The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-21
Further Characteristic Utter
ances There Yesterday,
is NOT TALKING POLITICS
He would Rather the Devil for Prcsi
dent than ANY Man Elected by
whisky--Docsn't Care for the
Newspaper Reporters.

CHEAP excursion rates to take jaunt and
listen to queer breaks made from pull.
pit, and tolerated because the person
that makes them is Sam Jones.
Yesterday was quiet and peaceful on
the grounds, and the people took advan.
tage OF the absence Of company, to at.
tend the regular services of the day. The
large auditorium was well filled at all OF
yesterdays services, scarcely any one re.
manning in the cottages, except those
who had to remain and look after the
preparation OF food for the physical
body,
JONES on DECK AGAIN.
At 1890 o'clock Sam Jones took the
stand and took for the text of his talk d
part of the 18th and 10Th verses OF II
Timothy, alexander, the coppersmith
did me such evil, notwithstanding the
Lord stood with me, and strengthened
me-" No man in this world was evel
saved without human iRstrumentality
No heather in India was ever saved
without the agency OF missionary
God may have ordained it differently
but there is no person here but what
was saved through some human agency
either directly or indirectly. God is ut
tGrly and absolutely helpless to save d
human soul without human agency. He
is absolutely dependent upon humanity
to save the world and the devil is abso.
lntely dependent upon humanity Ia
damn the world
! don't believe the devil has been in
Wheeling for ten years; he has just
sailed that place down and they have nc
need for him there. lie has established
agencies in other places, but has no need
for one in Wheeling.
Every man and woman here is either
an agent OF God to save the world or an
agent Of the devil to damn the world
Every man OF us is for the one or the
other.
HIS owN OPINION GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIN
don't care anything about ncwspa
pers. have had man reporting my
sermons when he WAS so drunk ht
didn't know which end OF him was up
had Il Teller report my sermons who
said coupled dancing halls, bar rooms
and lewd houses together. met that
Teller and backed lin up in corner
and asked him il Il Teller who danced
wasn't lewd? He said, "Mr. Jones
don't push that question" Said l.
Don't you 90 into bar room, Gil your.
sell up with whisky, then 90 to the
dance hall and dance, then go home
with a pure woman, and then go to q
lewd house and crafty the passions
formed in the dance hati?'
alexander, the coppersmith, did mt
much evil" A fellow in u political party
may be an Alexander. Some people
say: Jones, this is a big yCar-dOn'i
bring this question in to-day. don't
care who is President if God can be
King.
| would rather have the devil fol
President ii you would only put whisky
out OF the land, than to have any man
you can elect with whisky. | aui talk.
Ing God to-day and not politics; / don't
care anything about these politicians.
tell yOu the plain issue between the
Democratic and Republican parties is Il
baudauna on one side, and Bloody shirt,
and Bloody Shirt ingalls,, Foraker and
those fellows on the other. II you think
am talking politics or Prohibition to.
day, just wait until Thursday and I'll
make the fur fly.
The above is sample of Jones talk
III the morning.
GOOD AFTERNOON MEETINGS.
The childrcn's meeting at / 80 was
largely attended and was very interest.
ing. Rev. DIR. Ryan preached AT 3
o'clock, and ut the close meeting full
OF religious enthusiasm was held that
for evidences OF divine power eXCclled
any meeting yet held on the ground.
At the evening service large crowd
OF people assembled, and were enter
tanned By the choir i'll a song service that
was very enjoyable. These song ser.
vices are the most pleasant feature OF
the Jones meetings. Mr.. Excel seems
determined that the audience shall aid
the choir in furnishing the music, and
frequently stirs them up in kindly man
ner that they Nil enjoy.
The service OF the evening was opened
by Rev. MIR, LNkin in IN earnest prayer
in which he asked the Lord to bless
Brother" Jones, which request WIS as
scented to by many hearty amens from
the ministers and people all over the
audience.
Jones took for the subject Of his re-
marks the following words: 'What must
| do to be saved? And theysaid, Believe
in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt
be saved, thou and thy house,
The first verse is infinitely the most
important question ever propOunded to
man. The honor and salvation Of your
soul depends upon the honest manner
in which you answer this question.
What must ! do? Not where shall |
go, nor what read, but what | must do
to be saved. Not what the church does
nor what the family, State orwOrld does !!
Salvation is nota sentiment-not n song
or shout, it is not when You are bap.
tizcd; not when praying in your fami-
lies; not reading the Bible; not keeping
good company and not happiness or
misery or condition OF feeling. 1t is the
Divine principle impaired to man to
make him do right. The way we put it
sometimes coRiuses the people. The
Methodists call il getting religion; the
Baptists, expressing hope; the Presby-
terians call it elected, while the Epis-
copalians and Catholics call it being con-
tirmed.
It is not creed or dogma. 1t is not
accepting creed or believing dogma.