The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-21


river II you eau deliberately by eKampie
and life lsad your children away from God,
you are laser man than / ever was Or
want 10 b. in this world Of ours Brethren,
look at home and tho innocent children,
vita thelr faces looking into ours, and say,
"By the grace OF God not ono II my Gull.
dren shall DO ever lost until have piled up
around them mountains OF prayer, aud n
shall swim through rivers Of my tears
ooh, GoI give Us motn rs tnat wall wiring
their children out Of the grip Of the devil
aud bring them back 10 God Homo hfel
Home ltfei
III you we're TO ask ms to-day, Which
one Il your children would you be willing
10 give up 10 the haInes'-cJuld ! name onel
don't Know which one l love The best |
remember once | was summoned home by
telegraph, and found my bright little Bot
as hB was Suffering day after day, anu
sat nj his BEDSIDE all night long, ami his
mother all day long, watching him In
his delirum On the fourteenth day OF
his illness had lain down by bis side AMI
dropped on into n doze Just bsore daylight,
ana when | woke up the sun was SHINING
brightly into the room.
"As Opened my eyes they fell ON the face
Of my sweet child h,s eyes were half closed,
and ho was an pais AS death, and ! thought
he was dying | wrung my hands and
prayed that God would take any Of my chill
dreD, bat spare mo my Bob Spare THIS one,
for 1t ems / loved him more than do all
tho rest God gave ms back the boy. A few
months after that my precious little Mary
swung, ike the pendulum Of clocS, twixt
lie 1l DEATH anu prayed, 'On, God, |
cad not give up my Mary; taXe any Of tho
rest, bat spare my little Mary 80 IL IL
with US all Oh, gracious Father, help US
30 Encompass our children about, ani carry
10 glory with us, IL IL privilege to do
sucn Thing. He feared God with all his
house, anI then hs gave mucn aluls To the
people Religion and inspiration, with the
ioucu On IA divine pencil, IL bringing out
character that viii UutlIye the stars, aud IS
grnn1er ia all It's phases than tne character
Of AN angel.
There is IA man who rides In an elegant
carriage, lives In an elegant home, and who
moves IN elegant society in this town, and
for this sake OF argument let's say he's
member Of Trinity church, and Brother
Joyce has all he can do 10 get anything out
OF him tor hOmg missions let alone foreign
mission WORK | tell you II you were 70
taKe this man simon pure, just AS no was
born, aud put his religion on one side and
himself ON the other, there isn't IA Hottentot
In tho universe who would give ten dollars
for his religion That's my candid judgment
ON IT, Ny spirit OF Christianity is that
sort which makes man walk up AMI say in
all the candor Of his soul, i haven't got a
drop Of blood or minutes tlfao, or dollar
Of money but belongs to God That's the
sort of "A Christian for you'll Cincinnati
has spent ten millions OF dollars 10 damn
this city and SPENDS only dollars and cents
10 save IT.
Every pow In every bar-roon aud saloon
In Cincinnati in free to every man who will
sit In IL, but the churches of the city rent
the pows 10 the bead members and MAKE the
| sinners take back seat or stay out alto
| gethor IL IL q burning shame upon the
| cross OF Jesus Christ for MetnOdisU church
| ~ bid It's pews of and sell them 10 its own
members 10 tho exclusion of others who
ought to hear the gospel. How my heart
| dropped when heard that Trinity church
rented its pews. II you can't live without
| renting your paws you ought to die, and the
| sooner You die the better II five hundred
| Mehodists can't raise enough money 10 KEEP
| up one poor economical preacher without
bidilng oil their pews It's disgrace on ro
lglqn',
sort OF literary club would rent my paws
II was running Christianity wouldn't dc
| IT, Methudlsm IN as much out OF place IN
rented pews as u Georgia corniled darkey
would he IN the White House He's all
right in the curnteld, and there he's wortl
his weight in gold; and you don't count fol
much in the same proportion, for you've
| ibhh lNul grip bH Al4ln WI IVA an 1bui lp"tl
with God, aud you know it.
"Somo Of YOU members say, III | knew
| you were going TO do as You are would
| have voted against your coming You can
| try your vote over again IN the morning If
| You want TO and vote me out then.
| "God gave us Christianity that runs with
| its own momentum, and without all these
| appliances THAT'S what we need A
| Methodist that wouldn't give more volun
tarily 10 his pastor than he would for his
| pew, IL a disgrace 10 tho church he belongs
| TO- aud the Methodist who il selfish enough
| tO pick out tho best paw in the house for
| himself and family, because no has little
| more money than some one else, taat man
has seltishness enough IN him TO damn him.
That's about the fact Of the matter
Lets rent every pow III this church, and
| pay back rent, aud then let's all take the
back seats anl give the sinners the front
ones; aud II | was in this church and oh
| liged TO rent paw, | would rent the best
one in the church and | wouldn't let my
daughter or my wife go into IL, but VT
would stand in the rear and give sinners the
pew They will go 10 hell il something isn't
| done for them and We cannot afford to lei
these siuu ~ he damned Brethren Of Trim
| ity, w.p yut ,ha shame, and abide your as
| sessnCuJs u q trde, generous Clrlstian poo
| plA love Cnrlstiau tu6U Will divide hi
| last nickel with God, and | love man who
is generous to all people sud generous every
| where.
pm talking little longer than usual
but Whenever any of You get your little cuy
| full YOU can rack out, and will preach a
/ long AS | like. a generous maui I'll tel
| what's true, there are men processing 20 b.
| Christians in this very house. and God car
| check on you tomorrow Tor 500 for Gauss
that is Just as sacred ~ home and heaven
| aud you will swear you haven't any money
| \ Of In MIN tf had
you'll turn right around aud give your checl
for 5000 on u corner lou that you got
| little of on. Just now swear you didn'
| have the money when God checked ON you
and you turn round and pay out 81, 900 il
money,
"God will put you in hell forlying, old
| fellow, understand thati God checks ON yoI
for twenty five dollars, and you say: III
had the money nothing would give me NOR,
JOY than TO do that and in less than forty
eight hours from that time | see in tn,
newspapers you gave an entertainment that
cost at least live hundred dollaIs, and Coz
Almighty will put YOU in hell for sucl
lying You thluk God takes any notice o
what's gong on in this worldi There's
Methodist sitting right back there II hav
all the money want don't want to ad,
dollar 70 my stock, and who has an in
come of $4,000 year; ana he has SO mucl
for family expenses and his church expense
amounting to about $1,000 and he ha
about Si,0OO, and the question comes u
what is he going t. do with that $1,000, an
the pastor says; I'm tap for him for tn
orphans home Give me $50 for the or
phan's homer and the old fellow tells m
I'D like to do II, but Eve paid ouJ abou
all can esm this gear, and he'll tur
round and take that &, go and add il To hi
I pile. That the kind Of Christian he is.
Brethren, If you are ever damned 1t wi
be ON account Of money; mare what te
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