The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-09
CRITICISING A BISHOP.
SAM JONES COMMENTS UPON A GER
TAIN DR.. SO-AND-SO.

Are the Elect and Nom Elect-AJ Jubilee
for the Angels in Preparation-siightiy
Personal Remarks.
CHICAGO, March 9-On Sunday afternoon
Rev. Sam Jones preached to 1900 people at
the Casino rink. After a few words Of en-
couragement as to the work so far accom-
plished, he then went on:
If | was preacher like DIR. So-and-So,
and intended to preach on like he is preach
ing, l would never go in with Sam Jones
l would shun him as pegtilence | would.
In city of 60),000 people DR.. So-and-So has
his go people every Sunday morning, and
Sunday night from sixty to eighty. Such
a man as that has no use for me. There
amt no love LOST mean no admiration
lost l love him, to be sure, but there's no
admiration lost. l never fight preachers at
al, but tell you there's one of your prom
inent preachers has suffered himself to be
stuck up as target and nothing but pity
keeps my hands off him / could handle
him a little while and you would see him
hit the ground running q mile a minute.
[Laughter.l He can tell his people that
Sam Jones' compassion saved him one
say at this point of the meeting-and
I'm talking this way to get closer to you
and get you closer to mel am, by the
grace of God, living the gospel every day
like preach it, and DEFY earth and he'll to
show the contrary. If l live the truth am
invulnerable The truth will take care of
itself If preach lie while l am here |
will get down on my knees before 5000
people and take it back with tears in my
eyes. Truth will cut its way and accomplish
its own grand result. Let's come to an I'm
derstanding and push this work on to a
victory that shall honor God and bless this
people to ali generations to come.
1t is said that Mr.. Jones referred in the
above paragraph to Bishop Cheney, who
had criticised him in a newspaper conmuni-
cation.
The text was: "For the Craze of God
that bringeth salvation hath appeared unto
all men" On this Mr.. Jones said:
like the term grace. There is gracious
ness to this word that ties me on to it, The
grace Of God Thank God for that word
Grace in its plainest, commonest meaning,
| gives us about this idea: The pure, I'M
merited, undeserved favor and goodness OF
| God We are not only redeemed by grace,
but we are born by grace, and We are pre-
served by grace, and we shall be raised
| from the dead by grace and we shall be in
troduced into the kingdom of everlasting
peace by grace. 1t is grace that laid the
foundation, and grace is the chief cap-stone.
1t is grace that started me, and grace has
brought me safe thus far, and grace will
take me hons. ! appreciate very much that
old dying here who, as his wife walked into
his room, was gathering up the covering
l 10 cd nd A.,
| "Oh, precious husband, what are YOU doing
Are you disturbed" No he said, Il am
just gathering up all my works into one
bundle, and I'm casting them overheard and
trying to lash myself to the plank of free
grace, and hope to swim to glory on it."
tell you, brother, there's the bedrock.
l believe the elect are the whoever wills
and the non-eleots are the whoever wonts.
[Applause.l
/ believe if l am lost at last there VIII be
| a crown in heaven no head shall ever wear,
a palm of victory no hand shall ever wave,
a harp over whose strings no nand shall run
forever. If l am lost at last it viii be he
cause would not be saved
used to hear the old hardshels in our
state speak about the covenant between
God and Christ They fixed up covenant
between God and Christ IwoulIn't have an
almanac that had that i'll it, much less "A
Bible wouldn't have any thing that put
God in such false light as that
| have sometimes thought that grace
seemed to glorify in getting hold of one OF
the worst Of sinners; taking an Old, hard
eued, mean, rusty sinner and making him
as decent and as clever a man as there is in
| town
like gospel that VIII make a man dis
gorge, disgorge and throw it up when il
ought to come out [Applausel l fired
shot ct the club up here the other even
ing and | hit the little fee on
the front door mat Didn't Won hear hin
bark Didn't you hear him howl in The
Evening Journal! He said he would black
ball Sam Small and | if we applied for al.
mission to that club The mean little fel
low! Let everybody tote their own skillet
Let every one stand up and be a man in thi.
fight.
This grace that brihgeth salvation has ap
peared in Chi ago Will You stand up anC
do your part!
l understand Mr.. Harrison has had hi:
jubilee in Springfield over his thousand
Done had his jubilee | am going to turi
my jubilee over to the angels, and | hop
before this thing is over the angels will re
joice in heaven over 100000 saved.