Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-24
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desds gan this absay.aDls nalas, 1as
~easir - ais paFox s.l4s ~ rage aad -
s.s almost asslsss habit ~ s~e aTng
Mart sald q .rislt they tel ne
has yo4 nass protesss.i relisi9a'
Tas. A e., ufsA fac 1 aims casssd
aons llr m re- than t~o months. W,
ssh. luther lay ahsn she 0lt 81 &c tail
T noss tls "a .aoushf4l " hAr oatsa 10y
aead. / 1rittsl ny teeth. but il1n'l euss.
H. slfs ca .ectet g. hear ule euss sai-
+ phur0gs stfeak Lus 1 smiled alter awhile
aR' qaleEy took lhe 8air oat ~ oid spike
Tails moaEh- Here, mother says 1,
handin' the hair 20 my vile, You can
staff yoar pia cushion ~ith this"
~Whal 49, the cause Of This great
I changer"
"sam Jones and the Lord"
I ''Y0a beard sam. did yoas'
sOh, yas. went up u Nashville 70
make arranas aseni-nts Tor ssilin' loo OF
+ Arkansas WHISKY f,r Robertson County
i 1 hsdnt hearn a ssrm9 sense / was a
boy. Ny wife, she couldn't git me 70 80
O. ehurcn Wall, the arst night artsr l
T xot - Nashville, I was ~alkin' round aud
seed big tent. 'Hellov thinks 1, here
Is a show. I'll jss - in for ain't seed
peart boss la a long time Ny, l never
I did see such crowd Folks jammed
I agln one another like they wuz afoered
taar want zoin' % DO seats enough
scrouged my way along. but couldn't and
the ticket wagon | seed sieh crowd
+ pourin' la that l thought l mout slip In
I an | done it as slick as whistle l
7 looked round for the animals but couldn't
80 none, 50 tuck seat an waited fur
the fun 10 commence. Putty soon "a
smaIlishksort.0f a teller hoped up. 'rhar's
/ the ringmaster. thinks l. He's goin' To-
I tell Us about the con cert that'u take
I place airter the show IS over but, bless
/ you, be commenced 20 give out hymn
I As wicked as l was | couldn'b help but
I think thai he was carryin' the burlesque
\ isetLe too fur. but what was my 'stonish-
men6 when the folks took up the hymn
an comm need 20 sing It. | leaned over
90 au old feller that sot close 10 me an
whispered: 4 live out in Arkansaw whar
a man that has the cramp because he
wants % fight 50 bad always lind
I g ltnmodation, but they don't jump up
and fall down on the gospel this way
\ The old feller looked mighty hard az me,
I but be didn't say nothin'. Airter the sing
I IN, some feller put up putty good sort
\ o pra'r | whispered 70 the old man an
I said that 10 was "A blamed shame. The old
/ Teller looked hard at me. and said that II
/ didn't hush ne would have me put out.
| This ri.ed me. | 70 a him that thar mOut
/ bs men enough in the show to put me out
but agin they got through somebody
would ruther 20 home than TO stay
an laugh at the clown. Then be
/ perltely told me that it want no show,
| that Mr. Sam Jones, the great revivallst.
was going TO preach. | thanked him for
| his information, tuck . chaw terbacker
| an lent back, concludin' that IL didn't
cost me nothin' an that could stand il
| tia they passed the hat around. When
Sam commenced % preach. | chawed my
terbacker an didn't pay no attention to
/ him bot putty soon 10 appeared ike he
/ wus ulayin' on n banjer. | stopped chaw-
/ in an looked at him. Then he tuck mp
the puttiest flute / ever hearn. l flung
out my terbacker aud listened. The fust
/ thin knowed he had put down the flute
/ and tuck up iddel. Laws a massy,
/ | never urard sich music in my
I life. commenced 70 get sorry that had
ever snapped hOsses on Sunday, an il
twau't long till I would have give putty
/ ~ I hadn't p'zenei We ler's dog. I
i thought % things that / stole when /
wnx boy-thou ght % the thousand %
Y lies that / had to.e an the tears COM
\ IN need 20 run Outen my eyes. | thought
\ . my wife. how true an how patient she
I had always bsen. an how often 1 had
Z hurt her feelin's; thought o. my children
\ an. oh, Lord. the face o my little boy
che little boy that | whipped a few days
\ before he q 81 come up before me.
/ couldn't stand il no longer. l drapped on
/ nv knees an cried oh. Lord, have mercy
On M. a sinner l difn' care who was
/ .o kn' at me- I wouldn' have cared If the
whole world had been thar. / humbled
myself IA the dust, an deep IN my heart
vowed that never again would ever do
anything wrong fash Of warm light
uttered my soul A great giadness spread
over my heart I got up. Thar, stand.n'
/ lose 20 me- was Sam Jones. He retched
,ut his hand an sad.
" Brother. the Lord has been kind 70
you
I don't know how I got outen that tent,
I 1ut know that while was walkin along
.ae stree. everybody seemed 70 want
I - shake hands with me. Iwent straight
way g. tbe depot an tuck the fust tram
,or home. When my wife sd me comm.
/ ihs walkef slowly 20 meet me. but, sir
he blessed woman. seeiu' something in
NJ face uftered shout and rushed into
~ arms. Right thar atoned for every
lime had hurt her feelin's. That was
Z
ashov whar every man had cbance- /
,int done moth n wrong seuce. an "a
Old you I didn't cuss when Old Spike
Fat biz = bsu'ful o. hair ofTen the TOP -
ny heai."
Marriage and Ages
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