Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1890 — Clean In the Faith. [ARTICLE]

Clean In the Faith.

“Yas, sah, Mr. George,” said an old negro, “we got ter keep clean; we got ter keep clean, sah, or dar ain’t, n* hope o’ de salwation.” “Why, then, don’t you go and wash yourself?” “Whar—whar—whut, sah? W’y doan’ Igo w sb merse’f?” “Yes, and puton aclean shirt. You areas dirty as you can be.” “Oh, now, yere, I ain’t talkin’ ’bout iat sorter keepin’ clean. I wuz talkin’ bout keepin’ clean in d 6 fail, sah—in ie faif. I ain’t got no time'ter fool srlong wid de waters o' dis yere life. Wnat I mean is ter keep yer sperit clean, washed in de dewdrops o’ de new Jerusalem; means, ez I tell you, iat we mus’ keep clean in de faif, sah —keep clean in de faif.”—Arkansaw Traveler.