Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-09-28

world. Some folks harl, upon poly
ticks, while Others harp upon no
subject NJ all; some folks plays on
thu sNmhal. the jews harp. the ban
io, the piannl, the harpsichoId, etc.
Not bnnsring, but | plays leetle
Oh the fiddle myself: an ihar's Dav.
i'll. he PLAYED on the harp before
Saul, an the tex SANS "He played
on It harp NV II thousand strings
sl"Iits nv jnst men made p-rtick."
My tex, br--rhring, leads me to
speak uv sImrits. Now. thar's a
great many kind nv sI~Iits in the
world. In the fus place thais the
spmrits as some folks call ghosts, AN
then thar's the sl~iits. NV terprn
tive, an ihar's the speri,s as some
folks calls liquor, an I've got as
good III nriickel ny them kind Nv
sprrits on my hathnat ~ ever was
fn,ch down the Mississippi river,
hnt thar's great many other kinds
Nv sprriis, for the tey says ale
played on harp nv q thonsaaa
strings-speriis of just men made
t~rtirk
But I'll tell the kind of sperits rs
is mrnt IN the Tex, IT'S fire. That's
the kind uv Spcrts rs liz menf III
'hr tex, my brerthring. Now.
thar's u great many kinds nv fire in
rhr world. IN the first place lhar's
the common sort nv tire YOU
light Vnnr pipe or srgar with.
an ilar's fox fire, camp fire, Saint
Authon>'s fire, fire before Nou are
ready. fire aud fall back. and many
other kinds nv fire, fnI the tex SAYS:
He PLAYED on harp of n Thousand
SiringS-sprriis ny inst men made
prrtick."
Bur III tell YOU the kind nv fire
rs j. ment ia The tex, NV MppihriHg
its hell tirr-an' that's the kind
ny fire ~ n great many nv Won will
cnmr TO IF Won don't do better nor
what Won have been doing, for. "lIe
PLAYED on harp nv thousand
Striugs-sprriis nv just men made
pcrtick."
Now. the different sorts nv fire
in the world may I've likened unto
thp different l'rrsnasions Of Christ.
ians in the World In the tnsr place
We have the Piscapalyuns. an
they're high sailin' and high
talntin SGT. aaa they NAV be likrned
to q turkey bnzzard that flies mp
into the ar. an H.. gees NJ an up
till he looks to bigger nor yoHr fiji.
ger nail: an the fuSf thing you know
he knms down an down an down.
an is Il film himself on the can kiss
nv ~ dead h"ss 10y The side nv the
road. an He PLAYED on the harp
nv a Thousand sfringS-speriis nv
just men nia,ir pet tirk.'
Anthem thar's the Prpslhr'rraus,
they're high minded kind nv folks,
they blecve in edrcaiing their
prrn,hrrs. an so they remind me nv
II paper kite, an the stronger the
wind blows the higher the kite flies
anil iht siriHg breaks ar il loses
its tail. an then il clashes head long
into hfrr patch; an that s Just he
way of the PrSlrItrrans, for the
more r,l,cation they have the high
~ lteN fly, and you know kite has
To have ballast Ia its tail to make ii
iiN level; aud my dear hrrcthring,
that's just the way ny the Prrsh-r.
tcrauS. iur their SALARY is their bal.
Last, an the more N,u give rm the
lrNrlrr are their heads. an rf Non
tighten their ballast they kick mp u
dust an skcdadhie away like wild
hu>S running away in harness until
they find some place whnr thar's
plenty OF ballast. f,r The tex SAYS:
He played on II harp of thousand
-slfri,S ot just men made
l'cttiCk.
An then ihar's the M-thrrdis. an
they may he llk.nrd unto the SPUR
rel, runhin' MP into a tIrr, Ion the
Mrthrrlis blrrvrs in gwinr ON from
one degree Nv grace to another. an
finally on ter Irri,rk shun, an the
squirrel goes up. au' mp. an up, an
nv. an hr jumps from linib Ia limb
an firn branch To bran u, an the
fusi thing Nnu know he ial'S, an down
b. knns krr finn ny, aud that's liz.
The MriherdiS, for they il all-r.
fallim' from gra,r.ah, aud He play
ed on Il harp Nv Il Thousand sirihg'
-Sw'rits nv just men made Is-i tirk.
And then, my brrrihriug thar,
the Baptist -ah. aud they hav,
been Iikrnrd unto - possum nn