The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-15
THE NIGHT MEETING.
Mr.. Jones breaches from Text That Has
Given Him Much Trouble.

Mr. Jones breaches from q Text That Has
Given Him Much Trouble.
Tomlinson Hall was filled last night to hear
Evangelist Jones. The meeting opened with
prayer by Dr. Gilbert who asked that Mr.. Jones
.'be given the right word and the right thought y
A number of gospel hymns were sung. Mr..
Excel sung, as solo, by request, 'The Lily of
the Valley" and afterward, THE Handwriting.
on the Wall"
Mr. Jones made few remarks preceding his
sermon. He said: II am requested to announce,
by the gentleman who sells books at the door
not my agent, not there at my instance or
my bidding-but I will say his is
the i. authorized edition of my sermons.
/ have no interest in the sale of those sermons
there, but then there is a small royalty paid to
me on the authorized edition. Whenever you
see volume of sermons purporting to be by
Sam Jones that are published in st. Louis or
Chicago, or New York. or Philadelphia, and you
buy that volume, want you to know that you
are dealing in stolen goods, and an honest man
cannot do that. The copyright laws of the
United States don't allow me to put the lock on
the crib, but the corn is mine. and if they take
it, they steal it. / have no other thing
to leave my wife and helpless chill
dren but the royalty in that book;
and do I look like real healthy hearty, fat
man-like a man who would last forty or fifty
years. That question as to how long live has
ceased to trouble me. All ask is Gods help to
be true man. If my sermons are not mine.
whose are theyl You couldn't get any other
fellow in America to daddy them. ILaughtert
A good brother preacher once said to me.
Jones' have heard you preach the same SER
mon three different times turned to him and
said ST wouldn't have a sermon that I
couldn't preach hundred times, but wouldn't
preach one of your sermons once" Laughter
Mr.. Jones then began his sermon. He said
We invite your attention tonight. brethren, and
l hope we will enter into spirit Of prayer and
devotion besides hearing it. | trust we aim TO
do great deal Of praying. | understand that
in the rear of the building some have been dis
turbed by conversation on the part of others.
Our brethren say they don't want any more
babies brought into the congregation. Now,
wouldn't shut out poor mother from the meet
ing on account of her baby. If the baby can't
be quiet, let him holler, let him lam in, and you
mothers bring your babies If you can't
do any better. Well get along
with them. But we can't get along with these
tittering. tattering aigglng idiots at meeting;
and if you can't behave yourselves get up and go
home You haven't got sense enough to be re-
ligious. If catch you at it tonight will knock
pieces Of hide off you big as my fist and don't
care whose daughter you ere, or whose son you
are, or whose father you are, you must behave
yourself when you come TO church.
invite your attention to the ninth verse of
the third chapter of the First Epistle General Of
St John:
Whosoever is born Of God doth not commit
sin; for his seed remaneth in him: and he cannot
sin because he is born of God.
might say at this point that this text has
given me more mental and spiritual trouble than
all other texts and verses of the word of God.
How many times have had my soul 10 shuGder
when I read this versel This verse was once
and for long time a sword that cut asunder
the very joints and marrow of my being; but for
years this blessed text has been the light and
Joy of my soul, and I hope God will
make it bread to every one Of us tonight
II I were to stop at this point and say that
honest man cannot steal, everybody would say
that is tho truth. II were to say that chaste
man cannot be vulgar, everybody would say that
is true IL were to say truthful man cannot
tell a lie. every body would acknowledge that to
be so. But when you say man cannot sin, he
doesn't agree with you at all, and says you put
away logic and common sense.
Will the Bible and common sense mix upl
Yes. glory be to God. they are the greatest COM
pound angels ever looked at Religion and COM
mon sense. That old brother at the meeting the