The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-04-22
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your correspondent, noticing the reyi-
xe6 interest attending the asn1rne, s.nast
that the Rev. J5hn Jasper would for fbe
lpst time. preach his famous sermon az,
the g Rotation OF the SUM- -ycnded his
, 9ay thitter yesterday. The day was On.
| pfedsively warm-.the church more ss
He was unfortunate enough 70 SECURE 4
Yeat in window, 20 the ,wihdwafd of iha
duskyl congregation. Howeye., On shis
occasion there Hera q great many y7!iits,
people t.Asent, whom the church treats
very tiyilly, reseEving' for then, the best
saata. The choir is . Representative
negro cnoir--n1 inltrunenf. but keepine
the perfection ii time.
Without unnecessary delay, Ass. Jas.
per commenced his seymon. He n a
man of eixty.eight years, large and
powerfully built, 'iiKck as ebony and
wears silver-rimJied epectacles, which
give him d venerable appearance. Com
mencing In an almost ihgriiculate voice.
he makes some introductory re,flarks
about his sermon, among which was one
to the effect that when he said in tho
conrsS or his term;1 'idat de gun. do
move be wanted the congregation TO
know that he meant f'de aun does move,
That he "wasn't much on grammar caiy
having enough education to tell sinners
do way 50 habben, an, keen 'am fronc'
going to he'll" He started out with a
general history of tho world from Abra.
ham Ibis voice becoming moro full and
has articulation more distinct. His de-
Hcriptive poWers are fine, and he had
riveted the attention Of the audience be-
fore proceeding Eve minutes. He re-
marked that some mon s8S that Noses
went 60 hell. Snow. bfeddersn. III give
you do doctrine on dc subject. Ia de
transfguration on de Mount dc BIZ
Ole tells us that Moses aud Elias an
peared to de deciples. And now, how
In do name of God, could Moaes have
come from hell out ob dc clouds %
Any one who says that John Jasper
can't reason, is very much mistaken
though perhaps, uhconsciously, he ar
ranged his sermon on the banis Of q logi-
cal eyllogisni. Kis major premise was
HWhatever We learn from the Bible, an
Christians, We are hound 70 believe !s.s'.
His minor preinige: Tho Bible teacher
US thnt the sun doas move, and there
fore, as believers Of the Bible, we must
believe in the rotation of the etin.n
Perhaps he mixed his premises, slightly.
and reached his conclusion little too
soon, but mono the less correctly. did ne
follow the rules Of Hamilton aud -Jeyous.
Naturally enough, mis- sermon hinged
on his minor. Ills most conclusive ar
gument was, OF course, the standing still
Of the sun and moon. He remembers
the Scripture language, chapter and
verse, with wonderful accuracy. When
be reached this passage he suddenly
dropped his narrative styleT and the un-
questioned natural eloquence Of the
tensity of voice, swinging his arms aloft
In the passion Of the I moment. he repeat.
ed "Sun, stand thou atiIl upon Gideon.
and thou moon in the valley of Aialon. .
aud passing on rapidly to the execution
Of the five Kings he spoke of their bodice
hanging until the .going down of the
sun" and then leaning over the ,,ulpit
he asaed with o weird chuckle: 'Does
| going do,cn mean stand stiiRfn
| Then comes .he most impressive part
| Of the whole service. He throws himself
into q rhapsody, His voice assumes that
nonotonous rhythm which 90 powerfully
affects the negro. Folding his arms, he
sways his body to and fro, keeping, time
With his words. He breaks out into q
song, "Iesiah went to hebhen ii, O chngiot
of fire" and then suddenly resuming
prose, no speaks of the Judgment day.
4Dey shall call on do rocks and de noun.
tains to cover dem, and de earth shall be
| melted with q feryent heat, we oil shall
be changed at de last trnmp--in mo-
nent, in de twinkle OBJ an eye--ard de
dead in Chriht shall ris- frst.n All tais
! in perfect rhythm, catching his breath
with deep lond gasps. The sceno ID
thrilling. The negroes rise to their feet
in all parts of the church--poweisniiy
wrought up--syebaiis dis,endsd and
glistening. "Glory to. God,n aAmen, .
are heard from different pnr.s Of the
church. The preacher continuing ID
/ this strain, indulges their feei;uga for
rome time. and then closss rather alb
rnntly. :, -.
AS 6 specimen Of Unborn, uncuItivated
eloQuance, his preaching "a unsarpassed.
The excitement of the negroes, The In.
tense, all-ahsorbing earnestness Of the
Ipreacher, and The dark weird surround
ings, all combine 20 mako q picture 90
singularly fascinating that once seen It
viii never be forgotten. - Correspondents.
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