Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-14
NEW GOSPEL FOR 1NFIDEL1TY.
A COIOred ExhOrter on Colonel niger
soils Views.
Courier Journal

Inc ADVENT OF COlOnol bod llger-
soil in Louisville was not unnoticed
by Uncle Jim johnson, a unique
genius in his way, and his interpreta-
tion of the Scriptures is both novel
and interesting. Yesterday he
preached on Hell and Moses and
tried to stem the current of unbelief
which Colonel Bob had started among
a few of Uncle Jim's hearers. The
colored orator took for his text the
passage from Luke, 81 came to send
fire upon the earth"
"You hab all OBJ you heard, " said
he, Job Massa Bob Ingersoll, who did
right smart fer de cullud people in de
rebellion, fer which | gibs him my
felietation. Dat is one good spot in
Massa Ingersoll's life. But, you see,
it amt gWyne to do fer us to be posed
upon by these here fluctuations OBJ
his on de sacret forum OBJ religion.
We'se got to let de politics slip out an
reason about de matter like men of
culchah. We must let cur feelins
slip around loose an pick up de pints
OBJ religion, which is a gift OBJ jesus
himself. | belieb dar's some oh you
darkies here tonight dat S been stickin
up to Massa Bob's religion. | has my
eye on you now. | tell you now, as |
shakes my finger at you, dat you'se
sliding down de hill into de pit oh hell
lire, an unless somebody catches you
by de coat-tail you'se gone niggers. |
has you by the coat-tails holding you
from the burning pit; if you don't be-
lieb what Use gwyne to say, | let's
you slip. You needn't try to 'suade
yourselves in your pride and vanity of
spirit dat dere amt no hell. Why |
see de flames circlin' and swoopin'
arOun' you like a hungry buzzard.
"Massa Ingersoll in his lecture on
Hell and Moses complains OBJ the lack
Oh science in dem days. What for dey
want a science den? What did dey
Ill want wild our yap0ratiOns, leotric-
ity and SIGH 'yentions of de day? Oh
cease we whites away de time in scien-
bifcs and SIGH, an we cant do without
EN-. But dey didn't have no use for
SIGH instruments way back yonder in
de darkness OBJ de past.
"Massa Bob says dat 'cordin to de
scriptures a chile had to Glib up two
pigeons fur de sacrifice, an desc here
pigeons went to de three priests, an
dat each OBJ de parsons Y9gld hab to
eat two hundred OBJ de fowls. Now
you knows, you vicious %niggers, dat as
long as de priests had plenty of cullud
gemmen to wait on de table dat dere
was no danger OBJ de priests eatin' too
much.
He says in his speech at de 0p'ra
House dat a finite don't hab de per-
mission 10 commit a sin against de In
finite. Now OATS nonsense on de face
OBJ it. You go out in de street an
take a razor an cut somebody's throat.
If you amt got no particularly about
you, Jus you Try once an You'll be
rested by de policeman an scented be-
fore Massa Judge Dupuy. 'Spose de
Judge says to you, 'Sambo, is you guilty
or not guiltyY and suppose you say,
| Use aRg4iltg, BECAUSE Eea,Sa a inf
|, be likely 70 say, Take a harp and GO
your whyP
II wants now to call your 'tention
to de food an de ark. Massa Inger-
: soil, hedo old Noer injustice. Hesays
he war not married when he was FIVE
! hundred years old. Now that want
Noer's blame, He couldn't help his
self. Anyhow, Aoep war den what
you might specify a young Teller. He
want as old as the young men oh
: twenty to-day. De bible didn't say
l muffin about his smokin' desc vile
cigars, nor 'dulging in '%toxicatin
drinks, nor foolinI wild bad girls, and
! carryin' on like dc sport gemmen dc
now. De fac is, bredren, dat Noel
didn't hab de '%cilities dat we hab
Case why? Well, he couldn't put q
{ notice in de paper sayin' he wanted tc
I carry on vida girl, an de steamboats,
d, warn't den much count, an he couldn't
, trabel. Massa Bob amt got no rev.
renee for muffin, bredren, He has dc
? dacity TO 'sert dat dc count OBJ dc
1 food is a lie. He uses fggers, which
g you all knows is de biggest liars in dC
7 world, to prove dat It rained sever
hundred feet ebbery day. Well, sup
pose 1t did, Don't you spqse de Al
r mighty knowed what he was gwine t
do2 He had de food ranged befor,
hand; he had de water all ieumulateC
on hand. OATS whar he beat de ba,
fellers and when cherry thing wa
ready, he let de liquid oose out in
d lump, anti filed de earth. Now den
YLyou niggers belieh In Massa Bob. !