St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-04-17
Sam Jones.
AN ABSTRACT OF a SERMON DELIVER
IN CINCINNATI.

the ministers are "shOckcd,' but the
common people go in great crowds to
hear HIM. As an indication OF the
kind of sermons he is preaching III the
North. we copy report OF one delivered
while in CINCINNATI.
FINALLY, brethren, whatsoever things
are true, whatsoever things are honest
Whatsoever things are, pure, Whatso-
ever things are lovely, whatsoever
things are of good repute' think OF
these things.
st. Paul gives us in this one phrase IL
philosophic statement OF what Christi
anity is in the concrete. He begins
with the word " finally" as much as to
say, al have said 4 good many things
before, but you may forget all that If
Won will, only put your memory with a
death-like grasp upon what am gong
to say now" As a man thinks, SO he
! is. An idea is nothing more or less
than "a developed thought. A thought
is that mass of lead in the raw an idea
is bullet shaped up; and you'd better
mind what you do with 1t, too. An IN
| telligent mind always goes from think
! ing into ideas. If a thought is result
Of an impression OF the senses, ana All
idea is the developed thought, then
man ought to be careful what he sees,
|
man partakes OF the nature OF the
| thing that he is brought in contact
with. You may bring a corpse in a
coffin before me here and fix my nlnd
and eye, intently upon it., and the first
thing you know my whole nature Is
saturated with gloom. Those who
| look upon purity and truth aud right
eousness and loneliness always partake
of the nature of the thing they look at.
There is something in the atmosphere
around rs. Let us illustrate com
pany of men were talking abo t dis
| honest conductors. One man SAID: ~
know that conductor steals from ms
railroad every trip. tie Will collect 81
cash fares between his starting point
and destination, put $40 Ill his pocket
and turn i'll 81 to the company, ana the
next morning that man will walk right
through that car with his head upright
and look as honest as anybody. |
| said: 81 can explain that. That tel
| low walks through the car with the
consciousness that four fellows ont OF
every five on that train would beat their
way if they could" The atmospheric
| in which we live makes us what We are
largely.
As certain as God Almighty is de-
| pending on preachers to promnlSate
! His doctrine, the devil is depending on
other preachers to promulGate his.
| When the devil comes to some towns
he don't go to the sinners and get them
to work for him-they are tired. lie
lust comes to members OF the church
il is cheaper to him. | had rather be
the husband of one of the praying, con-
secrated women that this besotted city
locked ND in cell for their crusade
against liquor than be the husband of
the most fashionable woman that ever
graced this city. | will tell yon another
thing: Cincinnati won't in hundred
years get over the fact that she i'm
prisoned those consecrated praying wo-
men. God has quarrel with you, and
now your town is debauched with Ii
uuor, and il you were not the greediest
people in the world, you would have
gorged long ago. can so gorge a hog
with corn that it will run away from
another ear. Wonder it you will ever
get goraed!
I have seen noses turned up at me for
my plain talking. Sister, you are sit
ting there turning your nose up at me,
and the devil has got 4 mortgage on
that nose, and after a while he will get
the whole gal with it. | have said
many IL time | would not mind being
swallowed by whale. But to be nib
.bled to death by minnows 1t is a
painfal death. ! hate to be beat over
the head with one of those rubber bal
looms. 1t don't hurt; it only aunoys
me.
do you know where that phrase,
"the naked TRUTH" originated False
hood aud Truth went in bathing togeth-
er. After a while Falsehoed sneaked |
out, and putting on the clothes of
Trntla ran away. Truth came out and
looked around. "Where is my cloth
ingo" There was nothing left but the
clothes of Falsehood, and she said
81 will go naked before | wear them
am sorry for the man who ever caught
Iris wife in single falseiloed. would
sink iBto hopeless despair it | ever
caught my wife in single untruth.
There are husbands here who if, when |
his wife asked him i question. lie had
told the plain truth she wsu'd have
left him lsng ago, and the only way
you can continue to live with your wife |
is to be walking lie every day Of your
life.
Honesty is very nearly one Of the lost |
arts. There gees a man as honest as
the day is long," said man to me once,
" He pays as much to the most igno-
rant darky for his cotton as he does to
,e smartest white trader / thought
two or three times | would go up and
ask the man if he didn't feel sort of
lonesome ia this country. Do you
know who makes dishonest merchants
Why, dishonest customers. You would
BE astonished how many really down
light lies are swapped across the coun-
el every day. She says, why, L /:
bought piece Of goods like this across
he way FOR SO and So" Why dear
lister. you didn't buy anything at all
cross tie way. I have heard Of q Mo- =: