Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-02-01

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nv BeIoged Brefkviag: by text
which shall choose for the occasion y
in The leaves oil the big and good book.
somewhere between the second Cgonin-
kills and the last chapter oil 1imitlly II
tus, (sssters, 700 won't find II III the
songs Of that great and wise man Solo
mon, 50 you needn't IOok,) but chen
you find it you will find it in these
words: "For they shall gnaw . file
and Zee unto the mountains Of Hepsi-
dam where the lion roareth and the
wang doodle moarneth for bis first
born"
NY children, I rejoice with you all.
and most especially with the sisters,
that your beloved pastor Is again per-
mitfed to stand before you, restored to
health and happinesss, hale and hearty
as q two-year old bull. And Why do
rejoice more on the sisters account than
upon the brothers; would merely say
that most of the good-looking ones will
understand why; and il is only necessa-
nv for me to repeat it here, "For they
shall gnaw file aud fee untothe noun
tains or Hepsidam, where The lion roar
eth and the wang doodle mourneth for
his first-born."
How like angels did they seem, -
they moved noislessly, in the dim light
OF one tallow dip across my chamber
floor, or smoothed the pillow for my
feverish, aching head. Oh! how many
times did they call back to memory the
early days of my Mary Ann, but who,
long years since, became backslider and
the companion ofthe fellow who "plays
on harp OF thousand strings" and
went with him to live where the spir-
its of just men, ard suppose women
too, are made perfect. But let me tell
you. my hearers, they will have hard
time of making her perfect-"For they
shall gnaw a file and fee unto the
mountains of Hepsidam, where the lion
roareth and the wang doodle mourneth
for bis first born"
NY beloved brethering, the text says
they gnaw file. II does not say they
may, but shall. Now, there is more
than one kind of file. There's the hand
saw file, the rat-tall file, and single file,
and double file, and profile, but the kind
of file spoken oil here isn't one of them
kind, neither because it is a figure oil
speech and means goin' it alone and
gettin' eukered; "For they shall gnaw a
file, and fee unto the mountains Of
Hepsldam where the hon roareth and
the wang doodle mourneth for his first
born"-ah!
And there be some here that with
fine close on their backs. brass rings on
their fingers, and lard on their har, what
goes il while they're yung; and thar be
others here what, as long as thar con-
stitooshins and forty cent whiskey last
goes it blind. Thar be sisters here
what, when they gets sixteen years old
cut thar THAR ropes and goes il with
rush. But | say, my dear brethering
take care you don't find when Gabrie
blows his horn you're hand played out
and your eukered-ah! For they
shall gnaw file and fee unto the
mountains OF Hepsidam. where the lior
roareth and wang-doodle mourneth fol
his first-born."
Now, my brethering, "they shall flee
unto the mountains of Hepsidam," bu
thar's more dams than Hepsidam.-
Thar's Rotterdam Haddam, Armster
dam, and ''Don't care-a-dam"-and The
last of which my brethering, is the wors
OF all, and reminds me of sirkumstan'
| onst knowed in the State Of lllenoy
There was a man built HIM a mill or
the north folk of Ager Crick. and it wa'
a good mill, and ground site of grain
but the man what built il was misera
bic sinner, and never gave anything t.
the church; and. my dear brethering one
night there came a dreadful storm o
wind and rain, and the mountains o
the great deep were broken up, and The
waters rushed down and swept tina
mans mill dam to kingdom cum, ant
when he awoke up he found he WASH
worth a daE-ahl "For they shall
gnaw file and fee unto the mountains
OF Hepsidam. where the lion roareth anc
the wang doodle mourneth for his FIRST
born"-ahl
Now, "where the lion roareth anC
the wang doodle mourneth for his first
BORN" ali! This part Of my text, my
beseeching brethering, is not to be taker
as it says. II don't mean the bowling
wilderness what John, the Hard shell
Baptrst fed on focuses and Wild asses
but i. means. my brethering, the city o
-, the mother of harlots and hare
lots, whar corn is worth six bits on,
day, and marry red the next; whaI
niggers are as thick as black bugs in ;
split bacon ham, and gamblers, thieves
and pick pockets goes sneaking abou
the streets like weasels in barn-yard
whar honest men are scarcer than hen
teeth; and strange woman once tool
| in your belovedteacher, and bamboozIes
him out oftwo hundred and twenty
seven dollars in the twinkiing of |
sleeps tail, but she can't do it again
Halleluiah--ah 'sFor they shall gnav
a file and fee unto the mountains o
Hepsidam, where the lion roareth ans
the wang-doodle mourneth for his first
born''-ahl
NY brethering. am captain OF tina
boat you see tied up thar. and have 90
aboard of her -four, bacon, taters, ane
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