The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-17


SAM p JONES.
CINCINNATI, Jan 10 Long before service
began the church was crowded. 10 the doors
Many people stood In the aisles, and the
doors Of the church were locked 10 prevent
still groatJr crush. Rsv. Jones preached
a sermon Of extraordinary power His way
Of handling a subject Is unique but effect
i've Ito took for his text tho first, second
and third verses Of the twelfth chapter Of
Romans.
II besecch you, therefore, brethren, by
the merits Of Dol, that you prescott your
bodies living sacrifice, holy. acceptable In
God, which is your reasonable service
And be not conformed 10 this world, but
be We transformed by tne removing of your
mind, that ye may form what IL, that good,
AMI acceptable and perfect, will OF God
For say, through the grace given INTO
mo 10 every mau that Is among yoD, not ~
think of himself moro highly than be ought
10 think; but 20 think Boberly, according as
God hath dealt 10 every man tho moasuri Of
faith
The first verse, wisely considered, will
God; the second verse; wisely considered,
will put man into the right attitude with
this world and the third veros, cons dered ia
the same way, will put a man into right re-
lations with himself For | have TO deal
with God, havo TO deal with this world and
have a great deal 10 do with myself--and
there is nothing like having n good under.
standing with ourselves About all the
trouble, perhaps you aud hive had In the
past with God, or With humanity
or with ourselves, has arisen al
this point There is nothing more reasonn
lie than the inquiry which demands Of
Christianity tbs conditions upon which WI
may become Christians This text simply
says keep your face on heaven and your
back on hell aud II you have turned your
back on heaven, turn around. used 10 thina
n man had 10 cross rivers and mount
aims 10 got TO heaven, but, bless you, all q
man has TO do IN just 10 turn around IL ii
not what sort Of fellow you are, especially,
but which way are you going, up or down,
10 heaven or to helli Tnis toxt turns a man
around, aud turns his face toward God aud
heaven II cOn7ocrate myself to the good,
then ! um disconnected with the bad IL
that eDgins and train Is going nt tho rate OF
forty miles M hour toward Chattanooga 10
can't come 10 Cincinnati LIS momentum,
it's speed and powers, are all in the other di-
rect ou M man over will b. religious until
he settles the question somewhere along the
line OF life that he will DO religious The
Sabbath school, the church nor his mothers
prayers ever made man religious. No man
ever will DO religious until some time in his
life ho sums the whole thing up
and decides TO DO religious How
would you make farmer out of
your boy when he would not decide to
be onei How eau God Almighty Himself
help man 10 be religious whom he has not
decided TO b. sol DO you know what choice
mpansi II means III will tako this IN prefer
once 10 thatn There Is a heap OF difference
between desiring 10 bc religious aud be ng
religious A man may live aud do desir-
ing to be n Christian, ami go to hell at last,
A man must como TO an understanding with
his Maker. GA happy mun that has
reached thus point in mis- soiourn whore he
looks up in the face OF his npghhor and
says, FEATHER God, from this moment viii
be loyal to lhee will do TIN right; |
will quit the wrong" Whom have son, II
i should b. cursed with n bad boy | viii
tell you how would feel about It. IL that
boy should get Drunk, curse AMI do wrong
there il but one thing | would want that
boy 10 do, aud that is TO quit his moanuess,
Ulul ha DOES quit his meanness, his SWIVEL
ing aud crying ara all hypocrisy.
The old Jews did not behevo at all that q
Gentle could bo saved We Genties now
ean't SEQ how in heavens name Clrist can
save jew nm little ashamed OF Peter
eighteen huudrei years ago, but how about
us enlightened Christians in this dRyi We
have turned the yoke on Peter, 10 say the
least "Foar God and obey his command
ments That is the whole duty Of man.
Let man come down TO downright,
square understanding with His Maker
God, for Thy sake, | quit all that is wrong
and give myself to the rgat Tnerc is sons
thing practicable something sensible about
that II q man does that no is gong God
wari II man holds ON 20 his sins and
keeps practicing his sins, he can just 20 any
direction at all and he is gong hellward"
Now, there are n great many little side.
shows I might bring up hsrs to be especially
lox ON the occasion, but found out
long ago that thors are many mon in he'll
who could split hair, a milo long IN ortho-
doxy. IL is not, "Are you orthod lxN bul
"Are you consaorated in Christi Are you
doing your dutyr like good, practical
religion that will make man tell the trutt
every time be talks; make him ply hi
debts; make him do his duty TO his wife aud
child. When a man Strengthens out affairs
with his Maker ana says: 81 swear uncom
promising loyalty 20 the right and viii d,
it, then he is getting into shape-into Oh,
right attitude toward God
Then the question comes up; "What ar
you going TO do about this worl II tn
world is musttudinous affair You wan
70 know what is the matter hera in Ciacin
natil The drunkenness, lying, licentious
ness and outbreaking wickedueSs II churcl
membership aiu't hurting the church
No, sir. But IL you want TO know what
paralyzing the arm Of the church, and des
troying her power, I viii tell you. 1t
this attitude OF worlilineSs sweeping owe
your homes and sweeping your familie
down with dancing with this world, an,
going 10 theaters with tins world, an
drinking with this world, until we have bu
one thing more TO do, and that is to go 4