The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-28
rnE suN MoyER AN HOME.

now being carried on by The colored peo-
pie.
THE SUN MOVER AT HOME.
The Herald correspondent visited the
colored sun mover to day, and found him
sitting by the window reading his Bible
diligently. The room be occupied 10 his
small parsonage was unlike the generally
accepted picture Of parsons study. II
was on tue second floor OF small frame
building. Its furniture was one large
bed, email bed and crib, some chairs,
bureau and a trunk. The walls were
without ornament save five imperial
sized Photographic Of Rev. John Jasper,
which were hung around the room and
displayed 10 advantage. The Rev. John
Jasper met the visitor at the door, and
with great modesty and politeness asked
him'to take seat. The old exhorter Is
a man whose figure and face would attract
attention in crowd. lie stands ak feet
one iIch; il Of massive build; a good face,
open and intelligent; eyes much larger
than generally seen in the colored man'a
Uranium; features prominent; forehead
high, but narrow. He Is. q real negro,
and the dark gingerbread color oil his face
and the patches OF black wool on the
back part OF his head, slightly frosted by
age, call to mind the picture ofgood "o!d
Uncle Ned" who
Had no wool on de top Of lis head.
In de place whar dc wool ought to grow.
Brother Jasper was dressed in a very
PLAIN suit, and had on rnmpled shlrt,
without any collar, while his faded Ken
tucky Jean pants were tucked in pair
Of boots which were grown quite yellow
for want Of backing brush. He peered
through a pair Of large gold spectacles,
which were tied on his bald pate with a
piece OF white Irvine. he was bending
over a large illustrated family Bible.
This was the only book in the room.
Brother Jasper boasts that he has never
read any book but the Bible and that he
don't have any other in his house.
THE JEALOUS PREACHERS.
II was not difficult matter TO start the
old preacher. Your correspondent asked
him when he had fret given the subject oil
tile sums movements attention.
Rev. John Jasper-I don't 'sactly know,
air. ] preached sermon similar to dis
one some time last year. The reason why
| preached II again more fully was be-
cause some OF my co!ored friends, and
especially Rome jealous colored preach
era, allowed that ] did not know what i
was talkin' bout. II was the jealous
preachers said that. All the white peo-
ple who have heard my sermon believe
that my ideas are based on Scripture, and
If any white people are not stistied with
that sermon have not heard them say
40. My mind was fully based upon the
truth Of that sermon. / never had any
doubts in my mind about the sun moving.
That fact was so firmly fixed In my mind
that l did not think II would need any
argument. Because everybody has u
notion that the sun Ia not moving L. not
any evidence to my mind that 1t don't
move.
HE Is NOT AN ASTRONOMER NOR A PHrLos'
oPHER.
Correspndenl-Did you ever study as
tronomy2
Brother Japer-No, sir; never did. !
think that Gods Word Ia sufficient guide
for the human family. l am not very
Distinguished reader, but I have been able
10 feel my way through the Bible. When
ever anything comes In the way Of the
Bible / feel II my duty to oppose 1t, re-
spect all that may be said by philosophers
until they undertakes TO correct what
God has said. Whenever they makes any
commentaries on the Bible respects
those commentaries and am satisfied with
them as long as they don't contradict the
written Word.
fCorrespondent-How do you account
for what the astronomers say about the
SUM- They say the earth iurns around
once a day.
though. You can't find Il In the Bible.
Correspondent-What are your auth
critics that the sun nloves2
BIBLICAL AUTHORITIES FOR suS.MovISo.
Brother Jasper Quoting the Bible with.
ont looking in'it) Malachi, |, ll-"For
from the rising OF the sun even unto the
going down ollhe same Thy name shalt
be great among the gcntiles," The palm.
| md says IN cxiii, 8. "lSrom the rising OF the
sun until the going down Of the same the
| I.or,l's name Il 10 be praised" Don't
this mean that Abe sun, .naasssH Hnp
know King Solomon was wise man. He
saws in Ecclesiaslea l., 5. "The sun also
ariaeth and the sun goeth down and hast
eneth TO his place where be arose." Nov,
| ~, ,nonId tha ann rise and hAAte 10 the
place where she rose II abe did not moyeF
Then isaiah says 10 the thirty eighth
chapter, eighth verse:-eBehold ! will
bring again the shadow ot the degree.
which Il gone down In the sun dial Of
Ahaz ten degrees backward. SO the sun
returned ten degrees, by which degrees i
was gone down. Then Joshua, (, u, ",
ll4:G@Then spoke Joshua 70 the Lord In
the day when the Lord delivered up the
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