Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-15
Psdestrianism ExiraOr1inary-Gre
 est Walk on Record.

[From the Augusta [da.) Constitu:ion.I
 Brother Bell, of the Colored Bethsl Con gregatiop, few nights since at a prayer meeting, took occasion, in the course of an exhortation upon the duties of life, to fire 8 passing shot at the walking mania, now so prevalent, and developed some facts in rela
 ton to pedestrian 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' close de exercises dis mite, and dat is, don't you take DO stock in dis here walkin' bisniss. Let dem wite tramps men and wimmin, alone; don't you spen' your money or your preshus time runnin' round arter them; and for the Lords sake an your own, don't you try to make fools ob yourselfs by tryin' to do like wise. You men will find plenty ob exercise in attendin' to your work, an you winnin enuff to do ober your wash tubs and nussin' your babes, instead ob trampin' roun' ali roun' de sawdust, day on an day off, jiss to please a passell ob fools, an ruin your own helf. Besides, my beloved frens, all de brag gin dat dey dug about dere Hong walks
 long times and what dey call 'fzzikle oondooinse,' ain't wuth sucks, when you como to compar' dem wid one pufformance dat luke place thousands ob years ago; an de reason dey don't mention 1t is bekase none ob desc 'sportin folks eber reads de Bible. We'll, Til tell you what it wuz-an' it's de greatest sport in match, as dey calls it, dat ever come of on de face ob dis yearf. None ob your hip podrum bisniss heah No, sab! No, sah Fair heel-an'-to walkin'-jndges appointed, track measured, time kep,' (accordin' to de skriptors) an rec-kord made-yes, an 0 rec kord dat can't be denied, cause it is yes, here it is, in dis preshus Book! Now, jess turn ober your Bibles, my frens, an look at fit chapter ob Genesis, twenty second vuss, an what do you fine? Why you fine that atted Meefoosaly )-three hundred years !- Three-hundred-years Oar wuz walk for youl Jiss shut yo' eyes, and feet on it Three hundred years Besides de ec-kord says dat when de ole man made dat match an had dat chile (who kep' on Twin until he was 969 years ole-monsus good stuff in faml- ly !j-I say when de ole man made dat match, sn' had dis chile. he was sixty five years ob age, an den walked three-hundred-ye Talk bout your tfzzikle ondoorinse,' arter dat Talk bout yo pluck an yo' grit, arter dat Why de ole man has donel aid all ob dasenowadays blowers as flat as dead shad
 t'So much for dis strodinary pufformance. But dat aint all ob it. Deres mo yet If you'll jiss look at de twenty fourth vuss ob de same chapter you will fine, my bloved frens, what orful warnin' is in dat vuss to poo foolish creeturs who has de conceit to make such on-skal matches. Did any good come ob ole man Enoch's walk? /? Did he make anything outen it No my bredren and sisters. Nol He loss by it--loss everything by it-neber 'peared in de ring agin-in fack, he went up.' Jiss read the vuss: An Enoch walked wid-God-a and-he- was not (dat is, he warn't nowhar,) for God tuk him! He was bound to be tux! He helt out long time, de ole man did; he was game to de last; he was doin' his level best, but Ole Master was too long in the stride, an too sound in the wind for him, and tux him on de last roun.' Yes, my b'loved frens, and he's take anybody dat tries dat game on him, an histe him highern a kite, jiss as he did Ole Boss Enoch. So take warnin' by dis orful lesson :; let all dis kind of foolishnes alone, an tend to yo' proper callin's like good Christians. And now let us pray! !"
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