The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-09-17

the wOrdSs ana one Oy nHe Tue
melodious negro voices. s.eaughti tiup
the strain until it oseiand swelled
to a grand harmonious chant. AiE
second pause,ssaud. the preacher
began his sermofr,q net-in his or- |
binary voice, but pitching it a
key OF SO higher, and half sing
lug, his head, body, ard arms
keeping time all the while. ,,os
Eyes, brudders,' y he commen-
ces, ~you is sembled here ter
day for ter stir. up a revival of
'ligior; fur ter bring back de
wand'rlng sheeps=whar' s got tan
gled in the briers and stuck in de
mud. 'Talnt no use fur Q weoly71
headed bigger ter -eress his legs
and think hisself all right. De
Lord keeps count rof all yer
chicken stealin,,; and de water
melon patch amt robbed fur
nothin'. No, -brudders an sisters,
you can't 'er pass no counterfeit
mouey on St. Peter, and you'd
better begiu ter set your counts
with the Lord all fa,rqnd squar'.
Look at dat OF meetin' house
down in de pines .,taint- fit fur
dogs, an dat's whar yer lazy
j -
niggers goes ter pray. Does. you
think yer prayers Is ,aeoin' ter
rise afore the thlone 0of glol ",
when de ewind blows dem de ndder
way? Does yer think de Lorils s
agoin' ter give ye golden. chairs
in hea zen when you is too good
fur-nothin' ter make pine benches
fur de gospel-house2s Yer must
lay away your old sins; bury EN-
deep down and kiyer' 'em up, too;
fur Satan prowls around like a
rolling lion, a sicking whom he
may devonr. An folks what $
too mean ter fix up meetin' :
house is too mean to bury them
selves. Come along, brudders !;
walk right along, an we'll march
'' be IoG e, f'1s 3elay ;s I'D IL ds,aan an Satan an
his dogs won't have none Of these
yere niggers as his. Can't some
O. yop sisters feel the spirit move
'em? ] see Sister Jones down in
the corner. Walk up, Sister
Jones, walk up; jest ter set dow II
on de mouners' bench. and nd
ders viii follow your sample. 1t
makes a good compression on the
brethren ter see sech good OF
souls as Sister Jones a-comin' up
like a draggled-up sinner
At this point a general move
ment toward the "mourners' y
bench took place. The whole as
sembly kept time with their bod
les to the preachers words, rock
ing back and forth. Sis er Jones
rapidly became excised, and, ris-
ing, began ateEsrelate her expert
ence. Throwing her arms wildly
above her, head, and, rocking to
and fro, she sang put, 't.I feels a.
mightyB7happy,i brudders, an
knows Use got 'ligion, cause
kin feelsitF a@lkiuder screepin' all
over mes
"That ain't no sligion, that's
seaticks," sung a burly negro
man oil the second bench, s.,
feeled ITEM myself afore now..s
Not notlcihg This remark. Sister
Jones proceeded as beforeyassYes,
MY bruddcrs an sisters, I'se done
been baptizdd Sin The waters of
faith ant aconle ont clean. Use
seed de 48oFd de1uddpr night when
| was asserting in d. kitchen: dc
Father conc a4ri,lih'eon aawhite
horse, am de Son come a-ridnss
on eetle pony, m. de Holy
Sperit come a-ridirs on a cloud.
An I.se: q " Satan a-pranclng
around jess like Il. mad bull, a.
swiichlI' of his tail, ans a-knock-
ing of sinners down. An | seed
ne 3 golden Streets of heaven a.
shinin' in de sun, an leetle angels
a-fying around like sparrows.
Yes, brudders, Use don4 been
tried anss Use hanged ober hell
fur three days by one hair, am
Satan was a-klckin' to break dat
one hair, but ! got through, and
here is, brudders am sisters.s g
At this juncture, the preacher
read a verse from the Bible, IN
which itspeaks of ssAbrahsm afar
off-with Lazarus in his bosom..'
This quotstlon was rendered as,
"Abraham afar off who leather
ears in Boston," and the new ver-
sion received in silence. A short
prayer, which ran somewhat in
the following strain, followed,
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