EXHORTATION (A NEGRO SERMON)

Re-mem-ber, if a brudder smotes dee on de lef’ cheek, Turn roun’ and’ han’ him de od-der! Kase, — ef you kaint ’turn good fu’ e-vil,—— What’s de good o’ bein’ a brudder? Sez’ — when de an-gry pas-sions ris-es wid-in dee,—— Say, “Sat-an,— go!—git dee be-hin’ me!” Den stop! an’ count a hun-dert,—— den go on ’bout yo’ bus’ness!— Be keer-ful,—— be cau-tious,—— al-ways look be-fo’— you leap,—— Be sho’ you do— some pray-in’— be-fo’ you goes-a to sleep.—— To fight is wrong,—— it’s wrong to fight,—— An’ no two wrongs-a kaint make-a one right, So try an’ be right unto de en;— Dat’s right, all right! A-men! A-men! Dat’s right, all right! A-men! A - A - A - A - A - A - men!——