The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-09-03
SAM JONES' SERMON.
AT sEAsHoRE CAMP MEETINGS
Tnxr-"what shall 10 to be savcds"

Il
here tue other day on repentance. and heard |
that same sermon at Huntsville, aud That isa
gospel sermon There is no swapping III
repentance. Repentan ce mca'is reformation,
and .reiurlnation means repentance. Now,
the preachers will tell you that is legal repen-
tance NV brother ii you can get Il good case
of legal repentance yan can r,de to glory ON
It, They tell yom that evangelical repentance
is to pet sorry and bfuhber, and God Will give
us legal repentance Do not you wish all gnur
| brothers had that2 l call it quitting your
meanness. l used to cry and cry and get
drunk and cry and tel my wife was sorry.
4 and it did me % much good to cry, and the
| drnnker got the more wonid cry. SAY
the condition of faith is repentance. and re
| pentance means, Il have quit. have quit"
| / am done with my meanness forever; swear
| eternal allegiance to the right; | have fired
that gun rhe last time on the wrong side of
| the question. Well. believe on the Lord
| Jesus Christ VIII a man quits his mean
uess he Just believes. Try it. There is no
trouble then.
II you want to ilo wise thing Tonight yon.
/ will run mp the white flag of surrender out of
ypur heart and stand under it. and sag; my
| Gol, have done. have fred my last shot.
have thrown my last cartridge into the
river, wi die before frs another shot.
4 Down goes the cartridge box and the old
muske;, II sot. will do that. and stag aud die
right unde, the white flag, rou cannot ga to
heaven. aud the Lord will have TO convert you
before you die. or lie mist make particular
word Tor Won 10 i've Ill Ia ttuei'
Now, this may be Il new wa9 OF putting tins
whole question, aud you nlay say it is not y
& scrptural way to put this question, But
would rather save u few thousand sinners
with heterndoxy than spread a whole iet OF
| orthodoxy on them ami let them 20 to he'll
wi, Ii il rubbed. on that thick. have never
stopped to consider whether was hetorolox
or orthodox. All want 10 TO hook al these
old sinners, and. if they swallow the bali and
the line do not break, l will have them.
1 I,ai, fl,nt ia liza xpl
tnn
MY Lord and my God says. Let the wick
ed man iorsake his waysand the unrghteous
man his thoughts, and let him return unto
the Lord, and he viii have mercy on hinl."
aud he says If We confess our sins and iorsake
: our sins we shall find mercy. and God be
mercifui to mo sinner" brings pleasant
condition OF the soul.
What shall do to I've saycdi l just nave
to say this: Quit your meanness. the baatice
will loek atte, itsaf. sav, bob. go and
bring me u bucket OF fresh water. and viii
give you 10 cents." Bob wont look toward
the bucket and wont take astep toward the
well. but he is locking III my pocket to see II
have II dime. Look here. which Gtai says
IL You will quit your meannrss | Will give
you peace etc, ynn are feeling in his poekel
to see IL he has something to give you nftei
| yeu have quit You had bat.er quit youl
meauness. and see IL God mas ANYTHING tf
give you afterwards That is the sort o
| faith riaicu'e.
Ask old Bro. Smith, "Dn you believe il
class meetingl' He says. Yes | do It Ia tn.
' greatest means of grace III the church.
How .Dng since you have been to class meet
.ng Bro Smithw Not once since tho war
says he: ,.but believe III them firmly i'
ought to he taken ont and hanaed. He be
lievys ip them but never takes the trouble t.
20 out to them Do yop believe in famii.
prayersl' You ask another brot her. yes
{ is u great means of giaee do you eve
pray in your famisys No. sir: ain,t neve
hegnn get" Yes you are q great big hnn
hing: hat is what ypt are. You ask another
Do you believe in foreign niissslolisi' IA
saws Yes. l just want to see the woll
taken for Christi. How nu.it did yoh Civ
last ,ea,!. .uh! gave ad'Nm. f.u oil
humbug YOU and you give dollar year
save the world from hell. An.t you a mic
Cbristiyuf Do you believe in prayer NEE
imgss. Yes How long since yen xei
lhrri | do not go nt once year : Tal
,p ut his hell sf in i, thing. The Biblo tall
about unfeignel faith Ii / was ii dethadis
u Pr .sbyie,lali or ~ Baptist, and IL man can
to me and asked me, Do sou believe in fan
lly praycr! | would sy i an, mt going
tell yon: go aud ask my wiie lie snys -
in you believe in chuieh neetingsf say
er won't tell you: so to my preacher J go
n, the preacher and ay. Docs MIR ----
elk licve i'll prayer mcetngl He saws Well.
he don't. he is the strangrst man ever sa
lis He is here every "Wednesday evening a.
,nI .Does MIR So aiid-sa believe in foreign III
n siniisf. Well don't know: hue il he doat
~ il tl,e stra,,aest man ever saw He g,yei
a. $3.50 for foreign missions the other ,lav. ia
~ he believe in supporting the preacher,
~ Well ii Ii. don't he is mighty strange.
m every wear he gives 500 to 5000 for the 81
port of preachers
in want tn tell yon something that Won wa
vi forget and always rmtlnhsras Jones ~
lai tration nf faith 1t is the fa til OF commit q
Ii i, not the whining and talking sort oi la
,ch the faith of cnnmittll that gives the M
and all h, has got To God We had up
ov lrinity Church. in Atlanta, a sortof ataikl
~, meeting. started them one night on
locunntlve engine. ! SAID the chnieh y
rrcpgnize,l budy aud the locomotive is
rrcprnized motor We sustain onr reati,
IN tins great organization. Now, said
.brtthreu. looking at the engine, whic. !,
would you rather be! One brother said
would like to be the driving wheel of
great engine of the church that is.
Scriptures Another said he world like
he ilp truck wheel that ran ahead OF
machinery Another said he would like
be the COW catcher and keep the track Gle
and another would ike to be the bniler
w winch the steam was generated. Anot
SW would like % be the cylinders III which
] w piston heads move: another wonld like to
sd the arm connecting the drying wheel 4"
ID the q, lindets: another would like to be
II whistle which sounded the PRAISE Oh
IS oyer this country. and ynu never saw ~ c,
4 meeting that lots vt feltuws did not weAil
,th. whistle. That reminds me Of that httie'
with lIttle old ENGINE, ana when thc q
oii oi- neer blows the whistle the h,at stops: it
heu not blow the whis 10 and ran all at o
Many old Methodsts take 1t ont in blow
He cannot blow and run both: he blows
don't run. Every. time he blows the !
q hoat cannot ru.l, and when il starts rum
he cannot blow. He taxes It s4e at a I
Well one man wanted to whistle, and al
low iy George Muse got up--a little bat OF a fe
Ia good Christian, but the only trouble
\ him Is his shngaess. He is the stii.l
white man you ever SAW. and that spoi
man. He is worth $l5U00 yes, S2o.00l.
mp we c,innot get, mere than $1,000 year o.
HIM for God religion. A little stimgy,
siinurinus cuss--he is worth $2U.uU0
S1500 IL year is every cent he Will pay
gy litbe anssl Taking mp. missionary
~ y os, sr lecti0n. several got up.sand George got
and g id: ',Brothur, came near trsin
oep., be "a missionary. This year l gave you
for the foreien nmeslons work. What d'
/, reckon that little stingv fellow said N
'eF. talking neeting WAS telling you abouti
said: Bro Jones, am, perfectly wilhn
lie the old black coal HAT is pitclla mt
~, fire to make steam to carry on the wol
:. ous disseminating Gnd.s glory Thut is the
anu of fairh the redeemed are made of d.
rNrS get the ideal DO not you say ANYTHING
Nio repentance unless You can rach ont on
lines have been talhing abuut this mo
must n --untess yuu have the fat of committa
Tue gives everp drop of blond. every dorlar o
nionep eyeryt hing to God. That IS it.
es ne came down IN the train yestefday '
cfto uoor Methodist preacher He lophed
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