The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1889-10-12

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had on his list 147 members of his cir.
cult and 300 conversions Thank God
he believed there were now over BOG
preachers engaged in spreading the gos.
pei who had been converted under him
All present in the congregation who
would pledge themselves to bring Others
to the meetings the rest of the day we1e
asked to stand for moment and nearly
the whole audience arose Others who
wished to be prayed for were asked tc
arise, after which the meeting closed
with the benediction.
! IN THE AFTERNOON.
Several excursion trains on the differ
ent roads leading into the city, largely
| augmented the crowd that poured into
the tabernacle yesterday afternoon
The sermon was by Mr.. Jones and was
pronounced by many as the best he has
delivered during these meetings.
He preached about Cornelius, "a de-
vout man and one that feared God with
all his house, which gave much aims to
the people, and prayed to God alway."
(The Acts, 10th chapter and I'd verse;
Said Mr.. Jones, when | gaze at this
heather man Cornelius, | feel ashamed
of myself and of my fellow man in this
age of enlightment and civilization.
His character was symmetrical. 1t
presented a well-rounded whole Charac-
ter is the most immortal part of a man.
1t is that which will live when this world
is burned to ashes.
Character is different from reputation.
Chahacter is the man himself; it is not
like glove | can put off and on. My
reputation is what the world says of me :;
it is what men say | am. Character is
what God knows me to be, what | really
am.
A man may be possessed of the best
character but have a very poor reputa-
ton.
| like to see man who banks on char
acter. What this world says of him
amounts to very little; what God says Of
him and thinks of him is of never-ending
interest to him.
Character is perfectly educated will. |
don't want to be forever what | am to-
day. You build character for eternity
We ought to build from divine patterns,
use diyinely-fashioned materiaLand work
under divine guidance. Our Savior told
Jus to look well to the foundation.
Man is just what his character makes
him. Little folks do little things Big
folks accomplish big ones. Whenever
grand thing is done grand man does it.
Character is never judged by the looks
of the man. God don't want you for the
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If one of these railroads that runs
Through Durham wanted to buy new
engine of the Baldwin or Rodgers loco
motive works they wouldn't want an
engine simply because its brasses were
bright, it's piston rod polished and pretty,
it's driving wheels free from speck Of
dirt, and the whole piece Of mecanism,
a thing of beauty. They would buy it
for it's ability to pull up heavy grades
and makes the best of time. It's ap-
pearance would be the secondary cOnsid-
Grafton.
A man that is in harmony with God
can always do something.
A fellow never gets to heaven by aC-
cident. He has to plan the whole thing
out. If you want to get there you'll go
on foot. The angels in heaven know
when you are coming, they can tell by
the lick you are hitting.
Mr.. Jones spoke of the man whose life
is characterized with an earnestness of
purpose. A man who was dreadfully in
earnest could accomplish anything.
He mentioned William Lloyd Garrison
as an example of an earnest man. He
said, YOU may talk about "Cncle Toms
Cabin being the book that produced
such intense anti-slavery sentiment at the
North, it welded not One-tenth of the
influence in that direction as Mr.. Gar
rison exerted through the columns Of
his paper, the Liberator
Said Mr.. Jones, the platform Of the ed
itOr of that paper was capital one.
First he said, | am in earnest; second, L
intend to be heard; third, | will not pre-
varicate, and fourth, | will not retreat AN
inch from my position. Said Mr. Jones,
that's a good platform for every Chris
tian to stand upon in the matter of re-
ligiOn.
The speaker said, am glad the negro
is free 1t has been benefit to the white
folks. I'm not saying that think it has
done the negroes any good. He said he q
rather have the negro for a citizen and
for a voter than to have the hOrdes of
foreigners and communists that curse the
Northern cities.
Mr.. Jones said that if he was compelled
to choose between the Republican party
with the negro, and the Democratic party
with the whiskey- seller, he'd tell the Re
publicans to pin back the negro's ears
and grease him well.
He said that if there was anybody that
ought to be a prohibitionist it was the ne
gro. There wasn't colored man in the
sound of his voice that hadn't spent
enough money since freedom TO. have
bought him a home of his own.
Yes sir, he liked to see fellow who is
in earnest. He had been called fool,
a mountebank, fanatic, and all manner
of similar names, but no one could say
he was not i'll earnest. The boy who
was looking for a ground hog said he
was certain to get him because he was
obliged TO have him.
Mr.. Jones touched on the need of
family PRAYER and said he was sorry for
the boy who never heard his father pray
He spoke of the habit of housewives of
putting whiskey in puddings sauces, and
said many drunkard had his start
from the sillv-bub his mother made. lie
spoke of poor cooking that was preva-
lent. and said that weneed good cooks
as much as we do prohibition. Some