Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-08-11
"THE SUN DO MOVE

1t Went Down over Gideon and
when ID Goss Down Don't IL
Novel
The audience 81 he First Baptist church
Friday evening WAS afforded greater merri-
Z ment than usually h insured by circus and
a big menaeerie ahrowB in. Brudder Jasper,
the 76-year-old negro, with his tall, lank
figure, bald-head, and earnest simplicity had
come to tell how t4he sun do move"
Rev. DIR. Henson with we'll bred Difference
introduced the lectnrer, and made him
thoroughly at heme. Nevertheless the
brilliant Baptist divine appreciated the
real humor Of the evening as web as any
one.
II want ron 10 understand" said DR.. Hen
son In introducing Rev. Jasper, II want you
to understand that Brother Jasper-John
Jasper-is not NJ all like other lecturers. His
business 10 religion and nothing else. When
The lectures in churches be wants the exerc SEES
conducted as though il were Sunday, and
guess he's about right commend this new
departure TO lectures in churches. l will
read the chapter in the bible which Brother
JASPER wishes me TO readn
DR.. Henson said he would read the chap
ter, but be did not do Ii because as he said
there were too many hard names in it
Brother Jasper went TO abe pulpit and READ
lit himself In his rich plantation dialect. lt
commenced; .sThese are the generations OF
Shem; Shem was 100 years old and begat
Arphaxcd Two years after the FOOD
DR. Henson interrupted him as he was
about to begin his lecture to explain that he
had just learned that Brother Jasper and
himself were born and raised in the same
county in 'ole YirginBy." sin that county
said DR.. Henson. a1bey raise persimmons and
men. and raise the men on the persimmons.
We were raised on the same diet. / am not
sure that / shah agree with Brother Jasper S
astronomy, but 1 am sure will agree with
his religion. l viii tell Won, though. that l
believe more in Brother JasDer's philosophy
than do in Herbert Spencer's. | am not
sure of Herbert Spencer, and am sure of
Brother Jasper
The persimmons apparently agreed yerY
well with the yoHthfni Jasper, for at nearly
four score years OF age he Is strong, lusty,
vehement speaker
'Lsdies am gentlemens," he commenced,
= bruders AM sisters, lse rather say-because
aint wese washed alike in the de blood OF de
lambl Buffers and sisters, leave it to you:
Shall go right to de pint or / shall go
through all the argyIDepfsf'
do Just ms yon please said DIR, Henson,
who had taken a seat belos the pulpit, "Do
just as Jon please We can stand II IL you
cam
Every body lansbed. and Brother Jasper
Salu ne WOMB Euh u sROft- NE ulu LHlS Dy
commencing nj The Hood. After the flood
Rev. Jasper came 10 The story of Abraham.
eff you'll jcsP get out yo' bibles, Rev.
Jasper said, sSon VIII think my right train o.
ideas Is in accordance wifi de gospel. When
de dim light o. the stars WAS sOt to show de
dimness on The earth de Lawd said unto Abrs-
ham, AS de sands on de seashor so shall thy
seed be- Little knew dat Abraham what wese
comm, 10. De Lawd he wanted a sacrifice
Den de queshun was: Where is de bullock
for de offerin' or Hhar is de rama Abraham
spoke mp and he saY: Here am l. LaWd.'
Then said de LaBd, Lawd Abram: go kill
your son for de sacrifice. Den de queshum
fust arises in Abrams mind-'YOu babe me
Z kill my son, den says mustn't do 1t Den
de Lawd pointed into de bushes am Abram
war saved
In a similar way The eolored divine told a
number Of the old testament stories much to
the amusement Of his auditors. Finally he
got to the story about the warlike Joshua.
dat we're very fat war. tell you tings
was mOyin'. An den we comes to de time
when de sun stan still BY de order o. de
Lawd for Joshua 81 il never moyel tell you,
bruderS and sisters, it do move Now de
squeshun comes, II de sun STAN still, when did
Ii start Agine Jes turn oYer a chapter or two,
AM it says dat de sun go down ODER Gideon.
Could de sun go down IL it didn't move. The
sun gwine down and not moyin'-Who would
ever link seeh tinga Does gwine down mean
stan still? IL dat's yOuse English grammar
YOU better done away HId it. Den turn to
EcelesiAstes, fast chapter and fifth yerse-and
if youse dom 6n' il spit in my face, an dere
you Will see: DE sun also aTiseth and de sun
goeth down, and hssieDeth to his place whar
he arose. Now. e0Rld anyone believe de sun
say. Now which win you hang TO, de Lawd
or de Acin1ists rS-Ehi lima