The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-12-24
rho Prodigal Son.
a SERMON PREAcRRD on AN ISLAND ON
THE eEoRsrA COAST
fFrom the New York Sun. I

lCIOhl k1S AN0W KOIh touu-
BRuDDERs AND SIsTRss: De discourse
ment dis mauning is lucinated from
de tex in de book, which say: "a suit
tin man had two SON." Now de
nyoungest son WAS berry conten-
tionable nyoung man dat was in no
wise respose to do dc will ob'e father.
And darefore he was o projigal son,
and the last state of dat man was
wuss dan de fust state! ....
De bible say dat dis nyoung man
call toe father and say. Father,
gim me my share oh de substunc, and
will teck it and go away to a fur
cuntry, and you shall not SEQ my face
no mo-" Now, I recon de ole man
war tired boddeyin wild dis projigal,
and'e was willin to let him hoe'o own
row. For we read in de bible dat de
nyoung man teck his share of de sui
stunc and gone into fur cuntry,
and dare he spen' he substunc in
riotous extrabagance, high libin and
sin! An after'e money war all throw
away 9 war reduced to o great neces-
sity. So great war de necessity Q
war reduced to dat Q had to hire he
self out to one rich man to mine hog!
No de bible don't say, but it is sur
posed, dat dat was berry mean wife
man, cause we read in de book dat
de projigal was fain to full he belly
on de husks waite feed de hog wild.
And when'e come to h;sself he say,
"Deberry servant in my fathers house
hab bread fur to eat and I amt hab
none. I'm gwine back to de ole man
and ex'im to teck me as hired ser.
want" And 80 he teck dc pearl ring
off he finger and trow UNI to de hog.
And de hog run at um, cause you
read in de book. eff you cast pearl
befo swim he will turn round and
run your
Now, wen de nyoung man WIS yet
a long way off dc ole man see um,
nm he run out to meet um, and he
ketch UNI, and trow e hand 'roun' e
neck and kiss um, and put annurrer
ring on g han and gle um one wife
shirt wild gole stud in de bossum,
and tell de hired servant to kill de
fat calf an make a great feast! An
cordin' to de way he say so it war
done.
An wen de feast was ready he SEN
round to all de rich nabor and invite
um all to de supper. And dey all
wild one consent begin to make ex-
cuso. One man say he jess buy a
! yoke OBJ oxen, and he got to 60 look
after he purchase. Anurrer man snr
he taking in peace oh new gr,
and he 'aint got time Anurrer IL
say he jess married t" a nice nyoul
wife an'-an' he can't come!
Well, wen de ole man see how every
body discount um e get bex, and o
say to de hired man: "Go out into de
highway and by-way, and gadder all
you find: for dc loss is foun, and de
blind kin see, and de deef can hear,
and G9y son dat was dead am alive
again. ~ So dc hired man went and
he gadder de, blin' and de, .!efmGe and
de halt and dc eNdsef, .sii1ld all de po'
people in dat lan,' and he fetch um
and set um down, and dey make q
great feast! An ater dey dun eat de
fragment wat dem gadder up full
seben baskeful and five small fishes
ober.
Just here n member took his hat,
walked off few steps, filled short,
black pipe, stuck it between his teeth
and walked Off Whereupon the
preacher resumed in an impressive
manner:
Idon't call no name today. No
name to-day! But de word of God is
struck de heart oh one relentless
sinner in dis congregation, and e
gono off to meditation by heself. Dis,
my brudders, will show you de pow
er OBJ faith. We will close de sarbice
by singing dc him found on de page
oh de boob:
Come, yea sinners, po' and needy
Weak and wounded, sick and so."