The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-07-23

Inere was ola Dunnyan, VINO
sat IN prison and wrote book
which gave him piaions to fly
around the world. Jesus, He IS
the truth, the. life, the bread, the
water, the welcome, yet He said
it was best for Him to 90 that the
Comforter might come. With
out the Comforter the cross will
not avail 1t is for the Son. The
spirit Eliminates the cross and
shows us the figure of Christ
hanging there.
The Holy Ghost is with us to-
night. The spirit says come and
the bride says come. | hear peo-
pie remark, II can do as well
out of the church as in tell
you | have not seen day for 13
years when I could do without it,
and you say you can get along
out of the church. l tell you you
are lying. 1t can't be done. 1t
does you good to join the church
1t would be the right thing for us
Methodists, Baptists, Presbyteri-
ans and all to join over again
every camp meeting. We have
been playing at religion. We
must have baptism of fire that
means the devil shall never trou-
BILE us any more.
Mr.. Jones introduced number
of anecdotes and illustrations
which amused the congregation,
and contrasted with the solemnity
of his other utterances. He told
how Jimmy Payne, of Georgia,
had joined the church while he
was drunk, and had become
shining light. He pointed the
moral that it does not matter so
much what kind of man a fellow
is before he joins the church, but
what he does afterwards. Jesus
says, "Follow Me p When you
follow Him you will be saved.
Some people think if they believe
every thing in the Bible, and look
solemn they have got religion.
DON'T you trust one of these too
solemn old fellows; he will get
you at last.
The eiurch's business is to
| wear smile as broad as heaven,
which will invite all to come to
enjoy its graces. When / go home
and see my boys looking grum /
say, they have either been in some
devilment or they are sick. We
want to make the. church joyful
@it' s;iorio.s s.'' sttract:: - all
,he world. God goes, through
the world with the bread and wa
ter for the hungry and the thirs-
| ty. There is not a soul in hell
who has not had chance to get
to heaven.
The best definition of election
ever heard was given by an old
colored man, q hard-shell Baptist,
that "no mans elected 'ceptin'
he's a candidate. You don't
have to be nominated. You can
run independent and take your
seat in glory.
Whosoever- will let him take
the water of life freely. This is
Gods last message. 1t is not
whosoever feels, whosoever cries,
or whosoever has had good ex-
perience, OF has given 81 900 to a
mission, but whosoever Will.
| In concluding his address Mr..
Jones drew pathetic picture 0 fa
scene at the death-bed of his fa-
ther, where he stood thirteen
years ago.
"Poor boy,'' said my father,
twill you promise your dying fa-
ther that you will meet me in
Heaven?" / stood there wrenched
and scared with sin. I mustered
up courage and said 81 will";
and, glory to God, all my steps
have tended in that direction. /
had no religion when | started,
but I have it now.
Mr.. Jones finally said that he
was tired out in mind and body
and had preached in a rambling
and disconnected way, but he had
been earnest. He invited all to
come and shake hands with. him.
The congregation crowded
around the stand and more than
100 gave indications of CONVEX
sion.
SAM JONES SERMON TONIGHT
was equal to the anticipations of
the magnificent audience which
heard it. If one may judge by
/ effects. il appears that one NAV