Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-02
RUINED NAN.
How Hear.iess Robbers Destroyed ths Use
fulnsss Of Preacher.

How Heartiess kobDefs Deseoyo~
fulnsss Of . Preacher.
aDsr Amt no us'n or man tryin' ter 90
r;vbt in dis heah fersook country. said tbe
Rev Sam Nsbln, q colored gentleman
whose efforts as Q reyivalist at one time
called the lowly negro from the castiron
| plov and made the thick-lipped sister forego
| the excitement Of the "bran darce.
whats the matter, old mani someone
/ asked. Haven't You seen successful In
gathering sinners into the foldr
sob. vas sab, / hab had reg lar hog
k;lIin' fine fur ez de sinnersw uz consumed,
but 'sperience hab showed ne dat de Cnf,s,
tsirs O de Ian doan precisse De good yoro
OBJ ore o de 'possels. Da amt treated me
rigdt, cspn; da amt treated me r's0'' l
els Vel"
''DidLt they Pay you for yoor preach
Fob, we'll, da p,yed fur it in er manner.
sab an doau' plain bout dat, bat IT'S De
up, ratitude dat hits me so awfrt hard.
Len M tel yer, de mau whut do dis viva
wnk air hill up high ernuf in De COM
mu ty."
I.nk ehY'
mo, sab, he amt. Folks is gitt,n 90
Ter. less bout 'ligious matters dat de deoil
ewiue ter git EN- one o desc days.
Going to get them, Ell
'Sho's yer born'd, he is; yes, sab. GIN
up eberything fur de csuse-eberything.
wuz runnin a sto' down in de country, and
wuz dom er rattin' bus ness when de
Lawd called on me ter drsp de bacon kniie
an take up de Testament. / wuz er ho'n
| in nv ease an had mortgages on hall or
dozen craps when de Lawd an Master told
me ter foller Him. Iwuz er walkin out IN
de woods at de time. / heerd er voice, but
| rhiukin dat it-wuz somebody up in de trees,
after grapes, / didn't say nethin Putty
| soon heard my name an l axed. who's
| dater talkin' bout me? De nsixt mint my
knees 'gunter knock tergedder, On den de
word come. De voice tole me ter drap eo-
erything an go an preach de gospel; ter
stir up de piPheaded people o de Ian. l
seed the sitcherwation, an hnowd oar
warn't no time ter be lost, 80 sold my sto
an struck out for de cause. Well sab, de
mourners locked. nebber seed de like
sence de day l wuz born'd ter die. Er ole
| niger dat ulster win my money, psyin
craps, drapped down at de bench an eI
| ole TELLER whut we all knowd had han leo
chickens wild er awful reckless han declar'
ed dat hs wuz gwine ter be er good .pusson1
| rum dat time on. Clsr ter goodness,
| ueber seed de like. | dim know whut er
mower one holy pusson could put on. DE
| folks wuz awful glad, an ds Rugged me
round in er mighty nusin way. l didn
think de great love feast could hole out
long, but bless yer, dar want nc
let up er tall De whole country wuz
in er fever O element. All dis time
rad er preachin under er tent
DE committee got tegedder an lowed dat II
wuz de bess' plan fur US ter git tergedder
an raise money er nuf 10 build er hne
church Well, sah, ds raised six hunnerd
dollars all Gin de money ter me. l wanted
ter 90 de bes' could, 30 gun ter look Ell
roun' for l0mber. One day while wu7
gwine through de woods, huntin' roun' tul
Jaw mill, come bad men whut neber had
heerd me preach, hoped out irum benin dc
trees. grabbed me an tuck de six hun cred
dollars away frum me. Soon ez da got d.
money da run er away an didn't see en-
no mo. telt mighty bad, kase de people
had put er mighty heep o conferdence il
me, but couldn't be hepped. When toll
de committee bout de great loss de- guntel
sniff de ar an look spicious Dat wan
no way ter treat er holy man; not er tail, 4
want. Putty soon one man he say:
"'Whut sorter lookin' men wuz day
"'Da robbed me SO quick dat l didn't hal
time ter look 81.
"'Wuz da white menf
"'Doan know bout dat, but doesn'
think dat do wuz Christian gentlemen.
"Whuz yer reckon dat curmittee done wiz
me boss
|. Il have no idea"
IVY. sab, da shet me up in er hacksmi
shop. Den do went ter my house an foun
six hun cred dollars whit ] had made il
bus ness Da done it, sho'. Ds wa n
satisfied wild dis, but da sent me ser de pen
rertencby fur er year an Use ies got on,
spies ter see SIGH folks Da don't know
er holy pusson when ds sees him. Use dom
wild EN-, is. "-Arkansaw Traveller.
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