The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His AchievementsBrown, William Wells
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The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements
Brown, William Wells
African Americans -- Biography
"I am so glad to hear it," responded she, "for I want to hear something
good. Now do give me your experience, brother Pinchen; it always draws
me nearer and nearer to the Lord's side."
"Well, sister Young, I've had great opportunity in my time to study
the human heart. I've attended a great many camp meetings, revival
meetings, protracted meetings, and death-bed scenes, and I am
satisfied, sister Young, that the heart of man is full of sin and
desperately wicked. This is a wicked world, sister, a wicked world."
Mrs. Young asked, "Were you ever in Arkansas, brother Pinchen? I've
been told that the people out there are very ungodly."
Mr. Pinchen said, "O, yes, sister Young; I once spent a year at Little
Rock, and preached in all the towns round about there; and I found some
hard cases out there, I can tell you. I was once spending a week in a
district where there were a great many horse thieves, and one night
somebody stole my pony. Well, I knowed it was no use to make a fuss;
so I told brother Tarbox to say nothing about it, and I'd get my horse
by preaching God's everlasting gospel; for I had faith in the truth,
and knowed that my Saviour would not let me lose my pony. So the next
Sunday I preached on horse-stealing, and told the brethren to come up
in the evenin' with their hearts filled with the grace of God. So that
night the house was crammed brim full with anxious souls, panting for
the bread of life. Brother Bingham opened with prayer, and brother
Tarbox followed, and I saw right off that we were gwine to have a
blessed time. After I got 'em pretty well warmed up, I jumped on to
one of the seats, stretched out my hands, and said: 'I know who stole
my pony; I've found out; and you are here tryin' to make people believe
that you've got religion; but you ain't got it. And if you don't take
my horse back to brother Tarbox's pasture this very night, I'll tell
your name right out in meetin' to-morrow night. Take my pony back, you
vile and wretched sinner, and come up here and give your heart to God.'
So the next mornin', I went out to brother Tarbox's pasture, and sure
enough, there was my bob-tail pony. Yes, sister, there he was, safe and
sound. Ha, ha, ha!"
With uplifted hands, old mistress exclaimed, "O, how interesting, and
how fortunate for you to get your pony! And what power there is in the
gospel! God's children are very lucky. O, it is so sweet to sit here
and listen to such good news from God's people!"
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