| Show two ond and a ahall half douar liana there are a good many people in their religion that remind me of uncle phil a pious i u a old id darkey of the old times in pr texas well phil was a fervent chris christian stian v with ith a great gift of prayer he lie attended all the saturday night prayer meetings 11 digs on the neighboring plantations and arid could pray louder and longer than any of the e brethren but phil had on one weak weakness n eis he dearly loved money and different from the negro g generally en rally he loved to hoard it near ear b by y us lived a man who not troubled b I by any scruples would pay pay Phila phil a dollar to work in his fields on sunday one sunday night aa as phil come home after dark I accosted him with where have you been phil Ob just knocking about massa you have been working for miller well you sec see massa the ole fellow is uin in needs an he lie jest showed me a silver dollar ani an I jest couldn t stan V it aint you afraid the devil will get ri you ou for breaking the sabbath P phil kil L scratched hig his head a minute and said I vess guess the sense me massa ina alsa no ho he says remember the sabbath day and kee keep j it holy phil went off looking pretty sober and is was not long before I heard his voice in fervent prayer back of the barn and so I thought I would slip down near enough to hear bear oh lord I I heard beard him say I have this day ripped and tired cussed and sheared at them confounded oxen of millers and jest broke the sabbath day lay oh lord please forgive me please forgive me for you ou knows I Is s noth nothing ing b but ut a miserable mise t iou i ie heathen anyhow if jest qt forgive me this time ill jill never do it agin as long as I live s lie gives me two dollars and a half a day A this point I was obliged to beat a hasty retreat but I lam am thinking that poor uncle phil the MI on only V christian in the world Loui louisville nille christian Christi all observer |
