Daily Republican., 1886-05-06
THE sKNsIIryE oHRIsrIAN.
The Evils Of the Ball Room ana Hug
sing TO Music.
PNrom fha RnJtf N ora Sun

ging TO music.
Prom the Balti n ore Sun
When Sam Jones, on his arrival in
Baltimore, was asked whether he
wished reception. room adjoining his
rooms at the st. James, he replied:
ave got big reception.room up there
at the Rink that will hold four thous-
and people. That's all / want. ="
Well, at the third reception last night
he must have been gratified at his
audience. After collection, during
which was sung 81 Care Not for
Riches" Rev. Mr.. Jones spoke as fol-
lows: "Now, brethren, let this he a
meeting of prayer. | have no conf
dence in what man may do with man.
With God all things are possible. Lord
save us from mistakes that will harm
us. We will take as our text the fol
lowing: whatsoever is born of God
does not commit sin, for his seed re-
maineth in him and he cannot commit
sin, for he is born of God II / say
an honest man cannot steal. a truthful
man cannot lie, you soy it's all 80; but
II i say Christian cannot commit sin,
you say nonsense, that can't be so, and
| unchristian myself in saying 1t.
This text is climax. It's very high.
Then | drop back to the first verse,
Behold, what manner of love the
Father hath bestowed upon us that we
onould be called the sons of Cod
THE SONS or GOD.
"Now, are we the sons OF God.
N.Y. Pm glad Of that. Don't have to
wait till we die, and brethren, isn't it
well for us to mix up little heaven
with earth? Here's where we need it
most, think. Pm not singing Sweet
By-and-By,' bu. Sweet Now and
Now Tell you how feel about. I
want earthly recognition down here.
Brethren, won't you please recognize
me2 But when / get 80 glory and Fit
down under the tree of life, / won't
care whether you recognize me or not.
daughter If what we enjoy down
here is an earnest of what heaven is
well, heaven isn't much Ii those
crosses and losses that you talk SO
much about are earnest OF heaven, is
it worth the powder and shot?
(Laughter.) Away over yonder is the
promised landg Let us bring down
the promised land and live in it before
we reach it. That's contradiction,
but it's true. There's no such thing
as eternal bankruptcy if the Lord is
your portion. When you say, God is
my father it expects something of
you. Pm glad of it. Some preachers
compromise the word of God. The
preachers of Baltimore don't do that,
but they do SO in some other places.
(Laughter.)
The greatest blessing that God ever
gave is game preacher; not bully,
but one who is not afraid Of man or
devil. Pm so glad when you mix
with the world in dances and progress
awe euchre parties that the world loses
its respect for you. I'll bet an old
sinner that's so. Thirteen years ago l
felt that way. Pm not saying that l
feel so now. If l had come to my
dying bed | wouldn't have asked those
card playing, dancing, dram drinking
Christians to pray with me. Wouldn't
insult God on my dying bed.
SENSITIVE CHRISTIANS.
'If horse is sound from head to
foot he don't mind the curry comb,
but leans up against it. But if he has
weak spots about him he begins to
kick. o, these sensitive Christians,
afraid to have their feelings hurt.
They carry their feelings about with
them, sticking out like porcupine quilts
| Haughtcr). When l leave home |
toss my feelings over in the back lot,
and | don't have them hurt If a man
tells lie about me l am so glad its a
lie that l can't get mad, and when the
truths told about me | don't get mad
for I'm so glad. SO you see don t
have my feelings hurt. Some one says,
Jones is hypocrite.' When hear
that get down on my knees and say,
0, God, don't let me go to my death
blindtolded.
There is not low down church
member in this city that didn't come
from you. You ought to be ashamed
of yourselves. Some say wait till /
come in. I'm going to be real Chris
tian. I've taken in about hundred
of you, and know what you are; you
can't fool me. (Laughter}. Many
of us when we do wrong don't think
what will God think of us, but what
will the preacher, the friends, the
world think. o, let us stop this. Rise
up and be what you are. It's good
thing to belong to good family.
Realize to. night, brother, that you are
of good family.
DON'T LET TOM PAINE FOOL YOU.
1--WE read of the jasper walls and
pearly gates of the New Jerusalem, but
here the prettiest picture ever saw.
Listen: We shall be like him, for we
shall sec him as he is I'd rather be
like Christ and in hell forever than a
wicked man and be in heaven forever.
Some people have found out that
there is no hell. But, my dear brother,
you won't be in hell ten minutes be-
fore you will jump up and say, My
God, what q mistake I've made.
(Laughter). Don't let Bob Ingersoll
and Tom Paine fool you about that.
AS the old darkey woman said, Honey,
every sinner takes his own birthstone
to hell with him. To the Christian
man tnere is no nell II sIu Is I'M
moral, hell is eternal. One place l
visited the preacher had turned out all
euchre players and dancers, and he
had turned out a good deal, too, and
some rich men, too.
o, what tight place the devil gets
us Georgia preachers into sometimes
d rather make tents, like Paul, than
live on a $40, 900 salary and cloak the
eyes of men who are going to hell