The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-07
PROM EDITOR 70 PREACHER.
How Old Uncle NJ was Converted by
Sam Jones.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
After "All hail the power of Jesus
name was sung, Rev. Sam Jones in-
troduced Mr.. Sam w. Small, of At
lanta, who delivered short address
OH his recent conversion. Said Mr..
Small:
My FRIENDS - Although have
often attended church and often
Joined in singing that grand hymn, |
have never been able 10 feel II 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 | came to this city and to this
tabernacle as curiosity seeker, a
note-taker and general looker-on
at this vast and remarkable scene.
came with all my worldly pride and
worldly ambitious and all my world
ly passions and appetites in full tide
upon me. brought with me a nice
flask of good whisky to cheer me at
intervals, aud two things happened
to me. had ON good, new, nice
looking, comfortable shirt, and had
that bottle OF whisky. l felt fine and
thought | looked elegant. l could
not have felt much better, and the
only way did feel better was in
being invited and taking dinner with
Brother Jones. But when left here
in the afternoon and went back TO
take the train found somebody had
gone into my room at the hotel and
drank up my whisky; and also
found that my shirt didn't fit me as
comfortably as before, because
Brother Jones had filed it with
briers and thorns and nettles, and nv
conscience was fired until it seemed
TO be burning. Within me
was raging the flames of
an awakened conscience. |
struggled with II for forty eight
hours, as manfully, believe, as any
votary of satan ever did. not only
struggled with il and tried to pull
down that raging fire within and
without, and even went back to the
places where Ihad usually found sur
cease from my worldly troubles. !
went TO the bar-rooms and drank OF
the fiery iluid. but that only raised a
hell the more within and without,
aud forty-eight hours, | tell you, in the
face of the lashings of my conscience
aud the feelings which were awaken
ed within me. l still tried and ell
deavored to drown them Out and go
on my way rs before But it was i'm.
possible. Standing there on Tues
day, In the presence OF my wecpin Z
wife and trembling children, God
seemed to lift my soul out OF me
aud show me what black, dismal
diseased and dcspicable thing II was
| fed from 1t in horror. Absolutely
before my God, tell you the truth
fed from 1t iu absolute horror
Ito the upper chamber OF my
house, and Oh my bendec
knees and with m, face in my hands
III continued the struggle. Still
could not leave; still something
seemed 10 hold me back; something
seemed TO say to me: 1t VIII be al
right. This Is nothing but spasm
the reflections of that wave OF reng
ious enthusiasm you got into the 9th
| or day. Wait little while, and !
will be all right, and when the whis
| XIV dies out you will be yourscl
again, aud the same jolly good fellow
that you were before"
/ lay there, as 1t were, ina stupo'
awaiting the time to come when
could get up aud re-assert my ma,
) hood, and go out on the street an
mingle with my fellow man ! fonn
, il would not come, aud after fou
hours of fearful moral agony ha
to go back to the only refuge that
find there is for the sin-tossed sou
and that is TO come and lay itself q
, the foot of the cross and say. "Her'
Lord, | give myself away; II is all
have to give"
Nothing but sin have TO give
:, And found that the other line WI
absolutely true:
Nothing but love shall receive.
4 | received it, thank God, In a pc
) feet flood tide. OBJ II just lifted u
1 up on my feet. l went down-stai
/. into the presence of my weeping wi
;: her eyes still dripping with teal
b She saw something was the matt
|; aud she stood In amazement when
i folded that patient, loving, faithi
r. form to my bosom and told her u
II truth, ! would to God you cou
l. have seen her. | wish that you cou
have seen the transformation in tn
n household. SO glad was |, so pc
L fec,ly satisfied was |, so certain wa
y that there was not a lingering eel
N lila OF doubt in my mind and not
r. thought of denial In my heart, that
q. determined 10 do ON the instant wi
N, the scriptures here say every redee
N "a siuner should do for the hon
H. and glory ofthe Savior; Go into
d highways aud byways and tell
,s. men. of every condition q