Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-30
LOCAL NEWS.
sThe Suu DO Move :
REV. John JASPER BEFORE A w.surSsrn>,

audience were white people. '' vi ''o
THE LECTURER
TOOK The platform at O'Clock He IL alp,oS,
coal black, about five feet ten inches i'm heigbI
OF muscular frame and jaw, has a partly bsld
head, and face covered with a short black
beard and mouStache. He was dressed in
black, with white necktie and pair OF new
shoes. His years are about forty-three The
chain To his watch got loose from the upper
podtoh, ,hole OF his vest, when he became
excited IN his discourse, and daGg.ed wildly
around ms stomach as he rushed from one
sloe ol. the Stage 10 the other. His delivery is
Eooo, lhough somewhat fast, and he some
umes mouths his words. His dialect is marked
MS voice Is clear and sharp. and rims az times
INTO me SING. song of the camp meeting or
sla! ibs Hsrd ana h me %aes, ah! Good, ah!f Of
quietly and evenly he keeps his left hand on
ms mp, the arm akimbO, and saws the air
cbsroaS sr lis ,b6t Mhen excited, however, he
both hands, throws back his head and in
dulgeS In one or two lines of some ol,l fashiona1
nyinn, the latter TO illustrate his meaning and
impress upon his hearers what he has To saw
THE HYMN.
lie commenced by saying that his usual cuS
tom was To begin his lecture with hymn, but
as ne saw There was no choir present he
would Line" out a few verses and ask the
audience 10 Jine" " him. He read three
verses ot the hymn The Heavings declare
my glory Lord, and after singing on or two
INES by himself, reading them separately He
ence " WV '
lie began his lecture by saying that he was
no grammarlan and had never been TO school
IN ms me- III any of the audience expected
grammar from him they would he mistaken
but they would get instead scriptnraI tTntb
and sound argument based on the Bible In
was owing 10 the grace of God that he had
affoye at what he had 'arrOye al -
come he said, "'befO' YOU 10 prove befo-
let you, that the sun do moven The first nart
o1 his discourse, he said, might be scatter
ing, untll he got to the land of Canaan, but
\ H.. an
prove dat the sun do move" lie then gave
An ACCOUNT OF ABRAHAM AND ISAAC:
now Abraham was about 10 dagger" Isaac,
when the Angel called out hold on Abraham
Thy faith are tried. thy love are known 90 dar
IN de bushes and get dat ram what have COT
ms hoInS tangled and sacrifice him. For de
LORD was man of war.
He gave in the same Style a history of
lsrael captivity i'm Egypt and "Phariar's'
WickedneSs and the dOingS of Moses and
Aarlon, who were sent by the Lord TO tell
Pharlar to let my people 20" The Lord wanted
his people TO go, for he was a man of war The
plaques were next described. When the lice
came, Pharlar said TO Moses, Take the lice
away ana IL let EN- go; and the Lord took
EN- away, but PhariaT wouldn't let his peon!e
GO Then came.the flight of the children oT
iSTaei ana " fharlar following them, he hav-
ing sohclted SIX hundred chariolS, with
captains and colOnelS 10 command them ana
the troops on horseback and and the infants
on footing. Then the passage of the Red Sea
by Israel and the destruction of "Phariar
the Lord having sent his angel 10 take the
wheels from his chariotS for de Lord was =
man OF war" After some more skirmishing
he came to
THE BATTLE OF THE IsRAELITEs WITH THE
GIDEONITES,
when Joshua cried unto the Lord that ha had
lloi tllhe 10 "Ilh MS enemies as the sun was
going down. and was told 10 command the Snn
10 stand still; and the sun stood still and the
moon stayed until the people had avenged
themselves themselves upon lhelr enemies. IF de sun
0Oh move what was the use of Joshua com
mandlng II 10 stand still? Why didn't he fell
The earth 10 stand STILL il 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 i'm court is sworn upon il TO teIi
the truth; lt Is diyinely inspired volume.
and is to be believed above all other books or
the words and scientific doctrines of all men
Turn TO the Psalms" said the lecturer. 'and
you Will find, From the rising of the sun until
ihe gong down 9t the same the Lords name
is TO be praised If the sun don't have to
move TO rise and go down, why, then, I'm
nightly mistaken. You will all admit that
SOLOMON WAS A WISE MAN.
a cultured gentleman and Christian. Now
he says III EccieSiaSteS, lSt chapter and sin
verse: 'Ihe sun also ariSeth and the sun goeth
down and haSteth TO his place where he arose
d0h Know any grammar, but 1 know that
Whlle Ieachlng your children in your gram
mar SchoolS, when you come to the word arise
you tell EN- II means TO git up not TO lie down
You also tell EN- that TO 90 down is also a
moYln action. am ShO' no one Will saw thai
haSteth don't mean mOvin'. Therefore TAX
ing dat verse from Solomon and de meaninp
OF de words III II, If de sun doh't move then
notad any haI.e nmi am bI Jaspef Nrumphanty). He
olu testament, always winding up with,
.THEREFoRE THE Sun DO MovE.J
AGAIN ne SAID =" You get up in the morning
ana see the sun rise; you see il move up a abOye
your head, and you see il set behind the west
ern hills III the sun don't move, then Won can
e eali Jasper lIar A gentleman in Richmond
had tolu MN tnat the earth moved instead of
the sun: he asked him how. The gentleman
moved his arms rapidly around each other i'm
'front.' him, and said on its axis. That couldn't
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE EARTH TURNED
LII the earth turns around, then all the peo-
pie, the houses, the rivers, the creeks, the
trees, the lakes and the surrounding territory
would be mixed UP together, and we would
certainly all be drowned. We don't have anV
little trap In our feet by which we can hold or,
to the earth, like the fly on the ceiling, 1.-THE
sun do move, and not the earth, When the
angel sounded his trumpet and the earth
moved we would all know il, and that sound
would be unwelcome to lots of u.s."
AS TO THE PHILOSOPHERS
ne SAID they were gentlemen, but mistaken.
They did not know they were wrong bnt they
should not put themselves above the word of
Goa. They might call Jasper liar but they
must not put themselves above God, These
philosophers said that the sun was 95OO0ON
miles from the earth. How did they know He
couldn't be made to believe that one of them
other Kind OF scopes could see that far No
one could comprehend that diStanc9 Suppose
you knock on the 9i.D00O0 and try 10 cOnceiye
the l,NO0OO left over. You couldn't do NJ. BV
the eye OF faith you could see that distance
but not otherwise. These philosophers wonid
have TO look through something else besides
the microscope. They are woetully mistaken.
land the sun do move!"
HOW DOES THE sun GET BACK AGAINP
Ihe lecturer was well received and was fire.
quently greeted with shouts of laughter and
hearty applause, especially when he wonnd
up SylloglSm with therefore the snn do
move" One of the audience asked him ar the
close OF the lecture how the sun got hack 70 itS
starting point after rising i'm the east and set
ting in the west. He said he haSfed hact To-.
the Bible said ''the sun goeth down and has
teth TO the place where he arose!"
THE CASE OF DETECTIVE BELL-His Arrest
on ReQutSftfon from the Governor or Tbr6S
This morning James +. Cunningham aoent
OF the state of Texas, presented TO Chief ms
ice cartier requiSitiOn of the goyernor OF
Texas for G. s. Bell, charged In thar state VIII
murder. The Chief Justice ordered the mn
ceSSafy warrant to issue, and Mr. Rail waS
taken into custody by one of the marshaps ~.
ncers and carried to the CITY Hall. In will 10
remembered that in August last Bell was Ar
rested here on a reQuisition based on tha
same charge, the warrant being issued tban
Dy Judge Wylie, and on writ of habeas eornns
ne was discharged by Judge Humphrevs on
tne ground OF lrregularity In the paDers The
case excited considerable attention ar the
tlme, and II was stated that the cause af the
arrest was that certain cases were pendine