The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-16
JASPER IN CHICAGO.
He Assures His Audience that "The sun
DO Move"
From the Chicago Herald

From the Chicago Herald
Twas March de twenty. eight,
'zacky remember, sah-Msrch de
:weniy-eight, eighteen hundred sebenty
-lemme see, sebenty eight, sebenty eight,
ssh, dat was de date OF my lectsh on de
SUM- The speaker was the Rev. John
Jasper, the colored preacher Of Rich
mond, Va, the time was last evening, and
the place the First Baptist church
Brother Jasper was in the pastors re-
firing room waiting for the Rev. Mr..
Henson 10 introduce him to an audience
of 500 pc sons. "Vo see, he continued,
dat sun freory oh mine was muffin new
wil me. No, sab, lamberate dat dOctrin
f0' yeahs fO' dat twenty. eight day OBJ
March, ,sebenty.cight, sab; but dat tick Ter
day de wheel ob Providence roll round
aud loll into my chu'ch with repotah
clingin' 10 de spokes was convincin'
de sinnahs powful dat day, an finally
glib EN- Arion (Aaron) and Joshua an
dis repotah, sab, he telegraphed my ole
freory on dc sun to dat Sun newspapah
in New York OATS all dey wus about
it, sah. Fore DAT. few white folks sit
undah de ministrashums Oh Brother Jas.
per Bu, now git more 'tenshun, sab,
dan an ole brack preacher deserve. Say,
! wish was Ia Nirginny dis minnit. jess
10 git bref oh fresh air. Dis yeah's
hOtter'n Richmun, sab. mus be cahful
how move de sun roun' my listenshs
dis ebenin'; melt 'em, suah," and the old
man smiled through riyulets Of perspir-
alton
II was s. when the Rev. DR.. Henson
appeared with the lecturer of the evening,
and the Rev Mr. Claws OF the Bethesda
(coloredl church Of this city. The Rev.
Mr. CLAWS offered prayer, and DR.. Hen
sOn said that he doubted whether any lee
turer in the country would have attracted
more people than had this colored
preacher on such a sultry night. The
lecturer came forward evidently under
constraint, when DR. Henson said; "The
freedom Of this church is yours, Brother
Jasper Feel Just as thoroughly at home
rs though YOU were in your own church
in 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 a man OF wah. De Lord il His
name.
"Brcderen and sisters, ladies and gen
tlemen,' he said, closing the Bible, you II
have 10 make some 'lowance for de ole
man, for amt so spry as | used ter be.
Seen de time, ladies and gentlemen, when
nv voice would be heerd f. or five mile,
but de voice and de ole man am gittn'
shakv toeedder | want To state. in de
onset dat was nebha in de house of
larnin'. For sehen months had New
York spelin book when was picka'
ninuy Tell yo,' dat New York spellin'
book was riches himself, and somehow
larn fru dat book dat | was a sinnah.
Dat was befO' read line in dis book,
placing his hands on the Bible caress.
ingly. "De sperrit Oh de Lord it mus hab
been dat tOle me | was sinnah. Den
seek forgibuess and my sins was taken
away White folks and philosophers who
didn't hab de lub of tie Lord in DER
hearts say it was my notion, but chal-
lenga dem philosophers. | say: You
know cant read, but | lsrn de great
lrufe OBJ de Bib" from Gods Holy spirit
an c0nfouud the philosophers '"
Brother Jasper consulted his watch
Fifteen minutes Of nine he remarked
an iis pow'ful hot Now, ladies an
gentlemen, I'll be honest with you. It:
pooty late an its mcltin' hot, an do nj
know whether TO 90 ahead on de or
iginal plan ob dis lectah or cut il shor'
an come directly to de point about de
sun jess "a you say; I'll begin square
irom de tex, or I'll hasten on to de tins
rotation
we can stand it all, if YOU can" sale
Dr. Henson.
Den II. Start from De original; dat
he origin ob de Jews De Lord tole 'eu
dey mus 'plenish and multiply; he SAY
dat 10 Shem, Ham, and Japheii but som'
ob dose wicked sinnahs dey--well, d,
fac j. deir purposes was not in 'cordanc'
with de Lord, and lac smash up deir towe
bui.din' At Babel In pro cess oh tim'
Abraham hab Isaac an Isaac begat Jacob
an den come dc twelve tribes