The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-05
A Sermon by Sam Jones.
The Evil of notwithstanding The Folly Of
swearing-The Curse of Gambling-Moral
Impurity-The Cost of Intenperance

| SWeaflnS-Ine curse OF Gam bllng-MoTa
| Impurity-The Cost of Intemperance
REV. SAN 2. JONES, the Georgi
Evangelist, preached the following ser
mon in the Gospel Tent at PlattsblrI
Camp meeting, Missouri, ON sunda,
afternoon, 18th July, to an audience o
five thousand people. Il is cerbatia
report by the St. Louis Globe Democrat
and our readers viii agree that it is wei
worth the space it occupies in TIL
CLARION;
THE SERMON.
| Brethren, / know there are manl
hearts here this evening. There ar
many here who believe that God hear
and answers prayer. VIII you pray fo
me? Will you let me lean on YOU
prayers as talk TO these immortal souls
There are men here to-day who are list
ening to their last sermon in this world
There are men who will never be in thi.
sacred spot again, and men who vii
never be under the sound of the gospe
| again, and how important that this ser
| vice be profitable one Now, brethren
| give me your prayers while | talk. Al
of you who want to come In under the
tent go around and come in at the rear
If you pass down in front you disturb
| the congregation. We invite your at
tention this afternoon to these -four
words:
| Escape for tiny life. Acts xix, IL.
y
Escape for thy life. / believe have
only about three questions for any man
who stands up to preach the gospel oi
the Son of Ged to me. The first ques
ton always is this: Do you know
what you are talking about? Are you
posted on the subject you are discussing
| When this question is satisfactorily
answered, then | have another equally
as important: "Do you mean kindly
to me in what you are saying? Is your
heart in sympathy with me- Do you
| love me? And when that question is
answered have but one more to ask any
preacher, and that is: "Do you believe
what you preach" Now if any man
will answer these three questions in the
affirmative | will open my heart wide
open and invite him in.
Do you know what you are talking
about? Well, before am through this
evening, you can determine that. As
to whether mean kindly or not, every
expression of my face and every look OF
my eye can determine that for you. And
do live what | preach2 If | had no
religion / would do that. A man that
| throws as many rocks as l do had better
keep out of glass houses, | reckon.
make the proposition in Missouri, in
Tennessee, in Georgia, my own State,
and everywhere go, if you see me dc
anything 4 Christian ought not to do,
if you will tell me of it, l will quit ii
or will quit preaching, one. will not
be hypocrite in the Church of God
| If you will point me out single duty
that Christian ought to perform and
don't get right at it, 1 will quit the
Church. will not be hypocrite in
| the Church of God.
| THE PLAIN, NAKED TRUTH.
Then let us come together on these
propositions. / am a man. You are a
man. We are all men of the same hopes
and fears, the same difficulties, the same
weaknesses. What is good for me is
good for you. What is good for my
wife's husband is good for your wife's
husband. Anything that is good fol
my wife is good for your wife. Any.
| thing that is good for my children is
good for your children. Anything that
will hurt my children will hurt your
children. Anything that will damage
me will damage you. | say humanity
ought to get very close together God
help me to get close to you this evening.
Let us talk to one another as men. Let
us reason ON this point. and if any Of
you here think you can't stand the plain
naked truth, rubbed in little harder
and thicker and faster than you ever
had it done in your life, you had better
get out of here, because / am here FOL
business, and you needn't come blub
| pering around me saying that your feel
ings are hurt. | have contempt fol-
that kind of men. Understand that
/ never take my feelings to church with
me, or anywhere else. When | leave
home | 90 out in the back yard anc
throw my feelings over the fence.
didn't bring them here with me, ane
when / go home / ship them away.
don't want them when / am there. Oh
| have got contempt for one of thes'
impure men or women with their feel
4 ings to be hurt. They look alb nut lik,
a porcupine, with quills in every direc
ton, and if you go within ten feet o
them, YOU hurt their feelings. Now,
say to you, if you get mad at what
say this afternoon, it is because you ar,
rascal at heart; but no good man a
heart ever falls out with me. WheI
, YOU find a man mad at me for what
1 l. l. -1,s.4f 4f,or heh y
ing or stealing or drinking, or how
many wives he has, and you will catcl
him somewhere along that line befor
, you get through. Laughter-
II / am on Gods side on every issue
, And if you say amt, you tell lie from
r your head to your heels, and if you arr
on the right side and ON Gods side wha
; are you and / quarreling about That
the question. In Missouri, in Georgia
; in Tennessee, in New York, every
, where | am on Gods side against til
j devil aud against sin, and if you are o
Gods side, and you are on the right side
| and you are against sin and the devi
: what are you fussing with me for
Why, God bless you, you should marc
: out, shoulder to shoulder with me, an
| let US fight together instead of standin
: off there throwing rocks at me an
e quarreling with me. Understand tha
P THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD.
e Now If never preach another sermo
4 after this afternoon, il | never live I
: preach another. God helping me, WI
: declare the whole counsel Of God to tn
! Missouri people assembled at this Platt
burg camp-meeting.