The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-14
NUMBER 36.
Sam Jones' Preaching

Perhaps the chief charm of Sam
Jones, the celebrated preacher, is the
abundance OfaphOrisms which crowd
every sermon, He chooses the negro
style OF expression for its Oddity and
effectiveness. Many of his sayings
are rich, beautiful and elegant, others
are coinical, forcible and elegant, and
stlli Others vulgar. These specimens
Will give an idea of his style of ex-
preston:
liza brother err, catch him on the
first bounce"
"When | began preaching l was
afraid | would hurt somebody's feel
lngs. Now Pm afraid l won't"
~ would rather have been born a
'posSum than an infidel."
THE mountains are Gods thoughts
piled up. The ocean is Gods thoughts
spread out. The flowers are Gods
thoughts in bloom. The dew-drops
are Gods thoughts in pearls"
Religion is a beautiful casket
which we show to our friends in our
character; and when its secret spring
is touched heaven and eternal life
open out to u.s."
"a creed is the skin of the truth
dried and stuffed with sand and saw
dust"
"Dancing is hugging set to music.r
"Dignity is the starch of the shroud.
The more dignity a fellow has the
nearer dead he is. | expect 10 be as
dlgnitied as any Of you when 1 get
into my coffin"
"Riches are like salt water; the
more you drink, the thirstier you
become"
''lf a man will admit that Jesus
died to save sinners, l will chain him
there, and let him Craze all around
the peg"
"It will do you good to see these
preachers with mud on their horns
in their pulpits next Sunday"
"God is holding the Devil by the
tail, and letting him kick himself to
death"
"It tickles me to see an old sinner
come in and pull out an old lame and
dWarfed member of the church, lay
him down and measure by him, and
say: Look here, boys, l am as long,
as broad and as good as this member
of the church, Why don't you go
and pick out one Of the good old
christians =? Because you would look
like a rat-terrier lying by an ele-
phant."
1.-The Lord doesn't shoot cannon
balls at snow birds, and if he were to
let loose such bolt of lightning at
you as he did at Saul of Tarsus, he
would not leave grease spot of
you"
1.-The Devil can run mile while
we are pulling on our boots"
1--WE 20 into our churches and start
up 'Hark from the tomb dolefuI
sound and by the time we get start
ed, the Devil is at the next station"
"When all you members of Nc.
Kendree church get to Heaven. the
angels will have to introduce you"
"H0u christians creep about sing
ing, This worlds bowling wilder
ness Well, you are the dogs that
are doing the hoWling."
"To run a meeting, it takes grace,
grit, and greenbacks. God will furn-
ish the grace, can furnish the grit,
and you the greenbacks | like diyi-
sion of labor"
81 sometimes go to a place, and
find the preacher in the shafts, pull
ing the whole load, with his tongue
lolling out, and the whole church up
on the wagon, some dancing, some
drinking, some gambling, some
swearing, some fussing, some pray
ing. some scOlding-and at times taxi
ing Whack at the poor little half.
dead preacher, pulling for dear life.
Sometimes they take him out, and
feed him on rye-straw and corn
shucks. and expect him to make two
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