The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-08

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Sermon by Sam Jones.
CHICAGO, March 6-Fri lay Sam Joae,
preached at the Moody tab,rna lie on tn
north side for the last time, as hereafter tie
services will be confined to the south side.
He took Cor his text the words We'll done
thou cool and faithful servant Enter thou
into the joy of the Lord Everything mus
havo "a beginning Every religious Ii e
like every physical life, hal its beginning
ans there is Il great deal IN good start
That ola adage is the very essence of non
sense, "A bad beginning makes "A good cnl
ing That is falls in philosophy. Ii j.
false in the nature o. things that a bad
beginning makes good ending. 1t is not
true in farming. 1t is not true in nlerchan
disc. 1t is not true in anything: but
above all, it is fatally fake in "A religious
point of view, Really, brethren, have Tut
to wat h the beginning Of any course to dc
termine whether it will succeed or not
There is a great dead in a first class start
and above all we are in want of men to take
a good start III religion. As Ia mage says.
the child born in an lee hoI.o may live, but
it never gets over the chi all it. lie 1t is
tiny and siciliy all its days, The speei and
momentum and design OF action valve is t.
be determined always lay how ma poy r
there is heaiud it and your speed an cours,.
viii depend = great deal upon how ma b
viii power yon have. Determin,, 30 hold on
% what you have got and get more ii you
-,st,:5 ,Iristianity does not mean anything
,"lta pie so toward heaven with great
.ara ioavinoss and slo.h and less activity
han people 80 to hell That is a fact cau
sc sinners in this town Oh tie dOubc-quich
toward he'll, and they all lau IN all til il
days, bet the great ma iority OF oil people
Il a. along like If they were going to their
own hanging. Laughter. | viii put a
,ui head on as long as | am on the road
"a" fact is, am out of patience with these
.'oa -iaoving Christians The devil eau
ran a nri!e before We pull of our Lo,t-
IA h;eti: AMI h ct the. t and gets the
aaaa That's the trouble This WORT !
% a. az to the point where they wo II not
iEI; ;p With the three -mcan-huur lick TEL
lows The, don't want l. riia on that sort
o. train ut this day 1t used to ne that
.rn on-in-s had only two Sill al whees, an
gtl a'nn- at Il three mii1-an- hour cat: hut
,E ueopia said to TIE railroad mon. If you
.uIt ratnt ny that ma hipe 50 that it vi
..lHa- at "a better lick than hat sc shall
''a rid OIL il We viii 20 !sa.k to our bug.
i AuA what ii the railroad rlan do
4 hes jus, SIT to AMI fixed ~ that eag II
AMI uut RI At wares upier it, and nDw tact
cad IN at sixty 'miia an h,ur lies.
NEan they ran al "a thrcr-mle aH-nnur
iick they male s,Eelul TIM. but
tie sth dlle time was tlrcr miles an
oar Wei, now, brother. you iiy.oI-
lie Is one of these little two-Whnol IN ine,.
All may the Lord God ii e track your OLD
"p-ila or damp it into. the ditch FOR Won
tr. . nuisance on the main line, I'll, grand
'guHk ln" to heaven. You are in he way
%! the Southern, You viii neler get there
; that lick, and you never will. [AppLui-
OF course, You western people II yer in
.n'gg in slaug and it ruis5s your feelings
"a manufacture more slang III Cii,ayu in
90 dav than we use in year in the south.
I',tt /, ,hc plain, naked truth OF the mat
te. hut thank tod dang Is not sinful, I'm
.sSs it - sinful in itS.lf You never heard
Of a grammar srhoo! in heaven. Laughter
We will ges along without critic there
IS . w,i have no time for grammar critics
and spelling critics and rhetoric critics
beer, Now when a whale comes along
rnd swGiluwS me he may don't, but the
orda ol tiny minuows nibbiing at mt
!3I't burt ms. 1t is just uneasy / say we
want IL better start somewhere or other We
want better momentum That is what VT
need We are little two-wheel Christians
/ hat i, what Is the matter with US One
| .roubie is, We have not wheels enough I'M
.rr us. We have our little praying whee
| ma our little reading the Bible wheel and
| We roll along on these ut a three mile-aH-
| il VI lick What we want Is to get a fam
! !!y-rrayer wheel, and a visiting tle-Sics
! wheel and a lGvinglh community whee!
and giving wheel, and supporter the.
| gospel waeel ami o. these yol will ro
4:o4g toward tin gooi world at the rate :.
a tu;i u minute The devil can not catch H.
It'll III fellows that are getting
IN tIelr liaks at that rate of mic min
ate. At your present rate the devil
| dor'l't ..run t. get up to you. He Just
lies toAn and goes TO sleep, knowing that he
r.tH sopa eaten up with you He doesn'
ned to catch up with you. He looks he
h.nl to see how long you will g in catching
| up at u Ia rate IN his way Wewant act
| i've movement AMI cool start Are yon il
| earnest Get IA cool start There is danger
| baG.iu and difficulty all around 1t is ne es
say that lay aside al weight and run
| run. ran. That IS st Paus word