River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-05-23

Washington Cor. Telegraph and Messenger
I have seen and heard him. / mean the
Rev. John Jasper, of Richmond, who has
been kicking up such row among his folks
down there He spread himself Monday
night at Lincoln Hall. John is well set up,
coal black, about six feet high, well built,
partly bald, and sports beard and moustache.
He was dressed in black, with white cravat.
Age somewhere in the neighborhood of forty
five. He has good delivery and fair voice,
which runs at times into the sing
song yes, alb! and no, all He cor menced
he services by lining out few y.~.ses of q
HYMN, in which he requested al present to
join, after which ne plunged jlto his subject,
commencing with the remark that he had
never been to school in his life, and nobody
need expect any grammar from him. What
he was he had .sarroyer at by '.de grace of
God" and he had come to prove that "de
sun do move" and that II will do befo LET
vou.o John then tackled the battle wherein
Joshua was told to command the sun to
stand still. ssIf," said he, ''de sun don't
move. what was tie use of Joshua
commanding it to stand stillg Why
didn't he tell the earth to stand still,
II that was the one that moved! Our
fathers believed in the bible, and, he said, we
should accept their belief. The bible Is
recognized throughout the land Every
witness in court is sworn upon 1t to tell the
truth. 1t is divinely inspired volume, and
to be believed above all other books, or
the words and scientific doctrines OF all
men. "Turn to the Psalms, said the lee
turer, .and YOU will find, From the rising
of the sun to the going down of the same the
Lord 5 name be rr..ised! Ii the sun aon
have to move. to rise and 60 down. why,
then. Tn nightly mistaken. You will adj
NIT that Solomon was wise man, cultured
gentleman. and Christian. Now. he says
in EccIesiastics, LIST chapter and 9th verses
sTbe sun also ariseth and the sun goeth
down. and hasteth to his place where he
arose. / don't know any grammar, but L
know that while teaching your children IN
your grammar schools, when you come
TO the word arise you tell EN- 1t means
10 oct mn. not to lie down. You also tell
am that to 90 down is a rnovin' actiori.
am shos no one viii say that lIasteth don't
mean rnoyin'. Therefore, takin' that verse
from Solomon, and de meanin' Of de words
n Il. if de sun don't move then my name
air,'t Jasper ftriumphantly). He quoted
number Of similar passages from the va
Testament. always concluding with There
fore the sun do move." If the earth turns
around. then all the people, the houses me
rivers, the creeks, the trees, the lakes, anu
She surrounding territory would pc mixed UP
together. and we would certainly all be drown
Ell. We don't have any little
tran in our feet by which
we can bid on % the eartn.
ike the fly on the ceiling. The sun do
move and not the earth. When the anger
sounded his trumpet and the earth moved
we would all know it, and that sound Wouiu
be unweiceme to lots Of Us.
The lecturer was well received, and was
f-sonantfu greeted with shouts Of laughter
ana hearty applause, especially when ne
wouud no a syllogizm with therefore the
srn III, moe One Of the audience asked
him at the clos Of The lecture how the sun
uot back to its starting point after rising u