The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1895-02-15
The Second Battle of Shiloh
BY c. WALLACE CAROTHERs.

BY c. WALLACE CAROTHERs.
$50 YOU are janltor OF Shiloh Church
Uncle Grogan?"
mo, marSe Tom, I'm de section o
de church. My biznes is to keep d.
lamp trimmed and Il burnin', cleo
dues from dem what's fell benin, an
to tote out de sisters what goes off in
trance when dey's cummin' through.
docs that often happen, Uncl
Grogan?"
Yes, sab! Mcetin's mighty nigl
a failery if at least six pussons dom
cum through ebry night arter the heb
benly yeast gifts TO wOrkin'mung dt
sinners. Why sab! las night Injur
jimmy wus de fust un dat got to rist
lin wild de debbel an fur a spell 'wu,
nip an tuck tween 'cm. BY and b,
ole brudder Nose Bardwell called
out frum de amen corner, 'bredderin
an sisterin' come ober hyar an sing
Over Thar" and help dis POI sister
sinner to down Beelxebud in de fust
r0un'. Wen dey gethered roun' In.
jun Jimmy wild jined hands, an as
der sweet voices riz an hoated on de
wings OBJ de sperrit clare up to de
purly gates, seed 'lnjun jimmy a
pattin' her foot an r0ckin' like de ole
ship o. Zion, frum side to side. Alter
while she riz wild a far away look in
her black eyes, an commenced a
crOonin' song:
MY knee bones a achin', my body's a
rackin' wild pain.
But Use sold my soul to Jesus Christ,
An I'm gwine to Heaven in de
mOrnin.'
"Amen. shouted de BREEDER in.
"Glory Glory " sclaimed 'Injun
jimmy a noddin an er bendin' faster
to keep time wild de music, what done
quickened up to de tune Of;
Wen chase de debbel around de
stump,
An glib him lick at ebry jump
Den all de sisters linked hans an
jumped aroun' shoutln' Glory. She's
saved. 'Injun Jinny's bin redeemed
by de blood OBJ de Lamb While sister
Vine Drake clapped hans an shouted
Glory Glory! Use got apurn full O.
glory"
"Sing "Hist yer wings an fly awaym
called out Elder Mike Winn; an dat
song finished de job; fur while we
wuS singin' de las" vuss, l nudged de
',istant section, Isaac Pickle, to lem
a helpin' han to tote 0lt Injun Jimmy
what dun fell under conviction. We
tux her out feet fo'most frum de
church to her home ober in Browns
Alley, to- be cared for by her own
family till she Gums through, for it
mought to three days afOre she gets
a genuine glimpse of de Promus' Lam"
what caused all that trouble at
Shiloh church, Uncle Grogan?"
"Why, Marse Tom, 'twus all brung
bout by dat trilin' Parson Johnsing.
You see he cum hyar an holp build up
dat fine, gran church, an his congre-
cation swore by him. Why haf dem
niggers thought Parson Johnsing
wus perfect Goddess. His wife
wus high stopper, one of dem quail
ity set what talks about a point OF
milk. Well, dey glib Parson J0hnsing
a horse and buggy, an sent him to
Europe, to tend dat great Panhandle
convention what met in London, wild
three hundred dollars sewed in de lin
in Ob his best Sunday coat. An we
did feel pow'ful proud. bout sendin
him TO de old country, when he cum
back wild sech CLOWN pictures Of Je-
rnsalem an JOppa, an showed us a
bottle OF holy water what he dipped
wild his own hans out of de ribber
Jawd0n. DO dat stuck up Roseana
Cooper did up an whisper Ober to me
durin' de sarmOn dat, II dat water
didn't cum out Of de Tennessee rib
Der 1t certainly examined it nightly.
We TUX up c'leXion regular ebry Sun.
dav mOrnin' an night too, an Parson
JOhnsing would stan dere an say,
Come up, sisters an glib to dc Lawd.
You sister Jane Boyle cum wild de
widder's mite: 'Tis more blessed a
thousand times ober to glib than to
recebc. Brudder Jones don slip in
dat dime; drap In dat dollar a clink-
in In yer ves' pocket. An you young
butterflies oh fashion, bring your
twenty-five centses up here, stead
tlOckin' down to de Op-ry House, an
payin' your whole weeks wages to
squeeze into dad Buzard's Roost, pur.
posely TO witness dem scan'lous
plays.
"Oh, Parson Johnsing was pow
full argutier IL Solomon didn' stay long
wild him. Yet, :ears passed by an
still dat church warnt paid for, or
finished up nuther.
'ParsOn J0hnsing rid r0un' in q
bran new buggy, an his wife had a
pianner, an origin an KEEP open
house. as dey call 1t, on New Years.
"Still de debt Ob dat church kep a
CROWN bigger, an dc members got
oneasy bout whar all dcre money
was gone, an got to hnldln' 'digna-
tiOn meetln's to resolute bout D'raps
dey better call 'nuddcr preacher what
could finish up dat church. By.me-by
dey 'vided up de members, an tux
sides like u spellin' match fur some
Oh de kind hearted sisters would stan
by Parson Johnsing. Eben de debel
has his foll0wln' you know. Den duse
what posed Parson Juhnsing called
Elder Spraggins way frum Kaintucky
to cum an Yipresent 'cm,
"lIc got here bout dust Saturday