The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1889-10-15

a portion of the 18th verse of the 10Th
chapter of Genesis viii furnish the text
of the DISCOURSE Escape for thy life
look not behind thee, neither stay thou
in all the plain; escape to the mountain
lest thou be consumed"
God has implanted in every man the
instructive love of life and dread of death.
If the Bible warns US against anything it
is sin and sin is the transgression of the
law, and these laws God has laid down
plainly in the ten commandments.
The first sin | would warn you against,
young men, is the sin of profanity. The
man who will persistently swear and pol
lutte the name of God, if he was turned
loose, free from all outside restraint,
would break all the other commandments.
If you see man profane swearer, that
isn't all he is. Watch him and see what
else he does. II man swears he can
prevents him. If he tries to steal though,
he runs up against a sheriff and a pair of
handouts and a Jail.
If it was made politically and socially
country would have to be kept under
paddock and staple. Yes, | swOre once
and stole, too. | stole the peace of mind
and happiness from my mother and wife
when | was at it. Now don't go away
from here and say Sam Jones said any
man who would swear would steal. |
said he wouldn't and | showed you why
he wouldn't.
Mr.. Jones especially denounced men
who would swear before their wives and
innocent children and spew out their fill
thy oaths in public. He recommended
that the railroad companies, in order to
keep abreast with the times, to have
in addition to their sleeping, dining and
smoking cars, a cussin' car and pack into
it all the black-mouthed scOundrels who
use profane language.
Next to swearing for which there is
no excuse and against which God is
most righteously indignant he consid-
cred Sabbath breaking the most unex-
cusble and unprovoked tran sgression of
Gods commands. If | have seven dol
lars and give a beggar | meet six of
these and he returns and steals my last
would we not say he was the meanest
and the lowest of men? But God gives
you six days and reserves one for him
self and you deliberately steal that away
frorl him.
You have no use for these "Old Sab
bath day christians,' but you show me a
man who habitually keeps the Sabbath
and I'll show you an everyday chris
tian. In Georgia they don't allow freight
trains TO run on Sunday and I wish l
could see it that way all over the whole
country. We should preserve the holi
ness of the Sabbath as we do the virtue
of our daughters and wives. The most
damnable man in hell is the man who
cursed himself into hell and the next is
the Sabbath breaker.
Many of you people will be surprised
to hear that there is a good deal of gam
y
The burglar and gambler follow the same
profession only they use different TOOLS
Gambling is sin against every man
who earns his bread by the sweat Of his
brow
If l had clerk who | knew gambled I'd
bounce him right away for though |
hadn't missed any money SO far as / know
it would be only question Of time
when the cash in the drawer would be-
gin to 60 unaccOuntably.
Of all the gambling the Louisiana
State Lottery is the worst this side of
hell. 1t has ruined more young men in
this country than all the other hell-traps
combined, (faint applause)
| notice all of you don't clap your
hands. Some of you've got tickets in
your pockets now.
Mr.. Jones paid a glowing tribute to
General Lee. repeating the great gener-
ais reply to the commissioners of the lot
terry when they offered him $4,000 for
the use of his name in the scheme. When
ever the name of the great commander
was called loud applause broke forth.
In conclusion of his remarks in this
connection Mr.. Jones said, Thank God
he was ever born, and though now re-
moved from our sight he is still the prop
erty of the sunny South. He towers
aboye almost any character in American
history. lie is SO great that we haven't
gotten off far enough to see how big he
was" Boys, go to work and make your
living honestly. Don't gamble. God
made you for a nobler purpose. No
gambler was ever an honest man.
The speaker complained of soreness of
throat and being greatly fatigued, and
could only continue for few moments
longer On the sin of hcentiousness he
would not speak much. He would read
from the eth chapter of Proverbs strong
and powerful picture of the.results of the
of the passions. The bite of
a serpent was hardly more poisonous to a
young man.