The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-05-01
GREArEsT WALK ON RECORD.

Brother Bell OF the Colored Bethel Con-
gregation, a lew nights since, at q prayer
meeting, took occasion IN the course OF an
exhortation upon the duties OF life, TO fire
a passing shot at the walking mania, now
SO prevalent, and developed some iacts Ia
relation TO pedestrian feats that seems
hitherto TO have escaped notice. Ho
said:
Nv beloved bredren aud sisters, dar IL
one ting Pm bound to say TO you befo' ]
closes de exercises dis mite, and dat Is
don't you take no stock in dis yere walk.
In dismiss. Let dem white tramps, men
aud women, alone; don't you spen' your
money or your preshus time runnip'
round arter them; and for de Lords sake
an your own, don't you try to make tools
Oh yourselfs by tryin' to do likewise.
You men will tine plenty OBJ exercise IN
attendiu' TO your work, aud you wimmin
enuff to do ober your washtubs and nus
sin your babies, instead OBJ trampin' roun'
an roun' de sawdust, day on an day on,
jss TO please a pAsse oh fools, an ruin
your own SELF Besides, my b'loved
frens, all de braggin' dat dey duz about
dere long walks, long times, and what
dey calls llizzikal ondoorinse, amt wuth
sbuks, when you comes to compare dem
wild one puformsnce dat tux place thons
ands OF years ago; and de reeson dey
don't mention it IL beksso none OBJ desc
sportin' folks ebber reads dere Bibles.
Well, I'll tell you what II wuz-sn' its
do greatest sportin' match, as dey calls 1t,
dat ebber cum of on de face oh die yearf.
None OBJ your hippy.drum bisniss heah J
No, sab! No, sshl Fair beel'an.toe
wslkin'-judges appointed, track measur-
ed, time KEEP (accordln' to de Scripluss),
an reckord made yes, and reckord
dat can't be denied, cause here II is-yes
here It is IN dis preshus Bookl Now,
ii.s turn ober your Bibles, my frens, aud
took al llt chapter ob Genesis, twenty
ftcoud yuss, al what doyou dnef Why
you, Gne dat Euoch walked wid-God! !!
(atler be bcgaued Meeiooslly) three
hundred years Three hundred years I!
Oar was a walk FOR youl Jiss Shut your
eyes, an fleet on ill Three hundred
yearsi Resides de reekord says da
when dc ole man made dat match, an bad
dai chile (who KEEP OF livin' til be WA
niue hundred aud sixtJ.uiue years olr) x
monsus good stuff in dat family IL say,
when de old man made dat match, an
had dis chile, be was siXty-hve jeAfs ob
age, an den walked three hundred years I!
Talk bout yo' pluck aud yo' grit alter
dat Why de ole man has done laid out
all oh desc nowadays blowers as ast as
a dead shad So much for die slordinary
puformauce. But dat ain't sIl OBJ IL.
Dere's mo- yet. Ifyou jiss look at the "a
Vuss ob de same chapter you will hne,
| my beloved freDs, what . orful warnib'
4 10 In dat yuss to po' foolish creatures who
| has de coneeit 10 make slch on.ekAl
matches. Did any go0d come % ue oIc
man Enoch's wskf Did be make any
ting ouien ~ No, be loss--loss ebery'
ting by it--neber 'peared in de ring agif
in fact, be went up. Jiss read de yuss
An'-Enocb cb-walked with th-God-an'-
be --was--not, (dat iS, be warn't now
wharf for God tuck him. God tack bim
To be shuah be tuck bin lie was bound
to be tnckl lie belt out loug time, d.
old man did; he was game To de lasti h'
was doIu' bis level best, bat Ole ha'ste'
was too long 10 de stride, an too sound
10 the wind for him, Au' tack him on dc
last rouu. Yes my b'ioved frens, an b.
will take any one dat tries dat game on
him, and hist him bighsrn q Kite, jisi Al
be did EDoch. So take wArnin' by otiu
lesson; LET al die kind OBJ tooIishnes
alone, and tend TO yo' proper callln's
like good Chtislshuns.