Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-28
ANOTHER OF SAM JONES' SERMONS
A Talk About Matters in General by the
Eminent Southern R~eviyalist.

Nashrilb american.
An idea is q thought worked into shape
ready for hand, tongue or foot. As you
think; so you are. Tell me what you are
thinking about to-day, and I'll tell you what
you'll be doing tomorrow; so, let me tell
you, brethren, you'd better mind what you
are thinking about to day, if you know
what's good for you-if you would have any
respect to what you may be doing to-
morrow.
You partske Of the nature of the men
and things by which you are surrounded.
You are very much like the world around
you-hke your circumstances and asso-
ciates. Place the worst man in Muir
freesborough in good company and he'll
be as good as anybody. No man can
stay with me an hour and not be as good
as | am-snd / don't mean to say that l am
over good. | only mean to say that, IN my
presence or in the presence OF any other
minister of the Gospel he viii no swear. l
know no good man would-or, | should say,
no gentleman would. | have overheard
men swear who, on noticing my presence,
would begin to beg my pardon: "Peor man,
/ have answered such, you'd a great deal
better be on your knees begging Gods par
don, not mine"
There are two characters in Murfreesbor-
ough, one of whom is Methodist. L say
Methodist for l never refer critically ID any
other denomination. / feel fres to reouke
Methodists, and / find that keeps me as
busy as | want to be kept. Laughter. It's
all / can find time to do TO tote my "
Methodist skillet around. Laughter
We'll, of those two characters | am speak
ing about, one is a Methodist. He prsys In
his family, pays the preacher, and goes to
PRAYER meeting. In fact he does every
thing the church requires of him. But ne
swindles his neighbors every chance he gets.
The other character is an outsider, out
side of the church, bnt he won't swlndle any
one out Of q penny. BE Is charitable aud
k~ind-hearted, and gives literally to the poor.
Which is the better man Of the two? you
ask. "Why, I'd better be like the Big
hearted, generous, manly sinner" you say.
And so would /. And on this excuse macy
keen out of the church. But why be a fool
ard be exactly like either Of those eharsc'
ters? Laughter As for me, III come
into the church and pay God what is due
Him, then III pay the world its dues. III
rob ANYBODY it will be you-it won't be God
and every man out Of the church who
hasn't given all to God is robbing God OF
all the dear Father wants. Amen. Amen.
But IN do right toward God and my neigh
bor-for such a man is in the army ofJesus
Christ, and trying to do right by all.
l was called good" myself while out OF
the church. "Oh, yes; was good! L was
GOODNESS on wheels. Laughter.
/ know a merchant by the name OF Lee.
I once saw a customer come into his store
10 buy a plough, and he asked whether the
blade was hard enough. ut seems to De
TOO cot" was Mr.. Lees reply. Wasn't he
a strange merchant / asked him why he
hadn't told the mar that perhaps it wasn't
hard enough, or something OF that sort, but
he wouldn't tell q lie. | should suppose q
merchant of that kind would feel lonesome
in most places-lonesome about IN spots.
Laughter
A man can lie and never open his mouth.
That's tie way q horse trader hes-not
knowing hat to keep his mouth shut Is the
BIGGEST sort of q lie. Laughter. | have
heard men brsg about beating conductors
ont Of a ride, and then the conductors,
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Some fellows think they have done o smart
trick If tSe conductor overlooks them ano
they get q free ride. Before l would do sucn
a thing as that I'd hunt the conductor from
The smoker" to the sleeper" and then
chase him down with 9 pack OF hounds
TLAug hter
Us ten thousand times harder to be Just
than generous. 1t Is easy enough to give 9
NOR woman q dollar, but when it comes tc
following a straight line, being just IN al
things lust to God, to your family, to YOU
children, to al men, it Is 9 different thing
Some men are never Just to their wives
Tbsy nav their cook s. very willingly Sat
urdsy night but when the hard-working
economical, painstaking wife asks for q httl'
money on Monday the brute Will say, IN
wife, what do you want with m~oneyr
knew 9 fellow in Georgia who had oeel
married ten years. His wife one morning
mogeated that that was her birthday and b
ala to himself: "Tve got 9 good wife; SD
has been kind, setsacriicing and true 10 al
respects; 1 must buy her present So b
vent down town thar day and walked inso
store and bought himself q new hat eonsol
inc himself that nothing would more pleas
Sood wife than to make her husband
present of q new hat. CGreat lsughter-es
p~eciAlly among the married ladies'. He.
the meanest man l ever saw laughter
and there are q great many men just tina
way.
We are too often unjust to our children
exacting of them things w don't do oul
selves, and bersting them With our tongue
when they don't understand what we want