The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-04-02
SAM ES-ISNS.
Extracts from the Evan2eIIst's sermons
Reported in the Chicago
Newspapers.

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But the wisdom that is from above is
first pure, then peaceable, gentle and easy
to be cntreated; full of mercy and good
fruits without partiality and without
hypocrisy.
Christianity is supposed to give us moth
ing but pure heart About the hardest
thing man ever undertakes to do is to be
a good man with bad heart. It is uphill
work had often thought how impossible
it is for a man to clean up his soul when
the devil is wallowing up the fountain
stream, Laughter. Oh, for a lowly,
contrite heart Now, brother, has your
heart been under the cleansing fountain ?
Now, great many churches do not lay
stress on the purity Of the heart. | have
seen church put on airs and strut about
and call itself the Lord S Crocheting society
or something of that sort. Loud Laugh
ter. Let that church get into heaven and
it wont be three months before the MEM
bers of the congregation will have all the
angels hanging full of lace and fxings
Renewed Laughter. Oh, these churches
get up nice little suppcrs and grab bags
and things but when it comes to rolling
up the sleeves and pitching in to save souls
the members say, ooh, | belong to the
Lords Croeheting Society, or Il live on
Michigan avenue. p" daughter. The
idea is disgrace to God Almighty
[Shouts of 'Amen"1 don't blame you,
sisters, for trying to do something for The
church, but do blame your stingy, hog
ging husbands. [Applause from the
ladies'. Now, don't you feel insulted, you
women with husbands [ recollect con-
vcrsation had with man in one of the
southern cities where | was holding a re-
yival The man said Clones, Mr. So
any more" said ''Why - because, :"
replied my friend, ''he says You arc the
most vulgar man he ever heard in the pull
pit" 'Who is this man p asked lies
bartender down town" replied my
friend Laughter.
! wish that some of the low-bred people
in Chicago who have been calling me vul-
gar would get up to know when a thing is
pure. It's how they are bred. Laughter ]
The more hearts that are lifted up to God
for His blessing on this service the more
good We shall receive. This service is for
woman (and like that word woman-not
lady-for it's one of Gods words), and
has personal reference to mothers. There
are three words which are associated most
acknowledgements, home, heaven. Take
the three. After all, what is home with
out a mother? And how can | 90 to
heaven without mothers hand to lead me?
Mother-the sweetest word, with the most
endearing recollections. The lullabes of
the cradle linger with me like the memo
res of precious dream. Let us look into
history a moment. Ncro's mother was the
most wicked, vicious mother the world
ever knew, and she gave to the world the
most bloodthirsty wretch the world ever
knew Lord Byron's mother was proud,
intellectual woman, and she gave to the
world proud and intellectual SON John
Wesley's mother was upright and pious,
and she gave to the world a great and good
man. George Washington 5 mother was
supplemented, sincere, plain woman and
she gave to America man we honor with
the title, ''Fathcr of his Country"
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First pure, then peaceable. What do
the saloon men want? There ism t a devil
ish influence in this city that isn't crying
for peace. Suppose that all the pulpits in
Chicago were to turn their guns upon the
decorators of the Sabbath. | tell you it
wouldn't be a month before satan's fort
would fall and a white flag be floating
above the ruins. [Applausc. We preach
ers are to blame for Chicago's condition to-
day. But, thank God, the pulpit has not
lost its power; it has just lost its voice.
laughter Now, brethren of the pulpit,
let us for the next ten months take up
nothing but live issues and pour hot grape
and canister into ali things bad. [Shouts
of "Amenr'1 There isn't a saloon that
curses the town so much as the preacher
who will take into his arms the scalawag
deserters from other churches. Let us
carry the war into Africa. [Shouts of
"Amenf
First pure, then peaceable and gentle.
l like a gentle Christian; all these II
o'clock Sunday morning Christians remind
me of these big, oycrgrown, sleek-looking
horses that haven't enough energy in them
TO pull hen off perch. Laughter.
You've got lots of Christians among you.
Oh, how wish | could see every Christian
get into line and pull the movement on
ward. If you will do that it won't be long
before we will pull this old city out of the
mud holes
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OF all the sins the most cxeuseless is the
sin of profanity. Applause Do you
make any more money by being profane.
Swearing yourselves to the verge of the
tomb If you are profane man, then,
sir, let me say that you lack just so much
of being a gentleman. Tremendous APP
plause. The railroads have palace cars