The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-16
A Darkey Preacher on walking.

DhOIHEH Bell, of the ColOred Beth
- el Congregation, a few nights since
at prayer meeting, took occasion, In
the course OF an exhortation, upon the
duties of life, to fire passing shot at
the walking mania, now so prevalent,
and development some facts, In relation
to pedestrian 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'
1 closes de exercizes dis mite, and dat is
don't you take no stock In dis yere
walkin bisness Let dem white tramps
men and wimmin, alone don't you
spen' your money and your preshus
time runnln' round arter them and for
de Lords sake, and your own, don't
you try to make fools OBJ yourselfs by
tryin' to do likewise. You men will
find plenty OBJ exercise In attending to
your work, an you wimmin enuff to do
ober your wash tubs an nussin' your
babies, instead OBJ trampin roun' and
roun' de saw-dust, day on an day off,
jlss to please passel oh fools, an ruin
your own helf. Besides, my b'loved
frens, all de braggln' dat dey duz bout
dere long walks long times an what
dey calls fizzikal endoorinse,' amt
wuth shucks, when you comes to COM
pare dem wild one pufIormance dat TUX
place thousand of years ago, an de rea-
son dey don't mention 1t Is bekuse none
of desc sportin' folks eber read dare BIZ
bles. Well I'll tell you what it WIS
an it's de greatest sportin' match as
dey calls 1t, dat eber came of on de face
of dis yearf. None of your hippy
drum bisness heah No, sab No,
sab ! Fair heel an toe walkin'-judges
appointed, track measured, time KEEP
(accordin' to Skripturs), and record
made-yes, an reckord dat can't be de-
MED, cause IL is yes here 1t Is, in dis
preshus book Now jiss turn ober your
Bibles, my frens' an look at fit chap
ter OBJ Genesis, twenty-second vuss, an
what do you fineY Why, you fine dat
'Enoch--walked wid-God
latter he begatted Meefoosaly) three
hundred yearsl' Three hundred years
Oar was walk for you. Jiss shut yo'
eyes and fleet on it Three hundred
years Besides, de reckord says dat
when de ole man made dat match, and
had dat chile (who KEEP on livin' until
he was nine hundred an sixty-nine
years ole--monsus good stuff in dat fam
lily y - say when, de man made dat
match, an had dis chile, he was sixty
five years OBJ age, and den walked three
hundred years! Talk bout yo' fizzikle
endooinse' after dat Tulk bout yo'
pluck an yo' grit after dat Why de
ole man has done laid out all oh desc
now adays blowers at flat as dead shadl
So much for dis extraordinary pufform-
ance.' But dat amt all ob it. Dere's
mo- yet. If you'll jiss look at de twen-
ty-fourth vuss ob de same chapter, you
will fine, my b'loved frens, what orful
warnin' is in dat vuss, to POI foolish
creatures who has de conceit to make
sich one ekal matches. Did any good
come OBJ de ole man Enoch's walk p
Did he make anything outen it No,
my bredern and sisters. Mol No He
lost by 1.-THE lost eberything by it-neb-
er peared in de ring again in fack, he
went up Jiss read de vuss: AM
walked wild d--God
-an'-he- -was--not' =
(dat is he warn't nowar,) for God tuck
him. God tuck him = To be shuah,
he tuck him! He was bound to be tuck!
He helt out for long time, de ole man
did, he was game to de last; he was
doing his level best, but 'Oh Marster'
was to long in de stride, an toe sound in
de wind for him, an tuck him on de
last rum Yes my b'loved frens, an he
will take anybody dot tries dat game on
him, an histe him higher'n kite, jist
as he did Ole Boss Enoch. So take
warnin' by dis orful lesson let all dis
kind of foolishness alone an tend to yo'
proper callin's, like good Christshuns.-
An now let us pray ~. Jacksonville,
(Fla.) Sun and Press"
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