Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-30
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7 sons sermons. !: may cot b@ obl@csed
Z 70 II zptDe noslss BE- taken OF AnJfbef
Z evangelist, the E-v. san jones' ITO .
creating qaiie a sensation II the south
Z HE 0ijssI both 81 these speakers have
/ 10 view Il certainly xorihy Of All sn-
eDarsQesnent- Both are. No d01bt, boz
sssly trying 30 make nsen letter, and 70
tbs they snozid have the sympathy %
| all religions b@li-fs aud lnbrfefs. IN
many respects the nethod= Of Sork Of
th- tEo svapgeii-'s ar very similar &c
others qalte unlike. Both are fond %
using asurstivs expEes@Ions EDd Has
/ tr.tlons dr2xu from the simpl, o every
dzy inolEents OF hfe. Mrs hsmp-on
| uses fssny sush figures q speech Snisb
| are quite elf1e1lt Of application TIE
mai Jr1;y OF Ger hearers not oompre-
bending their full force and signln
e4nee. she - inclined 70 D. epi2fsm
matte, aud speaks N SIN lies aEc pictures
<hleu are riddles u not sssy solution
la the or jinayy u nd. Lake mosi
ureaekeEs, she - cid1ctie and genera!
Ia her Y-asrks, seldom pointing oct
any particular aIu aEd denO1D sing H.
SIZE bzs great faith ia moral s1asion
and she tozer OF love IN rsclaimibg
,he wicked Soc ia not q pr0hibiiionist-
Hiusiug q, toe 20 yisi evil and tBs dram
-faap. shs asss: Wnst would ys1 bsvef
B,ilsy Enae,mentss NJ. Trust 10 tue
finger Of God - This may lot be her
exact language, bar u Is her Idea she
Won q encourage faith At toe expense
Of reason. she tells "a Of msn driven
TO INF leli.y by bis feAso1. Most se
then abandon reason IN srdsE to become
ChrstIansg
The Rev. Samuel Jones. or, as be pre-
ssYs 20 be called, plain sam Jones, has
a dlfereal way OF dealing With winners.
| lie uses many figures Of spsech, bot
they are easy Of application. de has
| but little faith ia baissfns and soothing
syTups, bn. applies the causiIos aud ths
hot irons direct to the evil be nights
against. =,
A Mrs. HaDpsoa has been literally
reported. permit a sample of the native
| eloanencs and directnsss Of our c0iored
evangelist Tuere u a great deal OF
discussion about this question OF sin
| | am not interested ia the origin Of evil,
| Uut ia tue question, IL there = way ont
| Of IN never talk Of depravIty, whether
| p~rsonal or tosal-whether by the fall OF
| Adam or by Inherited and progress We
development. We ste 1t. lwant to ind
| a way Of getting rid of II"
On the Temperance question be speaks
| sith ne uncertain sound:
"Ihe worst enemy of God and the
RAGS and the best friend of the Devil Is
the man who makes whisky. They
are generous, you say. Well, they
ought 10 be. They will make n pauper
oat Of q husband. widows out Of wives,
and send a man 20 bell. and then this
generous whisky dealer will send bis
widow q sack OF -four Amt that gem
erous? Ain, that nicer DoE't you
think it ~ The klndest thing you ever
heard OF In Your hfe7 They will take
the members of your families and de
bauch them, and damn them, and hell
pay you 10 preach
NV God, What sort OF kindness i,
that1 Let me tell you another thing:
have a good deal 10 say about the feilos
that oriuks Viii Ky, for the other Eel
loxs are rasoAis, while You are fools d
tie first water. Yes, you are. Aye
near tnatl 1 know what Pm talkIDl
about. I've been thar. know vna
I'm talking about--nobody bot q foo
viii touch It. No; there's bigger foo
than that, and that's the woman VIII
sill stir a toddy for or live with
drunken husband"
Every one OF your gambling house
, Is founded on your bare; all your licen
tiGusness floats upon the river tia
, lows from the worms of the still witt
the country dsbauched with whisky
what do you dor sin! Sim Ii u sil
that hurts the race. and SIN tLst damn
} ihs race, and We have sin enough.
never meet staggering drunkard bu
I look him in the face aud say, Poo
fellow, SIN has wrecked YOU | neve
ree woman, q psllid, wret ched woman
walking the sire sts in city bat | Say
Poi woman poor, biighted. ruineC
o. eaiare' sn has doomed Won forever
And | want 60 say right here that 1t !
not right or hnman, for when a woniHi
falls she is lost forever"
, On, no, Mr.. Jones, don't say that; 70
there Is hope for the most depraved d
they wish 60 be saved.
la political matters Mr.. Jones declarel
that lit has reached that poiut where
II man Is no, for whisky and To,
whisky party. you need not talk about
RAINING him. God bless you, you can
not DO elected for q vernon, Judge, oil
member OF the Legislature sow uDles-
you ar. Of the whisky crowd. God pity
tae unfortnn tie wretch that floats OF
this river-thst's all have to say abou,
BIN. | will declare before God. and
write IL In letters of blood on every
gatepost in this country, man has 10
sapmit 20 debauchery of soul ard body
now IN order 20 be elected 10 office"
Society at the south must he some
what differens from that found here.
Mr.. Jones says;
A man joins the church, aud mex,
week IL At the races. l have said IL.
and say IL again, love a fine horse next
10 = woman. | cannot hslp loving a
woman above everything else IN this
coun,ry, and next to a woman | love n
good horse. | like grand horse /
can't heipit. There Is that magniiic
elooded horse out there. cannot heip
bu. admire him. and would 90 TO every
fair in this country 10 look at him II II
WAS not for sne thing. aud that's that
low down, tsiflin9. pusillanimous fellow
who says 30 everything yen do or be
does. bet you have contemp,
for these enssss, and is. that sorl tina;
kegs me away from saeh places
Hove bloodsd horses, but. God belp me,
I'll never get on q horse and ride him
to raec-i want that understood
There's many kentnckian gone into
hell on q blooded horse, mark what
tell yea"
Evidently there is work enough fol
the svsneslists. rbey need Dol spend
their tssse discussing cgesds and theo-
logical questions Of no practical i'm
eofsanca. Who oares whether DAvid's
harp had three strings % ave, - lens
~ i,ils and polics nen Ar~ necessary
What the world wants 10 not preachers
10 set sygipsthessc women crying over
imaginary pictures Of sosros. bat 60 set
sheta AZ work IN dead esrnea puttius
doxn the real evils II society. he they
seessi Or political. We vani thinkers
bui 90 want actors more; . little i~ss of
theory aud more OF practice, and The
world would be the better tor IL
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