The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-06-27
REV. SAM JONES.
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Continued from Fourth Page.
In our extended report of Thursday
lights sermon We were compelled. .
~ ing To lis great length, 90 abrcVlatc .
t towards lis close. In order to CON- f.
plctr the discourse we now append F.
hat portion unaVoidably left out.
which will form interesting reading
matter. IT i, ~ follows
did it ever occur to YOU, rs YOU
closed your door Mt nigh, that t,od
said. "man, heavens door i, going Ia
clu,r some of these days, for the last
time, and will YOU he with the an
gels Did it ever occur To you.Whcu
~ono Noise woke YOU up III he night
that it wa, Good saying; "Brhod the
cumr,h are YOU ready
| duu't understand what this "mugt-
ing at calamity aud knocking When my
fear comrth" means: cannot realize
what that means, when it refers to
Gods infinite love and Justice, don't
understand it, 'ut think can H..
lu-tratc it, \ worthy father living III
Alabama had one child a son, and he
trained hiul Is he would have him
live, AN honest, truthful man.
aud finally when the boy
was old enough To 20 to
college lie sent him OIL 10 college He
sent him oil to college sent him to
college Right there is - moral, aud
frequently the cIcrnnl dcath-kncll ut
Your bow Thank God for every col
lcgc in America that i, secure in its
moral tones and upright in it, moral
/. t,t
SAY this would suffer my right arm
cut oil before would speak ~ word
against education. am for IT, |
would rather my boy were in heaven.
twenty -hvc years old, learning m~
"a. l. {. IS than in hell reading orcck.
lie sem him oil 10 college. and dare
assert in my place to-night, that you
had better mind what that involves.
Many ~ father has sent oil II cheerful,
healthy, sensible moral boy to college
and hc comes back physical, moral
and eternal bankrupt Lets cover
our boys; shelter them 10y or prayers
aud the best influences OF earth. Lett
do that. | have two little boys at my
house. They are the lduls OF my heart.
Oh, sir, how my heart jumps IA thou
sand miles from Texas back to ,,cur
gia. and down i'll its good Will 10th So
two little boys. Whenever at home
they nrc my shadow. | can no more
get out of sight of those little fellow
than | can Ny. do love those little
fellows They seem 50 glud to bc with
me. Lord tod Almighty shield my
boys, and help me to train amt cdu-
cate them in the best and grAmdosi
l.. la. Ia. Il
Gated. II" sent him of to college, and
in -four years he came back u gradu
ate | believe maybe of the first
honor | forgot whether lac gradu
atcd with the first honor in the liter
airy department, but, sir he
was graduate OF the first
honor and OF the first water
in everything that was immoral an
degrading, That boy came back irou
college, and from bad to worse h,
went until hi, fathers heart was MI
most literally broke, and on and OF
that boy went, and that father layishcd
every conceivable kindness upon him
lie would not let him lack for any
thing in the world that money an,
love could procure for him. Deeper
down the boy went. the more tender
an" i"'lhS lhc l"''rr Wa ne me
him in town one day met him OF
the sidewalk, drunken brute, ano
that boy cursed his father To his tncc
The father turned aud drove home
lie drove up into the grove in from
of the house. He hitchcd his horse
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