The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-26
nor SHOT FROM JONES.
The Evangelical Iknkes the Chlcag 70
sinners Fore and An.

sinners Fore and An.
Sam Jones had big ccngregation
TUESDAY. n included yonng aud old
mate and female. and was composed vrr>
largely ~ people from The lower classes
A g""d man, people had their children
with them from infants Ia arms 10 halt
grown hovs. The house MAS crowded
Chicago News reporter gives The
following AS sample o. the evangelist's
talk.
These fellows say: Il never saw any
hing wrong about cards. Its not sin
'ul game; it, u scientific game" Thcs
IaiiuS ring ~ that word scientific some
ahere along the line. I'm sorry for
man that's got time 10 play cards or
dance When l look round aud see =
sihkin' world God knows I tell tie truth
when | say I've NOT seen the time in
'shirisen years when | had minute 10
spare tor those things aud ,ou wouldn't
EITHER " you v ere ~ any account You II
just as well be NJ that Stars yon're con-
Icrrnsd. though. as an, thing else. for IL
YOU wasn't ~ that you'd be asleep The
'univ difference between y moral sinner
snd an immoral sinner i the difference
hrtw.cn the typhoid fever and smallpox
Dnes internal aud The Others external.
M both'ii kiiI nine times out Of ten II
they ain't tended 10. These moral fel-
lows are white sepu!chers. You scratch
of The whiswash snd they're terribly
'lrlorinei objects. Did YOU ever see Il
scsle of. Amt YOU seen a.?
All | want o. know about any man Is
il he j. a member Of city club. he j.
III only question OF time when he will
be drowned.
sir. Jones came down on this word
drowned with terrible emphasis. dwell
ing on IL in his lowest tone. He con-
tinued:
have preached il many cities and
seen thousands OF people converted. but
never have yet. as God Is nv Judge.
knnwn III any member Of q city club
ever being converted 20 God and that
j. The saddest commentary that God orl
mrn could pronounce on those insfitu-
lions. a man is almost certainly DOOM
"a when he goes into those institutions.
don't care II l was as pious AZ J lob. and
jDined one OF those clubs. I would swan
chances with Judas I-cariot for a hope OIL
heaven.
knew a fellow down in Georgia who !
lied 20 much that aner three. square
trials ~ telling the truth he couldn't do
y. George Washington, you know,
couldn't tell lie. and he was the father
~ his country. He never begot many
offspring IN his own likeness Some
times I've asked everybody that never
told q lie 20 stand mp. Every fellow
was looking around to see IL ANYBODY
was goin 70 get up II anybody had 4 !
got up Ida given him the floor and set
down. Ii you'd all stop lying you'd |
starve the lawyers to death. 1 like al
grand LAWYER who defends the good man
from the assaults Of the wicked But
these mean little IS lswyers! They do
some mean things. and then say: I'll
did that IS lawyer, not Is a man,
When ;ney drop down in hell. suppose
they Y 20 about saying, I'm here as 81
lawyer"
Now. look out. molesty you're going
TO yet slap. Naked truth do Won
know how that phrase about naked
truth. started. Truth and Error went
10 swimmin' together. l never UNDER
stood what business Truth had in such
awful bad company. But they went
-wimmin' together After they Topped
about in the water for awhile. Error
sneaked out. hauled on Truths clothes,
aud ran of a. tight rs he could cut.
When Truth came ont. there wasn't any :
thing for him but Errors old clothes,
ana rather than wear them he chased OF
naked. He's been runuin' naked ever
since.