The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-08-05
SAW JONES

TALKS ABOUT TRUTH TO ToTENNEssEASs.
Nashville Americana
An idea is thought worked into
shape ready for hand, tongue, or foot.
As you think, so you are. Tell me
what you are thinking about to-day
and III tell you what you'll be doing
tomorrow so, let me tell you, breth,
rem, you'd better mind what you are
thinking about to-day, If you know
what's good for you-if you would
have any respect to what you may
be doing tomorrow.
You partial, Of the nature af>men
and thips7 by which you are sur.
rounded. You--like your eiroa.ss
stances and associates. Place the
worst man in Murfreesborough in
good company and he'll be as good
as anybody. No man can stay with
me for an hour and not be good as |
am-and don't mean to say that /
am over good. | only mean to say
that in my presence or in the pres
ence of any other minister Of the
Gospel he will not swear. ! know no
good man would-or, should say,
no gentleman would. ! have over.
heard men swear who, on noticing
my presence, would begin to beg my
pardon. "Poor mai" / have ans.
wered such. "Youd q great deal
better be on your knees begging
Gods pardon--not mine
It's the world that shapes us up
morally. We partake Of the nature
of the things we associate with.
Bring hither corpse and a coffin,
and | will soon be perfectly saturat.
ed With gloom; but surround we with
the aroma Of the beauty Of flowers,
and their Sweetness melts into my
heart. Tie man who puts his mind
and his eye on tie truth and lives in
an atmosphere Of truth, viii as na.
turalIy speak the truth as syrup will
fiow from o lug filed with syrup, il
is what comcth out that defileth the
man. II Is these outgushings that
show what We are.
Iftbere is one character / despise
above all others, il is o liar-all towns
have their regular "town liar"-and
| I'd rather be the lowest town dog
that roams the street at nigh than "a
be q man you can't rely on q word be
saws; one who couldn't tell The truth
10 save his life at three fair trials.
How love a truthful man--truth
| ful in eYery ast and word Of his life
one Who l;yes In, BY, with, aud fol
the truth Ills life becomes 80 wholly
saturated with truth that be COULDN'T
teIl a falsehood If he we're TO try.
/ know on old fellow down i
Georgia who thinks IL no harm to te.
a lie abont some things. lie make
| tbe heat witness in The world, for b.
slways tsstiiIes 10 behalf Of The low
yor ihaL calls him. Ills excuse Is tba
directly after the war he swore tha
he had willingly set his slaves free
which was q stupendous lie, aud b
hasn't cared for lying since. I
truthful man always tell the truth
whether under oath or not.
Truth, my brethren and sisters, !
better than money. ! meyer saw
real truthful man who couldn'tget O
thr money he wanted, however poe
hO might be; while ] have see
wealty liars who couldn't get accom-
modation at oil.
There are two characters in MuI
fteesborough, one Of whom Is q MI
lhodist. fsay Methodist, for l ney,
refer critically to any other denomlni
tiou, I feel free 10 rcbpkc Meth
i lists, and ! find that keeps me
Z busy as / want To be kept. lLaug
) teri It's oil can find time to do
tote my own Methodist skillet arOun
tLaughter.1 ,
C. well, Of those two characters .