Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-18
SAM JONES ON his STYLE.
some Pungent Remarks by sam Jones
on Collections.
From the Ba1tjmore SIM.

From the BqIHaore SHn,
Sam Jones said at the rink at night:
s.The church wants great big hurrah and
carousal over sinners. Some of you have
been whispering around, Brother Jones
found that his style didn't suit Baltimore,
and so he's changed Well, all right.
You'll see. Laughter. What do care
whether my STYLE suits Baltimore or not.
Applause. The LORD help your poor,
little, silly soul, II you thought that had
made mistake. | just turned my gun
little until YOU got up into line 50 that
might hit you. Take care how you lay up
treasures upon earth. I'd like to leave
something for my wife, but ! wouldnt
leave my children anything, II had II.
Ii they are of any account they don't need
it. and if they are OF no account every dol
lar Will help TO sink them. twenty tnou-
sand dollars Will buy two boys out OF three
a through ticketto nell. There's many
church dominated by rich man, and That
man is as stngy and mean as dog. He's
worth $500, 0O0 and he gives $500 year,
and for that little sum you let that con-
temptible low down fellow boss you. III
was running perdition | wouldn't let him
be a corporal down there. You needn't
go to a Textbook to tell what fellows
worth, for often he's lied about his prop
erty, but you can tell by what he does and
what he gives 10 God.
"A man worth $l,000,000, and bossing
around the church and the minister for
$500 a year! There are lots of widows
who come to these meetings. Bless you,
sisters. | like these widows. They said
l.400 copper cents were in the col
lection tue other night. Ii there's
anything that tickles me it's TO
see these long-whiskered old fell
lows Slipping in the widows mite. You
amt no widow. Laughter. A man
who will do right towards God with his
money is generally one who does his duty
towards God in everything else. I've no
interest in your collections taken here.
IVe got nothing to do with them. How
many dollars did this city put into that
opera COMPANY? That entertainment
took enough away to run these meetings
until January. Thank God, religions
cheap. A great many people will say,
He's after money When one OF your
my coming here | said I'D bring enough
money to pay my board, and if
the brethren would pitch in with
me l wouldn't charge a nickel.
II I'd been after money, Brother
Williams, I'd been gone week. Laugh
ter. Ii / was after money sure enough.
wouldn't be working here. But, thank
God, there's nothing in heaven or earth /
like better than preaching the Gospel.
You can't hire me for anything. The idea
OF pedding around the Word Of God on
the lecture platform. l shan't DO it. Ap-
plsuse.l If you be converted you shall
have all the world can give you, and your
taxes will be paid for you. ] never began
TO fiesben up much before | got TO preach
ing. Laughter.
'Be not coniOrmed to the world. They
not only have got a big wing of our
church into the world, but have got some
preachers out to champion them. God
SAYS. Come out and be separate from
the world Here we're eating and living
with the world, and, brethren, how much
more have we to do to be damned with
the worldg There isn't preacher in this
town whom | couldn't look into the face
and tell him l love him. Pm not preach
ing against men, but against evil prin-
eiples. This old worlds been setting the
fashion for us long enough, hasn't it
Instead of US members of the church
running after the fashion of this world,
let's set the fashion of this world. APP
plause. We can make it fashionable to
visit the sick, to 90 to prayer meeting,
10 have family prayers. | followed the
fashion OF this world until was nearly
ruined. Haven't much respect for fashion
anywhere. / wish could set the fashion OF
dress in this city. Pve seen more low
necks minus the low sleeves in this city
than I've seen for twenty years past.
God help me and mine to dress so that
neither man nor devil may make remark
about me. They NAV say that my clothes
don't fit. But thaJs not my fault. God
made me that way.
''If you want to have champagne and
wine suppers, 90 that way, but / and
mine amt going that way, thank God.
God help me to be religious. even II no one
Ia the world will speak to me. They say
Ill looks like Mr.. Jones has a 8 pite against
those that have sOmething.' / have not.
What / say is, use your means in Gods
service instead OF to debauch the world.
Some of yeu, il yOu'dgo home and be re-
lIgiOus for week. your children would be
calling in the neighbOrs TO Identify you
Laughter. Lots of children would say
the old mans going 10 die. We want the
religion that will make us right to all men
and to ourselves. You take these truths
home with you. l feel like saying that
if I've never done as preach that Chris
tian should do, do it now" At the con-
clusion of the sermon many professed con-
version during a revival service which
followed. There have been from 300 to
400 professions Of conversions made during
The week.