The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-29
He Goes to Hear a Hardshell Bap-
tist Preach
ON PRESENTATION AND FORE.
Ordination and Gets Badly Mixed.
Gets Frightened and in His Mad
Flight for Home Loses His Hat and


was er small fool | use ter go ter all
sorts Nv meetings, but the best sort |
ever went to was the hardshell meet.
ing. l loved ter go ter them because
the preacher dun as he pleased and
allowed you ter do the same. When
he got inter the pulpit he pulled off
his coat and rolled up lis sleeves as
good as Ter say that Jordan was ell
hard road ter travel. He spoke as the
spirit give his mouth utterance, but
sometimes it was awful slow ell bout
its bisness. But they was nifty good
folkes-thar amt many Nv en- now, nor
thar amt many good folkes now
neither. They believed 10 honesty
and pure whiskey. Their religion is
sorter run down now, but their shoes
amt, for their doctrine is ter change
yer shoes every morning.
Its bin err long time since
l dun er thout my dinner listening ter
these predestInation fellers. News
got inter both Nv my ears tother
evening that one Nv EN- wus gwynter
knock the bottom out at the East
Waco Baptist church fixed myself
and went, when | got ter the church
thar wus er good crowd thar-thar is
some monstrous party gals in East
Waco, | wus int, oduced by the
preacher and he shook my hand like
he wus er candidate. He was err big
set heavy teller and ball headed like
Capt. Blair. He took his text from
the It'll verse III he lst chapter in
Ephesians ard he got me awfully
mixed up and got mixed up his self,
He leart me er few things that |
don't know, and | don't know it yet.
He said the Bible wus his foundation
for the doctrine he preached but
what troubles me thar is hundreds Nv
others what claims the same
thing. l don't know who's right on
the rong roade nor who's rong on the
right road. His for ordination, pre-
destination and several notions got
me in a nation Nv a fix. He said
man wus the author of his own sins,
and had ter answer fur them. That
beaS the Methodists ter all boiler fur
they say we fellers is got ter carry
old Adams sins erlong with our own.
He said we wus chosen away back
yonder before time ter be saved or
left. That's a rite smart while ergo.
Now if that doctrin is true we fellers
amt got nothin' ter do but ter find
out if we are the ones. l guess when
the old ship Nv Zion is tied up on the
banks Nv the Jordan and we chaps
goes down there ter git on | guess We
won't git on unless we show our cleo.
ton REORGANIZATION and predestination
through ticket from here ter the New
Jeruselum. | don't like this election
bizness and l nose several that will
git tired ip it erbout July and Novem
Der. The preacher said Christ
wus sent inter this world
ter save US, but what bothers me is
how is He gwynter do it when we has
already bin er lected or defeated one,
er way back yonder er fore time.
That's what gets me all mixed up so.
Mixed whiskey gets me down, but
mixed doctrin like that gets me down
and holds me thar. Thar is one good
doctrin er bout EN- and that is the
washing feet doctrin. They has got
good Bible fur that bisness cause its
er command besides being er good
sanitary institution. likes the hard
shells | likes ter stay all night with
EN-; likes all good folks what tri S
ter get through the world and take
sumbody else err long with EN-. Thar
is er better world than this sum whar
fur sum folkes know and then thars
or heap worse place sumwhar fur sum
folkes | noes. Err good man amt got
no bisness in er bad place and no bad
man will ever slip inter good place
Let US all be good iolkes and take our
seats on the right hand of God.
Before he got heated up good thar
wus a rushing ter err emty wind.
couldn't tell from whence it cum nor
whar it wus er going, but l new il
wus er cunning and er goin' mighty
fast. ! split etiquett wide open and
got out'en the church. the best way
node how. The wind had kicked W
a mighty dust SO [ couldn't see.
tried ter run but run over err COW
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