l
have heard the prayers e"3 :,..:. seen the
tnHc.Ts and watched the cares and pit
led the fears of my people down in
Egypt, so you 20 down to the royal
town, tell Pharaoh, bound with the
lust of tbs CROWN, that | say let my
people git But Moses hemmed and
hawed and said, Sir, / amt well
enough acquainted down there And
| the Lord says, You amt, amt you"
Well, take Aaron the Levite, and he
shall be my speechman, to tell Pha-
raoh to let my people gO.' SO Moses
he went down and told Pharaoh, and
Pharaoh, nothing would do for him
till they let the frogs OH him. Then
he got scared, tell you, but it took
| the lice, and the darkness aud the De-
| stroying Angel to work him up to the
| sticking point, And then when he
did let them 90 he was sorry and went
after them with 900 chaTiOts filled with
| coIonels and captains, And the Lord
said to Moses, jess tell your people to
stand on the one side and look at me,
for I'm gwine to do the fighting this
| morning. And the Lord said to one
of his angels, Angel, git down THAI
and unscrew PharaOh's iynch-pin
| and take off his stern Wheel And
| the angel did so, and then Pharaoh
said, Lets git, boys; the Lords doing
this fight, tell YOU And he went
to 90, but the east wind came Gn, anC
whar, oh, whar was Pharaoh? Ther
Moses he died, and Joshua took com
mand, and the Israelites were beater
at the city of Al. And wharfore'
Achorn, the son of Teri, stole mag
nificent Babylonish garment and 25C
shekels Of silver a9d gold wedge, aRC