St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-29
FEARS ONLY THE DEVIL
Sam Small, in an Eloquent Discourse,
Says he Has Ceased to Fear This
World.
His Closing Sermon His Most Finished
and 1t Was Listened to Most
Intently.
Sam Jones Takes Cornelius for a
Model and Advises Christians to
Wake UP.
The Eloquent Gentleman Hits Right
and Left With His Usual Reck-
lessness.
The Rose of sharon.

Ac poopic dt IpcU MOCK park were Ill
good spirits yesterday morning after the en-
joyable sermons of Sunday, and the $50
o'clock prayer meeting was well attended.
When Sam Small arrived in the pavilion at
1880 O'clock congregation of 800 greeted
him. He said:
hope we shall be prayerful this morning
ana that God will give us his blessed holy
spirit will read the first verse of the sec
oud chapter Of Solemon's songs: ST am the
rose OF Sharon and the lily Of the valley" In
these songs of Solomon, that soulful singer
turns his ear to God and sits down in the
midst Of his glory and gives us some idea of
how God wants US to live. There is no title
IN scripture that recommends itself to nae so
forcibly as this, where Jesus calls himself the
lily Of the valley and the rose
OF Sharon. When ne said he was the rose of
Sharon ne intended for US to direct our at
tention to the rose of Sharon. The rose of
flower in all the kingdom of Judea.
There are three distinguishing character
istics of the rose; these characteristics are
perfection of form, sweetness of perfume
and universally of growth. There is a SUI
periority about it that defes all other flowers
to excel it. 1t is so perfect that it is impes-
sible to initiate it. There is a perfection of
form in the rose that cannot be initiated.
Take, then this rose as the representation of
| the character of Christ. 1t may be said
that it is Impossible to be like Jesus
Christ, because Christ was divine,
but Christ has said that we can
be like him, and we come preaching no i'm
possible doctrine when we say you can be
Christ-like. If / say that this doctrine OF
Christ-likeness is impossible, then throw the
lie in the face of God, Whenever we find the
rose we find that sweetness of perfume with
ever painted a rose so perfectly that the hum
ming bird and the bees would come to extract
perfume from IL. Jesus Christ had that
sweetness of character that distinguished him
from all other men that the world ever knew.
The last OF the attributes of the rose, the uni
versatility of its growth. Wherever any other
flower blooms, then there the rose will bios
som; wherever man can live, there the rose
can be cultivated. AS the growth of the rose
is universal, SO the cultivation of the char
acter of Christ is universal. Wherever the
| missionary has gone, there Christ is to be
found. There is another characteristic about
| the rose, and that is it cannot be monopolized.
We go into the hot houses of the cities and
find the
CHOICEST VARIETIES
of roses and out in the street go, and up on
window ledge, FIVE stories above the
pale-faced sewing girl I see growing
and blooming rose, and know that that
poor sewing girl can enjoy the sweet fra
GRANGE of the rose as well as the rich man.
Some men have the idea that if they become
Christians they must become a weak, SWIVEL
ling coward. Humility don't mean that. I'll
be humble before God but I'll have the i'm.
petuosity of Peter and the humbleness of
Paul. ] don't propose, because I'm Christ
ian, to lay down in the mud and let every dog
walk over me. God don't expect me to do
that. The Christianity of my master gives
me the courage to fight for nay rights and his
rights, and on the same platform. When you
go out into the world to proclaim purity Of
character, you are going to wound
these minions of the devil and they are GO
ing to fight you back. If Christianity was
going to take the courage and zeal out of me,
haven't found it out yet. The only change
| Christianity has made in me physically and
mentally that can see u.s. that then I feared
the flesh and the devil, and now I fear the
devil but don't fear the flesh. want every
man who goes OUT to proclaim Christ to hold
up his head and claim that he is from as good
blood and stock as can be found in the coun-
try. I'm told to conseerate myself to Christ
and I'm told to love Him with all my heart,
all my soul and all my strength, and that
takes everything there is about me- and I
can't profess to love Him and shake hands
with the devil at the same time You
get religion into your heart and it will go into
your blood, and it will get all over you in that
way, and when the devil comes up and says,
SMALL, HOW ARE YOU?
and I put my hands in my pockets and say,
Well, old fellow, I'm doing frst-rate, but
can't shake hands with you. You never saw
pair of consecrated feet tripping UP and
down ballroom. You never saw pair of
consecrated eyes locking at theater or
Sunday base ball game. You never saw q
pair Of consecrated hands working for the
| devil You never saw consecrated peck
cts holding money that came out
of the liquor traffic. Applause.]
1t was striking sermon generally, the best
1lx-4l L. l.. g.
Red Rock and he was listened to through
| out with almost breathless interest. At the
close of his sermon he said he wished to
explain that he didn't believe God would
send anybody to hell for dancing Or playing
cards, but when a professed Christian joins
the church he promises to forsake the
world and the flesh. God will send those
who violate this promise and oath to hell
for lying.