The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-04
"De Sun Do Move Suah."
THE REV. joins JAsPER-BlBLICAL.E EX
PLANTATIONS OF HIS THEORY.

THE REV. JoHS JAsPER-BlBLICAI. EX-
PLANTATIONS OF HIS THEORY.
Punctually at eight o'clock last night
the Rev. John Jasper very black as
cended the stage of Lincoln Hall and
was introduced TO rather slim audi
ence by Mr. j. w. johnson drown
black The celebrated Baptist clergy
man. who has grown in notoriety with
the rapid growtn of JoDah's gourd, is
above five feet ten inches high. sinewy
and well made. with q round bullet
head set firmlye on strong. square
shoulders. His voice is q strong,
musical tenor of much power, but in its
ordinary tones thick and muffied.
There is great deal of magnetism
about the man; he is thoroughly In
earnest, and at a coiored camp meeting
would gather in the converts at rate
to gladden. the souls of Wesley or
Whitefeld. His style is eminently
adapted TO the wants of his congrega
tion, and only lacks cultivation to be
singularly powerful and effective. He
is essentially dramatic. and his descrip-
tive powers are pictorial and graphic to
q high degree. He is an unconscious
humerist. Withal. he is logician OF
no mean rank. and reasons from his
premises To his conclusions with force
of directness that only needs cultivation
and information to be of convincing
weight and influence. Opening his
meeting with an old fashioned hymn,
in which the audience joined, he read
the l14th Pslam, and called on Mr..
johnson to pray. Then he arose, and
said lie would prove that the sun do
stand still. prove it from the leds of the
Bible He didn't know 'nothln about
outsiders: and dealt only with Gods
word. which war writ by holy men in
spired by the spirit of God, moved
upon by the Holy Ghost, aud authcriz-
ed by Gods authority to light q lamp
for the feet. and prepare guide for
the path He was not grammarian,
and had never been to school In bis
life, except seven months thumbing OF
New York spelling book. but had
been directed to studying the Bible,
and had asked God for Jesus Christs
sake to Tighten him. He then describ-
ed his conversion, his entrance into the
ministry, and the manner In which he
was brought into this argument. He
bad preached it by request four times,
on each occasion bis white hearers in-
creasing in number. Then warming
with his subject, and rising equal to the
emergency. he plunged into the famous
sermon whicn has carried the name OF
Jasper all over the country,
Ladies aud gentlemen said he, be.
fore proving, as have been formerly
do. that the sun do move, l shall 60
into Egypt extensively; aud after de-
youring my subject will travel into
Canaan and show by the Lords own
mouth that the sun gifts up in the
morning in the East whar you kin see
him if you wants TO, and goes over
trees aud houses and territories and
Cot houses till 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
Exodus ii chapter and Sd verso. and
'scuse me for meandering around in
Egypt. for l shall not undertake to
prove that the sun do move until git
over into Canaan. FROM the creation
until the flood, when the Lord drown.
ed every one but Noah and his family.
was 1855 years. Then 400 years after,
when the world had got demultiplied
with people pretty thick like. the Lord
took Abrshsm out of the land of Haran,
way from his kindred and relstions.
who was idolaters. and after giving
him a son he made his mind to try
Abrams faith. 1t was a so'ce of pleas
ure for Abraham-'cuse me for calling
him Abraham; his name was Abram.
but it comes kinder pat. but i don't
mean it to look at young Isaac. but
the Lord said, says he, Abram. take
de boy up to Morias mounting. and
strap um to . pile of logs 70 burnt
sacrifice. Now if Abram had been a
philosopher and hadn't had unshooken
confidence he'd have said, Lord. if
stick my knife in young Isaac's throat
whsr ye gwine to git another boy OF
mine through whom to bless the hu-
man racer Bot Abram wasn't phil
lesopher; he heard the Lord. he sad
died his ass, he rode to Moriss' mount
ing and he was jess ready to make a
burnt sacrifice of Isaac. when an angel
of de Lord--I don't know his other
name-called ort to Abram. See here.
old man, that's enough, don't kill the
boy. Thar's an old ram got cought by
the horns in the thicket over thar,
make burnt sacrifice out on him
Aud Abram he begot Isaac. ard Isaac
beeot jacob. and Jacob he begot IL
sons. and they all went down into
Eyypt's land whar have been mean
derins all this time. Thar they stayed
400 years, and thar God said 10 Moses
one day: Moses. | have heard the
prayers aud seen the tears, and watched
the cares and pitied the fears of my
people down in Egypt. so you 60 down
To the rayal town, tell Pharoah. bound
with the lust of the crown. that | say
let my people git But Moses hemmed
and haw.d and said: Sir, / sin't well
enough acquainted down there And
the Lord saws, You aia't, amt you.
Well, take Aaron. the Levitic, and lie
shall he my speechman. 10 tell Pharoah
TO let nv people GO So Moses he
wen, down and told Phsroah. and
Pharoah. nothing wonld do for him
till they let the frogs on him. Then
he got scared, ! tell you. but il took
the lice and the darkness and tue Des-