The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-10-31
SOWING REAPING.
SAM JONES TALKS ABOUT
THE MULTIPLICATION
OF SEED. ..
Every Man may Expect to Reap
What he Sows--S0w Whiskey
Reap Drunkards--A
Grand Sermon.

Grand Sermon.
That rain does not keep people
from the Sam Jones meeting was full.
ly demonstrated last night. While
the rain was falling and the streets
wet and muddy, the great crowd
male its way through it all to Par
risl's warehouse, and when the
preacher arrived, be was greet d by
the same large audience as when the
shy was clear and tue stars brightly
shining.
Mr.. Jones selected the following
text /: ..God il not Knocked; Whatev.
er d man soweth. that shall he also
reap"--Galations CT.
Every man is q seed sower. We
all carry on our arm q basket OF seed
and as we 90 to and fro in life we are
scattering seed : not ON b utiils
out wonder, but In human hearts and
human souls. And whatever we SOW,
that We reap. This !. just as true in
The moral world as in the physicist
world. Now il you SOW potatoes, do
You expect 10 reap lettucei If you
SOW wheat do you expect to reap oats
No, il you SOW potatoes you expect
20 reap potatoes; If you SOW wheat
you expect 10 reap wheat. Now lis
ten. Ii you sow whiskey you will
reap good, moral, intelligent sober
gentlemen. Is that logical? No sir
The premise is sound and the logic M
clear as the truth of God, SOW whis'
kew reap drunkards. Let me say n
YOU drunkard fathers: when your liz
lie Willie wss born he wss a hal
drunkard when be first drew BIZ
breath, and If your wife had not beer
a sober woman he would have beer
born full fledgcd drunkard from th'
time il Was born. Sow cards real
gambIersl DO You know more that
half the gamblers In this countr,
were reared in socalIed christian fam
ilies 7 GotEpfty the home IN Durham
that can lot b run without u decl
Of cards!
Sow profanity, reap profanity ! oh
my God the oaihs that 60 up from
this town every day. And buys lie
me till you: the most disIeputabl
scoupdrel that walks the streets o
Durhrm is the man that stands at'nti
On the streets cussing. These old ma
iors and colupeIs! They stand aroun'
and cues on the streets. You oil
hounds uf bell These mothers mus
keep little Willie penned up all day
She's afraid to send them doSn tow
for a spool Of thread, for fear you oil
scouldtls will SOW bis little Juno
cent heart full pf profanity!
Sow ball rooms, resp the ronn
dancr, and SOW the round dance, rea
the d,spoilation Of virtue! Before
f.Ilow goes 10 q bail, he goes %
barroom, and after he goes 10 th
ball, dances and then carries his gil
home, be goes 10 lewd house. Boy
there's no use trying to dodge out.
use 10 run with your gang and knot
you. Sow ball rooms, reap the roun
dance, SOW the round dance and 20
reap v hat spoils the virtue Ut you
daugh .ers!
Sow whiskey, reap dIunkards, so
c rds reap gamblers, SOW profabit
reap profanity. COW the round danC
sndIeanthe spoilation OF virtue. Can
dodge lt-you cannot
Sister, the next 10 the biggest fox
lever .aw vas . woman who marie
aman when she smelt whiskey on b
breath, and the biggest fool ! ey,
saw a. the woman who stirred a
toddy for her husband after they vel
marr,d.
You people may call me vulgar, an
yeu gilis may SIT there and turn u
your ose at what | say, but let n
tell ytu: man never drew breatI
girls, that, would die for your puril
and virtue quicker than the man wi
II talk ny ~ you now aud If / couI
I'd build vail mile high arouH
every pure innocent and yirturo'
girl 10 this land. go.
Again: Brethren, our children q
puttirg their ieet 10 our tracks. IL
~ b. careful when We step that '
do NOT lead them 10 hell Sow go'
sa.d f,f in etifnily we must reap.