Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1889 — Clean in the Faith [ARTICLE]

Clean in the Faith

“Yas, sah, Mr. George,” said an old negro, “we got ter keep clean; wo got ter keep clean, sab, or dar ain’t no hope o' de salwation." “Why, then, don’t you go and wash yourself?” “Whar—whar—whut, sah? W’y doan I go wash merse’f?" “Yes, and put en a clean shirt You are as dirty as you can be. ” “Oh, now, yere, I ain’t talkin’ ’bout dat sorter keepin’ dean. I wuz talkin' 'bout keepm’ dean in de falf sah; in de foif. I ain’t got no time ter fool erlong with de waters o’ dis yere life. Whw I means is ter keep yer speret clcaiA washed in de dew-draps o’ de new Jerusalem; means, es I tells you, dat weVius' keep clean in de falf, sah; keep (lean in' de falf.”—Arkansaw Traveler *