The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-07
FROM EDITOR 70 PREACHER.
How ola Uncle NJ WINS Converted Il,
sam Jones.

From the Atlanta constitution
After "A hail the power of Jesus
name was sung. Rev. sam Jones in
troducCd MIR. sam w. Small. of At
lunta, who delivered Il short address
on his recent conversion. Said MIR.
Small:
My FRIENDS - Although | have
often attended church and often
Joined in singing that grand hymn,
have never been able to feel il and
sing it with the enthusiasm of my
whole soul until Within the past week.
shall not apologize TO YOU for the
novelty of my appearing before
YOU this afternoon. Last Sat
urday clmc to this ci'y and To this
tabernacle ~ "a curiosity seeker, II
notc-tnkcr and a general luokcr-on
mt this vast aud remarkable scene.
canir with all my worldly pride and
worldly ambitions and all my world
ly passions and appotitcN in full tide
upon me. brought with me nice
flask of good whisky to cheer me NJ
intervals and two things happened
to me. had on good, new, nice
looking, comfortable shirt, and had
that bottle of whisky. felt fine and
thought looked elegant could
not have felt much better, and the
only way did feel better was in
being invited and taking dinner WIN
Brother Jones. But when lett here
in the afternoon aud went buck to
take the train found somebody had
gone into my room nj the hotel and
drank up my whisky; and | also
l.,u,,I thnt my. hint IiIu't fiji mo "a.
comfortably as before, because
Brother Jones Ind iIIlod 1t with
bricrr and th"rn- and ncille~, ana nay
conscience wa~ tired untu IT seemed
TO he burning NiIinn me
was raging the ilhnc- OF
Nh awakened conscience. }
struggled with II lor i"i'N ri@h'
hours, M maniully, ! h"lloNr, n any
vutarN of satan ever did- noi "nil
struggled win IT ana irlcd 4" pun
down that raging fire within ana
without, and even went nacN To the
places where had usually i"uhd sur
cca,c from my worldly troubles !
went TO the bar-room7 ana dfhhh "I
the fiery ilud. but mat ""iy rhlsc" 1"
he'll the more WlIhlh ana Wl'h"uI
aud lurtN-elgh' houfS, Ten YOU III me
face OF the la'hihgs oil my conscience
and the feelings winch were avs AIKEN
ed within me. ! SIM ire" ana en-
dcAvored to drown ihch "u' ana 90
ON my way as before bul IL was mn
possible. Sthhu'hS 'h'rc on uc7-
day, III the pre-. nee Oh my "rrping
wife and trembling chlldr'h' "od
seemed to mt my SOU ON OF me-
aud show me what Oiack' ul'lIl"I
diseased ana d'7plchDIe ihinG IL Nn'
! He'd from II IN horror Up-"lu.,'H'
before my you, .'' %" ,np ",m
! heu from II III "p'T'u'o ti'' w.
I" l"c uiP'' ''"'m','' horJni
,l',. ami WIN m, ,occ IN my bnnJ.
NV , ~, ,i'' trn,l',ln sin
.,,Ii ro, lcavc. stiI7 -nu,rthiuu
,u"J 20 hold me harl,xnurtl,iun
,oo,moJ 70 saw tn mo. III viii be nj
n;' r Thi. /! no,hinp i'm, a snegm
~ rc1.ctions If thnt wave of relic
;"n. o,tI,u.insm van Dot INTO fine OH
"r d.y Woit - littIo while. and il
,,'uiIn an r,cbt oud when fine whi-
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~ a,,d ,,o on, ON thn .trnrt nm,
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