Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-11

brews heard that Pharoah was coming
AZ 'en they started TO run. Pretty soon
they come to the Red Sea.
rhen the preacher uniquely described
the opening OF the sea, ana continuins
said: '.As soon as the lsrae'ites hao so.-
ten In Pharoah pitched In az EN-, Zoo.
looking out from the morning wa,en' sam
Rim and no caused the sea TO roll back
together. Pharoah turned back, but ne
turned too late, and he an his followers
done met n watery grave, which was an
evidence that God was man OF war.
TOLD THEM NOT TO SHOUT.
The preacher worked his sermon rapidly
along 10 the fall OF the walls OF Jericho.
and said: when Joshua and his band
got over the Jordan some OF his FOL
lowers started TO shout little. joshua
told 'em. Don't you do II. Don't nobody
shout until give orders He told OF
the seven days stay without the Walls
and how on the seventh day the Isrientes
gave great shout and the walls OF Jericho
came tumblIng down, and conclrted as
before. (which is an evidence that God Is
a man of war"
He then told OF Joshua's moving on
swiftly, and said: "Tain't no use in my
telling you how fast the other moved. l
reckon YOU know that" ,Laugh.er)
Now I am coming to the place you are
looking for. Gideon was one OF the royal
cities. Great, like Richmond. lots OF
people think II 'ain't no place like kich-
mond. Lots OF 'em think It's Jest as
near Heaven os they want to git
A few more historical events. cited In
Jaspers own style, brought him to the
time when Joshua was on the outside of
Gideon, and continuing he said: when
tfrFN
over great Gideon. don't know how in
the name OF God II got thar, coz phioso-
piers say IL don't move. Then 1t was
that Joshua ask God to make the sun
stand still. Now. will you tell me If de
earth was revolving around de sun on Its
axles, what de name o. God did he AK
God ter make 1t stand still fer? Why
didn't he AK Him to make the world stop
rolling round on its axles? OATS what
want ter know. Did yer git
dat point? Later on God told Joshua to
stay dar until de sun went down.
Now, II de sun didn't move Joshua would
ha' bin dar ylt. / tell you, dat sun moves
right straight along and doan stop fer
no man.
AT the time Hezeklah wuz down IN
health, God said he would cause the sun
to 20 back ten degrees He did SO, and
heightened Hezekiahs life fifteen years.
Amt dat moving? Now notice Psalm
cxlii., 3: From the rising of the sun
unto the going down OF the same the
Lords name b. praised Don't dat look
like the sun moves? Ell you doan find It
dar hold me fer it,
THE EARTH IS SQUAR.
"Now, der's a nudder thing on which
me an de philosophers don't agree. They
say de world is roun'; de Bible says it's
sQuar'. You dOan teach pupil English
grammar that fou. corners means roun'.
Yet you say de world is roun', and In
Revelations viii, !, you find this: AND
after these things L saw four angels
standing on the four corners OF the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth, that
the wind should not blow on the earth,
nor on the sea, nor on any tree
EFF yer doan find 1t dar hold me re-
sponsible fer It. Ecclesiastes l., 3, says
The sun also ariseth and the sun Soetn
down, and hasteth to his place where he
arose Then, again, in Malachi t., 2, we
fnd For from the rising of the sun unto
the going down of the same, my name
shall be among the Gontiles' Don't this
prove that the sun moves? Who will say
God told a lie? You can't git me ter DO
II.
philosophers say the sun is so many
miles from de earth. How they gwlne ter
measure it? one says il am 1891 81 miles
from the centre of the earth; another says
about twelve millions, and another ABOUT
twenty-seven millions Isaac Newton
makes two estimates-One OF twenty eight
millions an the other of fifty-four mil
lions. III you doan like twenty-eight yer
kin take tiftyfour He's accomerdatin'
II wuz a boy 10 years old when the fust
railroad wuz bilt in Nirginny, an l has
heard tell of all the others that has bin
bilt since. / never heard OF one what was
run up 10 de moon. Philosophers tell US
| II train run thirty miles an hour 1t
would go 'roun' de world in twenty-five
days. 'Twould hev no time to stop TO g5
on wood or steam do. At de same rate
dis train would go to de moon in eleven
months, and 'tWoud reach the sun in
thirty-fye years Did eny OF yer ever see
| O. railroad-car pintin' toward de sun?
Ef yer did yer kin learn me something.
| De philosophers also say 1t would TEX
! cannon-ball twelve years to reach de sun.
Who gwine ter ride dat cannCn-ball ter
see how long it gwine take il? l tell yer
If a man gwine dar dat way he hey ter
make some preparations. Twelve years Is
long time. He'd hev to hev something
ter eat, end he'd be mighty apt ter need
CndnSe or ClOlueS. he u nave u TN
along a tape-line one hundred and four
millions Of miles long, too.
TOO HOT UP THERE.
Eyer see, I'm tekin' the philosophers at
their word. They tell US dat in August,
when de sun is nearest to de earth. it
Is one hundred and four million miles
away Den we is sitting in our shirt
sleeves wild ice-water arun' US, and fam
ming all we knows how. ter keep cool.
Now, how in de name O. God Is Il man
| gwine ter git close enough to tech a tape
line ter It? An eff he did he'd hev to be
mighty quick. He wouldn't hev no time
to spare He hev to tech 1t on a jump. L
tell yer" With this the reverend darby
executed a jump which but few would
have thought he possessed the ability for.
Now, ladies'" he said, you ought not to
believe no SIGH things as these philoso-
piers tell yer. You teach your children
that Gods Book is the Book Of Truth
Now I've shown you that the sun do
move, an there amt no man kin dispute
It, coz God SEE so. Amt nobody gwine
ter call God a liar. 1 amt. You stick to
God, an teach your children to do de
same. Let them be well reversed in Gods
Word. Jist tex these synophesies home
with yer, an ef dey doan teach yer no
thing / can't help it,
Upon the conclusion of the sermon
many of the audience crowded around and
ebooL the old mans hand much to his