Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-11
A NAN on DRESS PARADE.

hYes. Give ne man OF strong convictions aud
one who viii live up 10 them. and Won have a
man OF the highest order. man of opinions is
A MAN on DRESS PARADE.
But a man Of convictions is he who win rush
into the thickest OF the battle and walk right
up to the cannons mouth and die for his God
ana his country, whose laws called him out to
90 ba'tie IN lis support You had opinions
enough north of Mason and Dixon's line to have
wiped cut the rebellion in two weeks but YOU
could not wipe anything out with opinions, but
when convictions seized the PEOPLE and they
arose in mighty body and said We are com
ing, Father Abraham, 800. ( 90 strong then Ger
eral Lee ran up the white flag and surrendered
gracefully TO General Grant. Applause There
was never but one trouble in - Panis sss a,,S
that was objecfing to the divinity of Jesus
Christ, and after he f.il down in that road on,
his way to Damascus, and was converted, there
was never more loyal orthodox Christian lived
than was he. AS soon as God put him right
once he never gave Him another minutes
trouble Aud that's the sort of a fellow like :;
you Ticker, you go back.
suppose every manin Sacramento-and Idare
say two-thirds of the adults In this ctr have Mt
some time been church members = suppose
every man hta told God the ruth when he
Joined the church and stuck 10 It until now
what magnificent fighting force we would
have now III this town. Suppose every Chris
tian in America hsd commenced his Christianity
Ike William Lloyd Garrison commenced his
lioerator he IL was who really burst the
shaes les from the arms Of the slaves; he com
menced his saluiatory thus: | am in earuesI /:
l VIII be heard viii not preyariea.e will
not retreat an inch Oh, If every Christian in
the world had started ont with these sentences
and then stuck 70 them, where wonld he be
now Ike man of convictions, and would
rather have two or three such men TO stand by
me than thousand of these
LITTLE wIsHY. wAsMy CHRISTIANS
Who can be scared out or bribed by others
like one OF those fellows VIZ viii get so far
over the line on his COP scfous that no m atfer
which way he falls. he win still be inside his
line. don't Ike one OF these little fellows on
the fence; he is not quite good enough TO 20 no
/ Heaven, nOF quite bad enough 70 20 to hell We
have got thousands OF this kind in this town.
whist in the world is God going 10 do with thai
kind OF cattle-not good enough to 20 to Heaven
nor bad enough to SO 10 help A man can never
be Christisn without taking sides Frprv
man IN this town is either assisting God TO bet.
ter mankind. or be is an emisssry ofthe devil Ia
drag men down to he'll. No man was ever CON
Nerted without the help of some one or more of
his ieilow-men. Erery man in this Audience
who IS 3 Christian. Syil tell you he was con-
Ferled through the aid Of some good frieud. or
q Christian mother or father. The devil with
ali his meanness, canuot do anything unless he
can get some OF US to help him. but II he h as not
got al the help he wants in this town he is
THE 6aASDIsr OLD HOG
This side Of his country. fAppiause.l He has
fofiy seloon-keepeTs to each preacher. he
ought 10 be satisfied. He never makes liouor
but he get some fellow TO sell il Tor MIN. he
never made a gambler, bas he gets some
OF you church members 10 sit dotxr