Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-11-26
BEST WALKING RECORD.

| Brother Bell, OF the COlored Bethel
congregation, Washington, D. c., a
few nights ago, at a prayer meeting,
| took occasion, in the course of an ex-
hortation upon the duties of life, to
fire passing shot at the walking
mania, now so prevalent, and devel-
oped some facts in relation to pedes-
trian feats that seem hitherto to have
escaped notice. He said:
"My beloved bredren and sisters,
dar is 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 here walkin' dismiss. Let dem
,0hite tramps, men and wimmin alone ;
don't you spen' your money or your
prcshus time runnin' aroun' arter dem !;
an for de Lords sake, an your own,
don't you try to make fools OBJ yo'selfs
by tryin' to do likewise You men
will find plenty OBJ exercise in attendn'
to yer work, and you aoimmin enuf to
do ober yer washtubs and nussin' yer
babies, instead oh trampin' roun' and
roun' de sawdust, day on and day off,
jiss to please passel oh fools, an ruin
yer own helf Beside, my beloved
frens, all de braggin' dat dey duz bout
dere long walks long times and
what dey calls 'fzzikle ondoorinse,
amt wuth shucks when you comes to
compar' dem wild one pufformance dat
tux place thousands OBJ years ago; an
de reason dey don't mention it is be-
kase none OBJ desc sportin' folks eber
reads dere Bibles. Well, I'll tell you
wat it wuz, and it's de greatest sport
in match, as dey calls it, dat eber cum
off on de face oh dis yearf None oh
yer 'hippy-drum' bizniss heah No,
sab !! FAR heel an toe aoalkin'-judges
appinted, track measured, time KEEP
('cordin' to de Skripturs) and a rec
kord made-yes, an ree-kord dat
can't be denied, cause here al is-yes,
here IL is, in dis preshus Book! Now,
jiss turn ober yer Bibles, nv frens, an
look at fift chapter OBJ Jinsiss, twenty
second vuss, an wot do you fine
Why you fine dat 'Enoch-walked-
Wild d. (after he begatted Nee
foosaly)-three hundred gears yes,
Mree-hundred-years!! Oar aUuz
walk fur ye! Jiss shet yo' eyes, am
fleet ont! IHree-hundred- -y3arsu
Beside, de ree-kord says dat wen de
ole man made dat match, an had dat
chile (who KEEP on livin' until he wuz
nine hundred an sixty-nine year Ole
monsus good stuff in dat family D-I
say when de ole man made dat match,
an had dat chile, he wuz sixty-fve
years oh age, an den walked three
hundred-years! Talk bout your
pluck an yo' grit after dat Why
de ole man has done laid out all oh
desc nowadays blowers as fat as
dead shad SO much for dis 'strordi-
nary puformance But dat amt all
oh it. Dere's mo- yet. If you'll jiss
look at de twenty-fourth vuss OBJ de
same chapter you will fine, my b'loved
frcns, what a orful warnin' is in dat
vuss to po' foolish creeturs who has de
conceit to make sich onekal matches
Did any good cum OBJ ole man Enoch's
walk? Did he make anything outen
it? No! my bredern an sisters. mol!
No! lie loss by lt-loss ebrytlng by
it-neber 'pcared in de ring agin-in
! fack, he trent up Jiss read de vuss:
'An'- -Enoch--a0alked- cith-- God
an-he-1Cuz-,10f (dat is he warnt
nowhar), for God tuck him. God
tuck him To be shuah he tuck him
He wuz bound to be tuck. He helt
out long time, de ole man did; he
wuz game to de last; he wuz doin' his
level best, but ole Master wuz too
long in de stride, an too SCUM in de
wind for him, an tuck him on de last
roun' Yes, my b'loved frens, an he'll
take anybody dat tries dat game on
him, an histe him 'highern kite, jiss
as he did ole boss Enoch SO take a
warnin' by dis orful lesson; let all dis
kind oh foolishness alone an tend to
yo' proper callin's, like good Christ
ShunS. An now let us pray !"