The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-04-24
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THE REVIVAL AT THE OLD SPOUT
SPRING.


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How Old Sandy Came to be Installed as
Pastor Of the Pine Knob Church The
4 Rev. Sim Pitts was Diverted and Haugh-
ty and Game to Grief.
[By opie P. Reedl
Trouble arose in the church For
years the Pine Knob congregation,
colnred, had been in a most happy con-
ditioil The. revivals had been we'll
ttended, and the sisters had shouted
with fervent lustiness; but ambition
creot in and then trouble arose like a
poisonous vapnr.
= 1t old Sandy Bottomly's fault.
He had grown jealous IF the great and
deserved popularity of the Rev. Sim
Pitts, and wicke,lly rebelled against
him. The truth is, old Sandy wan:ed
to give up his trade of making horse
collars and devote himself tn the min
istry; and, not cnnteuted with the pros
pect of breaking away alone, he str"ve
to create dissensinn AMI thereby lead
a number If the members away with
with
There had been lbs mutterinss in
threat of an nuthrraN. wiien one .lav
thu Rev. Sim PITTS me. old Sandy in
the read.
"Good mornin'. brur Sandy, good
mornin', sah."
81 thanks you. sab, fur de sallyta-
tion." Sandy reioined. taking off lis
hat and bowing.
"Whicher way is you gwine dis
bright an beautiful mornin', brur
Sandy
"Gwine down in de heavy timber
whar / kin lie by myself"
An how come. may 1 ax?"
Ter 'mune wild de Lawd."
"It is all right ter 'muEe wild de
Lawd at any time, but is dar anything
special dat you has got on han'?''
'"Nothin' dat needs ter cnnsarn you,
sah."
but it is allus er pastors business
ter 'quire erbout anything dat consarns
one O. his flock"
"Oh doan you fret er bout de flock;
de hock's all right. YoI jes go on
now an ten ter yo' own erfairs an eat
de dominecker chicken. an de red
rnoster an de angels food dat de sisters
fix fur you"
"Oh, vas, it is all right tur me ter
eat de angels food" tho preacher
quickly retorted, "but 1 reckons dat
angels food would be outen place wild
you. Develed ham would be er bout
yo' size"
"Whut do you mean by dat. sah?"
"Oh, eff you doan know, wy l kaint
help it De Lawd amt called OH me
ter furnish language an brains too. !"
"Dar you hit it," old Sandy ex
claimed, "hit it den sh". fer de Lawd
aiu't called on you er tall"
The preacher began to swell up like
a toad.
II grabs y"' meanin' by de ha'r sab,
an now sees dat de Cat is dun jump
e.i outen de tow sack. Fur some time,
Mr.. Sandy -ain't gwine call your brur
no mo- ole Satan has been putin
mischief in dat bead O yourn. Dis
here church has snatched so many pus-
suns er way from the jaws o torment
dat Satan got powerful oneasy, an he
has dun chused you ez er agent ter
hep him. Oh, has got de thing down
fine
is you? Is you got it down fine?
Wall, reckon you has had it fine fur
err good while. reckon you has
been libin' often de fat o. dis yere Ian
an er willerin' in de shade wild er
hunk q pie in yo' claw while de uder
folks o de munity is out in de hot sun
maxim suthin fur you ter take y"
choice frum Vas. sab, dat's er fack,
you has got it mighty fiue; but lemme
tell you, ole poison, Fse gwine hab er
little o. dat ar pie myself: 1'se er git
tin tired o. maxim h,,ss collars an Use
gwine ride roun' de 'munity wild
gloves on my hans; an, NOR dat,
Ain't goin' out ter drum up er cnngre-
cation but is gwine ter take your" er
way frUm you. Oh, you neenter
I-splode, neenter brissul up, caz.- you
know I kin whup you in de flesh in er
fminir; an, mon dat kin whup you in
de sperit, an gwine do it. N,w jes
keep cool an look at dis er cssi.,n squa,
in de face. Next Sunday y"' revival
begins at de Spout Spring, 'ioan n2'
at do, sinner man"
L "Wall, I'll be dar. I'm comm Aar
an shoW ale tlks dat YoY ain't uee,
called by de A,awd, an den I'm gwin.
to open up er revival right ah-F at &c
gum spring. Go on now an doan gin
me none O yo' slack. cage I'll halter
waller you. I'll meet you at lie Spou,
| Spring mex Sunday. sab. Grnn. day.