The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-05-09
GREATEST WALK ON RECORD.
A COLORED MINISTER AT WASHINGTON
TELLS THIS STORY.

Brother Bells. Of the Colored Bethel
Congregation, a few nights since, at a
prayer meeting, took occasion. in the
course of an eXhortatiOn upon the du-
ties Of life, to fire a passing shot at the
walking mania, now so prevalent, and
developed some facts in relation to pc
destrian feats that seem hitherto to have
escaped notice. He said
''My beloved bredren and sisters dar is
one ting I'm bound TO say to You befo /
closes the eXcercizes dis mite, and dat is,
don't you take no stock in Ills here walkin'
business. Let dem white tTampS. men and
wimmen, alone don't you spen your mon
ey OF your pres hus time Tunnn' round arter
them and for de Lords Sa kc an your own,
don't YOU try to make fools Oh yOurselve 10y
trying to do likewise. You men will find
plenty Oh eXerciZc in attending to your work,
and you wimmen euuff to do Ober your wash
TUBS and nuSsin' your babies, instead OF
trampin Toun' an rOun' de sawduSt, day on
and day of, jess to please paSsel ob fools
and ruin your own helf. Besides, my below
ed fTens all de bTaggin' dey duZ about dere
long walks, long times and what dey calls
hzzikle ondOOrinse, amt wuth shucES when
you comes to compare dem wid one puffOr-
nance dat TUX place thousands Of years ago,
and de TeesOn dey don't mention it is be-
kase none ob desc spoTtin folks eber reads
derc Bibles. Well, I'll tell YOU what il waz
and it's de greatest spOTtin' match, as dey
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yearf. None oh your hippydrum bisnsss
heah. No, sab No, sab Fair hcrl-an'-tOe
waikin,' judges appointed, track measured,
time KEEP, aCCOTdin 70 d" SkTIptuTs, an q
rec koTd made-yeS, an ree-kord dat can't
be denied cause here il iS-Vps, here IL l..
in dis preshus book Now. Jess turn obcr
your Bibles, my frenS and look at de fifth
chapter Ob Genesis, tweEty-secOnd vaSS, an
what do you I'm Why You fin dat 'Enoch
-Walkcd-wid-t1Od ,-(afIer he begatted
Meefoosaly)- three ee-hundred-years " Three
-hundred-yeaTs Oar war q walk for YOU
Jess shut your ewes an fleet on il , Three
hundTed-YearS Besides, de rcc-koTd SAYS
dat when the ole man made dat match, an
had dat chile (whO KEEP living until he was
nine hundred and SiXty-Vears Old-monsuS
good stuff in dat family 81 saw when de
old man made dat match, and had dis chile,
he was siYty-hye years OBJ age, an den walk
ed-thTee-hundTed-y Talk bout yo'
hZzikle ondoorinse' arteT dat Talk bout
yO' pluck and grit arter dat Why. de ole
man has done laid out all Ob desc nowadays
blowers as fiat as dead Shad SO much FOR
dis 'strOrdinsTy puffOrmance. But dat amt
all OBJ it. Derc's mo yet If you'll Jess look
at de twenty-fO' nth yaSS OBJ de same chapter
you will fin, my beloved fTens. what OTful
warning is in dat vsss to po' foolish crceturS
who has de conceit to make siCh onakal
matches. Did any good come oh de ole man
EnOch's walk ? Did he make anything Uutcn
it? No : no He loses by it-lGSS ebeTything
by it-neber peared in de ring agin-in fack,
he went up jess read de vuSS An
Observation-Disclosures -God-an'-he--wuz-
not'-(dat Is, he warn't nOwhat) for
God-tuck-him.' God tuck him !! To be
shuah he tuck him He was bound to be
tuck He held out for a long time, de ole
man did he was game to de last; he wuZ
dOin' his level best but the Ole Master WIZ
too long in de stride an too sound in de
wind for him, an tuck him on de last round.
Yes, my beloved frenS, an he'll take any
body dat tries dat game on him. an hist him
'higheT'n a kite, Jess he did Ole Boss
EnOch So take wRrnin' by dis oTful lesson
let all dis kind OF fOOlishness alone, an tend
to yo' proper callin's like good Christshuns.
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