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de text and preach for at least a hour, den another one would cive a text and. do his preachin‘ ‚ and ‘bout dat time another one would rise up end say dat dem rust two ‘brudders had. done ~ ‚ but 4~~hewas~wine o tnT to double dat number. Den he would do his preachin‘ and atter d~t one of dem others would gît up ~nd say: ‘Brudders and Sisters, us is all here for de s~rae end only purpose - dat of savLn‘ souls. Dese other good brudders is done preached,. talked, and preyed, and let the g~p down; now I‘m. gwine to raise

it.	Us is ~wine to ~it ‘ligion enough to take us straight through dem pearly gates. ~row, let us sing whilst us gives de new brudders and sisters de right hand o~ rellowship. One or dem old songs went sort of lak dis.:

‘Must I be born to die
And l~y dis body down?‘
	“When dey i~ac~ done finished ~l1 de verses ~mnd choruses o1~ dat dey started:

‘J~niazin‘ Grace, dow sweet de sound
Dat saved a wretch lak me.‘

	“‘Fore dey stopped dey usually gp~ ‘round to singin‘:
tOn Jordan‘s stormy banks I stand, And cast a wishful eye, ~ro Uanaan‘s fair and happy land
	~	‘tïb~r mypossessions lie.‘

	“Dey could keep dat up for hours arid it was sho‘ good singin‘ ‚ for dat ‘s one thing iiggers was born to do - to sing when dey gits ‘ligiôn.