The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-02-09

"a whole man Is good every whsre you
| put nirn-I maI wIJ uas no time mJ1ey.
talsut Or anything els thls's to- goo for
God aud nuiuaBay lUaDs the sort u men
W0 want in this coinfry Tbs littie
pIeccsli never accomplish mucu saw a
poor 81 Ter YIcl after 10 had rs.uraci from
TOE war, be- baI Gus arm shot "a aud Ou3
les was gVue, AMI Oh, how sad 30 made ne
| taei h4 1 stT Dim cropping his way AMI /
sad, Ia, me- there g0.B a nall 81 m ian
| There wa3n'g mu'h left Of tb8 poor untJrtI-
nae follow, aui ne nai tue sympathy Of my
henrs | 10 .ugIt, as / turn81 ~ tu1 chur IA
ot bo1, 80 unFen't WuJls man 10 lt--Just
sop3 pieces Of men. They're ufss-ra.e Tor
sDm3 Things, tut they'rs dofornitlo, in olhir
dlrcc ions. There's inca STAMPED 'aaif a
man ala over this country. THAT'S the
trou1a
"Inis grucs Of Goa comes u teach men,
| not 20 save lnch-l mean men worth sly
Ing Ly0f here, you taae thlJ OH brother
IA tbe ehIrrn-tuat Old mon y-lenler-tnat
OIL ~, bJ. ~ per cent. Ms,hO1st or Baptist
lh-e nlm tp heaven Ase he - to-day aHt ho
woudu't b. iu heaven moren thtg wocRs D3-
fJrs he would buy him "a corner lot au1 st
up "A lucSnt snOp right tb3fs, aud be
wouldn't D5 there six months Deloro he'll
| hayy q mort Jtss 90 the hcurl Oi ths eity OF
the New JsruDle1.
lyon tt4s JI30f tn, b53r-irilkng, dram.
drin.ing AttIDdIstI or Bipti51s, ull take
bIm TO hsdy 20 Hn1 turn Diin lose tlsra, aud
DO loJk all arJuui Tor low plnco ~ Tao
renee 10 jump over huu come bacf and get
q drinN. Nnat d. with sucn men m beaytni
lua'B tho pout BFoller, Jesus CGrist nii:
4 80 W pfeptta place fOr yOh' Wuat Is
heayeni Heaven ~ th3 pr pafol DlaC3 Tor
| tina prepared No man i preparel Tor
heaven uutI nos cut l0Os3 from every thing
inst Code ualgs
"ruas nau says, MS my opinion that
theirs ~ NJ harm IN Il social dance Another
man says, III ismy opinion tuut there u no
harm % social gains OF carI-.' Another
man sayr, 'lts my opinon thnt there - no
harm M a social dram God pity you
Whoa 70 wIi tu4e tho combpoi power OF
heaven nn4 ca n to kosp your boys out at IA
dfunWrts grave, you viii walk OUT Of q
grocery M wp' your mouth, you in,ernM
on hypa'rtb ahi then say, There IL nc
haru IA drpm.
"YJu aay, 4. is my opinion that car
live Jlsb ns gOoi out Of tne church as ] cal
~, d. ia M op.nion that / am aDout Bs
guad f anybody IN tho church; an 10 IS
my 1p,nla1 That | eau stay at homp read
ny bible, puI can be just as good rs | can
bo 40 rtltub And Il my opinion, and 1T
IS my yphlon.'
"L9of here, where did you get your opiu.
| ioni You heard tus OLD colonel talGiug; the
| OLD judge; tua Old major One day you
| heart nin say those very things, ami YOU
| went twl squares aud got amoag your own
| crowd and leaned blcd nul saiI Lhs same
thlnE You got that fresh from the Old
cOpnil, AMI tine oil colonel got that fresh
from hell Aud you say, 1T IL my opn-
| ION You are liar, Nr. IT Is mol your
| opinion at alt My opinion my opinion
Hear me; II you wIll take bac, track
and lraca these opinions 10 thelr source,
nIuetetn-twenueths OF these opinions OF
| ogyn come from hell and tley Hrs going
/ baF ma gI has la "a fu.g
possnsSors OF the opinions with them.
"'IJ is my oplniOn,' 50 and SO; and 1t is
my opinion 40 and -, Hear mo, brethren;
~ hack 10 the cid majOr and the old colonel,
md say, Hero rs your opinion, sir, | have
anuouncal them tue last ume; aud t,ll thp
old colonel aud the old muJlr, DO liAo |
have done; 20 back 10 your master the
down. AMI Cump them at his feet aud tell
INN thOY are his, ana that you Will mover
cnim Thorn any more That will DO good
idea.
"My opinionl Now let me toll you.
have jus. got this TO say aud want TO ba
unlursVOod No man has right TO an opn-
ion on n moral question, Now never salt
IA man did not have a right 10 an opinion on
a mathematical problem, or on an astru-
nomcal or ON a scientific question never
sad that, But stick to 10 that no man has
q right 20 au opinion ON moral gu stloa,
la tnis book winch | hold IN my hand COD
ant lilo tells mo What IL right AMI II tells
M what Is Wrons; aud tho only WHy o tell
whether thing IL correct or straight is to
put tho struighC edge 10 It, aud not stand
there like a tool ANA guess nj it.
; "a man has no rlghJ 30 an opinion on
moral question. Right is right IN itsell, aud
wrong ~ wrong itsef, and your opinion
dOa' not change lL it might DO my opinion
that tns tuhi, baninl me was marbie top
tlulA, but that would not change IN; it would
ho a walnut top M spite OF my tooushness
10 ongbth1 my opinion tnat this IS lriulty
churcl am preaching In, but 10 Won a bl
Muse nali all tho s1mo; anl my opinlcu of
n hing do's not cuauge It, A tniug Is true
or falls; righO or wrong in lBali; auI my
opinion isn't worth d., Ana wnan God
says a thing is right and tning is wrong,
that settles It, anl a man simp Y stamps
himself fool when be goes about telling
poop o What his opinion Is
"Nhpra dii you graduate, anyhow How
many people outside OF your wife AMI chill.
drel have any resp g Tor youi When we
come nj ght down TO taos, now many people
IN this town come to YOU for information
anyhow My opinion is So and So Poor
ltte fellow
"a lawyer in a court, II he wanted to give
his opinion as 20 what tue laws Of Oll0 we're,
thu tdlge would saw, NY brother attorney,
/ wish ynu Aouli SHUT your mouth aud0p
. That nuuA uAnA; tlUt is whore lWaat
knowledge from, ant not your opinion
Brethren, Coz has told rs in his book what
is right and Wbp. is wrong Let us hear
HIM; let us oboy Him,
"'Cln not quif What is 10 YOU can not
quitf Can't YOU quit vodr ieeutiousnassl
Canb YOU quit your Attendance upon 81
loou,i Can't You Quit that cqrt tablet
CAM you quit your protaut1i What oln't
You quiz Comia- rigat down to facts,
which one OF your mean things that YOU
are guilty Of Is ID that YOU can not quitl
You can not fool Col in that way
~ want to be q good man, but / can't
quit telling lies; ca 't quit cursuEi Isnt
that ntco thipI Tor a man to como up ana
sayl How much bett r is 10 for IA man TO
say, i am dona, | Ce3sN 20 do evil Au4
when you ceas' 90 do evil you will live So
berly, ri }bteouSlv, gpttiSe in this present
wuriL Now, You navo the secre. G aSe
to do evil, learn to do well Teach US to
quit the wrong ani then 20 to living s1barly,
rigiteouSlY, GoiiGe
al will toll you another thing. You may
take your dog to the grocery with YOU In
the morning and pour one drink OF whisky
down chat dogs mouth and YOU viii never
be abba TO get MIN Ia 20 TO the groc nv with
you again, ANA then when You LOOK at your
dog uni say, Dog, You eat thugs that |
waulin't eat be Will wink at you ana say,
An, but YOU druS THINGS that | wOu,dn't
drink, AMI guess | am even with yoB'
bleaching as 70 quit wrong ani go 10
living sAo'rlyl The jd1a hers Of sober
minded means a steady moving, honest, in
dusrlou} tuthiul persistent man Ia bis life,
uNe that sort % a man. He is the samA
every day in the week aul everywhere no
goss There is no change IN him Inaver
I tll AhN tDnsA fellow. whom vaf, e,.at ono