The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-28
ASERMON TO MEN ONLY
some sLUoGlNG DONE STRAIGHT
FROM THE SHOULDER.
Profanity. sabbath Breaking. Liosntious-
ness and intempsfanos 90 CinoinnAtl's
sins arc Dsbauching. Dsmning and
Doamln. Tier eopie-Tbs sermon.

DlNAls AtAA'IfNh' nv "a w NAtt ''.s ra' ''fN'A
snowy beard bAld-hoadsi men AMI men
with gooJiy share Of hirsuts ndomment,
men IN troqnciotb AMI mon IN rags, men Of
money and men who's, appearance tetokon
their puuerv, ons or two prominent gam
blers ana several hankers-in Short mon Of
all conditions in life, and men Of all nation.
aliiica, occupied every available inch Of
room In Music Hail, where Sam Jones
preached for tho benefit Of mon only.
II have but threo questions that / would
moro and 90 any man az he stands u preach.
fog rghtoousnes8 20 ma Thi FIRST question
IWoull ask any minister OF tbs gospel Is
this. Are you pOstod on the subjsc5
Tou are discu.singP Second, DO you know
what YOU sp talking nboutf And
when these questions arc Rusfacto-
rlly answered 1 will put this one 10
hiuii DO you mean kindly towari met
when those oro satisfactorily answered., !
have but ono more b. AJAX and that hi ado
you live what you prsachf
with these thro, questions answerol In
tho altma i've, | throw opsn Tho doors Of
my heart nn1 conscience TO any man who
will answer thoso questions satzfactorily.
"As 10 the first question, you can deter
mine that yourself; as 10 the second queg-
ton DO moan kindly toward your have
but this b say: n YOU will bring any hu-
man hene that walks this earth up into my
presence whom have aught IN my heart
against, | Will throw my arms around that
man, and hug him until he boilers, j don't
caro- who he H. And II you will bring into
my preanncs any woman that walks this
vast universe whom | have aught 10 my
heart against, | will mako my wife hug her.
u.aughterl
81 have nothing but love for all mon, with
love for all and malci toward none to whom
Ipr'ach the gospel. blessed be God Thin,
Do | believe what preachr II | was the
vcriest hypocrite thot walks the faoe Of this
earth would live what preached In order
10 be successful, II had no higher motive;
but want 10 say this ~ you, w tho vast
multitu1es gather here and beyond In tho
different states, anl rs IL Is my privilege 10
preach 10 thousands OF mon ami thousands
OF women, and | give God all ia, glory.
have navar stood up TO preach TO on immense
or 10 a small congregation that didn't real
H., 4 have Il soul IN my body 10 be- lost or
saved, and II have prayed more f0rvently
for one thing more thnn another. IL Ia that
God grant that may not be- numbered with
those to whom IL shall 10 said, Depart, 70
aocurscI, never knew YOU God help US
a. be- as faithful In LIVING tho truth nv We
sndeavor Ia bs IN preaching the truth.
81 want b. say right now, brethren, that
what ] am going 20 say hereafter viii DO
said IN nj love, no matter whom II wounds,
no matter whom II hits, and W help mo God,
IL l never live to preach another sermon,
will preach ths truth 10 you this evening as
see t. IL there's any man here that TANKS
he can't stand tha truth rubbed In on him n
little thicker aud fnster than he over had II
dono at one services before, and II there's any
man hore who thin " h, can't love ths IN An
who tells IL TO him, you'd better pick up
your hat and get right now; and ! warn you
beforehand, IL any Of you com, buoberng
10 me after ~ over III have a contempt Tor
You. | wlll that II you don't think you
can stand II you'd better got out right now,
Tor | tell you IL, a. coming
I'VE havs selccsei rs tue tsIt tbs four
words OF tbe seventeenth verse OF the nine
tsenth chapt,r Of the book Of uonoils
"E zap, FOR thy Life"
"fhcrc is implanted In the bosom Of every
man an instructive love OF life; aud also i'm.
planted by the hand Of Col IN this aame
bosom il til, fear OF death Wa all love lie;
we all folr death.
"As have said before in thOsl services,
need no hibo TO teach mo that sin will ruin
hncn, aui ruin women, ami ruin communi.
ties, and ruil citins, an ruin th, world,
"Cneinnati, with all her boasted financial
standing, with all her intelligence, Oh with
oil her heart, presents tho picture every day
to our eyes that sin is dsbaucaiug and doom.
ing and damuing your people.
IL have tut To walk out ON your streets
with my eyes Open aud with my ears open,
and can ses that thousands of people are
lost, whether there's any death or hell, or
not They are lost TO all that is good, ami
all that is pure, and all that is noble, and all
that is trae.
brother, whom a mau is lost to tho truo
and the beautiful aud 10 the good, what
deeper, darker hsll would you hava than
tina
ave will take up first the sin most COM
mouly practiced among men, AMI that Is
the SIN OF profanity.
'Oh, what fearful sin, In all its aggra-
waited guilt aud its general usc In this land
is this sin Of profanity
! "Od mon swear, and young men swear,
and women swear, and cnldron swear an 1
We AAillNHh ~ lAtAbh W NAttA VI = tNNiAl az
we walk up and down the land.
81 want TO show you what profane
swearer is | want 60 locate him; want
60 tres HIM this evening, aud twist him out
OF h,s hole and let You $40 bin as God and
His angels sec him.
"The sin OF profanity | read IN those
Ten Commandments this; Thou shalt not
take the name 81 the Lord thy Col in vain,
for the Lord VIII not hold hum guiltlesS that
taEeth has name in vain LIT your commu-
nicai>ns % yea, yea, and nay, nay, moro
than that CO neth % evil
81 will road you auotler Of tn, command.
ment,: Thou shal5 not steaL' Hero are
Two commaulmoats Inou shalt not take
the name OF tho Lord thy God in vain and
Thou shalt not steal
"You will brake this frSt commandment,
but you wou'r break this second one You'll
swear, but you won't steal Whyi
suppose | say that a man who will stasl
will lie. ani get drunk aud curso We'll
you say That's faeL' Let Us comment OF
this tbinst 4 man Who will swear will Ii,
and get drums aud steal, But YOU say
'yeu mustn't ~ back that way You may
come this way IS much IS YOU please, bu. Il
you so ogc that way you'A got a fuss OF
your hands Well, hrethreu, I've Otter
heard it said; lis poor rule thar won
WORK both ways tLaughterl LOS run
thst down Aiue further.
There's man sitting out Tiers that viii
lie, nut be won't steal He will b,asphem
the name OF God anu smut his lips witt
other utterancss aui silt himself upon hi
.honor, and yet that same fellow woulC
cIrse the virtue OF the purest girl in tn