The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-01-02
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The following famous sermon, though
old, will be new and interesting t.
many of our readers: -s5a..,...
Let" may r, say to you, my brethren
that am not an educated man, an
am not one NV them as believes thai
education is necessary for a gospel min
! ister, for I believe the Lord educates
| lis ..,reacllers Just as he wants 'em tc
be educated. am althoughI say it that
oughtn't to say it, yet, in the State Nv
fTndianny, whar live, thar's no man
as gifts n bigger congregation nor what
/ gits.iia haa ,t@afgtaI5 > - lols
95"iThar may be some here to-day, my
brethren, that don't know what per-
suasionl am NV. Well, must say to
you, my brethering, that I'm a Hard
Shell Baptist. Thar are some folks as
don't like the Hard Shell Baptists, but
I'd rather have hard shell as no shell
at all. You see me here to-day, my
brethering, dressed up in fine clothes
you mount think I was proud, my
bretfering, and, although Pve been
preacher NV the gospel for twenty
years, am although Pm capting NV the
ffatboat that lies at your landing, Pm
not proud, my brethering. sqr
8 Pm not gwine to tell edzactly whar
my tex may be found suffice it to say
it's in the leds Nv the Bible, and you'll
find it somewhar between the first
chapter of NV the book NV Generations
and the last chapter Nv the book NV
Revolutions, and eff you go and sarch
the Scriptures, yon'll not only find my
tex thar, but a great many other texes
as will do you good to read, and my
tex, when you shall find it, you shall
find it to read thus: u.,If
I" And he played on harp NV
thousand strings-sperits NV jest men
made parfeck." .s,t .--s..
+" Ny tex, my brethering, leads me
to speak NV sperits. Now, thar's a
great many kinds Nv sperits in this
world. In;the fuss place, thar's the
.sperits as some folks call ghosts, and
jthar's the sperits Nv turpentine, and
thar's the sperits as some folks call
liquor. an Pve got as good an article
nv them kind Nv sperits on my flat
boat as ever was fotched down the
Mississippi river; but thx's a great
many other kinds NV sperits, for the
tex says, He played on a harp Nv a
thousand strings, sperits up jest men
made parfeck." "
ne /" But I'll tell you the kind Nv sperits
as is ment in the tex, is fire. That's
the kind NV sperits as is ment in the
tex, my brethering.. Now, thar's a
great many kinds NV fire in the world.
In the fuss place, thar's the common
sort NV fire you light your cigar or
pipe with, and then thar's foxfire and
campfire, fire before your ready. and
fire and fall back, fire away Flanagan, :,
and many other kinds uvdire, for the
tex says, He played Oh u harp NV a
thousand strings sperits Nv jest men
made parfeck."
"But I'll tell you the kind NV fire as
is ment i'm the tex, my breathering-
it's HE'LL. FIRE! am that's the kind NV
fire as great many NV you'll come to
eff You don't do better nor what you
have been doili'-for :" He played on a
harp NV a thousand strings, sperits NV
jest men made parieck." .oif -5.tt
7i" Now, the different kinds NV fire in
this world may be likened unto the
different persuasions NV Christianity
in the world. In the fuss place, We
have the Piscapalians, am they are a
high sailin' and highfalutin set, and
they may be likened unto a turkey
tbuzzard, that flies up into the air, and
he goes up, and up, and up, till he
looks no bigger than your finger nail,
and the fuss thing you know he Gums
down, and down, and is a film him.
self on the carkiss NV dead horse by
the side NV the road, and He played
on a harp NV thousand strings, sper-
its NV Jest men made parfeck"
"And then thar's the Methods, and
they may be likened unto the squirrel
runnin' up into a tree, for the Metho-
dis believes in gwine on from one de-
gree NV grace to another, and finally
on to parfection, and the squirrel goes
up, and up, and he jumps from limb
to limb, and branch to branch, and the
fuss thing you know he falls, and down
he comes kerfumix, and that's like the
Methods, for they is alters fallin' from
grace, ah! and " He played on harp
Nv a thousand strings, sperlts Nv jest
men made parfeck."
.'And then, my brethering, thar's
the Baptist, ah! and they have been
liked unto possum ON a 'simmon tree,
and thunders may roll, and the earth
may quake, but that possum clings
thar still, ah and you may shake one
foot loose and the others thar, and
he clings forever, for " He played on
harp NV a thousand strings, sperits NV
Jest men made parfeck.
KEROSENE OIL AM ID DIPTHERIA
A correspondent of the Pittsburgh |