The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-29

hHAlNtth's H'aINiN N.tNs Wv D. iN-h 'Atas w
stage caniiiueI ssme 0yo hund-sl Ter Gus,
among whom were a number OF prominent
mlnistcH from tbs city AMI number Of viz.
iting min ssrs
The X y ~. Aullenir, prendent Of tho
Central Ouio Camp Meotiug association,
Columbus Ohio lea the congregation in an
eloquent payer, end after a number Of
hymns bad been sung by tho choir MIR.
Jones prsacaod rs fcll9Sai
"Bre.hrsu. inyi.s yoIr attention 70 the
following words rom tl8 uinlh yerss u tho
hrst chapter OF the frs opistla general Of
81 JDhu
Ta1t. n va confess our sin, 10 has faith
and lustlsr - forgive Us our ein, aud 70
cleanse ~ from oil uurgnte0usnssA
"1ois taxi, brethren, "a itBelt IS an cpl
tome OF 40, gospel IL Is wonderful how
the whole gospel could be put into tI9 lures
lines ot this httls buuk ] mean ih1 whole
gospel on lhs mnu side Of tho 81 ict; aud !
repeat 10 again, we have nothing o DO with
the divine side, no more thpn | have ~ do
with The digil' fido " farming.
"lherlis divine sds ~ farming, and
there's inaH sido to farming Tho divine
SIDE of farming furnishes tbs sunshine, too
min nui the earth; the man sid3 must fur
aish tbs boo aud the piow aud th0 sweat
1hpro arc great many men 10 this country
tDat would 10 bottrr farmers # they would
run thHir side and let th3 iord's @de alone.
There are n great many farmers ns well IN
other Clussa VI men That wuuli Ike 10 swap
sides WIN God. Lori, lei me suDe, AMI Is,
mo rain, uud you 90 tho plOWn' nnd b0 i'm
There Is a good deal OF tbs sort Of things In
every phase NJ life.
~ nin gIai ths lord won't swap with you
If God werf tp turn over cloud % you in
juno yoa would Just about tnRo all tho
electricity In 1t aud burn the world up /
reckon you tbunl y and lightning rlgnt lively
n you uAl - cloud or two, wonlan't yuui
Poor, litte follow, you cau't manage your.
sell and you want Hod 10 turn the reius OF
this vast universe over into your hands
"Whcu / want 10 teach n man farming, /
show him hiw TO plow, whom 10 plant, and
hoS to Hofk IL, and wuen 30 gather It,
When / want % tea n a man 30 be religious,
| want tu snow han how 10 rrpout, aud how
10 got tho doors " hla h art woe open, and
thr the Lord Oo,s after Hil tho re,t There's
divine sldo 10 the gospel.
81 avn considered by sOno hsterodoX bo-
cause | say sucX 30 the man side. Tho
Lord knows ~ IL all | can get hold OF to
stick 20 YOU may tako tn, ulirAtry OF
preach r. ~ Cincinnati, or New YORK, or
Columbus, who IN ovprlAstingly prenching
on Tue d. wins Nje Of tho go,pol, and viii
show sou fruitless ministry. Splitting
hairs "A milo long running out onto tue
mttaphysiCA nf ro1epnOnl A man can got
hfty cents "A hundred for splitting rails, but
you can't get Ten cents Million Tor spit.
TIM hnirB That's pure businossl
Nov, my frtonas, there ware Eve bun.
dred iDep, mora OF less, stood deliberately
up in tuis eongragatit n b.st night and sail,
II tslek b9ttnr lits. laesira heeicr iniinenca
AMI h0hinf en Ii, seek % CONS intD rom
mnnion with tod and recg Win God
through Lord Jeaua Christ and their faces
indicates they were 40 enknes with looa
NJ Inquiry. lnirn 81 with loVs ~ desire,
there AitA lthis, snow me tho way.
"slf We confess our SINAI LISTS stop
right here moment. | like the expression
Of that text aud ] do no violence 10 the
sense o thu text when | uso this, Il were.
pent Of cur sins, lilo has aith and Justice Go
forgive as our sus and cleanse us IRON all
unrightauusnosS Repentance % a sinner
In his relations 60 God AMI heaven, Is Just
wnaJ tho ulphabet IL To the man wno starts
from his m1thcr's knes learning MS A. h,
Cs 30 tho highest earthly learning aud cur.
ture h rab tho lutte boy. lstoud ut my
mother,s knee AMI she taught me A, b, G,
ID aud so on aud learned Inc eyary letter
from 20 u, ana FROM u hack g. A aud
then began A. II and went down and up uu-
I'll | knew my lettefs perfectly. Then my
mother sad. Now, son, you may spell
some | Thought then N my childish soul
Goodbye A, b, Cs, rm done with you
now
81 turned a page, aud when my mother
put her hnHcr Tn toe first word uf the next
page the tirs letter OF tho wort there was
alb, nj, aud carried my A, b. c. en- to the
mex pages, aId when 1 got over 10 'Ba kerr
| coldn's spell big word Ike that without
the b.a.k.t.r, baker; end on ! pursued my
journey, leaving the alphabet ns ! thought.
uuul c ma over to tue WORT Publication
4 81 .ff go 49,
pu b-l.i-c-a.t-i-u.u, l finally went through
the spellor aud the toacuer said enc DAY,
Nov, son, cell your mother 10 get you a
FIRST kaHdor | Thought to mi saf then,
Good We A, Il, C's, Pm going To read !; but
the hrst page OF my reader was covered
with thu tlpnahet Hnt 1 couldn't read
line without my ALPHABET
by onH ~ pUcuer sai; son. tell your
mother 10 gUs you an arithmetic. Then |
thought % mYsaf. H)ol-bve, A, II, c., I'm
gone up Uut letors ! eoud have PROPOSE.
zion in mathematics stated. had all the
pages OF my urithmsiic covered with the
alphabet And 70 10 went 0itn grammar,
philosophy, AMI all tho lessons OF my school
days, aud hy and bv tie lea her ssid, 'Son.
Tu put You m LATIN Then thought TO
myself Pm gong into the languages now,
aud Tim going to pe a ltnguist, ! believe III
get away from my alphabet now: but.
brethren, l could no move a peg in Latin
without the alphabet When | struck
Greek ! sal 10 myself, Well, this Is a grand
cid isnaulRe--goot bye 60 ths alphabet
but was mistaken; I hsd my alpha, baia,
theta, and ON through frnm alpha TO OMEGA
AZ lest ! sad 90 myself VIII | never get
away from the alDhabatf
II didn'g keep my aka on the college
grmdstCno until | ground it ell awpy but
the eye 1 lett college before | rot To that
point There's many a BOY in this country
whose axe has been bold ON tho griudstona
until there's nothing Left bat tho eve aud tha
hacS II the axe A grtnds.on0 Is good
thiog 90 sharpen with, hut not T. grind the
whole thing avail An educated fool is tho
biggDst foo in the worl1l A college gradu-
ate said TO me once, "Joues II | had the
money 70 spare sud YOU 70 college and cd
ncate YOU said 10 him, "When you went
10 COLLEGE and swapped ~ ell the common
sense you had book learning You made
very poor trade OF It's Many a fool done
that vury thlpcl When the graduate walks
out OF TIE college with bis diploma every
word ~ his tiploma is written in the alaha.
bet, and thu higher be goes the more he secs
he needs his ALPHABET
snow that just what that alphabet is to
tho man OF learning, just that very thing
repentance IS 70 man on his way To GCd.
Tbs first thing l ever did, religious y, in
my lie was g. repent, and I've teen repent
inq ever dry siuee an its the last thing III
DO before aving this world--I want 10 20
down on my knees in repentance before God
an 70 e. heaven a poor sinner, saved nv
Christ r pentanoe. Human Christian
progression lii youth allow the expression
doesn't CONSIST so much in never dong
wrong es in the power Of repen,ing from
wrong doing God don't look Al how often
Q fellow falls down, but he looks at how
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