The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-21

to go to camp meeting near by to hear an "edication" (educated) preach CT. I went, and this was part of the sermon heard.
 "De Bible is a very ole book, my brederin. very ole book. It neber was fixed no sich fashion as it is now cen the old days. It used to be print on rolls what could be mash up cen a mighty leetle size. Saint Paul, he Tub de Gospel dat much till he swallow one ob dem rolls. Dat make de scribe cer- tify dat de word of God was in him.
 A South Carolina brother who had finally obtained permission to do so, and the subject given him was the parable of the loaves and fishes. He was told that he must give special em- phasis to the miraculous character of the feast, and he did so as follows:
 "Dey was a big slipper party give in Galilee, an a uncommon lot of people was axed to come to 1t. When dey got dere the misses find she had forgot to give the order for supper. Den Christ, who was one of the party tells the misses to fotch in two plates what was on de dresser, and off of dem plates de whole party had all de fine bread and fried fishes what dey could eat. And dey ct and ct, and de mericle of dat supper was dat dey didn't bus"
 Once, in the transporting enthusiasm of a revival meeting, the above-men- toned zeba, with his eyes fixed upon the ceiling, appealed strongly to the Lord to appear before the wayward sim ners, who would not hearken to the 1UopJ opd ooy,,a forytyo rd tc tho T,n0Yrr- CTS bench. Come down, Lord! Come down!' shrieked the preacher in an agony of entreaty; ''we's a-pendin' on you to come right now and convict desc hardened hearts. Come right down trough de roof: we'll pay for every plank you bus off '
 Ebenezer Church, on Fleabite Creek, had once been a bush-arbor, the con gregation having worshipped under canopy of leaves before they could raise money enough to erect a building. Gradually, as they became more pros porous, the small frame building was painted white, and, a few months after, and abbreviated steeple was added A special meeting was held about this time, during which Truxton Terrell, the old bush-arbor preacher, exhorted after this fashion;
 we is jist enjoyin' dis ebenin', my brederin' and sisters, de deep saterfac- ton of the new garret fur our bell, but she need paintin' powerful Tell de truth, she had de appearance of a clean collar on a dirty shirt and we propose to take up CT collection dis day an hour to paint dat garret along wid de church. So drop your change, cen a little, bred erin, and pray, please, for de 'foremen- toned subjectw
 On another occasion at Ebenezer, while Ike Bethune one of the local leaders, was working up a big revival, a white preacher offered to help Ike, and in a preliminary conversation ask ed him the prevailing sins of his con gregation. "Infidelity to the marital vows, stealing, drunkenness, or what Is the main sin here?" he inquired. "I want to touch them up on 1t a bit"
 Look here, now, Marse Walker" Ike protested, don't talk on dat sort ob ting at all. I was gist a gitten' dem people het up, an now you wants to frow cole water on de whole meetih'. No, sir. Jess lam-baste 'em on playin' of de fiddle and lack of Christian sperit and sich as dat; den we kin git up a powerful rousement. But dem t'ings you speak bout Is too pussonal, sir"
 Previous to a protracted meeting on the Burnet place, in middle Georgia, the leaders sent an old darkey named Si who usually raised the tunes. down to Augusta, to catch some new songs with which to fire the enthu- siasm. Sl listened attentively to the revival songs in Augusta, and when the middle Georgia meeting was fully he introduced hymn with the following refrain:
 Good newsl Good newsl
 The 1njuns brought the tigers down,
 Good news, my Lord"
 The new song took splendidly with l the meeting and became popular some time having elapsed before 1t transpir- | ed that the words old Si really heard | were:
 Good news! Good news!
 The angels brought the tidings down.
 Good news, my Lordg'
 This middle Georgia church was near | l crossroads junction at which stood | l Baptist meeting house, and the two | denominations were rivals for the favor ,f the surrounding tenantry. Si Blood vorth's brother was the Baptist preach IT, A meeting was appointed to be | 1eld at the Baptist church on cer- ain evening and on the same evening he Methodists also held forth Blood worth, being possessed of stentorian ,oice and boundless energy, preached 10 Justify that the Methodist congrega- ion left their own meeting and flocked o hear him. The Methodist minister md the deacons thereupon sued Blood- worth for breaking up their meeting. The scene in the trial-justice's office, vhen the deacons, dressed in their Sun lay clothes, with their tall hats and un- serious faces, presented their edition that the wicked should be "per- ecuted," was a unique one. The Gethodists lost their case, the judge de- iding that every man had right to according to his own con- that those who strayed over 0 the Baptist meeting were free agents, nd Bloodworth in no way to blame for Is energetic preaching. The Metho- ists were advised to make their meet lgs more attractive in the future, and he dignified deacot1s withdrew dis- !