The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-19
The Evangelist IS to Women About Cad
ding, Danci and Society, and Gives
Advice on the Regulation of Homes.
A Forcibly illustrated Appeal Made to
the Erring Last Evening.
Mr. Jones Doesn't Care What People Think
Of Him, if They Will Heed His Ex-
hortatiOns and BE Saved.
THE DAY MEETINGS.
Mr.. Jones Talks to the Women and De-
nounces Society and Dancing.


nounces Society and Dancing.
The meeting fo: women only at the City Hall,
yesterday morning, largely attended and
notwithstanding the announcement that preach
ers and reporters would be the only persons OF
the male sex who would be admitted there were
fully two hundred men who endeavored to get
into the hail. various excuses being offered to OBJ
tain admittance Many claimed in vain that
they were ministers, while others pleaded for
admittance because they had come from distant
places to hear Mr.. Jones and could not remain
in the city longer than morning man who
came with bis wife was not allowed to enter, and
his wife went away with him, refusing to 60 into
the hall if she could not be accompanied by her
husband. Evangelist Price, who, with Mr. Max
we'll and Mr.. Excel, guarded the doors. re-
marked that it might be only coincidence.
but every man who had applied for admittance
claimed either that he was preacher or had
travelled thirty-two miles to be present. No
mere difficulty experienced here. however.
than in other cities, in keeping the men out of
the meeting. The ladies present numbered
about twelve hundred.
Mr. Jones, after the opening hymn. prayed for
the mothers and wives, invoking the divine
blessing upon their efforts to make their homes
happy and Chrstian-like. After the congrega-
-tion united in singing ''Glad Jubilee Mr.. Ex-
cell sung Sweet Rest at Home ard Keep in
the Middle of the Road" Mr. Jones requesting
the latter, which is a favorite with him. The
evangest's text was Romans XIII l. 5:
/ beseech you, therefore, brethren Mr.. Jones
changed it to read mothers by the mercie of God,
that ye present your bodies living sacrifice, holy,
God
And be not conformed to this world but be ye trans
formed by the renewing of your mind that We may
prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect
For say, through the grace given untome to every
man that's among you not to think OF himself more
highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly
according God hath dealt to every the measure
of faith.
Mr.. Jones said: This service is announced to
be a mothers service. Mother There is no
sweeter word than that. There are three words
that are always associated with each other
home, mother. heaven What is home without
a mother and will we ever get to heaven with
out precious mothers to guide and direct usl A
good mother is Gods most precious gift to man
outside the blessed Christ himself. Some one
has said: IF could mother the world could
save it." And another has said: ''The hand that
rocks the cradle rules the world AS the moth
was bloody, murderous woman, and she gave
to the world the most cruel man it has ever seen.
Lord Byron's mother proud fashionable,
intellectual woman, and she gave to the world
its proudest, most profiigate and most abandoned
author. John Wesey's mother was pious,
sanity woman and she gave to the world one of
its greatest religious characters What our boys
and girls are, is what our mothers have made
them. The greatest blessing that ever crowned
an American home is Christian, sweet-spirited
mother, and the greatest curse is ChrIstless
goddess worldly mother. have understood to
some degree why could be profiigate,
wicked and sinful. when have stopped to think
of the hippaut, foolish, fashionable, goddess
mothers with which they are cursed. With q
good mother boy has good start to heaven,
and neither the devil nor the world will find it
easy to stop him. / believe that nine-tenths Of
the humans who go TO glory or to God will not
be in heaven a minute before they hunt out
their blessed mothers, who taught them the way
there
/ noticed some time ago that there was a con-
vention of mothers in one of the Northern States,
at which it was discussed at what age a child
should first be taught religion. One said six,
another five, another four, another three and
finally one good. old, sanity woman got up and
said: 'l'il tell you when to begin TO teach your
child. Begin twenty years before the child
is born and give 1t good mother, and she
will see to all the rest" That's it, my sister,
that's it. Your little Marys and Carries are the
future mothers of this country and, il you
women do nothing else, God help you to train up
Christian mothers for generations TO follow.
Our text means conservation to God, and to His
purposes Lord am thine Take me- and do
with me as Thou wilt; not for my sake alone,
hut for the sake OF my husband and children.
That's it. There are good many OF you here
to day who are members of the church; but /
have found that there is q great difference be-
ha,v ahar fbo 0hs1pa ND
Christian.
There are a great many goddess women here in
Indianapolis who are members Of churches, who
not only no help to it, but disgrace to IT.
There are some women here who go about work
ing for temperance. and foreign missions, and all
that sort of thing, who neglect their homes
Look here sisters God don't want you to go
gadding around about these things, and neglect
your own family. No woman can work success
fully abroad until size has worked
cessfully at home. You 60 about
wedding other peoples patches. and
your own at home is all grown up with weeds.
You are too clever by farl Say, sister, If you do
your whole duty at home, you won't have time
to run about much. Some of you want to do
this and that, and 60 gadding about the streets,
and have seen some women riding around in
their carriages. with poodle dog Laughter.
just think of that When my wife gets to ridins
around bau:n dog am going straight to
Chicago and get divorce. When my wife car
ries her blessed baby around with her. | am
proud Of her. We run on Armies and Marys.
and Pauls and Bobs down our way, and not on
dogs You all know what / mean. mean
those women who care nothing for their chill 4
dren That's it consecrated woman loves
her children and stays at home, going ont only
to do good Some of you haven't spent whole
day at home for twelve months. unless it
was raining or hailing, or something to
keep you from going out Three hun
dred days in one year catches you down
town. around in the big stores, whether you want
to buy anything or not-just gazing around. As
the old colored man said, you're just living on