The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-04

I Church called on myS.
all the urbanity OF az,
gler requested an insps
valuables and the keys r..
| house, more to save troup,,
breaking of locks than any,i
! which makes me think thu
| their ministers was SO "give1
pitality" even in those darkA
| to demand 1t OF others. Tho
a company of him and what he cA,
carry on he piously DESTROYED.
the people of my early neighbofhoo6-
| got along 'all right in the big meet.
ings." helping each other in song.
prayer and sermons. showing the out
siders how good and how pleasant it
is for brethren to dwell together in
unity" till one day in one of the Pro-
! testant Churches a negro woman who
had Joined (you know. in those days
| the negroes all belonged to the white
folks church) requested to be dipped
and couldn't be persuaded otherwise.
| I don't know why the preacher hesi-
| tated for he had said that all Jordan
| was as good as drop. He may have
been unprovided with a change Of
clothes and the wash woman wouldn't
be in for a day or two. compromise
was entered into. The woman. whose
name was Phillis. was to find a place
] in the creek with a log over it-she
| would wade out conveniently under the
| log and the preacher would push her
under the water and he thus come OF
| dry shod."
1t must have been an interposition
| OF Providence. or may be there was
loose bark, anyhow, the "cooning" the
| log, the wading and the pushing were
all right to this point, but as he lean
| ed and pushed he slipped and into the
water he went, head and ears" AZ
the woman came up blowing. splash
| ing and suffering. she shouted. BLESS
God! Bofe Phillis an de eunuch went
down into de watah togedderr And
| the peace of that neighborhood was
gone, for some said the preacher
4 wasn't a eunuch and some said that
| the woman had mtsquoted Luke, and
some said water was no good and 9TH
| ers said without water you'll be
| damned, and the stew put us in such
| pickle that a man mad to roll his
| own logs. and burials were lonesome
occasions. 1t was dangerous to speak
| Of sprinkle Of rain or going Gin
| washing" Somebody would think
you were stepping on his toes" and
| be ready for fight or an argument
| I'm glad 1t isn't so now. Even in the
multiplicity of ways nearly everybody
| admits that we Baptists and the Rus
| SLAMS have struck it right" and we've
concluded that it's not a matter to
| fuss" about and so. we can sing and
| pray and praise together and love each
other and "neighbor" with each other
and hope to meet each other where
| there'll be no water or the need of it.
But, 1 think. outside of water. with
its disturbing quality, we ought to
stand together against the heather.
1t was my blessed privilege once to
| be the Good Samaritan in a liquor
case. 1 had carried the good news of
no indictment" till nearly shutdown.
when / got a good Hardshell Baptist
to finish the job as he knew where
the parties WERE I ascertained that
| the Minister had grown no sugar cane.
As I was plodding my way homeward,
like the weary ploughman. Except
that 1 was in a cart) the mother of
one of the suspects accosted me but
to be made happy by the news. Among
other things 1 told her that had
found Baptist preacher without mo-
lasses and. 1 thought. as her husband
had made quite a quantity of 1t there
should go about five gallons to the
preacher for my disinterestedness
who is the preacher. Brother Culpep-
PERI" l told her. "Oh, you know
he's not of our --.4.n and order"
/ told her 1 thought faith and order"
should yield to a lack of molasses.
And it did Mind you. how rejoicing
with her son, that he was no law
breaker, improved the religion circum-
scribed by faith and order" And SO,
have concluded that we will all be
a little happier and enjoy our religion
a little more and stick to our Breth-
rem, the Russians, a little better, If we
care less for faith and order" and
give more folks molasses. It's a good
| way.
J. Culpepper.