The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-05-12
"vaTTLEs."
a Meat and Esread SernSGn TOT
snsprOE People

chap,
Onos heard an oil minister preach q
funeral sermon from this text and he
said il could be found somewhere in John.
l don't know whether ns told the truth or
not. but for the purpose of this sermon,
will be rash enough to take il for granted
he did.
Before proceeding 20 unveii the mys-
teries and TO elaborate the sssuties OF my
text in all their intricate ramihentions,
suspect our peculiar brother!misspprshen
ded the meaning OF the language, as ne
stood in the midst OF the weeping re'a
lives of the dsfanet whose funeral he was
preaching, and, with eyes turned SKY
ward, propOunding that 'sssfcnlhg IN
quiry, unless, peradyenta1 bs hAd tSli-
ed in obtaini n e bis, mn tut3ekf rePask IN
which eyentft was but nsfural that he
should have been more thoughtful of the
comforts OF his craving siomaci than or
the bereavsd hearts Of his hearers. am /
not preaching a funeral sermon, my be-
loved, but verify say unto you that /
failure to give proper heed 70 the teach- /
ings of this beautiful text will be Il puh- /
/ lie in vitation tothe funerals OF your for I
/ tunes your farms and your country and
YOU will wander through the land like
:
sex along the river Siyx Without the cash
to pay their ferriags, and your voices
will be heard like the voices Of the lie
brews by the rivers Of Baby lon, bowling
to every passing breeze, "Children have
you any meat"
Awake. therefore, " slolhfal agricul-
turalist. awake aud lend ne yoar ears,
while / eIuddats aud frnciifY the ever
lnstiug truths that corruscaie along the
everlasting crests of my text.
weuld ;emark that there are only two
words in text that deem il necessary
to individmlizs and 20 catch the true ring
Of as the missr catches the ring of his
coin befon he drops il into his old sock
and hides 4 under the hearth, aud those
TWO words are Children and meat
| opine, M beloved that he word chill
dreu" in tie text has much broader sIg-
niica,ionthan that segment OF the hui
man fanny which the old women spank
with imp nifty, and glory in the blessed
copsciouaess that they can DO il again il
they wan TO, | am persuade hat IN ths
full appltuls of It's might and depth, us
, length ad breadth, it includes native
born American citizens, white and black,
blue, yellow and gray, male and female
a youag andold together with all the rest
3 Of ran aus womankiul on the face Of the
E earth: and do not think, therefore, my
l beufitted f.ienas, that ! would be stretoh-
5 ing my Imagination too far II | were TO
7 venture tie assertion that It includes
: evenyou.
l Tie word "neat" mssns,h not alone tho
: aggregated globulos which formeth the
Geshy portions Of The corporeal tsberna-
- cles n which the spiritual essence CT the
Q beass OF the field, the fowls OF the ar
% tho fih OF To-, deep, olive, move anu have
Il their being, but every eaiabl0 under 'h'
/, sun which the tongue OF mankind hank
o ereth sfter, or which he hideth bensati
} the bread hos ON Of his aldo mninAl ocean
81 for IL il said .'his meat was locusts an
I'D hoaey." | say, thers5ore my orelh
y rem. that meat hare mems "yiltles,
:. --~-@4her ii he chicken San > I'r
= dotn si------n homes or corn oou gers pcs
,, led pork or o'',-a eabbake, aud chalIeng
IL the universal creatrvu to refute the cor
is rectness of my doctrine.
~ Having eliminated tie true doctrin
"a involved in the words chi idren aud meat
3 it is easy to arrive At the collective mean
ing Of the whole passage, and instead c
saying 'children have yoH any meat2 "
may express the same sentiment in th
. more artistic and poetieai paraphrasC
"Oh, farmers, hast thou any vittes?
Aye, there's the rub Hast thou ID
m where withal-not TO gorge thy everlast
= ing stomach at the next msal-but 70 fee
a. thyself and thy family, thine Ok and thin
=. ass, thy hogs aud thy cattls, even to tn
n. sheep that browse upon thy pastures, an
IA the gobier that struts in tiny barnyar,
NJ until another crop shall come in the full
Al ness OF tins? OH my brethren, If coul
!, convert myself into an angel and soa
\ with tho speed of thought throughout th
- length and breadth of this Southern olim
"a aud passing az every doorway, exelai1
~ in thoughts that breathe and wor is tn.
"a burn" Farmer. hast thou any "vittlesl
70 how many in this congregation coald ri:
al up, and shaking he dew drops from the
or shaggy names, answer proudly, "Ys
a. father, | have?'
~ Weeping pause for reply. Oh, m
brethren, many are called but few al
in ! chosen, and your hsng-,iog looks pr
n. claim with trumpet tongues that most
Of you are in the vocative. Then woe na
NJ you, foolish farmers, for verify you a
=. laying up for yourselves hunger again
il the day OF hunger. Woe unto you, ! 50
"a. for tho folly of the foolish virgins tn
-, trimmed not their lamps was wisdo
.ir compared to your idiotic neglect We
he unto you AMI unto your wives; woe un
Of your hocks and unto your children. W.
II. woe woel AlNsi echo answers weel
al Vanity OF vanities sayslI lie preaehe
- vanity Of Yanities, all is vanity. The 81
n. [ !
"a invented that idea on small stomsc
az whereby his reason was concluded, for Il
h. doctrine which he there propounds Is n
nd alioge her correct. a myriad Of voic
,se springing spontaneously from the uniye
ia sal animated creation and uniting in o.
L. grand choral strain, proclaim in tones
thunder that whites is not vanity, al
| feel sure, my brethren, that you will
take ssock with nae in that beautiful al
pathetic sentiment, Give me vittiss,
give me death"
h. 1t has been beautifully said that brst
IL is the staff of life. | can vouoh for q
NIB truth of this remark with painful forvo
on for verify | say unto you tha, in my mea
is behring's through these low grounds Of ;
"a. and sorrow, il hath often happened tn
Sc. that portion OF my earthly tabernaci
We which is gracefully encircled with u
ir waist hand of my brseches, hath travail
on ed for "vittles," and az the ass brays
,e. for his provender even so have bss
D forced to cry unto the children OF Mar
At mon in the language of my text, ''Chi
nd dren, have you any msat2p
M Ii, therefore. you raise not the "vittles
N, how can ye have the staff, and if ye ha,
IN not the staff how can ye support the III
ut and if ye support the life, what IN ii
ON thunder is TO become of the country al
n The Presohers2 | will tell yoa, my agr'
nd rian brethren, what wi / become of yo'
ne You will sit, like the prOdigical &c
s. among he swine and doIefully sing:
IL "fwant but 'vittles' here below,
> AID | want that vii ties quick
g. Or shall wipe my weeping eyes,
he Aud the bucket -ooi.iy kick. "
be 40, we won't" some chuck el-heade
a brother viii say, "we will arise and q
n unto our merchant and buy the fatts
te calf on tick. But what if the msrchaI
is would say: "0hl foolish and impecunio'
id generation Ye seek after tick, but /
n. tick shall be given ys save the tick of ii
he | prophet Jonah /"
You know, my brethren, he tried to ODE
the Lord n tick, and the consequence wa
hal hac ..,f llnl.l. Il an q