Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-16

the teacher but that there was heap
danger behind him. Ii is weight that we
want Ii is power that we want. A voice,
. That's it, power.nl He then spoke CT
preaching in st. Joseph, were 1000 seats
were reserved for non-professors, and which
seats were filed with lawyers, doctors, etc,
and when at the close of the sermon. he
said = If there are amy here that dom.
wait -iigion, please 20 out, and about
twenty of the 1000 left their seats, while
the remaining $50
SURRENDERED THEMSELVES TO GOD.
believe We will vet see the time that
1000 will be converted to God in day.
Why not2 We nave got gospel that will
bring conviction on every man that will
listen to it.
have heard omeold bumble-b bee preach
ers that VIII just touch an idea once in
while. A fellow once told me that he had
seen
DEER WITH ANTLERs FIVE FEET ACROSS
Run, at the rate of mile minute,
through WOO S where the trees were but
two feet apart, and | never believed him,
until heard an old preacher drive right
through Gods gospel, TO crowded audi
ence, for an hour, without saving anything
or hitting anybody, and the only thing
that preacher made me do was to believe
the deer story, which, up to that time, /
thought was the biggest lie l ever heard.
A preacher that is unmoved by his own
preaching is not going to move anyone else.
a little Methodist preacher will get up and
preach on infant baptism,
MIsTAKING PERsPTRATIoN FOR INSPIRATION,
And all the little babes in town are fast
asleep. A Presbyterian preacher will get
up and preach on perseverance, and there
amt one of his crowd that has got anything
to perseyere about. Laughter Some
preachers are dying for the faith once deliy-
cred, and when you pin him down as to
wLst his faith is, he says, if you seek re-
hgion you can't find it, if you find it you
haven't got it, if you get it YOU don't know
1t, and if you have got it you can't lose it,
and If you lose ii you never had it. Laugh
ter and applause-] Here is the Episcopalian
preaching ON
APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION,
Telling his crowd where they came from.
he ought 10 tell them where they are going
to. And here's the Baptist preacher, cry
ing water. water and half of his crowd
going 10 where they can't get drop to cool
their parched lips. 1t is q mere farce the
whole business. A voice" That's so.nl
What | want TO hear in Sacramento is the
gospel of power based on the ten COM
mandments. A voice" That's it'll l
would rather be Bob Ingersoll and say that
the Bible is myth and God fable, than
to be Methodist and believe in the Bible
and do nothing that the Bible says to do.
If you get Bob converted | believe he will
be good one, and some of you that are
converted are not worth anything.
THE sooTHING.sYRuP BUSINESS.
1t takes more soothing syrup to run the
church than anything else in this town, be-
cause there are so many little fellows in IT,
lAppiause and laughter What would
you think of mother with dozen chill
dren of different ages and none of them
larger than when they were one day old,
some in the trundie bed, some in the cra-
die, and some IL her arms, and as fast as
one got quiet another would start in, aud
the poor mother runs around from one to
the oher with bottle OF soothing syrup
The Church of God is Just
FILLED UP WITH TRUEDLE- RED TRASH,
And all you can do is to run around with
the soothing syrup and keep them quiet. l
expect there are preachers in this town that
have got hundred empty soothing syrup
bottles slowed away now. Laughter
One of the ministers said That's So and
the speaker said g One of your preachers
not on me-"
DANCING CHURCH MEMBERS
What we want is Gospel of power that
will make people do right or get out of the
church. | was once away from my church
about three weeks, and when | came back |
found that some of my young people had
been attending dances. and | said q Look
here; if you put your foot inside of an
other dance hall, / will put stigma on
your name that will last you" And they
knew Imeant it. You couldn't get one of
them into dance hall again, because they
said :" He will do just what he saws he
will" am going to stand up for the honor
aud purity of the church,
BALLROOM AND BARRooM RELATIONSHIP,
regard the ballroom just as bad for our
daughters as | do the bsrroom for our sons
igreat applause] i consider members of
the church who sit down and play pro-
gressive euchre, which you cannot play of
course without putting up prize, Just as
much black-legs as man who deals faro.
and believe woman who will pander to
society and spread wine on her table is nc
better than one of these bull-necked, white
aproned bartenders. Let us
CALL THINGS BY THEIR RIGHT NAMES
AS we go along Some of you set out your
wine and say This is real California wi e.
why don't you say the rest am in CO.
partnership with the devil, and he'll let us
drink it and go to hell drunk" A LADY
came TO me not long ago and caught my
arm in fenzied manner saying, "Oh, Mr..
Jones, do help me; my,husband will be in
drunkard's grave soon, aud am miserable
beyond expression,
BECAUSE SET THE FIRST GLASS OF WINE BE-
FORE HIM
He ever drank in his life and he will fill a
drunkard's grave" You women that have
been so active in getting up wine suppers.
ETC., you know how to work, switch off and
work as hard to pull humanity up as YOU
have to pull it down. You are power.
The speaker then asked all Christian
people to work and pray, and see what
good could be accomplished in Sacramento
during the next two weeks of his stay.
Evening Services.
Last evening the meeting at the Pavilion
was well attended, in spite of the the ex-
tremely cold and disagreeable weather,
fully 5000 persons being in attendance.
Mr.. Jones spoke from the text. ST auy
man will do His will, he shall know of the
doctrine whether it be of God. or whether
speak of myself" The speaker was elo-
quent and forcible. holding closely the at
tention of his audience. He stated at the
close of the meeting that there would be
tent erected in the Pavilion before the
meeting on Sunday afternoon, and that it
would be thoroughly warmed, SO that all
would be comfortable, whatever the
weather might be. There will be no serv-
ices this morning nor evening. The next
of Mr.. Jones services will be on Sunday
afternoon, at 8 o'clock. in the tent at the
Pavilion, and this service will be for men
only. Another meeting will be held ct
the same place .on Sunday evening, at Z
o'clock, when Mr.. Jones will preach. The
evening service will be for all who may de-
sire to attend.
Green Knocked Out.
A very game fight took place last night
at Brownies Comique between x.police-