Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-25
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FINE MY TEX "
n IN THE BIBLE.

The following sermon was re-
ported with considerable accuracy
by a Berca student for the Berea
Quarterly, and is published in the
Christian Work thru the courtesy
of President Frost of Berea Col
lege, Kentucky:
MY brethering, you'll fine my
tex somers in the Bible an |
haint a-goin to tell yer whar; but
hits thar, IF yer don't believe
hit, you Jest take down yer Bible
an hunt twcll yer fine hit, an
you'll fine heap more that $ good
too. Ny tex is this: ON this
rock will | build my Church, an
the gates of hell shall not prevail
against hit.
Nov, I'm goin ter speak the
truth ter day, no matter who hit
hits. III they's AIRY man III this
auiiencc tibet don't agree with me,
that's his lookout an not mine.
The question fur MS to answer
bout this tex is this: Wut Church
war hit tibet the Lord founded!
Wut Church war hit tibet the gates
of hell haint a-goin ter prevail IL
yainst, I'm a-goin ter answer
tibet question; an I'll tell yer wit
Church hit is; hits the Ole Hard
shell Baptist Church; thet's wit
Church hit is.
"A heap o people says hit was
the Chistian Church. Well, hit
warn't. The Complexities says
they're Christians; the Methods
SAYS, We're Christians, too.
Wall, | haint a Christian; I'm "A
Baptist. fine in the Bible tibet
the disciples war fust called Chris
tians at Antioch. Not at Jerusa-
lem. The Lord never called the
Church Christians, nur any per
son else tibet had airy right ter gin
the Church name. The Lord
founded the Church when he went
down inter the warter, an the
gates of hell shall not prevail a,
gainst hit!
Meow, they's a heap o people
don't lax the DOCTRINES of this hyui
church cuz we teach predestina-
ton. Now, | wanter tell you,
them folk is jist lax a ole hoss-ah!
You fotch him out at night-ah
An you go fur to carry him home
ali! An you come up nigh ontel
ole black stump-ah! settln'
by the side of the road-ah!
"An' wen the ole boss sees it h,
stops.ahl An his yure pintS
right straight at the stump-ah! an
every har on his back pints right
straight at his yurs-ah! an he
SAYS: There he is-ah! That's the
booger-ah! Oh! he'll ruin me'ah!
An thar he stan sab! with hl'
laigs stiff lax fence rails-ah! an
You CANT git him a-past tibet ole
stump-ah, But es you've got Il
good strong bridle-ah! yer kin gl
him up fernent hit-ah! an then ht
gives great snort, so-boo.ooh
an goes by hit with IL jump-ah
an twarn't nothin' but Il STUMP
none of the time. Now, brother
ing, they hahn no more harm II
the doctrines of the Ole llardShcl
Baptist Church-ah! than they i
in tibet ole stump abb
but, oh, my brcthcring-ah! w
fine tibet heap of them tibet IL
the church is mighty nigh rs ba'
as them that's out, an some Bap
fists haint much better'n otheI
churches. The worlds waNin
wus an wus, AN pears lax the
eend haint fur off. Wy, the Bap
lists over in Laurel thar aroun
me is gettin' too stuck up to wasl
one another's feet. They uste
have foot washin's reg lar. Blu
now hev to go over into White,
to get my feet washed, Wy breth
ering, wen the church was found
ed footwashin' was part on 1t
an | do hate to see the Baptists
all! goin' back inty the beggarl
elements of the world-ah! For o
this rock | will build my churcl
ali! an the gates of hell shall NJ
prevail against hit-ah!"