The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-12-08
A NEGRO PREACHERS
SERMON FROM MEMORY
Shows Wide knowledge of the Bible
But in Somewhat Mixed State.

learned his sermons by hearing some
other preacher give them, that is
why the old fellow gets so badly
mixed up.
"Befo' All selexes de tx, NAH be-
dubbed fellow sufferers, All wishes to
call 20 detention to de fact dat de
reg1ar quiah meetin' will be holt at
dis chu'ch on mex Friday ebenin' at
haf-pas seben. On Monday ebenin',
All wants a meetin' OBJ de Deekins.
At dis meetin' All wants reports fun
dis committee las yeah a-eall, and we
CANT expec' de railroad Company CD
Goldsboro to keep open coal cyars on
de side tracks all dis yeah lax dey
did las.
We will now proceed wild de ser
mon. In selexin' de tex tonight nah
belubbed fellow suffers, All wants
70 to go way back wild me to de
time when ,Chadrack and Lette'ergo
walked th'oo de fariE' flames OBJ de
fahry furnace; when de lions wuz
cas- into Daniels den an Jonah swal-
lowed de Prince OBJ Wales. Oar we
fms de stunin' wuds cat a sutten man
had two sons, an de younges' of desc
wuz a very contemptionable young
man and in no wise repos' to do the
will of his fatheh, an he was darof
prejugal son an de las state oh
dat man wuz wus dance fus' state.
Bineby dis young man look aroun'
an see dat he been livin' awful easy,
and so he go to the he Paw an say,
"Paw glib me nah share OBJ de sub
trum and ah will TAX it an you will
see my face no mo-" Now all reckon
de OIL man was tiahed foolin' wild de
projugal an war willin' to let him
hoe he own row, kase we read in de
book dat de young man tax he share
oh de subtrum and he go into a fur
country, an dar he spen' he sub
trum in riochious extrabagance, high
liben, an sin an bineby he money
all thowed away an he was rejuced
to a great needcessidy.
So great wuz the needcessidy dat
de young man wuz rejooced to dat
he wus compel to hiah hisself ont
to rich man to min hogs.
Now, de scripture dom tell US so,
but it is supposed dat dis wus very
mean white man kase We read in de
book dat de young man wuz fame to
full his stummick wild de husses
what he fed de hogs wild. So when
de young man look at hissf an see
how he ibbin now, he begin to think
an he say to hissf "De very ser
wants on nah Paws place got braid
an I amt had none. Ah'm goin'
back to de oP man an make him take
me as er hiahd man on de planta-
shun." An when he say dat, he TAX
of de rings an thowed 'em at de
pigs an dey reun at 'em, kase you
read in de bool: dat if 20 cas- 20
pearls befo' swined, dey'll tur' roun'
an rem you.
So bineby when de young man wus
yet long Wy off from home, he
wus overlook by great deluge OBJ
rain; an it rain forty years an forty
months. So great wuz de deluge dat
de young man wus compel to bull
hiss'f boat to keep frum gett'n'
drowned. After he sail roun' in de
boat a mont, a mont an half or too
mon'ts, he lit on Mount Ararat, wild
de olive branch in he mouth; an
jes as he lit on de olive branch wild
Mount Ararat in he mouth, his Paw
see him, an he run out an hug him
an kiss him an he say, "Oh Abso-
lum, NAH son, nah son, Absolum,
an he glib him a gop stud wild a
white shut in de BOSOM an some
rings fo' his fingers an he call his
servants an tell 'em to make a great
feast. Kase NAH son Absolum, which
was dead, am living again. An as
he say so, so hit was done.
An bineby when de great feat wuz
ready, he sent roun' an invite all
his rich neighbors to come, an da
wild one consent begun to make ex-
cuse. One say he just bought some
new groun' an got to look after his
purchase, an another say be JUS
maide a nice young wife an'-an' he
wurnt hungry.
So when de Of man see how his
rich neighbors discount him, he git
very vexed, an he call he servants
an tell'em to 60 in de highways an
by-ways an fotch in de lame, an de
deef, an de blin', kase nah son Abb
solum which was dead am livin' agen.
So de servants went out in de high
ways an de by ways, an gather up
de bin, an de lame an de deef, kase
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