The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-27

graph to the country. sam Jones is In Gin
cinnau. drunk That is the difference be
tween a gentleman and q vagabond.
oh. forNooih. becsnss this ninetse1th
CENTURY is WICKED, thsrs Is no punishment-
there Is no hereafter Universalism Is unak.
ing big inroads in this country. Have you
ever becn where UniverSalist was going 20
Ureachi ] have; and Every old drunken
blasphsmer In town Is up in the anon cor.
Der. All ! want b know Of auy church Is
Who has the amen eorneri Theirs they are.
The only hope they have 20 is that some
old Uniyersalst preacher will come along
and take them along, hogs az they are. sup.
pose you took one Of these old rcd-nosed sin.
nors up to hehycni Hs would get out OF
bed nj four O'CLOCK in the morning, hunt all
around the tent for a drink, and come back
70 this world before breakfast Heaven Is
the center Of gravity 10 good men Heaven
Is prepared place Tor the prepared, and no
one else can get there About the biggest
fool this world ever saw is the man who will
get into the broadsst road 10 hell, aud stop
along the road ~ bell trying 10 persuade
people there is no hell
II have often thought Of the incident told
OF an iniidel lecturer Who, when be stood up.
on thu platform, had three or four drunken
fellows on the corner Of the stage muttering
all the time All at once he said There l.
no bell, and ! can prove IT, That got their
attention az once. One Of them slid 10 10
him, and saij, Can You prove IT. Yes,
can prove IT. You can; we'll, do It, and
make 1t mighty strong for tell you nine
tsnths Of us follows sre depending on how
strong you make IT, Well they say do
you believe IN brimstone hslr | don't
know what hell Is or where IL l., but some
OF you fellows ought 10 begin studying up
the question II ! am going 10 omigrate 10
a country J want 70 know something about
IL before pack my trunks ] believe the
old colored woman correctly answered the
boy who came home from church and asked
Where does God get oil the brimytons from
that ho burns sinners WITH oh, sonny,
every sinner takes his own birthstone with
him. You say 4 appear TO be reckless
curse aloud sometimes but when 20 home
home at night ana am alons with God am
afraid Of Him, am Gfraid Of ths coffin, am
am afraid " the shroud, l a afraid Of eter.
nifty You say you are not reckless Are
you running sort Of compromise lifsi How
many Of you have promised 10 be good In
the futurci VIII your heart ever be any
more impossible than In the pasti II you
have come through your youthful days and
are not Christians, ninety chances out
Of n hundred you will never 10 Christians
The devil doesn't want any better yoke on
you than 10 have you say, Tomorrow
Pharaoh said Tomorrow, aud the last we
heard OF him hs was at this bottom Of the
Rcd sea | thank God that twenty four
years experiment IN sin taught me that no
man IL satisfied ia this life as a sinner Do
you know what bar rooms, dancing aud
cards are fori They are bits Of engineery
OF the devil 20 make poor sinner
satisfied with himself to keep bis thoughts
from himself You let young lady get
fascinated with bar room, aud you might
M well preach 10 a goat A. to prea IN to her.
II a church member is hunting up bar
rooms he never has been converted When.
ever my religion will permit me to go into a
liquor saloon | am going right to the Lord:
My religion is played out never had II
so diluted 80 thin before ;"