Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-22

1onesiana.
From the Rsv. Sam. Jones sermon q Iovsland, Sat-
urdAy, August g.
There's not one In ten Of Won hers VIM c.,..
rap whether man gets place TO eat or sleep
Just - long - you and your wife and children
get enough. Yes that's %. God IL not going 10
DO much for concern like this, tell you. He
thinks too much Of Himself to mix with that
class. -~'
myself, but While I'm in the puipit I'm ssone
70 say few things, and II you DON'T like the
We" aod Wi s go you On k soa the way out
not do for himself that's Your own ioh s w,
some som OF you have got mighty tough JOB God
n vii never gut drinking whisky for you, and
won't stay in the same hide At the same time tine
tSsys snew pkors pos,Sian IN
see 9tm powerful bad. I've been hunting for
one tor years I ain's on politics, but wanted
rye gpt the protoundest contempt for o man
~. irs these things that are debauching hu-
There are lots Of preachers who are everlast-
lngtE pTeashing on the God side of redemption,
on sne Dv1hity OF Christ, and the authenticity
ton and the Incarnation. La me! the devil
don't want any better joke on Q preacher than
70 start him OF on that line
he that believeth not shall be damned "
That's inndelity, and that's curse It isn't Bob
1ngersolt: 1ngersoll IL theoretical infidel-so
Know the ie Sess ., no fhi harm you want to
1raists. the Presbyterians, and the Baptists.
They are practical infidels-Ingersoll is theOret.
won't do one thing In 1t. That's the infidelity
4 is my religious duty to work as well as
that had any confidence in his religion.
... nnge are women In this world who haven't
Struck s lick OF work with their own hands for
q nd 1ox, oh<
such women as that That Sort canno. go to
II this sad, solemn, dropping dignified piety
~ ~ wnat makes your religion, want 1t before
o si, put don't want it until just about 9
with 1t while live. II religion means shall
NOPE and cry and must not laugh. it would be
too short to stretch myself in and too narrow to
Have you ever been TO prayer meeting in
CINCINNATI or a town prayer meeting7 The
Rreaacner walks IN solemnly and almost noise
lessly ana the old brethren come In and scatter
ssronno the church as far apart as possible; one
orother Is called to sing and another to pray;
ngy and call Il ero sRss "a 20 erace e sne Oh
Lord. what lonesome time they have had.
me Lord don't 60 within a mile of 'em and the
devil gets in.
Whenever man can't laugh he is in need of
q liver medicine. There's something wrong
with him. Manga fellow in this country has
mistaken disordered liver for religions mis-
cradle old dose it is to carry. I don't care
whether man laughs or cries at church. 1
want to know whether he's a good husband or
father and a good neighbour.
we have disgusted the world with our re-
Igion-its not attractive to the race, because
our religion is without Joy, gadness, smiles, and
songs.
:, Let's get little more get up and git In our re-
ligion. TIN do good. This ihree-mile-an-hour
lick won't keep ahead OF the devil.
Stand here aud see that sister headed for the
theater on Wednesday night. God wants her to
go to prayer meeting, and He will pull on that
iine and the devil wants her 10 go to the thea
ter, and he pulls on the line.
Don't crittclSe me, but criticse yourself. You
look out for yourselves. You can't say any
thing worse about me than can about you. II
there's anything l despise it's a dull time. I
like to see things move up.