The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-24
LAST Or SAM JONES.
HE LEAVES WITH $500 IN CASH
iesIaes Liberal Contribution to the Sup.
port of His Orphan Asyluul-IIls Last
"ssFmons"- some Impressions Made
by the Man and his Peculiar Style,

Sam Jones closed his engagement a
Moundsyille yesterday,
At the morning service the choir SAM
"Drsw me Nearer" after which praye
was offered by Rev, W, E, Loomis, o
ParkersburR.
Jones explained that he had nothing t.
do with the sale OF the books bearing hil
name on Sunday. He said; "There is 9
very insignificant royalty paid to me OF
those books, ! am ve.y sorry they were
sold on that day. l say that because some
body might 20 away saying that Jones
was peddling his books around here on
Sunday, There is q fellow that might say
that, There might be two. Maybe q
hundred, But l would hate TO think
there was more than one. Every fellow
that don't like the way the cat jumps has
got something to say against the fellow
that made 1t jump"
NO SALVATION IN CRREDs.
Mr.. Jones text was: "Whst must do
to be spved?"
II is faith in person and not in creed
that saves soul. Half the blood that has
been poured out in this world has been
poured out over creeds. have as much
respect for the resolutions Of a general
conference on temperance as ior the creed
Of the NiCene Council. ! have Just rs
much right to make creed as any man.
Jesus Christ never made any Creeds. Jesus
don't want US running alter creeds and
doctrines. Jesus said: "Follow me-"
That is the reason the Methodist church
has succeeded so grandly. She has not
spent much on Creeds. What few creeds
we have got are in our way. Laughter.
The Catholic church has its bull and pope,
The Episcopal church has the ritual and
the gowns. The Presbyterian church has
her learning and starch, and the Baptists
have their water. But II we
MethodlSts haven't got religion we
haven't got anything, Laughter, Thank
God for religion! Amen, Amen, Re-
ligion comes from q personal faith in
Jesus Christ. Brother, you might be
able to split hairin theology a mile long
and then lay down in h0ll. a good many
preachers stand up defending tho faith
delivered TO the saints, as they call 1t,
when in fact they are defending their
preiudiCes, l don't say there ought to be
q good many churches. don't believe
the Union army could have been man
aged II they had all been In one regiment.
Besides 1t would have been very iuCon-
venient. You couldn't have found any.
body. A mans wife wouldn't have known
how to address letter 10 him Tor in.
stance. Laughter.
DON'T WANT DIGNITY.
There's an old doctor OF divinity. l
haven't anything against doctor OF di.
vlnity. l expect to be one myself one Of
these days. Not that am going up much
but the thing is coming down, Laughter. ]
Present company is always excepted,
Brother Smith. Well, the old doctor OF
divinity stands up and says: "lIere am
!. II you believe what believe you will
be saved. II not, you will be damned, aud
| don't care much II yeu are.n They are
very dignifed. l have had them say to
me, "Joaes, be Gignided." | don't need
dignity. | have something that beats It
all hollow. II that sour face Is sign OF
religion, | don't want to die without re.
ligion, but l don't want 1t until Just the
minute before die. Laughter ! don't
believe It's religion. | believe it's liver
disease. have had 1t. [Laughterl And
believe could cure you with a few pei.
let's or liver pad.
Do you think the people admire the
and R0lpmn ChFiuElun IN thir ,,,o.tI ,rt,o
looks as II his father In heaven was dead
and hadn't left him cent In bis will? II
q man lives right let him wear smile as
broad as he pleases when he goea 10
church. II he has been stealing let him
look solemn,
When 20 home and one Of my chill.
dren comes up looking solemn know II
is sick or he has been doing something
mean and l either dose him or whip him
on the tpot. And when ] see q solemn
old fellow sitting in the meeting house l
know ho has been doing something
wrong.
! will be solemn some day, but II will be
when / ain in my coffin. will be digni-
fed then, too. Just az straight, but
amt going 10 be until die. You can't
palm of that kind on me for religion.
And besides you are doing harm 10 the
cause. The young folks think Il get 70.
liglon l will have to look that way, and I
can remember when II one Of those sour.
looking old brothers had cooked bis eye
round Oh me | would have thought the
devil had got me.
Do right and be happy. Bless the Lord
am happy on the way
THE AVERAGE PRAYER MRErIHG.
A great many people think iaith Is ask.
ing God for something and believing you
are going 10 get 1t. Brother, as God is my
Judge, am tired OF seeing the church
running about this world and every time
they get within half mile Of God they are
begging for something. Suppose my chill.
dre1, every time l went home, would
come focking about me saying, "Giva me
something, father; can't you give me
somsthing2" and they kept around me all
the time begging iof something. And l
say, "Whlt do you want, Children:" And
they cay, 10, l don't know what; iuSt
anythiDgyou want to give me-" Isuppose
that is the reason you never have any
good timeH In your prayer meetlnRp. The
Lord gets tired OF your begging and don't
come about there.
An average town prayer meeting 10 o
funny thing 10 me, any how, One mem.
Der comes In and sits down In this corner,
and another In that and stlll another over
yondeE, very much 90 though one came
from San FranCitco, another from New
York and one from the South Sea IslandB,
as though they were not acquainted and
had never met before and The preacher
gives out thai good old tune, "Hark, from
tho ToMbB Doleful Sound" Laughter.
And then be reads something from the
Prophecies. 1e ought 10 have something
In the Prophecies, for he haN nothing here.
One old brother will col up and say ~
am having q hard tlHc, a great many ups
and downs etc., aud then he will Bit
down, Aud Que brother will look at an.
other 40 II To Siy, ~ spoke Last Wednes,
day nights iys your turn Tonight y
Laughter Then some brother ia called
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