The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-24

CINcixSArf. Jan 22 -Slushy sidewalks,
almost mpns,abls cutters aud drilling
rain, yet not less thBn three thousand people
fourd their way N Music bali Tho expense
for bsli. gas aud other mcdcntals ia about
$500 per day, which ~ defrbyod by means u
contribution collected during each service
An excellent choir Of volunteers lead In tho
music. ith piano 5Bd cornet accompaDi-
meut. while the congregation A. large con
stitutes tho chorus 1ho singing is excellent
The only way 20 obtain correct idea Of
Sam Jones is to hear him. Tho newspaper
reporter is disposed 10 select TOR publication
Ais striking and sensational uttersnces
rather tbnn bis elegantly rounded sentences
and beautiful smiles. His rhetoric rs
whole, is az finished M that Of sn Everett
For hh tegt Mr.. jones took th5ss words;
what shall IL profit man If rs gain the
whole world aud lose his soulf or, as no
transatsi IT, what will a man give in eK.
ebsngo for bis souip
''When Christ preached TO formers he
would say, 'You tillcrs q the soil, going 70
heaven is like a man going out 20 SOW seed
lie looked nt the fishermen and said Give
me your attention The kingdom Of heaven
is liae n net lct down Into tho water To
the hou carpenter no said Take heed how
you build' To tho good housewife he snil.
The kingdom Of heaven is like that little
ieaven which lenvonth tho whole lonf' To
the merchant hp said. what will IL profit
yuu II you gain the whole world and lose
your soulf
"1hs country Is running on profit and
1nau EsnfpuyNy d hDnt,r,fy Eurtruipu n m
daughter IL going 10 marry now tho wilt be
father in-lnw don't measure tho brain force,
the nervous energies Of his son n-hw .to.bo
but lac L.,aurcg his pocketbook aud bis ca
pacity for making money Aud II you want
10 get good big collection out Of God's poo.
plo tho best way IL 10 convince them that
God will give them 10 Tor one
lyon may count down your soul for this
world and make trade AMI enter into pos
session, and in ten months after you have
taken possession death may come along and
say. on Of these premisssr nnd Off you go.
How many men in this world have | seen
FIX up Tor living nico and comfortable TO an
old age, and in just twelve months after.
ward there was black Grape on the door
knob nnd henrac brought into r.quisiton
oh. " could 80 build palace and arrange
Tvs uutEh bnu llH NlHhNNh ~ NlhN hfhlu
could not cone ~ on mol
"Somohody once said God showed what
he thought Of riches ly the people he gnvo
them Co. never 500 man giving himself
but 30 Riches but what | think, Well old
fellow fattening hog doesn't know what
hos eating corn for You give n man
much money these days and he gets very in.
dependent Of God. lam surprised too, at
men getting stuck up with II little money.
Here IN man owns five million dollars.
What is thatl You might put two worlds
like this together, put them In your pocket,
aud 20 10 the dogstAr 10 spend the night,
and when you came TO settle up your hotel
bill next morning you would not have
enough left 10 come back on. The richest
man IN the highest sense Is the mln who is
oouten,od win his lot Why, II II
follow proposed TO run tho gauntlet on
Providence, and fix up 30 that he and his
family shoull never want he might buy ton
thousand barrels Of -four, and thousand
overcoats, and other supplies in proportion,
Just suppose he piled in enc great ware
house enough 10 do him for thousand
years would rather start out now clean
90 mako enough meat aud bread for myself
and children than try to keep the reaches
and rats out Of his warehouse. When an
old millionaire died one neighbor said 10
another, So-aud-so has wtllel all his prop
Srty to the bar keepers Of the town. What
do you meant We'll he didn't do II d.
reotly. lie vitlcd it to his boys, and they
will see 70 10 tuat the burkcepers soon get it,
Lot mo say TO YOU this; IL | could provide
a little competency for my wife, who
has given mo children and all, +
would do so but would not leave dol
lar 20 n child have in the world. II they
are any account they wont need IL, and IL
thoy are no account every dollar | leave
them will sink them down, down Many n
fellow here says, 4 am not after money for
myself; | am just laying up for Sallie and
the children II you could see Sallie and
the children about twelve months after you
are gone, Sallie with her new teeth and the
boys with their new turnout, you would be
surprised to sen how Salle and the children
could get along without YOU Tonight
some OF you may be leaning on your bonds
hut am leaning on tho promises OF God,
and will To standing up when you are
swept down forever Don't any body say
4 am talking against riches | am glad
we have got rich mon Many think
money is the root Of all evil J nat is
mistake The love Of II is the root OF all
evil. And there are more poor men going
10 hell for the love Of money than rich men,
on the principle that white sheep eat more
than black sheep Riches that you get
wrongly will not only curse YOU but it will
curse your family after you are dead and
gone. That sort Of money that is made by
hiring poor women 10 sew a dozen garment
for fifteen cents will turn into birthstone,
and you viii carry enough to hell with you
10 burn you forever, il that is the way YOU
set it. will tell you another thing. Eff
teen cents a dozsn for making garments is
the essence OF commuuistic Gre that viii
burn this country up some OF these days. A
man ought never 10 sell or buy ANYTHING
that he 1oesn't think. How does this trade
affect your souls o
There Is certain class in this world /
have great contempt for. The finest spec.
inen OF pauper ever saw was young man
twenty five years OLD who had no money
and no relgion-that young man who serves
the devil for nothing and boards-I woula
nave liked to say boards himseif-but his
mother or his wife is boar ling him.
think where man comes TO where BE WON'T
support himself, and his wife has 20 support
him. it is time for the decent men Of the
community to take a rock and tie it around
DIS neck and drop him into the river. and
say nothing about it; don't mention it.
hate to see a man boarding on his wife when
his wife is rich. NV, my, when be Is board
ing on his poor WIFE, and she has to work
for livingl
chow inexpressibly foolish it is for a man
70 get none of the world and then die spau.
per and be a pauper in hell forever, Those