Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

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y CINCINNATI, Feb. Rev. Sam Jones is a
4 phenomenally attractive man to Cincin-
natians, and when the thermometer was am
bitiously striving to reach zero and Guido
its efforts during the last blizzard, five
thousand of them left their comfortable
hearthstones aud. mrfl.d up, went To Music
Hall in the teeth Of the lifting blast that
blew from the frigid north
Rev Sam Jones preached ona of his forci-
ble characteristic and earnest sermons, as
follows:
"BRETHREN-Let us so prayerfully into
this service. We will take for our text the
expression of David, perhaps the strangest
b we lind IN all the psalms: i thought upon
. my w6y, and made haste and delayed not to
keep Thy commandment S.
q thought upon my way Oh, how
much time we have spent in this world
thinking about this old worlds WAYS. How
4 much time we have spent in talking about
d the ways of this old woridl How many
Y books have been written on the ways Of men
and on the ways of the world; but, brother,
M never saw a book written on my way.
M never have seen men talk much about heir
own personal way. wish | could get men
TO see thai you may go in gronls and sin in
schools, ana commit iniQuity in common
with thousands of others; and yet we go and
stand before the Judgment bar OF God rs If
we were the only man that LIVED in Gin.
cinnati, or as il we were the only man that
ever lived in America, as il we were the
only human being that ever walked tho face
of the earth.
Brother, efter all l amt responsible for
the way this world does any further than
the fact can say | have always set the
world good example and done what could
II to get it 10 be good-turther than that
amt responsible Tor the WAYS Sof the world.
"I thought on my way One of the most
striking incidents | ever heard was the met
dent related of u brilliant young fellow who
III graduated i'll America and then went to
IL Europe and graduated there III the first col
nv lege of the lAnd, ond then he studied AMI
ri matriculated i'll law aud science, and came
sN back to this country carrying with him the
honors he had won in every department OF
study.
ION the streets of New York the day be
returned lie met an old friend of his, with
silyery bair and lowed form, and the good
man saw the young fellow, ana whcn be
came up said: George, I'm glad to see you
back. / have heard how glorCuly you
have acquitted yourself in both worlds, sir.
George, I've been thinking about you. You
have your diplomas showing tnat you grad
uated with the first honors from the literary
& and the scientific and the law schools, but,
Fl George, Pm anxious to know what
IN you're going to do hereafter Well said
George, Pm going Immediately into the
practice of law AMI l shall practice the law
George, what then, said the old gentleman
after I've practiced law awhile, snid
George, I'm going to Iun for the legislature,
and Pm going to represent my county in the
legi 3lature two or three sessions Well,
George, what thenF ASKED the old gentle-
man. We'll, then said George, I'm going
into the state senate and repraS mt my con-
stituents il the state s4nate for year or
two What thenP asked the old gentleman
once more. Then I'm going to run for the
III ;faI Efaff norln and m ,vOin IN
serve two or three co0se, utiye terms there,
sad the conceited young fellow. We'll,
George, what then, repeated the old gentle
n man. oh, them said George, Pm going to
I'd run for the United States senate, and my
" voice shall be heard from Maine to Mexico
q and from the north to the SOUTH am | will
u spend Two or three terms in the United
y States senate We'll, George, what theng
4 asked the old gentleman. rnen, said
George swelling mp, I'm going 10 receive
United States, and I'll be president of thi
4 great republic about two terms what
then GeorgeP asked the old gentleman,
persistently. Then I'm going to retire
and Luy me nice pleasant spot out in the
country, and I'll adorn it with al the splen
doris of luxury and comfort to spend my old
age in What, then, GeorgeP asked the
OLD man again. oh, then I'll be getting
old and I'll have to die said George Wen,
what then, GeorgeP ASKED the old man al
last Inc young ulhu tuIHSu pute buu Dt
gan to tremble, and he sait with The tears
streaming down his face, My old reverend
n sir, you've got me down to the earth now
with your ''Wbat thenp / will reverse
the plan of my life. l give my heart to Co.
MI to-day, and I'll live and serve God wheth 4
M do anything else or not Tlere'S som.
sense in that. I'll tell you another thing
IA There are whole hundreds and thousands Of
M people in this city that you get them dowr
10 the ground with the What them Let's
you anu think a little tonight
81 thought on my way You may MAJ
you out the most brilliant path; you ma,
4 start cut in the intellectual, the scientific
the philosophical or 10 the legal or literar,
profession, in anything, but where will i
end2 Where does your patb-the path vol
are in tonight, where does it end9 Ga
brother, wise man not only wants to know
where his path is, but he wants to know
where his path ends Where wi | be whel
get 10 the end of this patha Il though Of
the way, on the road l am in a highway
on a path This path started somew her
and it ends som, where-now, where are yo
goingi When you get to the end of the pat
where will you be2 That's the question.
al thought on my way That profan
SWEEPER cut there-he bisters his lips wit
profanity he is an uuchas5e AMI profan
man Brother, now you look at your rela
tons to things around you: What's tn
cause of your profanity, of your fou
nlouihed expressions, of your want c
chastity, OF YOUR want OF purity in you
languagei You have disconnected yourse
with everything that's pure aud upri ght an
holy. You have shut the door Q heaven !
your face, AMI have lung the doors or he
wide open Il that wisel Is there enoug
in it fer you to do thatl How much do
your profanity yield you in year, Ia
month, in a week or in dayl How man
of your friends would forsske you 1t yo
was 10 quit cussingl How many dollar
would you lose if you was to quit cussin!
How much less would your wife think {
you, and how much less would your chi
dren think OF you, il you was TO quit you
cussingi How much would You degra6
yourself il you we're to chop of this ussles
md gully Sun from your lifel
al thought on my way and rs soon {
ven fId that profanity is q diseass, and TIL