Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-06
SAM JONES.
The Famous Revivalist Talks on To-,

Il see mothers love FOLLOWING bo,
ward boy, following him in his diss;na,;
and wickedness, and when he at last stI a;
she follows him to his grave, and pon,s
love and sympathy over his cold. MAJ
form" said Rev. Sam Jones, in serm
at Chicago. "The mother has in la.
speck of that love that is similar to CO.
Again see wife following her hush
who is drawing blood drop by dron f.
every pore of her heart. He visits saIo,
and low brothels, and is at last kicked,
in the street. Even the very dogs 81
him as he passes along. He goes to !
tie cottage, where await poor, Id
starved wife and her sick children. r
children are on the bare floor. l zee d
nervous but anxious mother at work,
and pale, sewing on garments for sd
wholesale merchant ut 80 cents dnl
pieces-and here let me say that there
great communistic fire in 40-cent-a .do
garments that will burn this coun,r
some day. Now, mark what ! lei! ID
this poor, broken-d down woman laws d.
her sewing, helps her staggering wretch
a husband into the house, puts him to u
| takes Off his muddy shoes, and takes
only sheet in the house to battle his br
ing temples. Then she kneels down
prays, 'Oh, God! save my husband. RI
woman, too. has little OF Gods mature
her soul. Her love and her charity q
out to him. Love is the divinest Of
of all possessions. Love has the right
way in this world. You know how
limited train to New York has the rgh,
way over the main track. The oil
passenger and the freight trains have TO
| switched on to the side ira ok to let il ps
So it is with love. Sin, meanness,
crime have to go on to the side-track WI
the love train comes along, for in its pu,d
il is the purest Of all thought.
Its good thing to be relative Of |
Lord. You will all find that out some
| was waiting for railroad train in !
State one day when a man came mp to !
and told me he had come very near bel F
killed. He said the station agent Vi
drunk. He had found him lying near
tracks and when he went up to him to !
him up the agent shot at him. But |
said, does the company have such me.
their employ?' oh, yes, he replied,
three weeks at time They did not d
charge him for that, for he was a bro,hd
in-law Of the President of the roal. It'd
explained it. Now, / find that is 4
reason the Lord puts UP with me. He
not exactly my brother-in- law, but he
my Father.
II was in the great prohibition fight
Tennessee last summer and made sil (
eight stump speeches TOR the cause, anl|
am not ashamed to preach against such
curse, either. 1t was down in Robins
County, famous for its liquor. 1t was
beautiful June day, and there were five
six thousand wool-hat yeoman about ID
spoke for about two hours, and lig}
down III front OF me was q poor beSotl4
wretch. He was uEwashed, ragged, al
III wretched, drunken state. From It'd
to time he would look up to me and
down to him, and finally big, hot tea|
came rolling down his cheeks. Wbea|
had finished speaking went to my hotI
and lay down.
In few minutes the landlady notiia
me man wanted to see me. was yeI
tired indeed. When I asked her who
was she said she did not know, but that
was drunk. l then said to her: 'Bril
him in. l used to belong to that ea!|
myself, ana never turn one away.
was the man who was in front of me du1
ing my speech q short time before. II
story was soon told. Whisky had dragg1
him into the depths. Once college grad
uate and successful school teacher, \
finally buried broken hearted VII
through his waywardness. His child'd
We're in half orphan asylum. ! BIZ
him cleaned up, dressed in new suit 4
clothes, and gave him money to go out.
town and get a school to teach. l had
letter from him a short time afterwa'1
he had his children with him and was 81
ting along nicely. All he wanted was
sympathetic friend who would take an !
terest IN him. A man saved at cost
$50. Not long after friend of mine
whom l related the experience called 4
to him and said: Here is o $75 suit
clothes that want yon to accept from III
So you see l made $40 by that deal, y
did man kind act in tie bargain