The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-06-09
DOuRf0 correspondence.
DORROH Il. O.
JOE PRINCE.

speaking of "rop knOts' brings to my
mind an old joke which was printed i'm
somo form a great many years ago: 1t
appears that the demands of Fashion at
ono time required ono to do M their
hair in a huge knot upon tho top of tho
mead. This knot was built up and aug
mcnted In prominence by every ~artifico
that could be thought of, until it became
IN many cases, an actual dcformity. AT
length, when the fashion had rcachod
this extreme limit, u good, old style
preacher determined THAT it was his
duty to inveiGh against it, and, if possi-
bic, put n stop to it. With this view.
and fired with holy zeal and indignation
he took down the Bible, to search him
out II text suitable for the work before
him.. AT length ho found one to suit
nm, ana on the next Sabbath hc an
nounccd his text rs found in tho 2lth.
Chapter Of Mathew, and part of tho 18th.
verse: crop knot come down" The
sermon has not been preserved, but one
can amaginc what slaughter was
wrought by tho preacher among the
tomato portion Of his congregation, and
with what heaven born zeal and energy
he closed his burning periods with a
repetition OF his toxt, "1op Knot come
dCUn."
! first heard this joke from the lips of
uncle Isaac Murphy, who Is still living
in Union County, mt the age Of 90, and OF
whom it may be said, q better man new
or lived or died
And to make matters even, | will give
lnnthnr ON tl,n mn, B4,,. T., A. .I
o.dcn time, q faithful minister, on one
occasion felt it to be his duty to preach
against the prevailing sin of pride. For
this purpose, he selected q Text which
recorded he terrible punishment ofNeb-
uc~hadn"Zza~. After giving all the his
tory connected with the incident, and
and all the circumstances i'm any way
having a bearing upon 1t, he commenced
the last division of his discourse
with a forciblo personal applications:
raising his voice to its highest pitch,
and with fire in his eye he endured,
And what do we sec ut this very day
that reminds us forcibly of the sin of
Nebuchadnozzcr." His good old wife
who sat near him, being startled by the
of his manner, instinctively
''N '''' " wv ulIu lllSlullllN
answered: obi! its no NcbuchdncZZar,
its tho old cow in tho collard patch;
that's what it is. And | must go and
drive her out, or she'll eat the last col
lard there, and 40 she will" And so the
old lady lost tho balance of tho
but she saved her coliards.
Well, ] believe, as There is no news, /
VIII hnish rs | began: 4 good lady I'm
Lexington, IA few years ago gave me a
good joke, in which a Preacher and n
Doctor were somewhat mixed M.
Ihere wa a man in the community,
VINO, for a long time, had been i'm very
pad health. At length some one in
ducod him to use "Tutt's Pills" He be-
gan at once to improve, and in a short
time was able to go out and attend
Church SeVices. But, he was still weak.
ana as the services were protractcd, he
finally fell asleep. The preacher was
describing the great change that is
wrought in a man by Regeneration. lie
finally warmed up, and shouted in a
very loud voice: "What is it that makes
this great changed This woke up the
sick ma and he answered as loud as he
could, "Tutts Pills" don't know that
Mr.. Tut will pay me anything for this
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