The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-09-05
NEW JERSEY NEGROES AT CAMP
MEETING.
New York Sun.1

Saturday afternoon, out none. tnat
evening. John Frost and the other
stand owners had bought many baskets
of peaches and bottles of beverages IN
anticipation of a escrush'' after mark
eting hours on Saturday, and to their
establishment the Dominic made the
public announcement that there would
be no meeting In the evening, and said,
privately, that he was going to a neigh
boring meeting, where he tsheard deir
was preshus outpouring of de spirrut."
sWhy don't you hold meeting in
his absence 2" Sister Anderson was
asked. .
ooh, nebber could" she replied.
ssEf done dat de brudder would fer
charges agin me at de quarter confer
ence. He's de head one here, an he
knows it-'deed he does. But s'pose
he can't perwent me from ezzorting or
prayin' or a-singin'-dere amt nothin'
set down agin dat. sides, b'leeve
you're right bout de money. De pock-
erbooks is open on Saturday, and de
money goes easy when dere's plenty
and it once gits-o-goin'."
But the rain descended at night, and
the conspirators against the authority
of the Presiding Elder were thwarted.
Ex-Treasurer John Frost was mailing
up q new table in his tent before the
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Anderson stood near, and he swore-
roundly and earnestly, and without
any attempt at an apology.
do you,'' he said to boy that
let his new table lid fall and break,
ssyou talk about de education OBJ de
cullud people! It's my opinion dey
got too much cultiwashun and too little
strength ..s
"Brudder,'' said the old preacher
woman, solemnly, 81 don't knows
yo' need eddicashun, but leetle mo-
faif in Jesus would be good fer yer"
Nobody ever gets very cross at John
Frost, for he is q power among his
people and controls the colored vote at
elections-a fact that the white politi-
clans are not unaware of and Frost
profits by. He is full of humor. Once,
when an Aminadab Sleek among the
worshippers at the grove offended him
by airing his mock piety. Frost re-
joined: "Oh, you use yo' mouf in de
daytime a-talking 'ligion, and yo'
brains in de night time to callerlate
how much you kin steal widout gittin'
cotched."
Brother Hinton's sermons are models
in their way. He gave out the text
from the fourth chapter of the book OF
st. Mark and the third verse, which
| S6aOSs NndEA0uS OOuOAuS SAOA0 "SAS
out sower to SOW" The young white
people laughed at his pronunciation of
the words which made the text. stHark
and behop tlere went out saw to saw"
| The Dominic is sensitive. He paused
and said: ssI am astonished in dis yer
| Bible lam to find de Bible not at all
| :spected. I see before me, a-laughin'
and a-whispering, young women what
hez had thousan's spended upon their
eddications, and yit dey come here to
'spose deir ignunce. Please don't make
me any mo- trouble. Eff you want to
go a-courtin', 60 home an do 1t. 1t
! weXes me-"
.sDid YOU ebber notice." the Dominic
asked. chow people forgit God? You'll
hear one farmer a-boastin' and a-brag-
GIN bout what he done in corn and
mother one 'spressin' conceit bout his
oats. What dey done? Deed dey done
nothin'. Dey forgit de great sower.
Mans made out'n earth, yit he amt
like earth nor de things OBJ de earth.
You say, what is earth, ole man"
I know some OBJ you study phraseology
and comprehend the original OBJ earth.
Well, the difference of man and earth
is-didn't the Lord take man an lean
down and breave into his nostrils? :?
You didn't never heah of Gods breav-
|
did you? Dere's de whole thing: other
things wuz made, but man wuz Gre
ated.''
"I think" the preacher went on,
ude mos animated thing in de Bible
was when de three 'postles dropped deir
nets and followed Jesus 'thout asking
him how much wages he could 'fosd to
pay! Ackshelly lef' DER father Zebe-
dee and de hired man and didn't know
what dey was agoin' to git. Many oh
, YOU no doubt has read DIR. Watson's
Bible Theology Dictionary - have
studied an mused ober it, M yo' mus
reckleck de man whose robes was Sc
spotless dat he could shed sin an i,
couldn't touch him. He 1ef cherry
,, thing an followed Jesus. Show me a
} man what'n do that an I'll turn 'roun
> M show you an hones' man! If Gods
imparshii, you say, why is some saved
/ am some damned? IT yo' own fault
Yc' stiffunned yo' neck an harden'd
yo' heart an said yo' wont hab him
Yo' don't ah-suppose-ah he's a-goin' tt
9 git down-ah am haul you up-ah by az
: hair oh yo' head-ah, does yo'? No
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