The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-07-02
BY GORDON COOPER
Copyright 1925 by Gordon Cooper

greying, bushy eyebrows at the
gathering throng. This was tri-
butte to his oratorical powers, and
he swelled with pride.
He motioned to the "tune hister"
a tune, Brudder Sim'son."
And "Brudder Sim'son" lined out
the words of an old spiritual to
fit the occasion--it was in the "lonp
and its dolorous rhythm
soon filled the building to the ac-
compartment of The humping of
feet and the swaying of bodies:
ode Ethiopian went down
To GAIA by de sea;
A-ridin' in his chariot
Wild great authorytee.
De 'Pos'le Philip foun' i'm dere,
A-readin' NV de Word;
He axed i'm did he unerstan'
De things he read an heard.
lie Ethiopian fepned,
How kin All un'erstan'
Widout somebody 'splains ter re
De writin 'ob His han?
De 'Pos'le Philip preached ter him
Dat he mus be baptized
Eff he desired ter occupy
A L Il.
De Eunuch said, de sea is hyah;
Now whut doth hinder me
Ter be baptized in Chris de Lawd,
Frum sin ter set me free?
Dey bofe went down inter de sea
An Philip ducked i'm in,
An buried i'm in Chris de Lawd
Ter free i'm frum his SIM"
"Glory hallerluyah! OATS right!
He BURIED I'M IN DE WATERw
shouted Doc. as he advanced to the
pulpit. The song had stimulated him,
and he wanted to start his sermon
while ode speret wuz a-hoverin' ober
i'm"
"Breddren an sistren, All wants
fer ter call yo' 'tenshun ter de
words oh Jesus when He say, many
shell come in nah name, savn'
All is Chris, but be not deceived.
An in anudder place de 'Pos'le
John say, 'bewar' OBJ de An'ichris' ;!
"Ah's hyah fer ter say ter yo'
in de name OBJ de Lawd dat de
man whut tells yo' dat yo' kin git
ter hebbun widout bein' buried IN
baptism is a An'ichris', an yo' had
better bewar' OBJ i'm! An dat goes
fer Rev'un jeremiah Montague Will
liams, tool
"Does yo' think dat de Lawd, in
all his power an wisdom in per-
vidin' de oceans an de rivers an
de creeks full OBJ water, is satisfied
wild dis halfway dizziness OBJ sprink-
lin few drops OBJ water on folk
SEES haids frum goblet er a pit
cher an calm 'em babtized? Nav
sub, He amt!
"An' right hyah All wants ter
tell yo' erbout a disgraceful thing
whit happund ter dis same Rev'un
jeremiah Montague Williams. Befo'
he got ter slingin' mud at me, bout
babtism All went ter his chech one
Sunday. Hit wuz hot day. an
All got thusty. Dey wuz pitcher
OBJ water a-settin' on de Ill table
on de platfawm. SO All tuck drink.
"Brudder Williams wuz in front
OBJ me, an he didn't see me take
de drink. An when he finished wild
de sermont, he had candidate ter
be sprinkled. Not babtized, min
yo', but SPRINKLED!
$50 he called fer de candidate ter
come ter de altar. Hit wuz a gal.
An when she kneel down, Brud-
der Williams pat 'er on de haid
wild his lef' han an reach eroun'
wild his right han fer de pitcher.
Den he close is eyes an turn de
pitcher up fer ter do de sprinklin'
But dey amt no water come out,
An he open is eyes an look down
kinder sprized.
"Den All sees whit is happund.
An de speret OBJ de Lawd moved
me ter speak befo' All knowed whut
All wuz dom, an All said, "Bless
de Lawd! Abs done drunk de Riv-
er Jordan dry!
A chorus of amens and hallelu-
jahs went up from the congrega-
ton. Oats tellin' i'm, Brudder!
Praise be de Lawd!"
Then Doc. Bloom resumed: "Does
yo' think de Lawd inten's fer his
chilluns ter be embarrassed lax
dat? Does yo' think dat de Lawd
wild all his power ter supply water
has ter skimp hise'f fer measly
lii bit OBJ water fer ter wash
erway de sins OBJ de worl'? Nav
sub, he don't!
can when dat uppity niger
jeremiah Montague Williams thinks
dat he kin fool de folkses lax
dat, he got anudder guess comm.
Dat man is livin' example oh
brass an tinklin' cymbal.
Eff dey ehber wuz a An'ichris', dat
nigger's de man.
"An' whut's mo-. dere's a wise