The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-30
"WHAT WAIT | F0RY'
EVANGELIST SAM JONES ANSWERS
THE QUESTION
A Grand DIseaurs~ that IL Powerful In Its
Reasoning, Logical In Every Argumen-
tative Point, and highly Interesting.
aix thousand People Present.

gathered together.
Tho interest In tho meetings Is still grow
ing, snd Music Hall will not DO Hblo 10 hold
the crowds II IL continues
Mr. 81. J Maxwell led the choir and after
the rendering Of "Beulah L1nd' R,v. DIR. w.
n. BeftWich, Of Nashville Tenn, delivered
an eloquent prayer, iull OF power, and
praycd Tor blessings upon every church aud
upon all m mbcrs, and that the end may DO
the reformation OF tho strougholds Of sin in
this city
Text. what wait fort Ny hope Is in
Theen
"Brethren. want 10 call your attention
hrvt TO tbo very practical WY this question
Ia put 'Wbnt wait ! foIf | want 10 got
very close to you, hroturen, in tho text |
wunt 10 70 doan on your side and talk on
your rae awhile / know men will think
and | know mon will rsasou, and l know
men viii weigh thought and woigb reason,
AMI weigh logic aud weigh conclusions |
know you are man, ond | know you have
Alright to think. want to yet on your side
and talk with you awhile on your side OF the
question, aud now let's answer this question
from your STANDPOINT 'Whnt wait forf
Eqys: m toll you what | am waiting for
l want time TO consider this ques lon. Tbs
ha momentum, question. II Is tho biggest
uues len II lime and Of eternity | DOM
like 10 be hurried into a thing ike this |
want time to consider AMI 70 think over
this question | want 10 weigh a, and when
go into II want TO go ia to say, and l
don't want 10 10 buried into II In excite
mrnt
"Well, brethren, lot us see how much this
Weighs with sensible men i want time
10 cunsider' Consider WHAT To consider
whether II is right to do right Whctncr il
Is wrong to do wrongi limo 10 consider
whether II is better 10 bo good mn budl To
consider whether it is better 10 go to hell
than to go 10 heayonl
"Ole man says, I'm waiting for time to
consider I've seen for some time 1 ought
IN do right and ought TO quit wrong, ami
wished many day in this pnst was o good
man. Two been ashamed OF myself in the
presence u my wife and children, and Pm
sorry 10 night amt good man, but I'm
waiting for time 10 consider can toll you
In minute | would rather $50 10 honvon
than 20 hell, rather DO good man than
bad man; rather DO n good father than a
bad father | don'C want any tims 10 oon
slider question like that
III you want to drink whisky, and play
cards aud go 10 tho thonter aud danes, ami
kick up The devil generally you stay out
whore you arel You hear moi An't that
good propositionl
81 know some churches will compromise
with you pretty low, ana some will lot tho
fento down pretty low for you.
zone day | was travelling, and on tho
Journey the train stopped at n station, and
ON the platform thtro we're throo ladies'; and
a. tho tram slowly rolled up and then
stopped, thoy wors within tbrce feet OF ,ne.
Olo lady aid, Ara you going TO tho ball
this EVENING" Tne young lady askod said,
'No, amt going. why. whyr said tho
other. 90, yea, she continued 1 forgot
you wore a Methodist, AMI you MSfhoiiSts
don'6 have manY privileges or LblrieL
Sad tho other No, it aiu'O because I'm a
Melhodist don't go, but ifs because l Just
don't want 10 GO Tho other lady said,
you M'thodsts done have ANY privileges
at al; why, our preacher AMI our church
don't care how mush wa 60 30 bala'
"rnon tho train pulled out from the sta
ton, mud was so clad just wanted to 20
right out on top OF the car and halloo out,
"Hurrah for Methodsmr That's the way
telt about IT,
"Whenover Baptist or n Presby torian,
or n Catholic, or M Epscopalinu, or Chris.
han In any OF the churcIes saws: why, our
churcn don't objpet 20 dancing and card
playing and liquor drinking, YOU can Just
tell That m,mbar VI tho cIlrcl say no lies,
AMI tells "a lie AZ black as helll There isn't
church in all this land that names the name
Of Christ that has not pronounced against
all those things Hear thatl
"You take the Episcopalisn church; l told
theai out In st. Joe-aud they're mighty
nice clover people, .too-thoy tooK a hand in
tte meeting anu tho rector was out regular:
You talk about being the church Of God,
ami you've urne4 oug to DO nothing hut
Go Almightys crochet society woke
h'm up there
"Hear me: II telong 10 any church call
ting its,lf a church, ani IL don't object TO
dancing, theater going, card playing and
dram-lrinking memb,rs why, | wouldn't
stay In that church long enough 70 set my
hat-ld just run out bareheAdod II | am
gong to be a Christian IN be one from head
10 foot. through aud through | am not
now, AMI, God helping me, Ia never be q
hypoorito
~ ne.tsnihs q humanity romind me OF
hungry man, VINO IL taken M 70 tabie
loaded with every ching COOL You ask him
20 eat and he SAYS, No, Amt 6tten,' aud
you ask him why, Because my hands are
dirty; and you say Here's water, wash
them aud he'll say, No, amt fifteen Aud
he stands there and starves to death.
Brother, come up and join the church I
amt btten' We'll, come up aud get often.
Aud he says, Well, | aint fitten TO get fit
ten What are you going to do with cass
like that What are you going to do With
this fellowt Friends. let's be sensible Your
very untituess makes foundation plank
upon which you can walk 20 Christ, and,
hear me TO night, the TACT that you are not
Ct Is the only thing aooat you that COM
mends you 90 God at all. How fool sn men
ar Jesus Clrist never cane 10 call the
right,oIs TO repentance; h cams TO elll sim
ners 1 you amt fit III maSe you A. II
you are ft have no gospel Tor you
Another says i am waiting until get
IT. The Lord knows ain'e getting any bet
ter fast | amt going as | u-ei 10 he.
want to know III get through bsiore start.
lam afraid TO start because l can't get
through Well, let's look al that in com
mon ssnss view. Some OF you go to
New YorS every three mouths Do you
wait before starting until you know you'll
get through How do you know you won't
die on the rosd. or how do you know you
will get to New Yorki Sometimes trains
have been thrown of a bridge down to the