Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-13
"Whososvrr is Born Of God. {"

"NhOSosvrr Is Born of God"
After an eloquent prayer, Rev. AR jones
waIkei clCWly 10 the 'front.' aud af.er i;-zi1g
curicusly round, he sIla:
II want 10 rsud q letter r,ce.vel this af-
-crnoo1, TO the CO ugr5gatlUn:
"'REv. IA Il. JCNEs-God ulpss you. Il IL
100 late 10 40 my tao boys any good, bis
am praying ycu may dc some 0tnsr moah.
ars' boys some good. | was is.C q widow
win two bo7s on which | lslnsi lCr sap.
port, tut they, were lei gs.ray ~ UIt tyrr.Uls
saloons ana through their !nh1eno, tLey
were led into oxoesseS, aud for mOubns aud
even years they came and were urougnu
noma intoxicated, One was brought home
Ter the last time Al del VITA ta9 4e4r.Im
.remens
mot lcng after MY ether boy was brought
| acme mnnglcd corpse, having been run
/ over by passing train while int0xicatet.
| Having no support | have mortgaeeI my
little home in order 10 1--we. Ny soul, what
! dreadful place Of tormol5 awaits TIA man
who will deliberately do such a dannin
business My hope for heaven is IN Col,
out Oh what q Irial for mother DON'T
! spare the rascalsl'n
Mr., Jones said: That's an awful word
ssscal-for q heart bleeding ike that, but
could she say lessl A great many times
they HAYS asked me why are you 50 rough
| in your expressions? How are you going II
handle crowd that tears mothars' he4rts
)ut CT their bOSoms AMI squeezss the las,
irop OF blood out OF their hearts! How can
! you handle crowd like that handle I'm
with gloves?
''Oh, my congregation, if you read tha
| etters L hava read in the past three years,
| you'Il be Just like | am about this So help
ne God, I'm going TO do my best for these
! poor mothers, wives and children. don't
Expect anything else largely than to have
he Ill will of men who are engaged in this
.gaffic. | have had their i'll will so long that
I'm almost fully persuaded the mere tn az
nate me the better God loves me, and like
! lhat-the last part of it There isn't a
7aloon-keeper in this world, though, | have
ought against; I've never mistreated one in
my life. denounce his business, his trafIi ;,
ami will denounce it forever; and brother,
| just want to put ii Oh record as the honest
sentiments OF my heart. without any refer
nee TO what other men do or don't do. but |
ell you, standing here tonight an honest
man, | would steal before | would sell
Whisky.
Il would go through the poor house door
and be toted out OF Jnat room by insects be-
lore would put dollar of money in my
pocket that came from the rent of a bar
ROOM | know how deeply money enters
INTO this question, and it taxes gentleman
and a scholar AMI Christian to STAY in his
,tfice ana havS bar-keeper offer him $50.
Der month for his place, and have a dry
foods merchant say: Fifty dollars is all can
afford TO pay YOU Many fellow in tins
country will sell out to death aud hell ror
$50 a month"; YOU'RE a fool, 10 say noth
.ng about anything elsa. | don't think you
can afford that A bar-keeper sat by his
wife in church one night, ami saw him
trembling and saw that the Holy Spirit of
God had taken possession of his heart, and
'ne entreated him to go forward
when they got home thu wife said tc
nerr husband: Don't you feel like you oush
70 have gone forwardr OF course | did,
said he. 'Well,' said she, why didn't youg
1 can't be religious and stay in the business
am in, said he. Il know that his wife
said, hut give up your business i cam
! Afford il the barAeeper SAID. Husband,
s2id the wife, how much do you make in
year at your buSin 9ssF Why, about s., OK
year, ne said. Well sad she, now lons
N the natural order of things will you liv:
10 run the business! About twenty years,
said he. Two thousand dollars year fol
twenty years ls how muchq shs ASKED him.
Why, it's $4,000, of course be repiei
IT, said she, you could get the cash dowr
n your band now would you sell your sou
10 death and hell for $40.00Jg Straighten
ing himself up he said: L pledge you my
word | will empty the last gaJlcn of it ou
out
The DEVILS got you rented by the month
and as long as you can pay the rent he ha
you. Rent Methodist for $3.50 month
but bye and bye his lien upon you will turf
inpl fee simple and will drag You to nel
whether you want to 60 or not. Many
poor widow in this country won't be sorr,
you've gona there, either, you old hog, you
MIR Jones preface his sermon with a few
remarks as to the effect of the meetings H
stated that he received hundreds or com
municatlous daily from citi2ens pnl from
people in contiguous cities, ana they wer
all Of very good nature, and showed tina
the work of The people here h8s not beef
without its goo1 effect on those in othe
places.
sad he, I dent go much on this shout
aud-gO- round religion, bu5 | do 20 goot
deal on every fellow Behaving himself lie
US get religion. Give us a moral city If
go to hell | want to be gentleman in hel
i don'G want to be a vagabon anywhere
Let's be moral and upright. Let's give
ourselves to the Ten 60 nmandmelUs anC
the Sermon Gu the Mount As soon as yol
begin to 1--we right in this worli you vii
begin to look around LILLE after the next
and settle some questions for eternity, bu
a man fall OF whisky AMI blqso1enJ AM
card playing and lreakirg Sabbath DOR
want to know God. l don'0 think Go
vans a man 10 DO 6ny thing but behaY
himself
Brethren, desire TO call your attention
to a very Intricate text | NAV not succee
very well in preaching from this text, but
would as soon fail on this as succeed on an
other in the book. Let's see if we can't &c
something from this verse Tor each Of us.
"'Whoscever is born of God doth nc
commit sin, Tor bis seed remaineth in hin
ana he cannot sin because he is bora Q
Cod
"Iwill read it again: 'Whosoever is bori
of God doth not commit sin, for his seed rt
Inaineth in him, aud he cannot commit 81
because he is born OF God
II were 20 stop right now and say, "A
honest man can't steal, everybody woul
say, why, that's true;' and if / were to sa
"A chaste man cannot be vulgar you'd sa
4 agree with you;' and If I were to tell yoI
"A truthful man cannot tell lie you'd sa
That's fact;' tut when say "A Christia
cannot SIM you'd say, That won't do, you
non-church the whole of R' Isn't logi
worth any thipgl Won't common sense an
| the bible mixl Is there such thing as &c
ting mans logic and argument and goo
hard sense into line vita the teachings
the tiblel Is it fact that m honsst man