The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-05
A MODIFIED APOLOGY.
MADE BY SAM JONES TO THOSE EN-
TITLED TO 1T,
Explaining Remark Which Misstated His
Position-Churches Within Churches
Whack at the Clubs Gliding Sin Only
Makes 1t More Sinful.

"hAth 1855
Position-Churches Within Churches
A Whack at the Clubs Gliding Sin Oni,
Makes 1t More Sinful.
CHICAGO, March 5.-There was house
full at Farwell hall when Rev. Sam Jone:
arose Thursday noon to talk. He com
menced his discourse by saying:
Brethren, we may make this meeting a
profitable one if we will trust you will
give me Your prayers; and, perhaps, before
read my text | ought 10 say just one
word On the occasion of my last service
here, day before yesterday, | gave very
deserved rebuke; but sometimes q
man SAYS the right thing at the
wrong time, and | think that was one time
that L did that: and | never saw the day
when l would not right wrong that
have done anybody. lApplausel feel in
my heart that have nothing but good will
toward anybody There We're many young
men who had TO hurry TO business by
O'clock To all that sort l say this: | make
these remarks for their benefit, but you who
went out Just to get away from here, the
thing fits You from the carcass up and
want you to hold on to it daughter
want TO say again, a lapsus llngug put
me in a wrong position. 1t was simply Civ
ing an intidel quotation when ! spoke as
did of pigtails, and said that they cost
SlO0,n1o a pigtail l was quoting the Ian
guaee of infidelity. 1t did not originate
with me-such sentiment is not mdorset
by me l would not belttle the Chinese ii
the city in the first place, and | want TO tel
-, l. / : ~
to save E. soul | would think il
cheap, that Is if it were my soul It depend.
good deal On whose soul You get for SioO,
90 | simply meant to quote the language
OF the enemy. | am Il product of mission
AIRY work myself Ii il had not been fol
foreign missionary work | never would have
Teen converted my self. leel Ike man ii
Maine when lac was Just converted, and wa,
asked to pray He sail: "Lord, please try
your hand on some other OF these sinners
because you have had such a good hex al
Inc. - daughter
We select as our teNt'on this occasion the
second verse of the seventh HAPPIER OF st
! Paul to the Corinthians | read the frs
verse in connection with the second. HAY
ing, therefore, these promises, dearly be
loved, Ia. Us cleanse ourselves from all filth
ness, putting ON holiness in the fear OF the
God" Now the text, Receive US; We have
wronge1 no man, we have cor
rupted no man, We have defraudat
no man" This text, if we Vert
to read it in plain English would read about
this way Receive US; We have wrongee
| no man in our doings; we have corruptet
no man by our example: We have defrauiet
no man in any business transaction If
were asked what is the difficulty here
would say in reply; You have too many
I churches in this city. | do not mean To,
many church buildings and TOO many pas
| tors, but too many churches, for every
| pastor listening To me, instead Of his hein.
| the pastor Of one church he is the pastor o
| two churches, and two very distinc
! churches Let me Illustrate Brothe
| BANDS church, see him before me-let u
take him for the sake .of illustration II,
| has two very distinct churches in his care
! The first church in his care is repre-
! seuted upon the roll OF membership
We VIII say by 80 men an,
women; 50 many were enrolled Their
| is church on the INSIDE Of that. and quit
a different church from that OF the enrolle,
! names tnat You nave on thaL register.
/ viii say a man is never safe in any churci
| but inside the inside church. and there ",
/ have G6J: We have union OF saints We hav
fellowship of spirit and the bond of unity
| In speaking of clubs he said;
| One pastor said TO me, Jones. am glat
you struck the clubs, for about twenty o
the leading young men OF my church ar
| members OF these city clubs / do not meal
literary cuts aid church clubs, but pa
myself on record that where ther
1 are clubs which have billiard tables il
! them. and barrooms and card tables
you tell them that that building is an ante
room to he'll 10 every man tia
goes into it. lApplausel And tina
is the only definition for it | don't car
if the house cost $1,000, COL don
care if the dccanters cost $1,000
apiece don't care if the cards are printe
on sikh don't care if every ivory hall COS
| Sl0,010-the more You gid the sin the NOR
it is a sin in the nostrils of God [Applause