The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-08

get at ever since the BABY laid there
! Now, you amt got nothin' to do will
the white folks puzzlements, like Or
igin of Evil. Why did God let Adam
sin? | dun no. That's Gods busi
ness: I'm mighty glad I amt doin
his business, cause overseein' one O.
his small 'tater patches is too mucl
for this child.
why do you sin? That your bu
siness, and you'd better settle that ac
count, or the sheriff will levy on YOU
crop. The Lord Of glory offers yor
the cash-down blood. to pay with; anc
if you put it off you'll get where {
Georgia summer day will look mighty
cold.
1--WE don't meddle with other folks
Baptists come from Christ and his
disciples. Where did other folks
come from? I don't know, and the
wust Of it is they don't nuther. I'm
told there amt but two places to
come from.
Now, Brother Thomas Peake, dc
you wish to be ordain?''
Eyes, sir
''Stand there and let me question
you. If [ ordain you Baptist minis
ter, will you preach the Gospel in sea-
son and out?"
Eyes, sir"
Now, if a sister came to you and
say: My husband, he's got the rheu-
matics, and he don't want to get cold,
and want you to take a hand-bason
of water an sprinkle on him, and bap-
tie him that way Brother Peake,
tell me, will you do it?"
Eyes, sir.
We'll, that's wrong. Don't you
do it,
why not?''
'''Cause it amt Baptist
swell, then, I WON'T
''If they tell you that Christ took
infants in his arms and prayed, and
that Eli let give Samuel to the Lord,
and they want you to baptize the ba-
bies by water, will you do it?"
''Yes, sir
Now don't you never let me catch
you at it. That's Presbyterian.
: well, [ won't do that neither"
"Was Adam first man or Paul
frst?"
paul was"
"That wrong, provided you hold
your Bible right side up"
"Was Moses or Joshua frst?"
II never read that. [ can't read
good; but I go to Miss Mary to learn
every night"
"Was Isaiah or Joshua frst?"
II don't know"
Il don't nuther; but I ak you"
How old was the world when Christ
Gomez"
''Three thousand years.
'Well, it looks like it was. And
now, Bro. Peake, how old was Christi"
''Thirty-three years.
'How long was he in the grave?"
Forty days"
mo, it was three days.
Eyes, sir"
'How many saw him rise?"
six hundred thousand
mo, only five hundred, an that's
4 plenty; for you can't prove by that
many that saw him that George Wash
ngton amt l1vln' yet.
mo, SIR
Then came the ordination, and the
leep fervor and earnestness had pre-
vented even smile from our party Of
The whites during the examination.
That was in 1855 or 1867.
One Sabbath, this 1879, preached
FOR the Second African church of Sa-
Eannah. No other white person was
present. | think the law still stands,
IS in 1860, requiring white men to be
present. Freedom repealed it de fac
to. There was a quartet and a noble
organ. A thousand people were said
to be before me and the church was
Large. [ was invited to sit with the
business meeting that followed. My
last sitting was with Calvary, New
York. I might have shut my eyes,
and, save for an error in some church
phrase and the deep tones, have
thought myself there. A noble
church, an intelligent people; and,
while | am still deeply Southern, am
getting proud of our colored citizens.
They do 81 ,wly improve.