Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-15
PULPIT PHILOSOPHY
ALWAYS BE COMMENTED, SAYS
THE CoLoRED PREACHER.

THE Evangelist" a local mission publica-
ton. prints the following:
Use not er gwine ter preach er sermon
dis ebenin'," said the colored preacher. II
jes' wants ter hab er heart-ter-heart talk
wild you all erbout de way in witch you am
always err blamin' somebody er sumfn fer
yer own Shortcomings. Erbout er mont
ergo I rece bed er postal kyard from er
member oh dis congregation, 'formin' me
dat he had bin 'carcerated in jail fer steal
in err chicken. an askin' me ter call on
him. went ter de jail an foun him in er
berry 'sturbed state of min. He wah sorry
he wah caught an locked up, oh co'se he
wah, but he blamed de chicken fer all de
trouble he wah in. He said if de chicken
hadn't bin dar de wouldn't hab stole 1t.
Now, wat kind OBJ reasonin' do you call
dat? An yet, brudders, OATS de kf1le dat
some of you am er usin' right erlong. You
go out an git drunk an den blame it on de
saloon. You say If de saloon hadn't been
dar you wouldn't hab got drunk. All nah
brudder, de saloon may be dar, de chicken
may be dar, an chen de watermilyun may
be dar. but If you all keep close up to de
although yer moufs may water wen you
see de watermilyun, you can pass dem all
In safety an come out at las er shuah win
ner. You hear me?
Deere am anudder ting / would like ter
beat into yer thick heads ternight, if l can,
an dat am de great 'portance OBJ bein' sat
tsfled wild yer lot in dis life Belubed, If
yer wants ter be happy in dis worl' you
fac dat you can be jes' as happy on or
street car as you can in er automobile, an
'siderably more safer. YOuse always grum-
lin bout yer lot an you nabn't sense
much better off dan er whole lot OBJ rich
people
Have an Advantage.
"Eben wen youse sick you hab de van
tage. You jes sen fer de doctor an wen
he comes he looks at yer tongue an he feels
yer pulse, an he says: Wat you bin eat
IMP You say: I wah down de riber yes
t'day an eat some crabs. an some ice
cream. an some corn beef an cabbage, an
some pigs feet, an l drink some lemonade,
an some ginger ale, an some beer, an er
little gin, an some whisky, an OATS ALL
De doctor says 'Uh-huh,' an writes out er
scripton, wich you hab pounded an you
takes it an in err hours time youse all right
ergin. OATS ca Sc you Sc poor man. Now,
If you had OBJ bin er rich man de doctor
would had said, 'Neber mine erbout vat
you'se bin eatin.' Wen find dat out after
erwhile, wen We cuts you open, case from
de present symptoms dar am gwine ter be
err operation formed, but befo' can do
anything in de premises L Sc got ter SEN ter
Chicago fer DIR. SNOWFALL de eminent spe-
c'lst. Wen de speclist aribes dey hab er
consultation an DR.. SNOWFALL says an oper-
alton am necessary. He says dat de symp-
toms all pint to der fac dat you hab de APP
prehendicitis, an dat de only ting ter do is
ter cut you open an remove der apprehen-
dix. He will tell you dat eben den he doan'
know wedder he can sabe yer life er not,
but he am sure dat wild little extra care
he sabe de apprehendix. Oar am only
two shure things erbout de whole bizness-
fust, dat de doctors am gwine ter get yer
money an put it in der pockets, an second,
dat dey gwine ter git your apprehendix an
put ii in bottle OBJ alcohol. All, nah
brudder, nah sister, be contented wild yer
lot, chen If it amt corner one.
"All stan up, now, an Brudder Judson
will sing de last verse of number seben by
hisself an you all will jine in de chorus
Praise de Lord IN de summer,
Wen de am beatin down;
Praise Him IN de winter,
Wen de on de groun'
Praise Him W en- its cloudy,
An wen de shinin' bright,
Praise Him in de moTnin',
In de ebenin', an at night.
Chorus.
''In de winter II am cold
In de summer 1t hot,
But jes move erlong er siDgin,
An be contented wild yer lot"