The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-13
DR.. RAsTUs 6oNEHEAD's LEG
TURE ON SUN STANDING STILL
His Views Met With Decided opposi-
tion From Elder Craps.

story dat the sun stool still vile
Jashua went on KILN off de Canaan
ties told de congregashun dat de
story could not possibly be true; dat
eff de sun war to stan still in de way
rekorded in Scripchures it would up
set de hole corse OBJ natur. l done tole
my people dat eff it had a happened
dat dar woulden't hey bin teapot
nor pail oh water but would hev upset,
an de hole world would hev bin split
out inter nowhar; dat all de stars and
planets would hev gone skihooten inter
space an buttin' one anundder out OBJ
shape jest nacherally tole dem dat
a pusson wild an ounce er branes in his
block couldn't believe sich stuff.
1sed its Soripchure all rite, but onbe-
Ileevable; dat | greed wild de crittucks
dat dar nebber wuz sich a thing eZ a
mirakle, an dat dar nebber sich er
day ez "a hours long.
l he'd hardly sot down wen Elder
Craps riz in his sect an begun to turn
on hiz hot air. He seemed ter be kon-
siderabul eggsited, an waved his arms
Ifroo de air like Dutch win'mill. But
! must admit dat dat darkey hez bin
a loolin up tings in gineral, an
l'speshally ocn teology ! fin dat he'z
lsum posted. In fact Is'e a bit afeared
OBJ him wen it Gums ter argument, fer
ihe's got er way OBJ gittin away wild
lhiz 'ponent. De furst ting dat he sed
wuz dat it wuz everdent dat de parsun
wuz agittin' furder an furder fun de
troof, an deeper an deeper in de mud
OBJ inferdelity, an dat it wuz about
time to AK him ter resine, or glib up
hiz fool noshuns. Jest ter think OBJ it,!
Dat dis minister oh e"new thOt.' a
man like ME-, who am de onliest OBJ de
cullerd clergy in Vinita, dat takes sich
a stand fur an advanced gospel, an
J who am hart an sole in wild de Man
an Religun Mobement," dat | should
, be yanked up dataway by an onedder-
. lkated coon brudder. Huh! / jest nigh
lcum to bilin' ober. But den | beleeys
lin pussonal libberty, an SO | had ter
! let de elder hab his way. I know dat
Idar ar some ministers, OBJ de whites,
; who hole de same vues, an eben here
: lin Vinita dar are sum dat now an den
; preach thar doubts, an FUN whose
. Hips you nebber heers a word about de
) needcessity OBJ de new birth, or de
, efficacy of de blood OBJ Christ, an who
are mostest reddy to quote Mr.. En-
mersen, er Brownin' er Shakespeer
:, RAIDER dan de scripcher; an am wild
r dem, aldo dey nebbers invites me in
ter thar poolpits, an | supposes dat
i, lit IL jest fun a. sort oh prejudice
? aginst mixln' cullers. Nebberdeless
II am one wild dem. But den to resoom;
$ Elder Craps sed dat de crittuck an de
r inferdel left out de mostest important
e pint OBJ de hole matter, dat de Goo
4 who made de world could widout any
trooble stop de macheenery, an make
I it obey Him in ebbery particular, an(
t dat widout any OBJ de drefful results
S de parsun referred to. An anuddel
r ting, sed de elder, | understands da
+ de bestest wife scholars say dat d.
'riginal nebber says stan still" bu
dat i would reed more properly
"tarry," or wait" an dat it means
litturly to stan up" or ito stan, da
is, it is used at 'tarryin " or remainin
0 in one place, state, or condlShun, a.
a for eggsample in 2 Kings 1920 Gen
p esis 45:1. So, den, wot de sun an d.
. moon are dun sed to hev dun in d.
! passage is to hev TARRIED, tarriet
3 fun disappearin not dat they stooC
n absolootly still, but dat thare appar
:. ent moshun Cor thare disappearance
o wuz slowed up er delayed So d.
Q simple s'looshun OBJ dat problum !
# det de sun continyood or tarried abu'
! de visible horyzon "as hole day.
d An eff dat be de troo theery, den it jes
d il wat takes place. am told, man,
|. days ebbery yeer at de Norf Pole, an
$ dat is dat de sun renamed visible fu
v de entire "a hours. How de Lord don
# did dat is none oh de parsons or emmy
l. body elses bizness; I'm sure it al
s none OBJ mine. He could do it, an H
v did do it, an dat's ernuff fur dis in
S dividyool.
III Wen de elder got froo wild his re
: marks dar was considderbul bobbir
S OBJ heads up an down, and some purt
n strong hallelayers an amens fun d
If pews, an ole sister Buzzer went inte
!" a tranz, an wen she KEN froo sed sh
r had seed a vision, an dat wisio
4 showed de parsun on a run wild d
n debbil hangin onter hiz cotetails. Blu
& den Ise one who kin stan a lot G