The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-06-25

IAN will live in the hearts of our :
eople long after he has departed I
ence, to continue, we fervently hope,
a the holy mission he so nobly
trives to advance in this section.
YESTERDAY MORNINGS SERMON.
AS usual, a magnificent gathering
the Rev. Sam Jones' morn
ng service at the Tabernacle yester-
lay, aud among those present were
many from distant parts of McLcn-
ian county. These good people
rayeled many miles 10 hear and see
he preacher whose fame had preceded
lin, and the /. highest compliment
hat can be paid the rcvivalist is TO
,ay that, after hearing the sermon,
most OF the visitors resolved on pro-
IraSting their stay, and many of them |
have decided on waiting to the end. |
In commencing his discourse Broth
er Jones said there was sense In
which God meant exactly what he
said when lie stated that zone shall
chase thousand, and two 200, to
flight. In another sense II would some
times take thousand TO chase ono
and ten thousand to put two to flight.
lie would rather conquer the world
with forty true disciples or teachers
than with four hundred. Christ only
brought out twelve men to preach the
gospel, and yet they revolutionized
the world rs IL was never revolution
lied before and never will again. lie
believed the world would be better
for the teachings of Christianity, and
whether the number that went forth
l.at fAs oil lar N
trusted ut least that they would do
good. "God so loved the world that
lie gave up his only begotten Son,
that they might not perish but rather
that they should be saved and have
everlasting life lie thanked God
that the gospel now goes to the utter
most parts of the earth, and was So
extensive that IL even reclaimed the
heather; but while this was true, and
the gospel in mercy threw lis arms
around all people, yet there was an
other-the intensive feature of the
| gospcl-which went to the bottom OF
every heart and the top of every head
The gospel was extensive a. d intensive
enough to carry all points, aud REAP
convicts in all climes. II did not SOW
its seeds like the Georgia farmer who
cultivated forty acres to the mule, and
| the outcome of whose labOrs coulc
be seen months before the result,
were known. The speaker never pro
fessed being prophet, but from tn,
way in which that farmer attendtt
to his CROP he could see II
February that before November cam,
the grass was certain TO get away will
his cotton, the buZzards with his null
and the sheriff with the farmer him
self. (Laughter) a great deal of thi
kind of sowing used TO go on in Geor
gia, but tho thing was different now
The farmers down there concludes
that IL was better to have a crop o
twelve acres cultivated good thai
forty acres bad. And so with the Cos
) pel-better have II preached goot
} even by few, than inditferently b
many. And this idea of convertin
the heather. grand as ii was, had thi
little draw back, namely-that he di
not see how we could convert thcI
I until we were first converted oui
| selves. We could not send them wins
; we did not have. We could never sen
; salvation to China until such time q
5 we got il ourselves. The Chinama
D who made tour OF the world, ARR,
;. ing mt New York aud departing .
San Francisco, said that In all Chri
{ tendon he had been unable TO find
! man like Christ. Not one man III.
D Christ had he been able to find in a
! Christendom That fellow, hcathe
| though he was, knew what he Wa
, talking about. Converting the he,
q then Now, suppose they sen
r preachers out &c Hong Konl
S and that they succeeded |
5 "Christianizing" II like Chicago, wha
! then? Which of the two cities Is be-
ter morally -christianized Chicago @
E heather Hong Kong1 lie did nc
know what the congregation though
: but at rough guess, he would pre-
!. fer Hong Kong. Oaughter) TAX
: Foo Chow as enother example. III
: believed that city was as much 81
;. perior TO New Orleans, morally, as da
, was tonight. What was the use Q
, interfering with these people? VIVA
. harm had they ever done us? Uaugh
4 ter.l When We got salvation our
/ selves II would be well to send a littl
! of II TO the heather, but in the mean
) time, maybe the heather might tax
! Il into his head to send missionarie
over here to christianize us. lie the
! said there was verse OF scriptur
r which he would read for them, an,
/ before he Joined the church and be
came converted II gave him NOR
/ trouble than any other passage In tn
bible. IL was this: whatsoever |
, born Of God does not commit stu, 70
His seed remaineth In him, aid he cal
not sin because he Is born Of God.
: He desired TO tell his hearers RICH
, there and then that he was not dis
, cussing sanctifcation to-day. III
thought IL right to say that much, be
cause he knew some people were a
much afraid of that subject rs the,
were OF the devil himself. He had a
firm belief In IL as he had II
his own existence, but h,
was not going up that higl
to-day. lie proposed to resume wher'
he broke on in his discourse las
night. Some things which he SPOKE
we're occasionally deemed harsh, bu
he assured them he never spoke ex
cept In a kindly spirit. lie found
that there was way In which man
might preach without hurting any.
body, but he never could dig out any
text which would enable him while
speaking the truth 10 entirely avoid
striking somebody, directly or indi-
rectly. There were some people who
were easy 10 please In sermons, and
others were satisfied with sort OF
what might be called pocket-hauker-
chief religion-that Is, II they got so
that they could just have one little
cry everything would be all right.
I4anghter) Now he liked
to cry and shout even,
bat he could assure them Heaven
was away entirely on the other side
of shouting. (l.aughter) lie had
found that out himself and they would
wake up TO the same thing some time.
In fact they would all have TO get up