The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-19
"QUITYOUR MEANNESS. I"
BATH SAM JONES, THE sAmsoNlAN
SAVER OF SOULS
Ana,h,r II ais charactsrl,tic.I'y Eio.
qusnt, QosIat, Logical s"d Powerful
DIscour.ss Tieuuties - PAIN aud
the Value of Family lraycr

ond chapter Of sacoud C9rinth.aI,; "R'-
civ u. we hAye wrong 10 man with
our tongua. We have corrupted no man by
our exatnpls We have dsfrauiei no man
In any business transactions"
est Paul knocked at the inner docr Of
tho church Of Corinth Ho vas met by that
-5f1TrruI, 6n1 he was asked Upon what
Er0ln1-1 % you demand - great priyi-
Iegsf And he rcpliol ON The 'oUuds
fret ! have arOuged no man web my
tongue I have corrupted NJ man by my
sramplo have defra1ded no man 10 any
business trausac'ion' Jesus Christ watched
the doors u Ha kingdom when ne stood
among mon with the most N compromising
and mot unsiring srrunity And that
nan approached Christ, ani would have
entered ,be kingdom, aud jesus loosed upon
him as he asked the question, what must
do that can get into tho kim lonf Jesus
looked at hin aud said, Keep the command
msnts" Tns young man said exultingly,
why, Master, all these things have kept
from my youth up" and Jesus looked him
Ia tbs face and said, "One thing thou lack
sst yet, aud the young nan walked OH j
expect bis disciples, II tboy had been rs
worldly as 40 arc, would have said, "Mas-
ter that's q magnificent young man. He's n
very rich young man. he stands well IN this
community, and II be only lacks one thing
lets take him In. lilo viii give tone 10 tho
church and no win pay largely. We have
few members OF that sort and hos got mon.
ey 10 pay cur expenses. Why, Master, II
he doesn't hack but one thing let's take him
in zone thiug thou lackest yot," said
Christ nui tbs young man turned AMI went
away, aud that's tue last las heard Of him.
Tho Disciples caught ut tho Same spirit and
taught men this that you must deny your
self and tsko up the cross aud follow Christ
Tbey taught az II any man love tho world
the love u God ID not in him; II any man
have not Che spirit II Christ he is nono Of
His
'Tm nstural, nato, constitutional, in.
born batar Of shams and humbugs and
shove all humbugs that ever cursed this
world, tue religious humbug Ia tbs biggest
That's 50 will give you little illustra-
ton; at Harvard, | believe It was, there was
In the college au old professor, one OF those
thick glassed old fellows, near sighted, who
was wonderful bugologist Ho know bug
ology better than no did manology, an1 he
was acquainted with all the bugs from
Adam down, aud no had all kinds OF 'em
in frames hung up around his office In
thor mischief, and as n Joke, tho students
got the body Of ono bug aud took tho legs
Of another and tho head OF another aud the
wings Of another and put them together
just like AS II nature had formed II that
way, and they all trooped down stairs
together into the old professors room,
and one Of ths boys says, Professor, whai
kind OF bug Is thisF and tho professor tool
the card ON which tho bug was pinned, ant
he cast his eyes on H. and after looking at 4
awhile he said' Gentlemen, this il hum
bug Now YOU have my idea OF a humbug
It's fellow that has n heart that belongs h
tho church and head that Ia run by tu,
world aud his hands by the devil, AMI hoi
Just nothing but sort OF compound
God deliver ~ from hunbugs IN the church
Let's be only Qua OF kind, and lot that b.
good Christian II | was asked now what
was the trouble in Cincinnati, the greatest
trouble "a trouble you can't overcome n,
easily ms other troublos-I believe would
answer that tho greatest trouble Ia Cincin.
matt Is that YOU have too many churches
herc
al am willing for anybody to have moro
money than have, and more land than
ever expect to have, aud more stocks and
bonds than can ever get, but amt willing
for any man that walks this earth TO have
mora religion than | have can get as
much m a soul full aud that's about as much
as an angel can get II am Christian
will be Christian; il am n Methodist ri
be . Methodist; IL | am Pr, sbyterian III
be PreshY terian, AMI II I'm Baptist I'm
aguins 90 te ono all over, through and
through, but wouldnt he little, old,
drled-up, knock -kneed, one-horso, shriveled
nothing, nowhere Haven't YOU ever felt
some timo way down in your soul that you
wautol 10 get above everythiugt Haven't
you had "A desire to raise up abovo the sight
OF this kind Of little fellows that you can put
twenty of EN- Ia a snrdns boxl Haven
you ever had glorious feeling in your sou
that mndo YOU feel for n minute like YOU
wanted 10 be somebody something big
that you feel rs II you could ny up, aud up,
and up; then you can know something about
what religion is
u think the inost tombstone ever saw
AMI the prottiost epiteph ever saw wa,
when was visiting an old frieni of mine.
After dinner no took me into the garden and
in the most prominent place there wa,
erected beautiful tombstone Of white mar.
bic in memory of his wife, and on it read
her name aud the date or her death, and her
simple epitaph was this line 'Shs made home
pleasant
II remember the old lrisl,rau who said
hope III never live 10 see my wife married
again Brethrou, let us be kind to wife, fol
she has left her father and h,r home and bel
mother and given up all things for us, AM
she gives her life TO us, and We ought 60 b.
kind to her, Never Let word slip from
your tongue that will bring drop OF bloc.
from her heart We should be kind ant
loving to our children, too. | remember
once at a camp-meaHug two or three year
ago | was talking TO two or three of III,
brothers after dinner, and TO one of them
little girl, rosy-cheeked AMI bright.eye,
fairy, ran up ami asked him some question
aud he snapped out word to her that al
most made her faint, SO frightened was she
81 cried, You brute, your Brethren, yo
can almost cruelty one of your caildrsl
with one stroke OF your tongue How era,
it is know how it is myself Sometlm,
was busy at work and my little boz wou.
bother me aud / would snap at him an
drive him away, but I afterwards hunte
him up and begged his forgiveness By
some OF you would sooner die than do tha
Control your tongue and be kind to YOU
children Think of the picture, Of the sweu
htile-I know not VIVA; il is--and look upo
thatswe child with his arms around m
neck FOR the last time, as be looks wit
beaming eyes Of love in my face for the la