A curious sermon the brandon mississippi reports the following curious cil i r ious lous sermon bermon preached e I 1 e aaa dat at 4 1 the 1 iown fown town of waterproofs not far from brandon the ih e audience ought to be spirit proof 41 4 may say pay to you my rey viat olat hat I 1 am educated man an I 1 am not pot one 0 hem them a that edek ashun is is necessary fur nr a gospel minister fur I 1 bleeve the lord ede ketes kates his preachers jest lest as he wants em to be dedeka ted led an although I 1 say it that to say it yet in in tile the state of indianna Indi anny whar I 1 live athars no man as gits a bigger congregation nor what I 1 gits there may way be some here today to day my bre breather ether ing as don dont t know what persuasion I 1 am uv well I 1 may say tn in you mv my that im a hardshell baptist thara some romp folks as dont like the handsell Hard Hat tishell sell baptists baptist but id I 1 d ru ther hev a hard bard shell as no shell a it tall you see mn me e here today to day my bree up lip I 1 in ti e close you think I 1 was proud but I 1 am not proud my bree and although aith alth ugh ive bin a preacher uv nir the gospel fur twenty years an although z im capling of that flit fl tt boat that lies at yure landing im not proud my in y bree uree im not a gwine ter tell you whar vba r my tex lex may be found suffice it tu tit say its in in th the led of the bible an rind find it soine Boire whir wen the first chapter of the book of genera ji eions als and the last chapter of the book of 1 lations lut ions an ef go an search the scrip i tures as I 1 have a ditched itched the scriptures scripture not only find my if ex x lut but a great many ul uther ther texes as will do you good tu read reid an my tex when you shill find it you shill find it tu read thus can an he be played on a harp or ur a thousand thou thon tholand and string strings sper its of just men made perfect I 1 M my y tex bree leads me to speak uv gerits now liars athars a great greet many mony kinds of sper its in in the world in in the fust place athars the Epe rits as sum folks call all ali gli ghosts an anthen then b s jahe the of turpen time and then athars the gerits rits as sum folks call liquor an ive got as an at artibel of them kind uv spens on my flat boat as ever was waft fetched down the tile sipp sippi t river but athars a great many other kind of rits for tile lite ile lie tex bez he played on a harp uv a thou strings perils of just men made but ill eil ell tell you ou the kind nv ul scents as is ment in in the tex ex it s fire the kind of spent gasis as is ment merit in in the my bree now thersa hnis a great many man kinds linds of fire in in the world in the fust place barb harb bars the common sort voit uv fire you lite lile a gegar segar or nipe wilb with and end then athars cam lam fire fire before yure reddy and cfall fal tal baak gak and many other kinds uv fire lot for the tex aez ez he played on a harp uv a thou sand stings slings uv unjust just men made per feck 1 bu buryll ill lil lii tell you the kind hind uv fire ai a s i is ment in in the fhe ted tei ex my bree its liell bell fire an the bekind dmd uv fire as a great many uv come to ef t you dont do better nor what you have bin doin for he played on a harp nv liv a thou tilou sand sund strip stripes rs uv unjust just men made per derreck heck reck amr the dinnie rent horts sorts of fire in in ihei lip world may hp he likened 1 unto the different p r tin tia of 1 hn t a s in in lite tiie world in the ati fiot firt t pince place we lave I 1 ave ase the an in they are a ghigli afi bailin and rind a high ret set ard they nav nay lie liff likened unto a turkey buzzard that iles lips flips vp i p inta int A the air air hir and he 1 P goes gaca up and up lip till hf lip emlis no nil bl aser bier er than fina fing finder oer nail mil aud and the fust list thinly y you on know inow be cum down and arid down and ind glnn hion oin nin and down and is is fillin himself on the 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possum clings there still ah and you may nay shake one foot font loo too loose e and the others and you mav may shake allf all ail geet feet ept loose rind and lie lip lars laps his tail round the lim aim and he clips he played on a harp uv a thousand thou sand strings ot of just men made