Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-07-28
The Harp0f q Thousand Strings.
A Hard SheeI Baptist
Sermon

FIRST appeared in a New Orleans
paper. It is a waif worthy OF,
preservation. The locality is supkt
/ posed he at avillage on the ban,
of the Missiseippi River whither the
volunteer parson had brought :hls
flat boat for the purpose of trade
/ may soy TO you my brethring,
that / am not an edieated man.
! am I am not one Of them as be-
E5lieyes that edication is necessary
for a Gospel minister, for I believe
the Lord edicates his preachers
Jest as he wants'em tobe edicated; /;
an although ] say it that oughtnt
to say il, yet in the State Of
Indinany, Whar I live thar's no !
/ man as gets bigger congregations
nor what ] gifts S
Thar may be some here to-day,
my b.ethring, as don't know what
persuasion I amsuy. Well ] must
say to you my brethring, that I'm
a Hard Shell Baptist. Thar's some
folks as don't like the Hard Shell
Baptists, but I'd rather have q
hard shell as no shell at all. You
see me here to-day, my brethring,
dressed up in fine clothes: you
mout think Iwas proud, but / am
not proud, my brethrings and
although I've been a preacher OF
the gospel for twenty years, an an
although I'm capting of the fat
boat that lies at your landing, I'm
not proud, my brethring.
I am not gwine to tell edzactly
whar my tex may be. found: suffice
to say, it's in the leds Of the Bible,
and you'll find it somewhar be-
tween the first chapter of the book
of Generations, and the last chapter
Of the book of Revolutions, and eft
you'll go and search the Scriptures,
you'll not only find my tex thar.
but great many other teses as.
will do you good to read, and my
tex, when you shall find it, you.
shill find TO read thus:-
aAad he played on harp nv a
Thousand string -sperits Nv jest
men made perfeck."
My text, my brethring, leads me lle,
s 70 speak Of sperits. Now, thar's-
great many kinds of sperits in the
world-in the fuss place, thar's the
sperits as some folks, call ghosts
and thar's the sperits Nv turpenitiEnle9,
and thsr's the sperits as some folks
call Liquor, an I've got as good an
artikel of them kind of speritsIon
my <flatbsat as ever was fotch
down she Mississippi river; but
thar's a great many other kinds. Of
sperits forthe tex says, aHe played
on aharp nv q -h-o-u-ss and string,
sperits nv Jest men made perfeck. "
But I,ll Tell you ]. 4 % and -sE=
sperits as is meant in the tex, is
fire. That's the kind nv sperits8
as is meant in the tex, my brethr-
ing. Now that's a great many kinds
of fire i'd the world. In the fuss
place there's the common sort of
fire you light your cigar or pipe
with, and then thar's foxfre and
campfire, fire before you're ready,
and fire and fall back, and many
other kinds Nv fire, for the tex says.
/ He playedton the harp Nv at-h-o-u-
sand strings, sperits of jest men
make perfeck.''
But I'll tell you the kind of fire
as is mentein the tex, my brethring
Its hell fret an that's the. kind
NV fire as a great many Nv you'll
come to, eff you don't do batter nor
what you have been doin'-for aHe
played on a harp Nv Thousand.
strings, sperits Nv jest men made
perfeck."
Now, the different sorts Of fire
in the world may be likened unto
the different persuasions of Chris
tains in the world. In the. first
place we have the Piscapalions, an,
they are a high sailln' and high
falutin' set, and they may be
likened unto turkey buzzard,
that flies upinto the air, and he
goes up, and and up, til he looks
no bigger than your finger nail,
and the fust thing you know, he
Gums down, and down, and down,
and is film himself on the
carkiss of a dead hoss by the side
of the road, and ssHe played on a
harp NV a Thousand strings,sper-
.itsuy jest men made perfeck."
And then thar's the Methods,
and thew NAV be likened INTO the