The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-06-27
REV. SAM JONES.


Continued from Fourth Page.
In our extended report of Thursday
nights sermon we were compelled,
owing to its great length, to abrcviate
IL towards its close. In order to COM
plete the discourse, we now append
that portion unavoidably left out,
which will form interesting reading
matter. Ii is as follows.l
Did IL ever occur to you, as YOU
closed your door at nigh, that God
said, "man, heavens door is going to
close some of these days, for the last
time, and will you be with the an
gels2" Did 1t ever occur to you,when
some noise woke you NJ in ,he night
that IL was God saying: "Behold the
bridegroom cometh-are you ready
don't understand what this "laugh-
ing at calamity and mocking when my
fear .cometh" means: | cannot realize
what that means; when II refers to
Gods infinite love and Justice, | don't
understand il. But think can IL.
lnstrate IL. A worthy father living in
Alabama had one child. a sun, and he
trained him as he would have him
hohtbts iuuu ,
and finally when the boy
was old enough to go to
college he sent him OH to college. lie
sent him oil TO college-sont him to
college. Right there Is II moral. aud
frequently the eternal death.kucll of
your boy. Thank God for every ool-
lege in America that is secure In its
moral tones aud upright in its moral
trainings. Brethren, | just want to
say this-l would suffer my right arm
cut oil before would speak a word
against education. am for II.
would rather my boy were in heaven,
twenty-five years old, learning his
"a. u. C.s" than in hell reading Greek
lie sem him OF to college and dare
assert in my place tonight, that YOU
had better mind what that involves
Many father has sent of cheerful
healthy, sensible moral boy to Coileg,
and he comes back physical, mora
and eternal bankrupt. Let's cover
our boys; shelter them by or prayer.
and the best influences Of earth. Let,
do that. | have two little boys at m,
house. They are the idols OF my heart
Oh, sirl how my heart jumps thou
| bhnh lCAub buth W NtuE
gia, and down In its good will to tn, 81
two little boys. Whenever at HON,
they are my shadow. 1 can no NOR,
get out of sight of those little fellow
than | can fly. l do love those littl,
fellows. They seem so glad to be will
me. Lord God Almighty shield IN,
boys, and help me to train and edu
cate them In the best and grandes
way II Is possible for them to be edu
Gated. He sent him oil TO college, an,
in four years he caIno back gradu
ate-I believe maybe of the frs
honor. forgot whether he gradu
ated with the first honor in the liter
AIRY department, but, sir, h
was n graduate of the iirs
honor and of tho first waite
in everything that was immoral an,
degrading. That boy came back iron
college, and from bad to worse h.
went until his fathers heart was al
most literally broke, and OH and OF
that boy went, and that father lavished
every conceivable kindness upon him
lie would not let him lack for any
thing in the world that money ant
love could procure for him. Deeper
down the boy went, the more tendoi
and loving the father was. He me
him in town one day-met him OF
the sidewalk, q drunken brute, and
that boy cursed his father TO his face
The father turned and drove home
lie drove up into the grove in from
of the house. lie hitched his horse
That father strolied slowly an,
thoughifully down to the. further cor
ner OF the grove. When he reached
! that place, he was seen to put hi.
hands ON his head, this way (illusira
ting) and wall and shrek OF agOn,
escaped his lips that could be heart
: almost for a mile Then he tool
his hands down; then placed then
back again on his head, and such I
wall of agony was scarcely ever hear,
on earth. lie turned around anC
walked back TO the house with
I, pleasant smile and was sitting, talkin!
with his wife when his drunken boz
came staggering up the steps. Tn,
: father met him and him around ant
|. said, Leave my presence; know yol
! no longer; you are no longer my son
You are a brute, and shall never b,
anything else TO me-" The bo,
walked down the steps, went back /,
town and In ten days that boy died
unnoticcd and unwept, In the gutter
= of the town. His father did not <,
TO his funeral-never saw him an,
more. Give him up. will praise
God in heaven some of these DAYS,
trust, II J live long enough to heal
! and heed his calls and decide to be ,
christian. Thank God. Poor old ship
driven by fearful storms, now bleache,
ON the beach. We may see the higl
tide come in and sweep over
, the decks and see Il ~ IL trem
Dies under the presures OF
the waterfall would carry II ont
The tide goes out aud leaves IL high
and dry. Poor old shipl why did you
not go outl You will crumble into a
thousand pieces before another tide
comes In. II came, and | saw the
ship tremble under the pressure OF
the water, and say: Poor old shin
go out The tide reccdes, and leaves
II on the beach. The next day /
walked down on the beach, and that
poor old ship has crumbled into ten
thousand pieces, aud will never 20
out TO sea. Look Mt that man, there
on the beach of time. lie is stran-
ded tonight and the high tide of SAL
WALTON comes in and surrounds you.
say; Poor mani go out to sea; don't
SIT there; go out tonight. God help
MS! God help us tonight to launch
out this night ON the bottomless.
bonndless ocean of Gods love, and
never stop until we are hayened in
the harbor of eternal rest,