The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-02-19
SAM JONES SERMON.

lsI Could Shake some Of You Ovel
1 a Coffin aud You Would Hit
i Ground a Mile o Minute
! Getting t0 Your Duty"
I -"Mock Righteous
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/ Accounts
1 CINCINNATI. F.b. 2. .- There was hn
little space not utilized at Sc Paurs N
+ church snd every pew wss filed
The galleries we're crowded Chair
were pl-ced in The ai-les from the en-
trance clear 10 the altar rail- and finalI,
the chu;r's quarters were encro1chcd ny
lon and ihs' balcony was soon comforts
bly, full Hear Our Prayer beauti
Ifui trio. was ihe opening anthem Rev
~ J Reed bespoke heartfelt welcome
10 Rev. Sam Jones. whose evangelist,
labors IN Cincinnati have been attended
with sarh remarkable success Ther
the congregation the largest thai
church ~. sheltered fer many day w
read with The pastor the fifieenth psalm
Gle! Who shall dwell in Thy hols
hin?
He that walkrfh uprigh'ly and
lworketh righteousness and epcaketh The
truth in bic heart
And So on through the lesson. Mr.
jones' IN The beginning. remarked :. Il
know Of no better wav OF proceeding
than TO discuss this psalm you hsve Just
read. | like that good. ola-fsshi.nesi.
every day practical religion The kind ~
religion that you can carry home will,
You or % ycur shop or Office The reli.
.gion that will make me good father or
"a good merchant. When your pastor
told me that he wouid like 10 proceed
In the regular way with the church ser
vice this morning I remarked: Broth
Ter Reed, on worship by The discipline
DO you live bv IL? That's the question
III we don't. inst that far are We di<ioss ~
10 God. The Methodist church is only =
few practical rules for living. u you
think iis discipline TOO hard on you.
lets take up this psalm. Ii'< . hundred
times etrictcr on us poor fellows When
You 20 away you can't say I was discus
sing theological doginas In which You
src not interested. The first verse 0f
that psalm contains two questions. and
the others that follow The answers
Who shall abide III Thy tabernacle? {?
Who shall dwell in Thy holy hill?' Lit
orally translated. that means. Lord.
who's n 20 he IN the church. and who
will ultimately get 70 heaven? You've
heard Of Young men study ing law and
heard people saw. 'He's not iii 20 he .
lawyer. He might make . good mer-
chant or farmer. but he has not The char.
acteriStics or acquired resources 20 make
an attorney Or . young man rcads
medicine, and Il i said of him. He
might do for blacksmith. but he'll new
er make doctor How often do you
hear The remark, Hes not at Tor church.
"A man may be frst-cIass card player.
first-cIa-s on beer. but he doesn't fis the
qualifications or church member at sll.
And tell you when man says a. you.
You're not fit for church, he's said q
pretty rough thing on you. and you'd
better look out. don't know who's
fit Your pastor doesn't know. David
went - the Lord NV went 10 headquarters
- when he asked: Lord. who shall
abide In Thy tabernacle n I might sur
mice and guess. I might cay that that
brother there who has been steward ~
the Mcthodist church for years would
be lost. There many . preacher and
steward IN he'll. You ask me how
know? The Lord says: Many. many.
in that day will ssy % Ne; Did 4 not