Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-03-18
FINDS 1T ALL IN THE BIBLE.
So N Jones Tells Where He Gets His Wig
orOus Style.

noon, taking for his text: l know thy
works, and thy labor, and thy patience,
And how thou canst not bear them that are
evil, and thou hast tried them which say
they are apostles and are not, and hast
found them iars.-Revelation ii, 2
This book talks mighty plain, he said. l
don't remember going out Of the Bible to
get word. l called a man a red-nosed
devil, but the devil part of it l got out of
the Bible, and that is the part lie Oh. .ected
to. Mr.. Davis said the most intolerable
feature of his prison life was not that he
was in captivity of foe, but, whether day
or night, eating or trying to sleep, he was
ever conscious of the two burning eyes of the
sentinel resting on him 1t was intolerable
Brother, the two burning eyes of God are
resting on you. He understands you He
knows all about you He knows whether
you are trying most to please Him or to
please man l am glad God sees me. The
world sees my foiDles and mistakes but it
does not see how much pray God knows
Il know thy works" Suppose for the ben
eft of class here we put it this way: l
know thy laziRess; l know thy indifference
l know thy carelessness; l know thy fruit
less life. 1 judge mans faith by his works
When 1 hear Christian people getting up to
say Iutl nave 50 UlduN uOuOiS, L WduO 10
tell them it amt no credit in them to say it.
There is not a doubt in you but what if you
pull it up by the roots you will find the
seed is sin You will never find
a minister fallen in faith, but he
is fallen in life, as God knows
him I'd as soon a man would get up
and say he had drunk so many more drinks
of whisky than anybody else, as to say he
had more doubts than any other man Or
I would as soon a sister would say she had
beat the crowd in the number of games she
had played of progressive euchre and had
got the jack prize Laughter Quit your
meanness If your works were right it
would be the best proof your faith was
right. There is just as much sense in pray
ing for sweet potatoes as to pray for faith
Now, you will say l have stepped beyond
orthodoxy No, l haven't 1 never have
My orthodoxy rests on the steel rails taken
out of this Bible, and they are laid down on
the cross-ties of humanity. o Lord, z iv
me muscle That aint the way to get it
Go over to the blackshith-shop and swing
the big hammer Just keep your mouth
shut and do what God tells you to do.
There has been much said since 1 came
here of indiscriminate denunciation of the
church 1 had to do this, for you see if
had let down the gap they would all run
out. There was no danger of hurting the
good Christians. My plan is to beat the
goats and feed the sheep, and if you have
got hit it is because you was a goat
[Laughter.l The best way to prepare for
revival is to turn everybody out of the
church who is not living right. Some seem
to think purity a second consideration to
peace If you can't have any peace except
1F I AYrif har
any. If 1 had a church here-which l
won't have, for 1 won't get a call, and 1
wouldn't answer it if 1 had-and if you kept
running on your present schedule L would
turn every one of you out or bust your
church into thousand pieces Nov is the
time you ministerial brothers on the plat
form could come in with your amen.
Laughter.
Brother, let US let iniquity alone and get
after the deviltry of this community.
Thank God there is not a Christian church
in the world that has not pronounced against
these things Oh your little church around
the corner may not, but l wouldn't stay in
the little rotten thing long enough to get
my hat [Laughter.l l just want ia
hurrah for MethodismI Zone amen from
the ministers row.l And hurrah for any
ism that is down on these things. [Chorus
of amensl Talk about preaching: Blessed
are the pure in heart" Wait until we've
got them Let us lay aside all such foolish
ness. Lord pity us sitting ourselves on
what we are. Let US have grand old
Holy Ghost revival We want the prayer
meeting and financial revival. l want to
see God Almighty control as much money
in this city as the devil does l want
revival of honesty and revival that will
bless everything as high as the shoulders of
God and as broad as humanity.
Mr.. Jones concluded by relating his own
phenomenal success as a minister from the
day he became Christian. He had never
sat in pew, for he commenced to preach
at once, and he had been wonderfully sue
cessful, and had preached an average of
500 sermons every year for thirteen years
SAM SMALL
was not laughed at so much in Farwell hall
at the noon meeting, but the feeling among
those who heard him was that his address
was one of the best, if not the best, yet de-
livered by either of the evangelistS He
took for his text: And there is much rub
bish, so that we are not able to build the
wall.-Nehemiah iv., 10. Mr.. Small said:
We can never build that which is
permanent and enduring on foundation Of
rubbish The architect who conceives the
plans imposes the task of first making ready
to build. Permanent works must have a
reliable architect So too, when we come
TO build character All rubbish inimical tt
the beauty of character must be wiped
away If my effort is to build up a
character that will be acceptable to God
must clear away the hindrances and follow
the conceptions of the Great Architect A
bad man needs no architect. He is not
building. He is marring good character.
He is but destroying the timbers and bring
ing devastation and chaos Christ is the
Architect, and His words to me for moral
upbuilding are my plans and specifications
for the building of a perfect life Imust clear
away the follies. Get rid Of these practices
which do not conform to Christ's directions
They may say it is bigo;ry not to take
the social drains They say it is bigotry
not to belong to clubs which are but high
toned saloons They say it is bigotry to oppose
these things which are acknowledged as the
things which are undermining the churches
of God. Some one shakes his theological
locks at me and says l said people who at
tended the opera would go to hell did
not referred to people who had joined
the holy things of God and then went back
like a SOW to her wallow. Any worldly
practices which do not add strength
or beauty to his life and char
acter as a Christian he has no business
with They are rubbish in the corner
stones of life'S structure. He who will not
cruelty himself to these smusements, and