Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1879-12-27
Published b, resucst.]
Creates: Walk on Record.

Brother Bell, Of the Colored Beth sl
congregation, = few nights sinces at 9
prayer meeting. took occasion, in the
course of An exortstion upon the dp.
tiss Of l:fs, to FIRE . passing shot a,
the walking mania, now so prevalent,
and developed some facts in relation
to pedestrian feats that seem hitherto
to have escaped notice. h said
my beloved bredrsn and sisters,
dar i. one ting I'm bound to
say to you before I cloees de erer-
cizes dis lite, and dat is, don't yon
take no stock in dis hefe wslkin' bis
Miss. Let d@m wh:t; tramps. man and
wimmin, alcne; don't you snsn' ;onr
nonsy or your preshus time ruanpil
round arter them; and f,r 10 Lord 8
saks. 40. your own, don't yeu try to
make fools OBJ yonrselfs iy tryir.' %
do likewise. You men will fine plsn-
ty OBJ exercise in attsrdin' to yorr
work, and you .sin,nsen enuff to dc
oser your Naahtub. and nuasi;. your
babies, instead OBJ trampiu 'roand ana
round de sawdas'. dag on and d..
on, jiss to please a rsssel OF fools, an ;
rein your own he,f. Besides, nv be-
loved frsrs, all de- bragein' dat dey
dds about dere long walks, long
t.mes, and what dey calls 'izsiklo
enc0orinse, siu't wuth shucks, wen
you comes to comrar' dem wid orc
pufc. nance .'s6 tux place thousand
ob years ago; an da reason dey do..'
mention it i, b.kaae none of desc
'sEortin folks sbsr reads lie Bible.
Well, III tell you what it wus-an'
its dc greatest 'sportin' match as deg
calls it, dat eber cum eff on d. face ob
dis yearf. None o5 your 'hirpy drum
bisness heah No. sahl No, sah !
Far heel .n''-toe soalsin Judges sp.
plnted, track Measured. time KEEP,
(aecordin' to de skripturs,) an a
ree-kord made yes, an re--1c1d
dat can't be denied, cause here It is
yes, here it IS. in dis preshus Book
Nv, ji-s turn obsr your Bibles. m,
>sens, a. look at fitc:.apter .; Gen,
liz twent SECOND vuss. an Whit d..
you fne? Why. you fine dat Eno,h
.waiked-wid Gedl-(aiter he be-
gated Meefoosaly)-three hundred
Three hunared-sears /
Oar wls walk tor you'll Jias shut
20 eyes, an fleet on It'll TAree-
hundred-yearsili Besides de rec-
kord rays ust when dat ola man mad,
dat match, an had dat chile. (who
key on livin' until he was nine hun.
dred an sixty. nire years ole-mon-
sus good stuff i'll dat family D-I say
when DO ole man made dat match a..
had dis chile, he was sixtv.fve years
OBJ age, and den walked three-Au,,-
dred-yea'si Talk bout yo' '6zzi.
kle ondoor'nse' after DAFT Way de
ole man has done laid out sll 10 desc
nowadays blowers as fiat as lead
chad So much for dis 'strordinarv
pufformance. But dat ain't all OBJ it.
Der's mo yet. Ii you'll. jiss look Al
de twenty-fourth vuss ob ae same
chapter yo- will fine, nv t. loved
srene, what orfu' walnir is in aa'
vuss tc de foolish creetu.es who has
hen doing dore i,vyl best, bu.
Ole Master was TOO long in de STRIFE.
an too aoald in d wind for lin all
tuck him on de last round Yes, uy
bl; we'd freas. an he'll take anybody
dst tries da, game on him, and hist
hin highern a kitt, jiss es ne id Gle
Boss Enoch. So take wornin: ty dis
orful lesson; let all dis kind of fool.
isLuesa slone, an stand to 20 proper
callin's, like good christians. An
row let US pray r. Wushimg.m San.
day Herutd.