The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-18
BROTHER JAsPER's SUN.
He Assures an Audiencs in Chicago
Thatit Surely 30 Move"
From the Chicnoo Herald

From the Chicago Herald
"'Twas March de twenty eight. l zacldy
remember, sah-March de twenty eight,
eighteen hundred and sebenty-lemme see,
sebeaty-eight, sebentv- eight, sab, dat was
de date of my lectah on de sun" The
| speaker was the Rev. John Jasper, the
coiored preacher of Richmond, Va, the tine
| was last evening, and the place was the
First Baptist cGurch. Brother Jasper was
! in the pastors retiring room waiting for
the Rev Mr.. Henson to introduce him to
an audience OF 800 persons. "Ho see, he
continued. dat sun freory OBJ mine
sab. lamberate dat doctrine
fo' years TO dat twenty-eight day
Ob March, sebenty-eight, sab; but dat tick
Ter day de wheel OBJ Providence roll round
and roll into my chu'ch with a repotah
clingn' to de spokeS. l was convincIn' de
sinnahs pow'ful dat day, an finally | glib
EN- Akron (AroIl and Joshua an dis re-
potah, sab, he teIemgrafed my ole feOry on
de sun to dat SIN newspapah i'll New York.
| OATS all dey was about it, sab. Fore dat,
| few white folks sit undah de ministrashums
OBJ Brother Jasper. But now | git more
tension, h, dan an ole brack preacher de-
serve. Say, | wish was in Nirgiuny dis
mmnit, jest TO git BRET ob fresh air. Dis
| yeah's h, tern Richmun, san. | mus be
|
abs dis ebenin'; melt EN- suah." and the Old
man smiled through rivule.s of perspira-
| ton.
1t was $3.50 o'clock when the Rev. DR..
Henson appeared with the lecturer of the
evening, and the Rev Mr.. Claws of the
Bethesda (colored) church of this city. The
| Rev. Mr.. C.avis offered prayer, and DIR.
| Henson said that he doubted whether any
lecturer in the country would have at
| ptnH mr. lac
preacher on such sultry night. The lee
turer came forward evidently under con-
| straint, when DR.. Henson said: The free
dom of this church is yours, Brother JAS
per. Feel just as thoroughly at homo as
though you were in your own church at
Richmond" Slowly the aged African
turned the leaves of the big Bible. Begin
ming at Genesis, he turned leaf by leaf until
the fifteenth chapter of Exodus was
reached when he read the first verse:
De Lord is man of wah. De Lord is his name.
''Brederen and sisters, ladies and gentle
men, he said, closing the Bible, you'll
have to make some 'lowance for de ole man,
for amt 50 spry as | used ter be. Seen de
time, ladies and gentlemen, when my voice
would be hesrd TO or five mile, but de voice
an de ole man am gittin' shaky togedder.
| want to state in de onset dat was nebba
in de house of l&rnin'. For seben months
a pickauinny. Tell yo', dat New York
spellin' book was riches himself, and some
how larn fru dat book dat | was a sinnah
| Dat was befo' Tread line in dis book, y
placing his hands on the Bible ca essingly
! DE Sperrit ob de Lord it mus hab been
dat tole me [ was a sinnah. Den | seek
forgbneSs and my sins was taken away
White folks and philosophers who didn't
hab de Tub of de Lord in DER hearts say it
was my notion, but l challenge dem philos-
| ophers. ] say: You know dat can't read,
but learn de great trufe OBJ de Bible from
Gods Holy Spirit, an confound de philos-
ophers. }"
Brother Jasper consulted his watch
| Fifteen minutes of nine,n he remarked,
IAN it's pow'ful hot. Now, ladies an gen
| tlemeu, I'll be honest with you. It's poorly
late ans it's meltin' hot, an don't know
whether to go ahead on de original plan OBJ
| dis lectah or cut it short an come directly
| to de point about de sun. Jess as you say
| Illl begin square from de tex, or I'll hasten
| on to de final rotation.
1--WE can stand 1T all, if you can, i" said Dr.
| Henson.
"Den I'll start from de original; dat's de
origin OBJ de Jews De Lord tole 'em dey
mus 'plenish and multiply; he say dat to
Shem, Ham and Japhet; but some OBJ dose
| wicked sinnahs dey-well, de fac is deir
purpose was not in 'cordance with de Lord,
and he smash up DER tower buildin' ct
Babel. In process OBJ time Abraham hab
Isaac an Isaac begat Jacob, an den come
| de twelve tribes"
| The foregoing is sample of the lecture
| 1t was disconnected, discursive, and ex-
tremely cloudy at times. The experiences
of Abraham and the twelve tribes were
! dwelt upon at great length. When it came
\ to the sacrifice which Jehovah commanded
| Abraham to make, the description was in
| this vein:
| "Abraham be bound to obey de Lord
But he don't see no bullock or no ram, an
he thinks 10 hiSself; 'Whar's dat ram? but
no ram in sight He is tole to put his son
on the allah an he obey. He draws back
de saughterin' iron, an jess as he was goin'
| to do de business TO suah de Load say: Lay
not thy hand on de lad; vacate your son by
de altar; hustle aroun' an look in dose
bushes an" you find de RAM"
The story of the bondage in Egypt was
told in plantation style. The birth of Moses,
the hiding in the bullrushes, and the dis
covery Of the child by Pharaoh's daughter
gave Brother Jasper an opportunity for
| some word painting, which he improved in
/ characteristic fashion: "Dis young lady
was ;akn' stroll by do ribber an She see
dat ark a'foating. Draw in dat ark, says
She an de ark was drawn in. What did
she see! A fine promisin' boy. Go an git
| u nurse 10 udJ CnlLei SIG say al 1 ii pay
the wages
The mission of Moses was then eabor-
ated, and much was made Of the burning
| bush episode Il made too much OBJ dat
| business" said Brother Jasper, consulting
his watch and hopping his forehead, but
l got in the channel of logic and couldn't
! git out less | work my way out by hard
pulin'." After dwelling on the plaques Of
Egypt the lecturer found the sun, and pro
mulgated the 'freory" that de sun do
move" Joshua commanded the sun TO
stand still. what for2 II dc sun wasn't
movin', what did Joshua tell it to stand
still for" Brother Jasper intimated that
he was something of modern NJ ses him
self. Moses had led the people for forty
years, while the speaker had preached
| for forty-nine years. the modern
Moses is sure the sun moves, and in
concluding last night thus voiced his con
vlction: 81 tel! you. bruders and sisters it
do move. Now de queshun comes-if the
sun stan still, when did it start agin
Jes turn over a chapter or two, an it says
dat de sun go down ober Gideon. Could dc
sun do down if it didn't movel The sun
gwno down and not movin-who would
ever tink such Il tingl DOES gwine down
mean stan still! IL OATS you'se English
gramner you better done away wild it.
Den turn TO Ecclesiastes, fust chapter ard
fifth verse--and If youse don fin it spit in
my face, an dere you will see de sun also
ariseth an de SUI goeth down and hasteth
TO his place whar he arose Now, could
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