Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1898 — A Heavy Soul. [ARTICLE]

A Heavy Soul.

A#Methodlst minister who has a keen sense of humor, and many good stories at his tongue’s end, tells one of a pray-er-meeting he attended during a revival in a Southern city. He was standing near a colored man, ■who Joined In the single g of stirring hymns with a fervor not at all lessened by the fact that he knew very few of the words and was unprovided with a book. The chorus of one hymn was: My soul is heaven bound! Glory, hallelujah! My soul is heaven bound! Praise ye the Lord! During the singing of the first verse and the chorus of the colored man listened, turning his head from side to side. When the chorus recurred at the end of the second verse, he joined in It with great vigor, singing, to the minister’s amusement and confusion: My soul weigh? seven pound! Glory, hallelujah! * My soul Weighs seven pound! Praise ye the Lord!