The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-07

II you want big collections, lei
these old fellows believe The Lord
will give 'em two for one.
/ never have understood why
money ought to stick a fellow up.
You cant take a fine comb end
take out Of hell anything to heat q
no account son-in law.
There ain't q saloon keeper this
side of the gates Of hell that don't
know if be dies In that business the
devil will get him.
! don't carry my feelings about me,
Pm afraid somebody will hurt 'em.
John was a Baptist, but Adam was
a Methodist. You ask how | know.
Because Adam, an old rascal, fell
from grace. ft-
II ain't what church you join, but
what sort of q fellow is going in when
you join!
II is mighty little man that Is al
ways picturing himself starved.
There is no remedy for borrowed
trouble but good hard sense.
Homemade troubles are like home
made shoes and jeans; they never
wear ont. ua
The best thing q wife can do is TO
put her husbands case in the hands
Of the Lord and let it stay there.
III you get hold Of one end OF the
hand-stick and God the other, you'll
carry that log anywhere.
When you set In to be good you
ain't by yourself. -
II amt feeling or excitement, but
what are you going to do.
Ifthere was no God / would want
TO do just as God has told me --be-
cause it is right.
You can tell pretty well where a
fellow Is going BY the road he is in
and the direction he's gong.
i like q fellow that gets to where
the devil will clear the track. That
fellow means business.
You can argue down theory, but
when fellow strikes a fact, you can't
60 round 1t, over il, under il, or
through il; you stop right there.
like to fight the devil. l like to
walk right up and shake my fist in
his face and saw: .Try me, old fel-
fow, and let that poor fellow alone
down there" -
The grace Of God is like India rub
Der; when fellow falls he bounces
higher.
Good company! / would like to put
up 10 Durham, you are such good
people. II Durham will do right there
Is no need Of your going to Heaven.
The Lord viii extends the streets of
the new Jerusalem and Incorporate
Durham. You are clever folks. |
like you. .r...
Conscience and r. cord are like an
index finger. They point up to God.
You preachers, quit reading your
sermons. III couldn't preach with
out manuscript I'D 20 back TO the
school where I'de belong.
They say "the blood Of martyrs is
the seed Of The church" Ifthat be
so We are about out Of seed.
i like Shakespeare. Shakespeare
can take q man by the hand and
lead him down every step TO the bot
tom (of human depravity,) but he
can't bring him back. Jesus Christ
can.
/ am glad there are no hired ser-
wants in the kingdom Of God. Il is
child or nothing.
A boy don't break the fret Sabbath
from home. He has to be farther away
than that.
Among the rich there are many
wicked denominations but among the
poor are some of the sweetest virtues.
Ths more hog meat man eats the
like bog he is--intellectually.
Abusing Sam Jones. People have
been coming TO me for the past few
days and begging my pardon for
shooting off my mouth in the start.
Keep your mouth shut, when the next
fellow comes along and wait and see
what the mule will do.
i'll had a clerk and he dealt In
lottery tickets, rde turn him off. 1
would be afraid IL he lost In the lot.
terry he would win on me.
A fellow that lon't live right is In
poor shape for praying in public.
Homeopathic preaching II / had 9
canary bird Id give him more medi-
cine than some Of these homeopathic
preacher. / believe in kill or cure.
Sometimes you don't get what you
pray for; but the Lord gives you what
you ought 10 have.
Love and loyalty are the same
words. The test Of your love to God
is Jour loyalty TO God. Il Is the su-
prime test.