The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-08-06
SERMON BY REV. SAM JONES Az THE
SEASH0RE CAMP GROUNDS, JULY ID.
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sEAsHoRE CAMP GROUNDS, JULY 10.
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WHAT MUST DO TO BE SAVED"
Perhaps infinitely theme important ques-
ton tlrat was ever prnpounded by man or
answered by God. '.What must do to b,
saved / want to tell you brother, that
there is human side to this great question
~, truly as there isa divine side. It has
tive sitias, as truly and practically as farm
ing has two sides Now, What is the human
side VT farmingf Plewing, planting, culbiva
ting. reaping. Amt that sol What is. tile
divine side to farmingl Raining, shIning,
seed time, harvest. That's the divine side.
Look hercL There is many an old fellow in.
this country who would like to swap sides.
with God ard let lliaa lo tho plvwing and
hoeingy aaid,leb him do the raining and shin
ing. Do you know that just whole pegi
ments OF that sort of farmers. Lord. If yO,R
will come doSSn here, and pow and hoe for
NO. and let me 90 up there and rain and
shine, we will make tho biggest crops ever
made i'll the country"
Now, the human sle of salvation is repen-
tance and f,sith. Now, it is all utter foolish
ness for man to sit down and wait for God
to repent for him and believe for him. That
is yons side, and yOu attend to your business,
and let the lord attend to his, That the,
Gospel. | will sny another thing about
preachers. A preacher is succnssfu in his
ministry in proporsion as he breaches the
thumawsde tohnman beings. Now. If was
in Ia avcn Iwoud preach on the Divine side
AL la. iime, but while 1 am down here in
MlssSsippl I am g0ir & topreach Miss!ssippi's
Sd,' of the lues tion. DO you get the idea
Most sf our songs are Oh the Divine side Of
| he o,iestiop
Ws have gone u round here singing. "ol.to
be notliing. nothing,' until il is the Gods
truth. You are nothing. Thats,;lbout it,
dry SO.
| Well, lyon want to ne nothing, you are
| 10 wer down than ever was. even, when l.
WIS a Sinner. When 7 WIS ~ sinner wanted
to be
FIRsrGLAss SINNER.
| Didn't wan5 anybody in town to be al,eat, of
me when anything Was mp. Men lazy around
singing the Sweet BY anil BY" Brother, let's
spend the balafce oG oue life singing the
| sweet now and now. Here IN wiers' we w,,ut
li. God knows need heaven down here a
heap worse than l. will ever need 1t in he tven.
That's AN old. itlsR that has kept so many
preachers busy preaching on heavenly recog-
nit!on. ttsll YsHi woulIlRt give the Hip OF
I my finger for H. Down. here in Mississippi
/ want y0u, to reeug1iso he. Down he-e am
| full of carestnd troubles and weak aud poor,
| and want yoll to recognize me and giso' me
| all the earthly rccognitiDn til Il H is possible
| for ONE iA;.i to givr another. need it, but
| when get to heayeii and take my golden
head Ldont care whether yo,i. recognize m,
| Or not, lam fixed up for au worlds, There
Iiain'bno trouble there.
Il What dues a. fellow care about heavenly
| rccegn:tisnR 1t is earthly recognition that he
| wants. like the father telling his four buys
i this one ~ field of wheat; this. one
cepn, aud. the other field +
oats. pwo' eG them went tD
! work. and tho other two soiu, "Oh, woll We
/ don't believe in working al all. If we start
| We will hnxe to'keep on" And along about
the 1st of june the grass comes. HenIy and
| ON sat upon +he fence and instho shade, and
Inlin SAYS "I,oys IT You will come down off
| the fence und % to. work like you ought to IL,
Nc can isoun get riil of this grass. We would
nevcr havahad it at all III YOU wUuld have
| nelpo,l u.s."
| | newer See'a lat, W,sty mean, old scaly
| sinner hanging baek, on the outside of the
lrlwrch but l. feel like saying :: "Yeu old coon
II you get down off the fence aNh,hclp lis We
can clean out this grass Hhero never would
I rave besp.no era sIy hnw VI Mau had done
your dptg." 'nhst'tao. H!aciiiy su!iitcnsl
is in our Lordl Jss.s Christ 1t is-
NON RalrH IN A CREED.
| tell YOU q oreed when yen analyze it, i,
nothing but the skin Of the teeth stuffed witt
| sand a9ist s,wdust
/ iiorr is u Baptist preacher crying Water
| wnter' asld often half OF his crowd al going
| where they can't get a, drop. Now, amt
/ that about the way the thing runs generally
Coed Lord, bring us to the blessed fact that
| we are to be saved. by faithin Christ Now
brother, tarn youa beck on. everything in the
universe and hook la the fstce of Christ and
| say: My Lordl.l commit myself to Thee"
was seeking religion nearly awhoie week
and going along. rapentinE and Drayii aLd
SORT of scattsred my sins along for whole
week. and iinaaly, at the end of the week,
saw that had not made an inch of progres,
| toward the eross, aald in utter desperation
just gttheretl all my SINS up in one long bun
die and said. Down with YOU forever" ant
waked over the ryep asia fired the bridge
and then turned around and said 'Heayei
or nothing and had not walked fifleel
steps tgoi,r that river uutii was in the arm,
of God, Ii yuu want religion. bid the ole
devil a,p etornal. atiectoiiate farewell TIM
morniilg Will tell you another thing, got
need mob talk about religion until you get I,
that point wlrere you will quit your mean
ness.
.'IoolS hereE will show you the whol,
thing in ~ nut shell. ihave got but one boz
4 will say, and am wonth about hall a million
of dollars . He is tbs only boy have got
and hayo got $l00I00U in gov, lnment bond
want to give him wlrcn he is twenty on
years old but he is disspated and r.ean an,
weak and want to give him that money bu
| lie won't let me. ! know 1t would ruin him
Well, every night boy comes home drunk, ,ant
cries and cries, and, says he is 50 sorry he go
DRINK that day. and want to knock hin
ten feet; and the drunker he is the worse h
cries Aud ono day he comes home, straigh
as shihgle, and says: Father have Qui
drinking And the father takes his hand
and says: Son. ! am so glad | don't kuol
what TO do. Bepe is 100000 hay been say
ing up for you for ten years. God bless yo
the balance of your life
Look here! Our Father in heaven want
to make every enc of us joint heirs wit
Jesus Christ. and is waiting on MS to quit on
meanness so lie can trust us from this tim
on. The Father will look smilingly on ye
and say; Heres eternal iife be a JON
Leir with my Son, Jesus Christ"
MISSISSIPPI BAPTIST STATE CON