The Chickasaw messenger., 1881-05-05
a FRAuD IN TIE FILPTE
Ihe Sensation Created ~ y Doy
AMONG CoIored yEorslsipcr~.

a FRAUD IN TIE FtAsFtN-
The Sensation Created ~ u EBoy
Amobg COIored yEorsIsipcr~.
There has been O more profound
religious sensation creafed by O boy
down i'm the bottoms than has ever
r, sol,ed from the efforts of spurge-
on. the liberal SIR Beecher or the
OF quoted Talmage. Several weeks
ago Oliver HerrinF, sca of squire
Hearing. conceived the idcaol p,cach
ing to The colored people This,
for q boy Of sixteen years ola,
would have been NeIY cfediluhlt
idea bot for the fraudulent plan
adopted by The young seitappointed
erangeist Among the few books
possessed hy tue Squire there was a
volume Of sermons by Lorenzo Dow,
lhe celebrated "old timer whose
oratorial pictures Of Gre and sulpbu-
rious sufiocation has caused many
and many man to wend bis way
through an excited congregation to
the mougner's bench. Oliver found
this book and was Immensely struck
with the terrors of metaphor and the
horrors of trUpe "If ! only could
commit lot Of these to memory and
preach to the colored people" he
said, "Td soon bring The plantation
boys TO their knees. Hanged IL J
don't do it.N With mischief born
assiduity, the most sucsessful parent
of Juvenile application, be began
work. Possessed Of a retontive
memory, be was soon able to repeat
sermon after sermon A sufficient
depth ofelocutioHary acton was now
20 be attained His vo ce, naturally
deep, was rendered more intensely
masculine by the fact that Oliver hsd
Just arrived at that embarrassing
walk in life known as the Hgosling
age Securing minstrel rig, aud
the necessary amount Of backing
material, Oliver announced himstlt
as "hceled' for the evangelical oc
casjon.
SUNDAY night the Cottonwood
Grove Church was crowded The
preachers had exhausted their pow
ers Of drawing dark pictures, still
the oung male and female sinners
firted with each other Presently a
small "dalkey" entered, and adyano
ing 10 the pulpit, whispered some
thing to one OF the preachers, who
arose and said that a new brother
would address the congregation.
There vas 90 safHest depth in the
tune Of his voice that caused the ie-
male sinner to stop giggling behind
her fan The preacher began draw
ing q terrible picture of the sinner.
The devil stalked abroad 10 the land.
Sinners aitted hefe end there like
butterflies in the flower garden Of
society. Within fifteen minutes
from the time the new preacher be-
gan all the sinners we're on their
knees. The christians shouted and
deaeons walked around the half ag-
onized, happy throng as though they
had suddenly received q glorious
commission direct from ecclesiastical
headquarters.
The you0g preacher, before clos
inc, announced that he would preach
in the samo house on the following
Sunday night lie refused to 20
home With any Of The colored breth-
ren, stating that mysterious pro-
visions would be made for him 1T
however" be said, "any Of you fee
liike giving a few nickles to aid the
support Of on aged mother and J
crippled sister, the donation will b
thankfully received.
Aud If By one impulse, every right
hand Of every man went down intC
pocket and came out with money
The bat was passed around, ant
when the contents we're handed te
The young preacher, he thanked thi
coneregali0n fos suchnoble generos
rs.
On the following Sunday aieh
there vas not standing room 10 th'
church. The preacher was ther,
before any OF the congregation ar
rived and the question Of how b,
cane there or where be bad live,
4 during the past week was q mysteri.
GUS one. He Was asked, but repliog
lhas the provisions Of PFoVidencl
was equal TO any occasion. fhi
/ same wild excitement was created
| The preaeaeFs words burned thei
way into the emotional eloisiers o
i the sinners and lighted 3 lamp thef
which, by is glare, showed the NOR
/ Al corruption Of tue paal.
Another collection Vas taken ul
/ for the aged mothor and crippleN
sister. and after the preacher hal
announced that services would b
| held OF the next Sunday night, ih
congregation, alled With the grsndeu
/ OF the evangelical phenomenon, 81
ltntly parted "a the shadow Of th
qreat cottonwood trees Late tha
/ night boy sat il his room.
n0ver $780, he said, Temoyin
bis wig and preparing 70 wash "a
| burned cork fFom bis laee "in b
lblaimed i'll ain the boss Old ma
| man Dow didn't know what q serYie
lhe Nas rendering me when be az
ranaed that book Of sermons
Oa lho following Sunday eyenin
the Young preacher thinking sh'