The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-03-29
''DE 4 c OF SIM"
BRUDDER JONES FOURTH SERMON.

MY dearly OelOOe0 Dreucrln, 1 Is dSlu
honerated wifi your pusonal presens
here dis ebenen to lissen TO me spOst-
ulatin on difren topics an bottomics
for de fort time. De subtle dis ebenen
I'm "De Wages oh SIM" an fore | goes
no fur1er | wants to tell you dat day
amt no dollar Il day an board neider.
DE wages ob sin is wusscr den dat.
De good book hit tells us dat de
wages Oh sin am def, an cherry las one
OBJ you knows dat when you feels you
is gwine to die an def stares you in de
face, you is gwinc to heap rather hab
dat dollar a day an board den llab def.
Dercfore dats why | say dc wages oh
sin am a heap wusser den de wages OBJ
de plantation. A man kin lib an sup
port his family on de wages OBJ de
plantation, but he can't support muffin
but de undertakers on de wages OBJ sin,
ceppen he's got a great big life suance
policy. Den OBJ course he leabes somfln
behind for his folks, but us niggers
don't hab nc suancc policies, Sc when
day starts payin' off de wages ob sin,
we what's bin sinful gwine to be in an
awful fix. Jis stop two minnits and
tink what an awful thing dats gwine
to be. 1t amt gwine to take no long
time to percebe de terrible thing watts
gwine to take place. YOu is done seel
dc pictures OBJ def what shows a great
big skelliken wifi long arms, GRIMM
mouf an eyes widout no eyeballs an a
big scife in his han. Well, he's de
Teller watts gwine to cut de Tread oh
life wat am hOldin you to de earf an
you is gwinc to fall down, down, down
into de b0ttomless pit till de debblc
am gwine to fotch you IA dig in de ribs
wild his fork an you is gwine to be
meat for de fowls OBJ de air an de
beases of de wilderness. An de fishes
OBJ de water amt gwine to be scared
oh you caSe you can't 20 tishin no mo.
An all dis gwine to come from bein
sinful on earf. Dereiorc my brcderin
an sisters, | exhaust you to be good.
Don't let sin enter your souls, but
when he tries to get in, jes shet yore
mouf an count ten fore you open il
again, an by dat time sin gwine to be
gone an tryin to git into somebody
else. De bes way in de worl to keep sin
out is to keep yOrc mouf shet case
nose OBJ de Sinnin am done fro de
mOuf, an dem folks wat does dc NOSE
talkin am generly de ones wat am dc
wust sinners, cast day talks so much
day forgits half wat day say an says
more den day Orter an somebody gifts
mad an day calls each 0dder bad names
an gets to fghtln an all dat sin am on
count ob de fust n wat spoke toe
quick widOut cOuntin ten.
Sin sometime enters dc body OBJ
man fro his sole. dat Is, de sole 0b hi.
foot. Sometimes a man gifts a pair oil
shoes watts got a tack in de bottom
an he puts dem on an gifts ready tt
go walkin', when fore he can say JACK
Robinson, de tack sticks in his foo
an he cnSses. Cussin' am an awful
sin, an it am Gle kline OBJ sin wat
enters a mar fro his foot. Course II
done always enter fro de foot. EAST e
a man sets on a tack he's gwine to Gus,
jes' as much as eff he puts his foot or
one.
When you is walkin' long de floor
an steps on a tack, you jis start sayin
one, two, free, four, five. six, till you
gifts to ten, an den you will pick up d,
tack off de floor an frOw it away wild
out cussin', but eff you start cussin
fust an countin' after, you Is gwine t.
die sure.
No matter wat kline OBJ sin a MAJ
am guilty OBJ, eff he don't repent al
promis right away to be good, he II
gwinc to soon fine out dat I've gifts d,
same wages. De goberment, nor d,
trusses, nor de Goulds, nor de Wander
bits, can't change dem wages on n,
account. Whedder it am hard time.
. or not dem wages is jis' de same. |,
faint gwine to do no good to strike
case you got to 'cept dem wages any
how, an dem waits sinful an tink de,
is gwine to 'scape, is gwine to o fin,
dat Def kin strike de hardes.
Dere am lots OBJ kines OBJ sin dat
amt got time to tell you all erbout
but de principal ones am lynn, stealin'
c%nssin', an talkin' too much bout
J odder peoples bisness. Dems de foul
kines wat you see dc nose oh, an dt
sooner ebery5ody quits dom den
tlngS de sooner de people am gwine tt
quit dyin', case when dey quit sinnin
dare won't be n wages for to pay.
Now, my good breddcrIn' an sisters,
Is done tole you de wages OBJ sin, an
dey Is got to be paid long as de people
am sinful. You all knows wat an
sinful an wat am not sinful, an !
hopes you am gwine to try an be good.
Dat Teller wat said. 'De good die
young" did'n know wat he was talkin
erbout. 'ceppen lie mite err meant
chickens. Oh course good chickens
dies young, case dey am good an
tender when dey is young, an de folk.
likes 'em better. He nebbcr meant
people, case look how ole l Is. is,
done got gray hairs an pass my fire,
SEQ years an ten summers an 1--WE
, mo- winters an l Amt dead yet.
De wages OBJ sin am def, an ef 70,
, am uond Whop vou 10 vo,nc n, o,.,