Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-03-18
RIGHTEOUS AND WICKED.
EIucidation of a Text from the Psalms of
David.

CHICAGO, March Friday afternoon
Rev. Sam Jores preached to a large audi
ence in the First Baptist church. Two ex-
pressions of I'Rvid furnished,,a theme for the
sermon, which began: The more you pray
while | talk the more good and blessing you
will receive. The more you put in, the
more you get out. The righteous shall he
like palm tree the wicked shall spread
themselves like a green bay tree" Let us
ask what is palm tree! The eastern pee
pie boasted that it was good for SO different
things Its leaves, fruit, sap, wood and
roots, all-from its topmost leaf to the end of
its roots-was used for something. So ought
the righteous to be-goed from top to bot
tom, through and through. The man who
properly cares for mis- body is physically re
hgious The man who reads the light
books, and only those, is mentally re-
ligious He who lives in a spiritual atmO-
sphere and cares properly for his soul is
spiritually religious. like to be religious
from top to toe-Inind, body. spirit a
man who eats too much is physical sinner,
and he'll suffer for it, too So with the
mind. Wonder what those people are doing
who spend their time playing cards: There
was woman on Walnut Hill, in Cincinnati,
who was a member of the church and
thought she was pious She was the only
one ir che world who thought so. She was
disguised with me because l denounced
cord-playing. She said Taising his voice to
a feminine pitch: "How can | amuse my
husband evenings if don't play cards with
himn I'd send him to the asylum
ELaughter.l There isn't a room in any IDIOT
asylum that hasn't pack of cards. They
amuse idiots with cards.
Spiritually religious! Good for 376 diff
ferent things. Sister, how many things are
you good for! l mean religiously. Take
out our pencil, now, and run the rule of ad-
dition through your life. This sister says:
I'm good for um-um-m, ah"-and that's as
far as she'll ever get. This brother says
he'd do something if he could find something
to do. Don't you go up to Judgment and
talk that sort Of foolishness. God will say:
Didn't you live in Chicago" God help us
to bring the sinners ashore! Give US the
Christianity that will help US to get under
this old world and turn it right side up
Don't wait for the iron to get hot. Pound
it till it is hot Good for 316 different things
Look here, brother! Just as soon as you
can count $40 things you are good for, you
can say, Il can size up the palm tree. " There's
something wrong with the man who lies
down on the ground with the cross on top
of him Tired to death! Pm disguised
with the Christianity that breaks down
Look at the old Christians, striped, burned
crueiied! I've been hunting a martyr for
thirteen years and haven't found one yet
Oh, for a Christianity that goes out to bat
til this old world and fights till the world
knocks under, or gets that man out of the
way. A liquor paper down in Georgia
says, "Sam Jones is a firebrand If ever l
have to change my name from Sam Jones
want it to be Fire Brand" Immense
laughter and applause, during which Dr.
Henson mods approvingly across the pulpit
to Sam Small, who retorts in kindI
The devil is in possession of Chicago
Why? You couldn't have 1900 saloons
anywhere without the devil owned the whole
thing-lock, stock and barrel If the devil
didn't own this place could blackleg be
brought up and fined S5 for an offense
against God and man! You say "it isn't
our fault" 1t is. Pm sorry for fellow
who has the law to enforce where the devil
is running the city. Gracious Father, bring
this city up to that point where the ten COM
mandments are enforced as the law of God
and man. Then, doctor turning to DR..
HsnsonJ, if any fellow don't like the town,
why, he can leave it [Applause.l Wouldn't
you be glad to get shut of that sort!
Good for anythingl 1 want a religion
that can help things here and now. 1
wouldn't rail against the ministers here or
hit them once when l was not willing to
strike myself with the same club, but let
the preachers of this town next Sunday
train their guns on the DEVILS forces, and
see how quick they'll run up the white flag
Let 'en sue you for damages. God bless
you, they couldn't get nothing out of you
if they did get Judgment. Laughter
r. Il
wide open to-day it wouldn't hurt this
chicken.
They say Josh Billings wrote the ten COM
mandments. 1 don't care who wrote 'em-
The man who don t mind 'em ought to be in
the Illinois penitentiary right now. Ny
Lord! How l do like to see a Christian
without single reserved right Reserved
right. know preacher down south who'd
take 'em in with the provision that he
wouldn't call on 'em to pray-sort o.
Honorary members" Brother pointing
directly to some unfortunate in the audi
ence), I'd rather be a whole Christian one
week than shirk as you do for fifty years
[Great laughter followed this sally, and the
old man with the ear trumpet chuckled and
sputtered till ne nearly ruptured the
tympanum of his crippled organL Don't
hide behind tree Step up and proclaim
yourself Law me! a palm tree IL grow
any where, on the bottom, on the hillside, in
the desert There, don't say you can't be
Christian in the kitchen; or because you're
a lawyer, or merchant Grow anywhere.
Another thing about the palm tree; you
can bend it right down to the earth and
mash it, but it'll spring right up again to
heaven
But the wicked are like bay tree Know
fgg Ifa1
yourself four hours you'd know. In the