Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-03-19

Medlock brought along with hl'n
copy cf the old Weekly Constltu-
tionalist which was published In
Augusta many years ago. From
this old paper we republish the
following sermon for the benefit of
our readers who are humorously
inclined:
A Hard-Shell Sermon.
GBy ]. S. Morris, of Mississippi
may say to you, my hrethring,
that am not an eddicated man, an
I am not one of them as believes
that eddication is necessary for a
gospel minister, for / believe the
Lord eddicates his preachers just az
he wants 'em to be eddicated, an
although say it that oughtD't to
say it, yet, in the State of. Indian
ny, whar / live, thar's no man as
gifts bigger congregation nor what
| gifts.
Thar may be some here to-day,
nv brethrirg, as don't know what
persuasion I am NV. Well, I must
say to you. my brethring, that I'm
a Hard-Shell Baptist. Thar's some
folks as don't like the Hard-Shell
Baptists, but I'd rather have
hard-shell as no she'll at all. You
see me here to-day my brethrlng,
dressed up in fine clothes; mou't
think l was proud, but / am not
proud, my brethring, and although
I've been a preacher of the gospel
ior twenty years, an although I'm
capting of the fatboat that lies at
your landing, I'm not proud, my
brethring.
I'm not gwine to tell edzactly
whar my tex may be found; su ffice
it to say, it's in the leds of the BIZ
BILE, and you'll find it somewhar be-
tween the first chapter of Genera
tions and the last chapter of the
book of Revolutions, and eff you'll
search the Scriptures, you'll not
find my tex thar, but great many
other texes as will do you good to
read, and my tex, when you shall
find it, you shall find it to read
thus:
And he played on harp Nv
thousand strings-sperits of jest
men made perfeck."
My tex, my brething, leads me
to speak of sperits. Now, thar's a
great many kinds of sperits in the
world. In the fuss place, thar's
the sperits as some folks call ghosts,
and thar's the sperits of turpentine,
and thar's the sperits as some folks
calls liquor, an I've got as good
an artikel of them kind of sperits
on my flatboat as was ever fotch
down the Mississippi river; but
thar's great many other kinds Nv
sperits, for the tex says, "He play
ed on the harp of a Thousand
strings, sperits of jest men made
perfeck."
But I'll tell you the kind Nv
sperits as is ment in the tex, is
FIRE. That's the kind Nv sperits
as is meant in the tex, my breth-
ring. Now thar's a great many
kinds Nv fire in the world. In the
fuss place thar's the common sort
of fire you light your seegar or pipe
with, and then thar's foxfre and
campfire, fire before you're ready
and fire and fall back, and many
other kinds NV fire, for the tex says,
He played on harp NV a thous-
and strings sperits Nv jest men
made perfeck.'
But I'll tell you the kind of fire
as is meant in the tex. my breth-
ring-it's HELL FIRE! and that's
the kind NV fire as a great many Nv
you'll come to eff you don't do bet
ter nor what you have been doin'-
for He played on a harp Nv 8
thousand strings, sperits Nv jest
men made perfeck."
Now, the different sorts of fire in
this world may be likened unto the
different persuasions of Christians
in the world. In the first place,
we have the Piscopalians, an they
are g high sailin' and a high-falu-
tim set, an they may be likened
unto turkey buzzsrd, thst flies IN
the air, and he goes up, and up,
and mn till ho looks no hipoer than