The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
1 NEGRO SERMON.

- @Pi111S iEaX.. AAtfaSS:, - nlaAu:s iote-SoHA5
letters to the Springfield Republican, about
Florida, where lie has been sojou-aing dur
tag the winter. Here is az ACCOUNT o; what
he saw aud heard in. q negro church: -
Just over tbs river from Augustine is
black village called Africa" I. contains
many shabby cabins and y church of the
outward appearance: Ola barn. Last Sun
iay, rs I Was waking ont fell in with an
old grizzeled do-lky Stumbling along, his
legs rather iorEa-i Of the center Of his. ;ees
replied, Use goin to- DE- chrcch, and I'se'
afcuid I'm ieeue late" I inquired if the
preacher was u man Of power. He said II
don't know MIN mysei, hs comes from tho
inurin river pa1ts, sbpt hear he is de gift;
eldest man in des*.ate:" l thought T world
LOT lose the opportunity OF hearing SO dis
t,nguished L publit orator, aud vent along
With ihe OLD 1uan. The church WIS about
Swo-thirds fill OF color a;.peopls, from grey
headed ola gztndpapas and yranl,uas To
rows OF little picaninnas whose curly pates.
big black eyes and shining mouths US.
showed above thu bench as they looked
around to see tho ''huokra" man " ho ha%i
come over the river to thar church. The
preacher sas upon some eleyatai boa:ds, ID
black as a negro that aver departed from
@Af.ic's sunny fountains" HIS So called
nose xl.s 4 barely perceptibes eruption upon
his face, ami ;wo little shot holes rep-esaa-
ted nostrils, while the vast proportions Of
biz. month ta+iy compensated for oil dim;n-
unltioo:; i'll Other features. He arose, and
ia 4 load st-:.leeat tone stumbled slowly ans;
With many mistakes through. chapter .:
jeremiah. after which sAa congregation,
some with sweetness and some with scalp
llfting 'harshness Sung severed versea OLA
hylnn th. ol,.o1::;s o. which gas:
':Io dar:ers O. JecusA:am coale o.5 Dc. wi..}ie:
Come or*,Ie w;,1~.,sss coma ous Do " l;;>js,-
W darteg-s 81 J<,<isa',,u, coma DIT d. wider
m4..
A eaa:a' "a d., LAMB
Ile minister thA.l prayed, icst loudly, then
earnestly. anl sneo tuDu.t;.oas:y for n
4uar!,.r Of al hou-. beseaching tae Lord,
among other things, 20 1stoos3 hzs STAIN
meSins tongue and GID h;s yo;ca heap %
power" Ate: anotas: hy:na came tao
sermon, and although took no notes, I
will Try to give yeassome~ specimen bricks
Of the struut.s:a:-
Ny tex is in de lDta Oh Matthew q: the
18th verse: But do very haas Oh ye- he'd
are all nu,nbe~ed. I hops beeocs I gets
fro to bring some sin1a: tor wha- I was
fetched 1eG at Il meati1' like dis. 1t Is Ii:
years aGgo las. month seaoe l qais gr-iDbing
in the palmetto stuDbie 90 sin and begun
wockin' in the deep Eo.:n % v:.,:issous.less.
Fore den Use tar % as los; ! 5iz2fc AZ
any niger o1 d. 1n1l:an river. Dt:sa
warn. I'D boy III Ii gang - ID say t} &!,at
could sE1ar :u,,ce, caaw more razoackec.
drink more whisky o. jc-2z ch:ch=, 81 ia
roost gid less noise dan cor:i Use taz
Loaf Gaos Ill dag ana prov. 81! a;:3;;lt shore,
;r.3,f 'u;y
run and teS sea De girls 4: .i-ss LATED to
hear the bradders AMI sisters 'speans taair
Eaelins, bat ID preacher a,.ti IL power Of,
Ia sper1it uscs te,uarz1}'i-, MAJ AS III, haS
wild his emotions / begun 70 },a5 kinder
skeered. Then I felt sorte- cceas,s ,i,n all
obaT me and t!.or5 dc sL1s.,1er' Eas comm Oh.
but then know hadn't oee:l oxDosa,i aai
it warnt hlle % de year Cor lem, and Ike :.
streek ob 1;ai,t.,:n' It came obe- ua Ia. l
vas gatt:1' csl;oioa. commanced ter aol-
ier, Glory ::Aa:. el:;ja h, glory ses God, IL
oon.ia'!' aud so lown On 5a- my knees
and hollersi MORE. and daa ! rolled on lie
Aoor and dung, out nay arms IA! MS i>ss
Aud kicked and stamped fe= laey ter sol--
il 90 de LORI vas faetiia VII IL ,is:,i,I git
outes dis yers chile, " aad finally I fAinseL
clean dun gone away Waaa 1 cama t.:-
nysef do b:;ls;l2ers and sister, WIS stroaia'
ae and sayin: ~ha is saved, do Lord ilao
save hin, and feltquiet and soothin' SO
though 5ar drin1in' buttermiEk, and da=1
know Dat NY n0rtls soul was safs: On do
top shelf wh:sr is iebbel cou;aa uabber
reach it no 1noz,. De- mex mornin' ! Gne
iat nab lost my fack- knife AHA broke uo:>
;nain- spring tsr my watch. besides ieayia'
\ good onbzeile1 IN de seat which some
Christian hrudds1 o., sister has took care on
sence I 'spose, asI hab nebbes scene it
again, but I didn't car. win mora dan r
Lose for I got religion dat night .: s"
But Ter return ter de word OBJ de sacred
book. De hazs OBJ yer head: are all num-
bered. It is ob7erous dat de great Massa
don't coaiine dis great spcEticer:arity to de.
hooman raeefar We must look at. de hazy
word in de fill scope az we see il do verse
before dis das not Il spa:.ec falls tec do
proun' widout the Fadder. So yer see dat
de great Eassa count de hairs jess do same
on everything big an little as he do wild
man. For dere is no doubt about it, dis
am big job md no mortle couldn't ID it.
Thave heerd of lightnin' iggerer up Mort
dat can count faster dan all de returnin-
board in de Souf, but his countin' arn't no
more to dis yere in the tex dan fiddle
bug to black bar. But some Of the big
A1nin' preachers say dat dis is a fgger OBJ
speech and dat de Lord don't count all do
HAIRS as he has made. They tink he could
not do it; it would take too much time:
But don't were bleeve en-, Doy is weak
IN de faith. When deg como to tough
spot in de holy word dey begin ter play
side-ways and ter talk about wrong tracks,
htions and de origernal Greek and oil dem
lodges. But don't yer weaken. take der
scripters jess as I fine EN-, and I take EN-
strait and in. the fun strength. Now Of
desc big book men dat go prowling OF in
10 side trails would let alone de 'rigernal
Greek and stick to de tex dey would have
no trouble, it would all come right fer do
eryting, but only de bars Oh de head are
numbered. Now mos eberyting don't hab
much hars on de head such as de mule and