The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-21
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out" / am sick of that sort of stuff An old
fellow comes to meeting just like an old drunk
ard goes to the grocery to get drink-to make
him feel good We should have religion from
head to foot, every day in the week, and every
where wego l''Amen. Amen" Avoice, That's
business. "
Here You have Roberts Park Church with one
thousand members. Let them have all the re-
ligion in their hearts and you see how things ga
begging. Ii had the money that some members
of this church have and l didn't pay off every
dollar of the Indebtedness on this church never
would profess to be Christian another day
while l lived and mean what say. ESensatlon.1
What do you want with all that money you've
got, old fellow turning to Mr. McConnellll
Have you members in this church worth $780,
0OOf Mr.. Mcconnell shook his head A hum
want with more than $75.0009 Let me
say this to you Heart religion Is what
is the matter with you, and believe could put
an augur right on top mans head and bore
down until you reached his heart. and then
down into the center of his pocket book. and 10
then springs up like artesian well. Some OF
you want to put the augur into your hearts and
bore up But what would you do with the dirt
If you commenced that way2 Laughter. This
heart religion is what is the matter with u.s. And
some of us haven't got that. When man has
really got it in his heart he might be in a fair
way to get it all over.
lam not tryingto preach any well -put-together
sermon at all. I want this morning to be like
the old fellow who was palsied, who went out
with his son squirrel hunting. The old
man was to shake the bush and turn
the squirrel for the boy to shoot. The
old man was so palsied that when he
caught hold of the bush it would just shake
itself. He turned the squirrel FIVE or six times
for his son, but the boy couldnt kill it Finally
the old man said: Son, come here and shake
the bush and let me kill the squirrel" The son
palsied hands and down came the squirrel The
old man said, II told you. son, Id get him."
Eyes" replied the boy, anybody could kill
squirrel holding the gun all over the tree"
!Great lauehter.l That is what propose to do
in Roberts Park Church. l am going to get you
il you are here.
Talk about this question of finance. This
church. magnificent church with 1000 mem
oers $50 900 in debt, CARRYING that debt from
year to year. Now, brother, you are worth
100000 Who's acquainted herel looking
about the platforml. Are any of those moneyed
men here to-day9 I'm not asking the pastor
they may think he Is personal. :"
Voice-'They are here"
Mr. Jones-I mean just what I say, if they
are here don't want to waste powder and shot,
but if you are here, old fellow, want you to
know I'm aiming right there, and if / don't hit
you it won't be my fault. A preacher once told
me that he knew of an old man who spent his
whole life in laying up money for Sally and the
children, and he said he went round to the house
and stayed all night six months after the old
man was dead The preacher was put off up in
back room where there picture turned
with its face to the wall. He turned it1 round,
and it WAS the old mans picture. TheDhad him
off upstairs with his face to the wall If Icould
lay up few hundred dollars for my wife-she
has given her life and strength and her all to
mes and my children-if / could make her
comfor table in her old age would DO it, but
have not got a child in the world that | would
leave dollar to if could. Why2 Because, 1t
my children are of any account they do not need
it. If they of account, every dollar I
leave them will sink them. tApplause.l know
who those moneyed men are now They do not
clap their hands. Laughter. You, old brother;
you have been posing round here good while.
playing Big Ike Now, you play Little Ike
while. and let US tell what we think of you We
have found one man, at least, who has no more
respect for millionaire than he has for the
honest white or colored man who walks tho
streets of this town. Il isn't what fellow has
got, but the sort of fellow who has got il.
When a man has nothing but money. ne. is the
poorest dog in the land. Applause
I tell you what we need in Roberts Park
Church-it is pocket book religion. We have
been running heart religion. Let US try
pocket book religion and pay this church out OF
debt. We have got to learn that money will
help man to heaven jnst like it will help him
to New York. / can get to New York city with
out cent but will have to walk every step,
and beg my bread along the road But it would
be hard road to get there. You can get to
heaven without cent, but you will find Jordan
hard road to travel, In my Judgment
"A man can take MS money ana go up
with it, or down with it. or run with
it on dead level. I'm talking sense
to you now, and the only reason you laugh at
what I'm saying is at the elegant fiji Ibave made.
Laughter. You smile when you put on book
that fits you all over. Suppose I'm carpenter.
/ work day for So, and the man hasn't the
money to pay me, but gives two bushels of
corn, or more. Let's see how he can go down
with It, He will take it to still-house and have
four gallons of mean whisky made OF it. Then
downward
ward. How can he run dead leve2 Take
that corn and plant it and it gives 800 bushels OF
corn or more, but he hasn't anything but corn
He started with corn and ended with corn.
Here's fellow with $4,000. He says this shall
make me $4,000 more. When he gets mis- ten
thousand he only has little moro of the same
sort. That is dead level How DO you 60 M
withit You take that two bushels of corn and
have it ground and go to a poor widow and her
children, and leave the two bushels of meal
there and say: "Nly sister, in Christ in His
name bring this to feed your hungry children
and yourself" When the last day comes, and
Christ says "open wide.' Master, on what
terms2" the angel asks because they were
hungry and he fed them, l was sick and he
visited me. Come. you blessed and inherit the
kingdom prepared for you"
/ hope next Sunday morning when you come
to Roberts Park Church you will come here and
say, "God helping US we will pay the debt of
this church before the sun goes down to-day.
and will worship God in a church free from
debt" And want you to increase your pastors
salary. / reckon you pay Brother Mack all he
is worth [much laughter, in which Mr.. McCon-
mel joined heartily but give him something.
Let the rich man do his part and if he does. / am
positive every poor man in the church will
The best use you ever put money to in this
world is in doing good. | think the biggest trade
ever made in my life was down at our camp
meeting near Cartersville Ga, last year. said
to the colored people "If you stop-work to come
to the meeting you will have to 90 without
your meals" knew if they kept
from work and stayed there they would
have to 60 without eating. So l said to them,
II have $500 In bank and III feed you until this
meeting s over" They stayed. didn't have q
nickel in bank when it was over. But III tell
you what did have. l had the happiest wife
and the happiest children. The Lord poured
heavens bread into my crowd as poured bakers