St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-05-30
Rev. Sam Jones' sermon.

The following extracts are from
sermon recently delivered by the ReV.
Sam Jones, Evangelist, at Atlanta
'If a thing is wrong, it's wrong: It's
wrong if the angels do it. Religion IS
uncompromising loyalty to 600. @ 0nr
LAWYERS need to think of that. Inc
best thing a town can have is noble
lawyer. But these little sc0uengers OF
the deUiE that will do any job. you want
for five dollars, say they do it as law
yer'-tO all such say, when you jump
into the pit forever, as you go doWn,
when You hit the bottom tell MN you
are there as lawyer. God pity the
little pettifogger that is running and
nOsing about to get five dollar fee for
the dirtiest thing a man ever done.
There is another crowd in this town
that could be helped-the editors. 1
believe all our editors are in the church.
And yet they go and print that L09lsl-
ana State Lottery advertisement. IhaC
lottery has been curse to Atlanta. IL
I was christian editor there is not
enough money ever stolen from the
peopIe of America to make ME insert 1t
one time. Our press needs reforming
All over this country. The newspapers
don't ask is this right or wrong, but IS
there a sensation in it. Every neWspa-
Der that adyertises the Louisiana lot
| tery is pGrticepS criminis to the robbery,
and Beauregard and Early will go to
! their graves covered with lgnOmlny ana
shame. If you knew how many dollars
the young men Of Atlanta had stolen TO
| invest in it you would be astonlshe0.
| don't mean the boys that are here.
mean those that are playing basel ball.
(I4aaghter). If | had a young man IN
my employment and he was buying lot,
terry tickets | would ship him. l Woqld
| be afraid he was light fingered. You
let some fellow here draw fifteen thou
sand dollars and then watch the spider
legs running for the thing. You goose,
you've got no character and no sense.
| You reckon Atlanta's going. to get 1T
more than once in ten years Z"
| Mr.. Jones spoke at some length OF the
whisky traffic, opposing it bitterly. He
also referred to his own past life and
some of his recent meetings. Of hlm-
self he said:
Twelve years ago | thought about
who / was and what was and where |
was going and what was doing; and
amazing wonder to me | had not the
least conception OF who was or what |
was. I had in three years almost br0k-
en- the heart of as good a wife as man
ever had in this world. In three years
the roses had faded from her cheeks
and and they are gone forever. have
wished thousand times could see her
cheeks blossom one more time. God
forgive me, / we'll nigh broke my Wife's
heart. Listen, some of you who hear
me. could go to the home of many a
man here and sit down by his wife and
put my ear against her side and hear
| the blood drip. God save these poor
women. | tell you, in a city where
there are so many bar-rooms there are
thousands of hearts that just drip with
blood. Thirteen years ago ! put my
hand up in the dark and said Father,
take my hand! His hand clasped mine
and although have stumbled a thou
sand times my Father has lifted me up
else would have fallen in dispair. Oh
Jesus. my Saviour and my friend, be
thou q Saviour and friend to every
poor man in Atlanta. God save At.
lanta.