The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-22

How nm Arkansas usn slipped int
sam JONES' Gospel Tent.

| hTkhnbus Us bhu mhTtln, WIS III l4ittlt
Rock the other day. lie did not
through evil deeds, gain this unenvia
BILE name, but won IL by his parox.
ysms of rage and by his Almost cease
less habit of swearing.
Martin" said friend, "they tel
me you have protested religionY'
"Ias, Abe, It's fact. amt cussed
none fur more than two months. WY
sab luther day when the old spike.
tail boss bit monthful o. HAIR outen
my head, gritted my teeth, but
didn't cuss. My wife expected TO hear
me cuss sulphurous streak, but
smiled after awhile an quietly took
the hair out of old Spike-Tail's
mouth. Here, mother said handin'
the hair TO my wife, you can stun
your pin cushion with this"
"What was the cause of this great
changer
"Sam Jones and the Lord"
"You heard sam, did your
"Oh, vas. | wentup to Nashville to
make arrangements for sellin' lot
of Arkansaw whiskey for Robertson
county. | hadn't hearn sermon
since | was Il boy. My vito, she
couldn't git Inc TO go to church. Wall,
/ the first night arter got to Nashville,
was walkin' round and seed big
tent. 'Hellop thinks |, here il a show.
IN jos go in for | amt seed peart
boss in long time My, l nevc
did see such a crowd. Folks jammed
agin one another like they wuz afeerd
thar warn't goin' 20 be seats enough.
| scrouged my way along, but couldn't
find the ticket wagon. seed SIGH a
crowd pourju' iu that thought |
mout slip In an done IL Us slick as n
whistle. looked round for the ami
mails but couldn't see none, so tuck,
seat and waited for the fun to COM
mence. Putty soon smallish sort of
II teller hoped up. Thar's the ring
master, thinks l.; he's goiu' to tell US
about the concert thatll take place
arlcr the show is over, but, bless you,
he commenced to give out a by mn.
As wicked as | was | couldn't help
but think that ho was carrying the
| burlesque leetle too fur, but what
was my 'stonishment when the folks
took up the hymn an commenced 10
sing It. leaned over to an old fellow
that sot close to me and whispered:
| live out in Arkansaw whar II man
that has the cramp because he wants
to light 50 bad can always find COM
mediation, but they don't jump up and
fall down on the gospel this way
The old fellow looked mighty hard at
me, but he didn't say nuthin.' Alter
the singin' some Teller put up u
putty good sort o. pra'r. whispered
to the old man au' said that il was u
blamed shame. The old Teller looked
hard at me an' sa d that if | didn't
hush lie would have me put out This
riled me. ] told him thar mout be
men enough in the show to put me
out, but agiu they got through some
body would rutlcr go home than to
stay aud laugh at the clown. Then he
perlitely tolu me the 1t was no show,
that Mr.. Sam Jones, the great revival
list, was goingto preach. l thanked
him for his information, tuck chaw
terbacker an lent back, concludiu
that it didn't cost me nuthin' an that
could stan il till they passed the hat
Iound When sam commenced 10
preach, chawed my terbacker au
didn't pay no attention to him, BIZ,
putty soon II appeared IKE he was
playin' on banter. | stopped chaw.
in an looked at him Then he tuck
~ the put,icst flute ever hearn.
iluug out my terbacker an listened
The fust thing knowcd he had put
down the flute au' tuck up fiddle
Laws a massy, never heard sich mu'
sic in my lite. | commenced to git
sorry that / had ever snapped HOSES
on Sunday, an, twan't long till
would have give u putty Of | hadn't
pi'zened.Weller's dog. thought c
things thai.I stole when | wuz boy
thought o the thousand o. lies tina
had tole an the tears commenced I,
! run outeu my eyes. thought o. III!
I. wife, how true an' how patient sh,
had always been, an how often haC
hurt her feelin's; thought o. my chill
3 dreu-an,' oh, Lord. the face my lit
tie boy--the little boy that | whippc,
few days before he died came up be
c fore me. couldn't stand ii no lon
Is ger, drappcd oil my knees an cried
oh, Lord, nave mercy on me, sill
r ncr." didn't care who was looking
q at me. wouldn't have cared il III
whole world had be thar | hun
bled myselfin the dust, au' deep in IN
Ir heart vowed that never again woul
do anything, wrong, a flash q
= warm light entered my soul. A gree
l. gladness spread over my heart. Thn
&c stan din close TO me, was Sam Jone
Here ched out his hand an said:
"Brother, the Lord has been kind I
'e YOU
N 81 don't know how got outen tia
tent, hut know that while ! waikiki
along the street everybody seemed I
want TO shake hands with IN
went siraightway TO III
,fI depot am tuck the fnst train it
n home. When my wife seed me con
4 ing, she walked slowly to meet me, bi
10 sir, the blessed woman seeiu' som
n. thing in my face uttered shout an
ne rushed into my arms. Right thar
IL alto ned for every time | had hurt III
. feeliu's. That was the best show
ever went to, Albeit was sho
whar every man had a chance. aiu
-. done nothin' wrong sencc, an' as TO
u YOU, didn't cuss when old Spike-Ta
=, bit hau'ful o. heir often the top o. II
20 head.
IL Fathers, insure in the Il. b. 1
's Don't 20 in foreign associations.
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