Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-05

elsd in the South and elsewhere, have never heard Q colored man preach
 ''Then it's time you had. Come on, Fiske replied, and observing that his friend looked rather grave, he added: sI ses that have shocked you a little by speaking of going to church for entertainment. It is possible that we shall be ediied as well as entertained. have no doubt we shall find the true spirit of Christian worship here. Everyone, as far as I know, who is acquaint- ed with Jackson has perfect confidence in his piety."
 'Is he educated ?' Gordon asked.
 'sThey say that he can read the Bible for himself by spelling out the hard words, and that suppose is more than some of the col ored preachers can do. assure you, Cor don, that Jackson is considered good prac- tioal preacher by both his colored and white brethren, and an uncommonly godly man. :"
 When Fiske and Gordon entered the little church Jackson was about to announce his text. He deferentially paused till thstwo white hearers were seated.
 t'Brudders an sisters," he said, sT have elected three texes ter preach from ter-day 'cause wanter gib you a good Chris'nnus 'scourse few days fore Chrisrnus 9its here, so's ter git you, my dubbed hearers, in good state of prepumration for dat day, fore 1t 'riTes.
 ssMy fus' tex am in de thirty -secon' chap ter an eighth verso ob 'Liah. Dis is it
 s"But de libral 'viseth ibrul tings an by librul t'ings shall he stan'.''
 sDeres a mighty comfortin' promise in dis yere tex, bruddsrs an sisters, an as r go on an spound it ter ye hope ebery one oo yer; great an small, rich an DOT, will gib good heed ter what 'Siah, dat good an comfortin' prophet, says.
 ter an twenty-third verse ob Posi- Pauls 'pistle ter de 'Lossums:
 s"An' whats'eber ys do, do 1t heartily as ter de Lord an not unto men,
 sSome men be's grest-dat is, brudders an sisters great in some 'spects,-widout bein' good; don't tink myself dat nobody has got de raal genwine right kine ob greatness less dey am good. An some men be's good widout bein' great,-dat is, what de wori calls great but Pos'ls Paul, arter he vas 'verted-his version was 8 mos won erful 'version you ,member-was bery great an bery good too an he was mos markable man for tryin' ter de eb'ryt'ing ter de glory eb God.
 ssMy third an' las tex em in de one hun dred an fiftieth Psalm an sixth verse:
 "'Let eb'ryt'ing dat hath bref praise de Lord
 I'll leabe it ter yer, dear brudders an sis- terH, if desc yere three texes don kim O seem ter Hong ter one mother. I's shore dey do. Twas powerfly pressed down inter my min all de las' week when l studied em up, an trust de speret ob de dear Lord has gin me eorrec un'erstan'in' ob 'em. Now, please pay stric' 'tsntion, my lubbed hearers, while splain ter ye bout Hb1ul souls. l s'pose mos eb'ryone ob yer t'ink It ant pos tumble for yer ter be hb'rul, cause mos' ob yer ha'n't got bery much ob dis yere worl's 1 goods Oars where you ia nistakun. De 1 bsry po'rest persun in dis ssnctumary can l hab iibrul seul if he 'sirss it. Dat brud | der dat lubs all his fsller creators so much | dat he is allers Watchin for chances ter make some DOT sorrerful ereater feel dat all eb dis yers Worl amt as black as mid night widont single star in 1t has got a 1 truly lib'rul soul, whudder he's got much or little ob dis worls goods ter bsstow. 1 Is shore dat dis is de true gospil meanin'. Yer all recollec', doesn't yer, what our dear | Savior-de pressed Lord Jesus Christ, whose i birfday wes goin to celumbrate this week | said ter his 'scipIes bout gibin' cup ob cold l water in his name An Is shore you can't ] one ob ye disremember what de same bres- 1 sed Lord said 'bout de poir wilder dat cast I in her two mites inter de tressunry. don l 'xactly know how much two ob dem Bible l mites was but 'spects not T4or'n free or | four pennies Des t'ink ob dat, brudders 'an ! sisters An for all it was so small offer l in' de dear Savior cmsnded her. l spose l the reason he did, was cause he seed right | down inter her heart. an he seed dat she did 1 what my secon tex commands Us all ter 6o. 1 Yer don' disrememhsr my secon' tex, does l yer? Dis is it: An whsts'eber ye do, do | it heartily as to de Lord an not unto men ''If she hadn't had 1t in her heart ter do 1t | as to de Lord, 'tisn't t all probuuble she'd | gone right up where dem rich men was cas- | In in der gif's inter de- tressumry, an frowed in two leetle mites. De5 as true as ] you is born she neber did dat ter be seen ob l men. We don know much bout dat DOT | widder woman, cause de good Book don' tell | us much, but sence las Chrismus I've mag
 ined heaps an' heaps bout her. P'r'aps her
 lubbed husbon' had only jes' died. an her i heart was so sore das she couldn't hardly
 b'ar 1t /; an so she went up ter de temple an l cast in all she had, hopln' her dear Lord 1 would 'cepf ds gif' an meet her dere an press her an don doubt dat she did tain de bress.n. May be, she went away feelin'
 so 'couraged an trenthumed dat she could | stan up an' cheerfly bar ell dat her Lord
 had seen fit ter lay 'pon her. You know dat de Ias' clause ob my fus' tex is, 'an' by ib'-
 rul t'ipgs shall he stan. P'r'aps dat DOT l widder went away feelin' so comforted, so 1 full ob joy, dat she exclaimed in de words ob my las' tex: Let ob'ryting dat hath breff l praise dc Lord
 .sBrudders an sisters, dat is 2es how I i wanter feel when Chrisnus day comes, an
 des how wants yer all ter feeI Tank de good Lord, sin't widderd like dat DOT wo-
 man He has narc'f'ly spared de lubhed pardner ob my buzzum ter me: but, O, my dear brudders an sisters, yer all know dat is chileless. De anumbersarz ob our dear Lords birf an also de snumbersary ob our Iubbed darter's def. Las Chrismus d6y de
 dear Faddsr took de las one ob our flock. de
 las one ob seben an lef alone"
 Here the gray headed old African broke
 down and he paused and buried his face ir
 his hands. Most of his impossible, sympa
 thetic audience wept with him and some oi
 the more excitable ones reeled and groaned
 and sobbed aloud. Gordon thought that
 such demonstrations would be exceedingly
 distasteful to Fiske; but on glancing at him
 he saw that he was much moved also, and he
 fancied that tears were cleaning in his eyes
 He marveled that 8 man who was proverbial- ly self-possessed and urdemonstratiye should
 be so wrought upon.
 ssIt's human mater tsr morn when ou1 1 dubbed ones die. an I can't help sorrerin
 when tink ob de dear departed lamb dat was such comfort to us in our old age, the l preacher resumed after few moments si-
 fence, ''but Is nebsr raeaEt ter mnrmur and
 pine. Is tried ter bow submissibely ter de will ob my heavenly ladder. Ps tried bery hard ter set yer all good 'xampIe cause
 know dat eb'ry one ob yer has more or less
 stroubles ter bar. know 1t, for no human
 creater eber lived in dis yere worP ob sin an sorrer widout havin Aictions ob some sort. s.Dars great diff 'reoce in stroubles. Some people has trials an sorrers dat dey car |
 eis comfort in habin' dere friends sympum thize wid 'em an odders has 'dictions dai
 dey hide in derr own buzzums, an dey would hardly Tow dere own mudders tc
 speak to lem bout lem. Dem secret stroub
 les am de bery hardest kin ob griefs tel : bar. Now if dere is one person. in dis sem ply dat carries some great grief buried deeE in his heart, want ter say ter dat person , Don try ter bar yer stroubles alone. Alters tell yer heabenly ladder all bout yer sorrers
 vhudder ye tell yer earfly friends or not } Neber, neber fsii ter do it. Don yer know dat his ears Is alters open ter de cry oD hi' ohilluns? Don yer know dat it says in dii pressed Bible: Like as a fadder pitieth hit 7 chiiluns, so de Lord pitieth dem dat feal him. Alters member dis when yer stroub led. I cling bery tight ter dis passage wher
 my hearts mos bursin' wid sorrer. It's 'maz;n' comfortin' tex. Don' yer t'ink 80 brudders an sisters?
 ssOh, hope dat eb'ry one ob yer will halo q 1 A happy week,-dis Chrismus week. I hop
 eb'ry person. in dis 'sembly will be 50 mer 5 ry, Chrismus day, dat dey will want ter sius t psalms; an 'cordin' ter my obsumation,-I' : 2 ole man now an habe seen 'sider' 'ble,-d F bery bes' way ter git inter dis pressed stat v Sro1