Connecticut western news., 1885-09-30
SAM JONES AGAIN.
From Me Uticd Herald.

From the Utica Herald
 In late sermon Rev Sam Jones goes on at this rate:
 There's not one in ten of you here who cares a rap whether man gets 0 place to eat or sleep just so long as you and your wife and children get enough. Yes, that's so. God is not going to do much for concern like this, I tell you He thinks too much of himself to mix with that class.
 I'm your guest and I'm going to be- have myself, but while I'm here in the pulpit I'm going to say few things, -nd if you don't like the way things go you know the way out
 God will not do for any one what a man will not do for himself. That's your own job, and some of you have got Q mighty tough job. God will never quit drinking whisky for you, and nothing in Gods world will keep man sober who is pouring in whisky. Christ and whisky don't stay in the same hide at the same time.
 Do you know a pious politician in America to-day? Do you? Rack me out one. want to see him powerful bad. I've been hunting for one for years. ain't on politics, but I wanted to say this much.
 I've got the profoundest contempt for man or woman that will drink wine, beer or whisky. It's these things that are debauching humanity.
 There are lots of preachers who are everlastingly preaching on the God side of redemption, on the divinity of Christ, and the authenticity of the scriptures, and of the mysteries of redemption and the incarnation. La mel The devil don't want any better joke on preacher than to start him off on that line. 'sHe that believeth not shall be damn ed.'' That's infidelity and that's curse. It isn't Bob Ingerson. Ingerson is a theoretical infdel, so called. He does no harm.
 If you want to know the infidels of this country, it's the Methodists, the Presbyterians and the Baptists. They are practical infdels-Ingersoll is theo- retical. They believe everything in the Bible, and won't do one thing in it. That's the infdelity that's a curse. It IS my religious duty to work as well as pray. l never saw real lazy man in my life that had any confidence in his I religion.
 There are women in this world who haven't struck lick of work with their own hands for years. They board and lay around and about; all they do is shop, shop, shop. Hell Is full of such women as that! That sort cannot go to | heaven.
 If this sad, solemn, dropping, digni- fled piety is what makes your religion, I want it before die, but don't want it until just about minute before I die T don't want to be loaded with 1t while I live. If religion means I shall nope and cry and must not laugh, it would be too short to stretch myself in and too narrow to curl myself up in.
 Have you ever been to 8 prayer meet ing in Cincinnati or town prayer meet ing? The preacher walks in solemnly and almost noiselessly, and the old brethren come in and scatter around the church as far apart, as possible; cue brother is called on to sing, and another to pray, and then after prayer they'll go home sneakingly and call it 'growing III grace. On, LOrQ, W0aG lonesome time thoy have hadl The Lord don't go within mile of 'em and the devil gets in. Whenever a man can't laugh he is in need of liver medicine. There's some thing wrong with him. Many fellow in this country has mistaken disorder ed liver for religion-a miserable old dose it is to carry. I don't care whether man laughs or cries at church. want to know whether he's good husband or father and good neighbor.
 We have disgusted the world with our religion-it's not attractive to the race, because our religion is without joy, glad ness, smiles and songs.
 Let's get little more get up and gil in our religion. It'll do good. This three-mile-an-houri lick won't keep ahead of the devil.
 Stand here and see that sister headed for the theatre on Wednesday night God wants her to go to prayer meeting and he will pull on that line, and the devil wants her to go to the theatre, and he pulls on the line.
 Don't criticise me, but criticise your self. You can't say anything worse abou me than I can about you. If there' anything I despise it's 6 dull time. like to see things move up. 
 "A desirable companion-The Con