The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-10-30
"0rR COUNTRY COUSINS,
Moss PoiSr, Miss, Oct. "a 1891

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A number of our Moss Point peopl
went over on Sunday last to the meetin,
Of the Southeastern Association, whicl
convened with the Baptist Church on til,
north side OF Dog River, near Il. b
Smiths store. TO say TINT we, as wei
as all the other visitors, lwho by the wa'
numbered several hundrcd) were royally
entertained, would not be exaggerating
A table over one hundred feet lon,
covered with roast pigs, turkeys. chick
ems and sweet meats too numerous I,
mention, was set each of the three day,
of the session, besides every house SEEM
ed ito be OPEN" and the ''barrel of meal
and cruise of oil" seemed to never fail.
The town Cousins should learn II lesson
from this. As the writer was brought mp
in the pine woods, and well acquainted
with bacon and greens, sweet potatoes
and buttermilk, / have often, Mt fine
hotels in New York, Chicago and else
where, called for these old acquaintances
in preference to straw berry short cake
and other delicate things. For a similar
reason, | suppose, my ideal of "a true
church of Christ is to see an old and
plain man, who knows more about Christ
4 lhi L htbl thtif hO Ntoto VI toNht atI
Chesterfield. standing in a plain pulpit,
and on his right hand on ''amen benches
a number of omnon sense. plain men,
and on his left a number of ''mothers IN
Israel"
However, some of you "dude" read
ers will say that if q man is raised on ba-
con he will always want bacon.
AS | am a Baptist. and a pine woods
Baptist at that, l claim the right to criti-
else our brethren as well as to speak of
their many virtues. There is mnch to
interest, entertain and even to amnse any
one at these old fashion Baptist meetings.
Now, remember, l an an old fashion
Baptist myself.
The preaching is not classical, but it is
generally biblical. The singing is not
so artistic, but it is generous. The pray
ers seem to come from tie heart At
these meetings there are generally babies
'until you can't talk" nor hear anyone
else talk sometimes.
Sometimes will see the mother of
some Young Baptist, possibly a coming
S%purgeon, get up from a back seat, take
her little white headed hopeful by the
hand and baby in her arms, walk up to
the water pitcher on top OF the pulpit, in
front of the preacher. while he is putting
out his "ahs abr and his ''and abs" with
a full read of steam ; she will stand there
until she has watered her young Baptists
and then "'fall back" only to be followed
by another mother and children in the
Baptist Israel.
However, as We Baptlsts are fond of
water this practice should be exp.cted.
During prayer the RESPONSES from the
"amen corner are long, loud and vigor-
GUS. One would suppose that these Good
old brethren We're full of the zeal of God.
or for His cause, and that their hearts and
minds were full aud burdened with the
love of souls. But / advise any and all
your town cousins never to try one of
these old fathers in Israel on "a horse
trade. No, not even on a Sunday eve
ming. If they can't be as '~'harmiess AS
doyes'' they will at least be as ''wi ,e as
serpents.n However, / presume these old
Baptists are about as good as other men. |
But, for the lite of me, | Il never could be-
lieve that any man was, or could be, so
deeply Interested in tho salvation of
souis during n PRAYER as to cnuse them to
groan. growlapd veil as some of them do.
and a half an hour afterwards refuse TO
a quarter for missions. when they
have spent ten times that much each
for ~'terbacker and Ticker" Now. If
Won hear any of those dear old "hretb.r
holiern Won NAV know that he il INF.
/ have said the preacbipg was oenernIiv
and so are their practices. Rut
at the tbree O'clock service Sunday eve,
ming I saw and heard one of the nro,cb-
ers 3ttempt an act hat was certainly mn.
baptistic. Brother Brunson. wbo was
neitber n member or nastor Of tho cb,rch
here. and simnly n deIegnte to tbe Asso.
and witLont consuIt;no tba Ioc,I
,bnrcb uonened tba door Of Tia ch,rob y
Az The local cburcb w,s NOT IN aonf,r
in f,.t as thara , no ..ol +,
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III oi wna5 lochl cuur1n, . y tne DaP.so
Cnu,cn at uhdt pace or 'oG1oty ~ he DapS
her. anu u mo lne ,e,iowsnlP Oh
my particular cn9rcn, now ein ne KNOW
'ald church would or coulu MS