The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-05-08
PASTOR SIMEON BOYLE.
HE WAS A MILD MAN, BUT COULD
NOT BE BLUFFED.

He Preached Ike Bailey's Funeral Sermon
Three Times and then Firmly Drew
the Line.
[By Opie p. Reed.]
In some parts of the South it is the
custom to preach the funeral of the
deceased long after the deceased has
been buried. In fact. nearly all the
preaching consists of funeral oratiOns.
Sometimes a new circuit rider to en-
dear himself to the people will first
announce that he will entertain his
beloved hearers with few remarks on
the life. character and death of old
Anderson Lipscomb, who surrendered
to the demands of the great high sher-
if of death just forty years ago yester
day: Then, assuming a serious ex
preston of countenance, he hauls off,
strikes the pulpit jolting blow and
for two hours and half he rants and
roars over the virtues and abilities of
a man of whom he never heard until
a few hours previously.
Recently Simeon j. Boyle, circuit
rider of the old school, was appointed
by conference to take charge of the
Black Sulphur Springs circuit. He
was known as a. powerful agonizer,
man who could raise the soft hair of
luxurious sin into the stiff bristles of
fear. The day after Boyle had ar
rived in the neighborhood of his new
charge he was called upon by Wigs
Baily. Wigs is well known char
acter! Of the community man OF
untrembling nerve, ef strong arms and
an appetite that had never been
known to fail.
"What can I do for your the
preacher asked, when the visitor had
introduced himself. r., =--=-
"Jes' called to pay my respecks an
to tell you eff you ever need my sar-
veces jes call on me-"
care you a preacher the circuit
rider asked.
! "Oh, no.
"Then how can you ever be of any
service to me? My work, as you know,
is with the Lord, and man whose
work is not directly in the Lords
work can't 10 me any good"
"Wall, all your work in this here
community mout not be with the Lord.
You'll find some putty tough fellers
round here, and 1 lowed that they
mout want to pull an hal you about
one Of these times; an eff they do, wy
you jest cali on me, an we'll make
'em SO hot that they could stand un-
der peach tree and make it bloom in
january. Understand"
"Oh, yes, I understand; but don't
give yourself any uneasiness on my
account"
"All right, but that is not all the
business I've got with you. l 'preci-
ate the position you hold as a worker
fur the Lord, and l wanter ask fa-
vor of you"
/ Cali right, brother"
81 wan: you to. preach the funeral
of my brother Ike. Best feller you
ever seen in your life-died ABOUT ten
or fifteen years ago. Great big feller
whipped old Oscar Miles once, an, ,Os
was a power in the land, tell you
Now you preach his funeral and I'll
{ make it all right with you"
IL will do it, brother. What was the
cause of his, death?'
i Lack of licker."
"What, was he so addicted to the
use of liquor that when it gave out and
ne couldn't get any more lie diedf"
ooh, no. he never was much of q
hand to drink"
"Then how did he die on accout o.
the lack of liuuor?"
"W'y he was bit by rattlesnake
an as he didn't have no Ticker, he jes
nachully died"
"And you want me TO preach hi
funeral?" -.
""Yes, an you ken git in some pow
erful work when you git down inte
the facks of his lyin' thar sufferin' fol
Ticker. You keo fetch the tears outer
mighty nigh every eye in the house.
81 see, but description of his death
no matter how vivid, will not be quit
15enough. Tell me something of hi
lifa.n
AsWell, he was the po serfulest felle
in the country. Recken he could lif
more at handspike than any maj
about here"
Z TBut what was bis strongest points?'
"Rasslin, brother, rasslin' with tn
keteh as ketch can rule"
"But had he not some moral quail
ity?" 1TT4.4gTS
aOb, yes, he didn' tswear 'cept whel
he couldn't help hisself."
swell, l will do the best I car
Will nextSunday dor
Eyes; suits me all right. Thar'll b
!, big crowd out, specially as this
: your fust 'pearance, an want you t
paint Ike as bright as rose"
!, Yes, ssaidzthe preacher scratcbfn,
: hissh "I'll do that. Your brothe
z was a ~a-a popular man, was he?"
II Popular as basket of ginge
! a eaakes at county fair.
Call right, brother. I'll be on han,
). next Sunday"
II The house was crowded on the fo
!, lowing Sunday. Wigs took sea
} near the pulpit, and taking out an in
mense hadkerchief-it must have bee
the half of q tablecloth-made him
u self, appear Is man of deep seate
Ill SORROW, THE new circuit rider preach
ed powerful sermon; he painted
8 pathetic picture of q man wallowin
: On the ground ,wringing his hands an
y crying in an agonized voice: "Licke
ohs bring ne Ticker or will perish!
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