Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-08-30
1.-THE SUN DO MOVE"
It Went Down Over Gideon and
When II Goes Down Don't II
Novel

It Went Down Over Gideon and
When II Goes Down Don't IL
! Novel
! Tie audience at the First Baptist church
Friday evening was afforded greater merrl-
ment than usually is insured by circus and
n big menagerio thrown In. Brudder Jasper,
the 76-year.old negro, with his tall, lank
figure. bald head, and earnest simplicity had
come TO tell how "the sun do move"
Rev. Dr. Henson with we'll bred Difference
introduced the lecturer. and made him
thoroughly at home. Nevertheless the
brilliant Baptist divine appreciated the
real humor OF the evening as well as any
one.
81 want YOU TO understand" said DIR. Hen
con In introducing Rev. Jasper. 81 want you
to understand that Brother Jasper-JOhn
Jasper-is not at all like other lecturers. Ills
business is religion and nothing else. When
he lectures In churches he wants the exerc SEES
conducted as though 1t 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 read"
DIR. Henson said he would read the chap
ter, but he did not do 1t because as he said
there were too many hard names In IT,.
Brother Jasper went to the pulpit and read
II himself In his rich plantation dialect. II
commenced: ''These are the generations OF
Shem; Shem was 100 years old and begat
Arphaxed two years after the flood"
DR.. Henson interrupted him as he was
about 10 begin his lecture TO explain that he
had just learned that Brother JASPER aud
himself were born and raised In the same
county In ''ole Virglnny." sin that county"
said DR.. Henson, "they raise persimmons and
men. and raise the mon on the persimmons
We were raised on the same diet. / am no,
sure that / shall agree with Brother Jssper's
astronomy, but l am sure will agree with
his religion. / will tell YOU, though, that
believe more In Brother Jasper's philosophy
than do In Herbert Spencer's. l am moi
sure Of Herbert Spencer, and l ON sure oil
Brother Jasper"
The persimhons apparently agreed verS
well with the youthful, Jasper, for at nearly
four score years OF aye he Is strong, lusty
vehement speaker
Ladies an gentlemens," he commenced
bruders an sisters, pse rather say-becaus;
atnt wese washed alike In The de blood OF ID
lambl Buffers and sisters, leave 1t to you
Shall go right to dc pint or / shall &
through all the srgSmentsr
do Just as you please said DIR. Henson,
who had taken a scat below the pulpit, "Dt
Just as you please. We can stand 1t II yol
can"
Ever, body laughed. and Brother Jaspe
said he would cut Il short. lie did this 10y
commencing at the flood. After the flood
Rev. Jasper came to the story of Abraham.
IF You'll les get out yo' bibles" Rev
Jasper said, ''you will think my right train o
ideas Is in accordance wifi de gospel. WheI
de dim light o. the stars was sot To show d'
dlmncss on the earth de Law said unto Abra
ham, AS de sands on do seasho' 50 shall tn
seed be- Little knew dat Abraham what ives,
comm 10. De Lawd he wanted sacrifice
Den de queshun was: Where is de bulocl
for dc oifern' or whar is de rant Abraham
spoke up aud he saw: Hero am j, Lawd.
Then said de Lawd, Lawd Abram: Go xii
your son for de sacrifice. Den de queshuu
fust arises In Abrams mind-You babe IN
kill nv son, den says i mustn't do 1t De-
de Lawd pointed into de bushes an Abran
war saved. "
In similar way the colored divine told
number OF the old testament stories much I,
the amusement Of his auditors. Finally h,
got 10 the story about the warlike Joshua.
dat were very at war. tell YOU ting
was mUvin'. An den we comes TO de tim
when de sun STAN still by de order o. d
Lawd for Joshua If IL never mOvel tell you
bruders and sisters, It do move. Now d
quesbun comes, if de sun stan still when d.,
II start aginl Jes turn over chapter or two
an IL saws dat de sun go down ober Gideon
Could de sun 90 down IL 1t ddn't move. Tn
sun gwine down aud not movin'-who woul,
ever link sech tIngl Does gwine down meal
stan stlli If OATS y0usc English gramma
YOU better done away ~Id II. Den turn t
Ecclesiastrs, fust chapter aud fifth verse-auI
II youse don fin 1t spit in INV face, an der
sou will see. DE sun also ariSeth and de SUI
goeth down, aud hasteneth to his place VIVA
he arose. Now could anyone believe de SUI
do dat and not mOvel Dat is what de La
say. Now. VIII Gu will YOU hang to- dc Law,
Or de scintists r'-Chic-go I'M S.