The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-05-07
The Southern Evange.ists IN Bal
timore

Rev. Sam'l L. Jones and Mr. Sam
W. Small, the two Southern evange-
lists, arrived in Baltimore Saturday
night, their first service the following
afternoon at four o'clock.
Two hours before that time great
concourse eff people gathered from all
parts of the city, attracted by the fame
of the two gentlemen, and by three
O'Clock Blddle street in front of thn
rink was crowded from curb to curb
by ladies, gentlemen and children,
patiently awaiting in the sun and
binding dust the opening Of the
doors.
At half.past three the front doors
swung back on their hinges and a
solid stream of human beings poured
into the building, rapidly filling the
four Thousand seats. In less than ten
minutes every available place was
occupied, and three thousand remain
ed on the outside.
Shortly before four O'Clock Mr.. NJ.
J. Maxwell. of Cincinnati. the music
al conductor at the evangelists' meet
ings. stepped to the front of the pull
pit He said: "We waut you all to
sing. Ifyou don't know what we are
singing, sing any thing you know
you won't interfere with u.s. Under
his leadership. and with Prof War
rem Nicholas at the organ. the con-
gregation rose and united in singing
''Praise God, from whom all blessings
how.'
When Rev. Mr.. Jones appeared be-
fore them q great hush came npon the
audience. and there was little inter.
ruption to his remarks, which contin.
ued over an hour. The following are
sample extracts of the discourse !:
''The world goes to church with you.
and you go with it to the thcater and
to the progressive eucher parties. 1t
goes with yon to prayer-meetings,
and you both will 60 to hell together
if you don't take care. Everything
was all right before they drew the line
at Mason and Dixon's line, and then
there was big fight. God draws the
line and says to the Christian, you
come on this side and to others,
'You 60 on that side II ! can draw
any such line in Baltimore we will
get up the biggest fight that has ever
been known here, and every eucher.
player has got to go in and fight on
the DEVILS side. When Peter ran af-
ter the devil who was carrying off a
young girl member of the church, who
mad died at dance. and said, Here,
you are carrying off a Christian = the
devil replied, Yes, but she died in my
territory In my life as pastor l
never had dancer or a card-player
in my church that was worth the pow
der and shot to kill them, and if any
such get mad and leave they will leave
room for those who can be influenced.
"There is a good deal in looking at
your feet, l have been as careful
about my feet as have been about
my heart. Don't 60 to bathrooms;
don't 90 to bar.roons. Look out for
the byways of sin. Look out for your
feet. Recently sixteen persons join
en- church with ceremony as solemn
as eternity. The next night twelve
out OF that sixteen were at dancing
party. If joined church and thought
it right to dance, would commence
on the same night, and get through
with it. Laughter. I would want to
get through with it. Our church don't
forbid dancing,' cxclaims one. Which
is your church? All the grand church
es of the land are outspoken against
it. If my church sanctioned dancing
/ would not stay in the rotten | tile
thing long enough to get my hat. l
would run out bareheaded. Laugh
ter. Don't let your feet take you to
a progressive euchra party. The same
grand jury that indicts the blackelg
gambler and not the participants Of "a
progressive euchre party is foresworn.
Loud applause. But a leading
church member will say, 1t is a
scientific game Yes, you are scen-
tific blackleg. That is calling spade
q space, and you say you like that
kind of talk. People that play pro
gressive euchre would not stay in
Heaven six months. They would be