The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-31


never will apologize 10 bny Of the uneircum-
clsed PhilisiiDes-I never viii II you live
right aud DO your duty, and | wound your
feeling, I'll be-, your par Ion, bat II you're
living the life Of a hypocrts in the churc1,
will have to apologize for preaching the
trut1 to you.
=" One SIDE or the other For or against.
Serving God or serving the devil One or
the other That's the text Am | a ser
want Of the ceyii TO whom you yield
Yourself service obey his servicg.' Listen,
Keep my commandment DO you do that
MOI Well, then you are not a servant Of the
Lord d ny yourself; take up tho cross
and follow me Do you 30 that MOI
Then you ore rot servant Of the Lord. II
a man s'nt a servant Of the Lord then he's
servant Of the devil
"Brethren, stop here and ask. What is
nv wBgesf The wages Of sin IL death, dan.
nation md degradation. You ask Is that
col I ran dig ont II your cemeteries IN
Circ.1bati, oh how many that are 1T repre-.
senthtiycs Of the etUrn8i truth ! AN talking
OF right now What are your wagesf Ply
day ~ coming. Suppose, we VIII say, J am
servant Of the Lord: Suppoge | serve him
aud make Him the delight OF my soul and
my bearti Wonder what 90 wants ne h
dot He wants no 20 do those things that
will maze everybody think more Of mo AMI
maze angels think more of me lie wants
inc TO do those things that viii elevate
nc In tins sui make me lit ADD meet Tor
ihe heaven hereafter.
"'rhon hsst kept the good wine until
now The DEVILS pan is 10 give you the
best things be has first, and then they get
worse and worse 10 all eternity. GO1's plan
is % give man the worst he has hrst,
and then IL gets better aud better through
al eternity Let ms illustrate, and | can
always illustrate fas or thnn ! con walk
When | was little boy the devil took me
by the hnnd aud led me from my innocent
home, aud carried mo up heautiIul ave
nua AMI conducted me into large and
magnificent palace. IL was a grand tuild.
ing. | walked around the palace aud | was
cbarmei with the pictures on the walls au1
vs. itE the elegant furniture, and oh what a
charming place II all was Everything tina
fe could desire was In there.
- he devil sail 10 me, III YOU will serve
me nnl forsako your mothers God oil his
shall be- yours ! took possession OF tnat
magnificent palace ia all its adornment aud
splcndor md beautiful furniture walked
out ono day and when got back my sofa Of
cuntentm1nt had been taken out ami Tvs
never seen II since, and somehow I've never
felt COntsntcd thereafter as | did bpfora
Another day when | got back my chair OF
ease was gone, aud somehow / never felt
ensy any more. lroturnel another day aud
my table OF pleasure had been removed aud
somehow or 9th r | never had any pleasure
after that. Another day one Of the beautiful
pictures was gone; auoJher day and
another picture was taxen; AMI ono day
.ho window was removed aud | said, Il,
teens percaptibly darker In here than be-
fore | am sorry the window is gone.
"An0ther day, another window was gone,
aud no on ana on until every piece OF
furniture was taken out, aud Oh, how bare
| everything looked, and then the carpet wni
taken, and how bare the floor looked, aud
another day door was taken, aud | didn't
! have Rs many ways Of ingross aul egress "a
! had. aud 10 went on aud on until at lns
every yoitige Of comloro aud ease and
safety was gone from that once henatttui
! palace. AMI Que day, after th, last door and
| tho last window and all means OF egress ani
| ngress had been removed, ] woke up by my
diving fathers bod, aud I've never been back
near those Il lusiyo palnces SINCE | know
man that stayed there longer than did.
llo stayed there until all was gone an then
the wallis Of the palace commenced getting
Clos'r aud closer, an1 one night auJuG /
O'clock, az his " ito stood at his dying bod
side the walls OF that palace crushed to"
gether ant he screamed with his dying
breath. wife. the wages Of sin Is death.
Dsathl D,athr What picture OF human
life
al remember when littlo boy how mica
my first drink made me feel. IL mads mp
toel SO manly and strong, and it went on uu-
til at iast despis'd myself for being Il
drunkar l. . Ant the first oath | swore. | re
member il made mo teel about two inches
taller; but ii grew aud grew until at last
hated myself Tor being foul-mouthed
wre en- | declare to you tonight that
Burns told the truth when he spi /.
"Ihese pleasures are like the peoples red;
You seize the flower the bloom is dead,
Like the suoN fail on the RIVER,
You scc It fall then it mets forever"
"rhe uevil has held out soma mia hts biz
promises 10 me- hut the dovl d. liar, and
hrpeNer told tlt ruth 20 me from the day
| entered his service until bid him fare
we'll Oh, that mon will bo deceived.
"Brethren, let's take one side or the other
/ If tucso questioaS You can't be on IN
fence AMI be savei You must come over
10 one side or the other.h
/ Mr. Jones closed with vivid recital o.
| Paurs d hlcultos IN getting faith, He SAFE
| the only kind Of Christianity he wanted wal
TO live right aud disclarga You dates I,
man and God lilo illustrated his meaning
by two very telling examples ana through
out ha he'll the attention OF his audience il
a way that shows how wonderful is Tia,
power with which he sways his hearers
His closing pproration was brilliant ant
! pathetic description Il his fathers aeath
aud how be WAS then led 10 believe ia,
"Wages OF sin is d'sth,"
Saturday no services will bs held, aud
Sunday morning at Trinity, at l0;Sl San
Small viii preach. In the afternoon at s:S>
MIR. Jones will preach 10 men only, and al
1880 Sunday night everybody is invited.
An opportunity to be aifored Coviugton
ians who cannot conveniently cross thu
| river, to hear tn, great evangelist He viii
| lecture at Odd Fellows hail on Saturday
| even ng for the benefit Of tie Scot S,res
Methodist church His subject will b
| Character and Characters AMI the It'll,
| Suggests a there Of which the distinguished
| preacher Is a master
Shaer's jury.