The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-12

How s. w. Wesley, the Cowboy Revivalist
Preached to Kansas City Sinners.

How s. W. Wesley, the Cowboy Revivalist,
Preached to Kansas City Sinners.
have got tired of this two bits religion. that
has squirt of revival for six weeks and then
goes to Sleep and says that the world can 60 to
hell for the balance of the year as far as it is
concerned
Now some of yon are mad already, got mad
last night, you God-dishonoring old reprobates,
you You got the kind of dose you needed; it
was the very thing your sort of temperament
required. The devil don't like to get hit either,
but he and | are at war, and | am at war with
all his kin.
There was a man once who said he could stand
any persecution that Christ had He said he
could prove it, only he didn't wish to go so far
as to be cruciied He was asked If he was will
ing to make the test, and was cautioned that
Christ prayed for his assailants and forgave
them, and that he would have to do likewise In
order to do what he boasted Well, the day
finally came for the trial to be made, and the ar
fair began. He started down the street toward
the judgment hall, named for the occasion The
crowd of citizens hooted and rallied
him. and the little boys spit on
his freshly BACKED boots, but he
muttered Forgive them for they scarcely
know what they are about" young man
trippeG him up, but he arose from the hard brick
pavement and said 'Ill forgive him; he knows
no BETTER AS he was walking up the steps of
the judgment hall fellow threw rotten egg,
striking the would-be Jesus under the eye, tbs
contents running down his face and beard. In a
spirit Of meekness he took out his handkerchief,
and mopped off his face and beard Then, turn
ing 20 his prosecutors, he said 'My friends,
this Jesus business will soon be over, and you
will get the dam'dest lickin you ever got in your
life."
I don't like this mourners' bench business,
with old women bowling around and beating
each other on the backs until they are blue.
/ conducted meeting once where there was
one old brother who insisted on telling the same
experience every night He always told a little
story about the sky smiling brighter and the
trees growing greener when he sought religion.
| don't 60 much on that sort of tales, so when
Brother Cobb commenced one night to repeat his
old story, when began to get religion" ETC..
said: s1That will do" and passed on to some one
else. The third night l did that old Brother
Cobb took a tumble, and merely said: Praise
God"
You folks that are always saying IT am afraid
of hell I'm afraid of hell" won't work up any
sympathy with the devil that way, | can tell
YOU Every time he hears you say that he
ladies out more melted birthstone and pours IT In
the Turkish bath he is fixing for you. The
devil is a cute one; you can't fool him, you God
forsaking old hypocrites. you.
knew minister of the Lord who always re-
ouested the members of his congregation to say
something about Christ to everybody, and try to
get people in the church 'Lord bless you,
brothea Ill do it" said an old deacon In the
church. one day. So, night he sailed up to
a saloon and shouted to q tough-looking Gus
"Say, are you ready to die?"
'No-n-no!7 screamed the tough, take my
money, but not my lfe'
The old gentleman was bewildered. but when
the cowboy saw that the drop wasn't on him he
cot his shooting iron out in great shape and led
the old gent lively whirl for the space of a few
minutes He let the Deacon off easy. though.
and contented himself with shooting the fingers
off his hands, which he was holding up in horror.
The tough was telling it all around the next day
how the old Deacon tried to rob him, and he
would wind up his story with
'I wouldn't have cared darn for the attempt
if ne had gone at it in shape, but il the con-
tempt he treated me with in thinking he could
do it unarmed."
knew man named Thompson once who
went to preaching all of a sudden The church
wanted TO hear his experience, because the lead
ing men thought it would be very instructive for
young Christians. So Brother Thompson be-
gan:
1--WE been called up to tell my experience. ah.
and I'll tell you how / come about it, ali. / got
to thinking about religion, ah. and l went out
into the woods, ali. and sat for long time on
stump ah. There thought ah and thought,
ali. meditated on the wickedness of the world,
an. Pretty soon [ looked across q little brook.
ah, and saw brother Joness old jack walking
about in his barn-let, ah; and he opened his
mouth, ah, and said, ali: 'H-ee, Thompson
He, ali! Go preach, ah! Go preach, ah! Go
preach, all"
tell you brethren. there are lots of these
small. calibred jackass preachers.