St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-25
ORIGINAL PULPIT ELoQUENCE

AS Tic OLOBE publishes lALMAGE .
sermon and INGERseLL's lecture this morn
ing it may interest our readers to know
something of the style of preaching of the
Rev. SAM JONES, the uneducated preacher
who is now creating sensation by the sue
cess of his wonderful revival meetings in
Nashville. What he lacks in finished ora
tory is amply made up in the originality OF
his style. In this respect, at least, he sur
passes both TALMAGE and INGERsOLL.
To illustrate his quaint style we give be-
low an extract from a sermon preached
against club houses, and reported in the
Nashville American.
A man cannot serve two masters. 1t would
be a good thing for you club members of the
church to listen along here. never could
understand how man could be good Union
soldier in the ranks of the Union, fighting for
his country, and have powder factory down
South dishing out ammunition to the rebels.
These clubs! A man yesterday asked me this
question:: "Are you never going to let up
on the clubs2' No I'm not, not as long as
I've got a brother in one of them.
Thank Cor. one member of the club is NOV
ing. He told me to-day I'll give 81, 600 towards
Young Mems Christian association. He's
getting better and weaker. And there
many more of them preparing to pick up
their things and leave. If 1 done nothing
more since I come to Nashville but scare
some of my church brethren have been
doing some good. Say ''Amen" brethren,
(brethren said "Amen.'o
Show me member of that club who's been
got no objection to any outsider who is not in
the church living and dying in the club if he
wants to, but it's my brother that I'm after.
If you are not church member you ought
to be member of the club. That's where
you belong. I'd let up on that club, but this
evening one member said just keep on chunk
ing and I'll get out after while; and I'm
going to keep on a chunking till get 'em all
out one at time.
GOD says that he who gathers not with Me
is ON the devils side. A man cannot serve
two masters. GOD tells US in this fight that
He'll help US, and if we win He'll crown u.s..
There are thousands of men in Nashville who
are neither good nor bad, just goody-goody.
They amt worth 10 cents a dozen in any
market in heaven, earth or hell. They have
got little cotton string run up their back
There's none of your tweedlety-tweedle
business about me. When 1 told the church
to put my name down as member I meant
it, and ever since every bone, sinew, muscle
and thought in my body has been GODS
There's no neutral ground. If you've got
one good man who don't belong to the
church, bring him up here and let's all have
a good look at him. I'm hunting him. I'll
offer most any sort of reward for him; Just
one single man. The very essence of loyalty
is to take sides. These men neither Chris
tians nor sinners, neither good nor bad, are
moral monstrosities. You ought to hear ones
wife talk about him. 'sIll just tell you, Brother
JONES, he's the best man that ever
lived" You needn't come around me, sister.
Dragging on your old carcass; I'm up to all
that sort Of thing. Oh, such happy
days as I've had since come to Nashville.
When kissed my wife goodbye and told her
topray every moment for this meeting I
knew things were going to turn out this well
and GOD just took hold of the old devil and
let him kick himself to DEATH
Lord JESUS, entice us heavenward tonight
/ want to go to heaven. But, if at last fail.
l fail, fail, and GOD says: Depart I'll be
the worst disappointed man that he ever
made. My moneys all in this bank (the BIZ
ble) and it will never break.
Mr.JONES then called on all the church men,
bers who would say, ''Ill be thine" s'Tn be
thine" to stand, and nearly everybody God