Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-26
LIGHT AND SHADOW
The Great Evangelist Runs from
the Solemn to the Funny,
And He Gets Back to the Solemn
Again IN Less Than
No Time.
Il Anybody Ought to Get to Heaven It Is Poor
Folks and Niggers-YOu Can Go TO Hear
Jones or stay Away, AS You Please

Monday night Mr.. Jones sermon was
perhaps the most solemn one ever
preached in Fort Worth. Not shadow
of smile fitted over human counte-
nance as he told the people of the many
calls that God made to His crt atures to
come TO Him.
This morning he seemed an entirely diff
| ferent man, as he kept the congregation
IN state of chronic grinning. Pro-
| fessor Excel, as usual, led the music
| The pastor of the Presbyterian church
| prayed. Rev. +. &. Armstrong spoke u
| few words concerning the entertainment
! of the strangers in their midst.
Mr.. Jones came forward saying,
"NOw, brethren, suffer a word. have
no more 70 do with these collections than
! Col. MoGinty, who they say is at the
| bottom of the sea. The public has an
| idea that all Sam Jones wants is money;
! that Sam Jones is always pulling for
| money. These buildings cost $1,000.
Who ought TO pay it? Any one man
| any ten men?
| Look me in the face. Are you honest
men? Answer that question privately
! Who ought to pay that money? Fort
| Worth is no better than any other city,
| and not much worse. Brethren, you are
! like the old man who said, when you
| tech my pocket book, you tech the
| ender est pint in my natur.'
! eff you have money, give IL; If you
| have none and have no way to get it,
| come here anyway and you shall have
| the gospel.
elf there is anybody in the world [
want 20 go to heaven it is poor folks and
niggers, for they have so little chance
- 1e
! give it you ain t welcome here. This
meeting will run on without you better
| than with you. Keep away with your
| old carcass. Brother Mulkey is a good
and honest man, but he is tImid. 1 was
once that way myself, but 1 have not
felt a twinge of it in long time.
elf you preachers have got money and
| won't give it you are no better than
these other fellows. II you amt got
money and your conferences are not too
| near at hand to borrow it, don t go away
from here and say Sam Jones is always
pulling for money for all he is worth.
If anybody says so, tell them 1t . lie,
and you told 1t for the truth. You great
big old fellows with whskers six inches
long, you won't pay anything, you old
rascal, you! You old women with
feathers on your old heads that cost
y =
can 4, pass the hat to the one next you.
You can do that much, can Z you? IL
you can't do that much stay OFF these
front seats.
This little talk was made during the
great agonies of a public collection.
Brother Mulkey told OF man whose hat
was lost. Rev. S. Jones said, ''He
thought that $40 you were after was in
it. He then said seriously: 'The
great aim OF these meetings is to save
men. Give us your prayers.
Mr.. Jones read these words as q text:
Brethren, if any of you do err from
the truth, and one convert him from the
I error of his way, let him know that he
who converteth him shall save a soul
FROM death and hide multitude OF
sins.
This is the Bible am reading from. I
believe I am in perfect line with the
Scriptures when 1 say that God is power
less to save q man without human CO.
operation. believe in the omnipOtenoe,
omnicience ana Omnipresence OF God as
much as any man can believe who has no
more brains than I have. Christianity
bears me out when / say that God is
powerless to save a man without the help
of some other man. I am not talk
ing about what God might have done, or
might have been, but what has been
done. When was a heather man ever
converted to Christ until some man
preached to him? Take any man in this
house. Are you a Christian? What
means brought you to Christ? Was it
not the prayers Of a good mother, noble
father, devoted wife or sister? Was IL
not faithful preacher, or perhaps your
little girl? I was brought to Christ by
some human instrumentalIty. My text
says: Brethren if any of you do err
from the truth, and one convert him
from the error Of his way, let him know
that he who conVerteth a sinner shall
save soul from death and
hide multitude of sins.' 1t is God 3
plan that men should help Him save
men; then I turn the picture and say the
devil is powerless to keep people from
Christ unless he is helped by men. The
devil cannot make drunkard. He must
have men to make and sell the whisky be-
fore he can get man to be a drunk
ard. The devil never made a gambler.
He can Z do it till you foolish Christians,
'so-called, buy the cards and teach
your sons to play innocent games for
amusement. Go down here to 'Hel's
Half Acre Elegant name! Every wo-
man whose character has been ruined
there was ruined by some man. l will
tell you now II is very grovelling public
sentiment that forces such things on a
fair audience. 1 have seen the soiled
doves Of your city. If was mayor OF
your city would put down these things.
You can hardly drive out in your car
riages but you are insulted by these soiled
doves. Public sentiment does not work
for the purity of the mothers, wives and
daughters OF this city. You are now put
ting out your candidates, and II they do
no better than the present ones God help
you. No matter who is elected you can
not be much worse of than you are. A
man opens his saloon all day Sunday,
then pays little fine OF few dollars.
He can afford it. The only hope Of the
American nation is where the law is en-
forced. If I was an officer and could
not enforce the laws, would resign my
position and tell the people that would
not 1--we in a community where the law
could not be executed.
/ don't know what these preachers
are dong. If they would preach less