Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-03

ing they say 1t won t last. Then they
say am paid for what l do.
''Oh, my countrymen, the longer /
live the more like the old hard-shell BaD-
fist preacher get. 1t is the old story
of the dogs barking at the moon
and the moon shining after the dogs
had barked themselves TO death. Now
brethren, l am going to let every dog
and every little fists bark himself to
death while l shine on forever. How
you respectable business men in
this town can give your patronage to
papers that publish suoh stuff L do
not know. Why, it should not
be thrown into your back yard!
"Christianity can be tested jnst like
anything else can be tested. Do you
want to test it?'' An incident where a
man without any L<tling or belief gradu-
ally taak up alkRh8 duties of Christian,
aisss as1fe wasfafking about it and try
zing to firdszda1e Christian duty, he all at
once pIksRs out glory 6esGod. "I'ye got
~ sSw knows8f the doctrina. If
Christianity Jfny thing 1t Is eFsfy
sthing. If2@Ss it 1is worthy 3af
anythinesstes is worthy of everything,
and.x4sfs the Bounden duty of every mkn
TO gay, Il will test Christianity and ssssif
it is>true. This is where ipfdelltE hssak 8
down. They won't test it to find its
truth Find me a man who says the
Texas and Pacific railway won I take me
to Dallas and he won t get on the train
to see. How does he know? Let him
try it and be will surely get
to Dallas if he stays on the train.
Ee says, Il cam go to Dallas; ain It got
the money 1 say, i will pay your
way He says, Il ain It got time 1
say, 4 will pay you for your time. He
then says, 4 won't CO.. You are fool
and deny what you say. Infdelity &C.
cupies the most ridiculous position i'll the
universe. He denies truth that you
know, and will not test it. One of these
little miserable Texas infddles Gnfdels) !!
If had hundred of you I'd
pack you in a q sardIne box with plenty
of paper around you, and ship you from
Texas. An fashioned Texas steer
was ine-tenths horns. You Texas in
ffdels are nine-tenths mouth. You can
bite off more than you can swallow. You
can run your tongue all about in your
head. You got no brains in there. You
are all mouth. Infidele! In fddle!'
Here the sarcasm was most cutting.
Brother Jones used a fine illustration,
something like this: 81 receive box
of machinery, wheels, cogs, wires, etc.
l don t know how to put it together $50 ]
have It set up out of the way. A9few
days later l receive with my mail BOOK
of directions 81 take it home andssRy
Wife, that aas Singer sewing machine
we got the OTHER day. We take itsout,
and by the Book puts it togetheF3 and
wife sits down and tacks and ruffies and
hens. and bangsLno, you don't bang
with sewing mRetine.
.G'TYeaty- years ago was ma
chine all out of fix, but God spoke peace
TO my soul, and took down this blessed
old book of directions and by its aid
put. this old machine, myself, together
and, thank God, for seventeen years
have been running along happily, and
days grow brighter all the time. When
the good Lord made the man he made
the directions and the two go together
Some of you will never run because some
parts of you are missing. Christianity
may be tested. Will you test it? If the
men of Fort Worth will test Christianity
they will know its true. Some of YOU
are waiting for God 8 good time to be
religious. Well, brother, Gods GOOD
time is when you want to be q Christian
If you want TO be good pitch in. God
y
pitch in. The devil will help you. You
old fellows, waiting for the Lord i
good time! Then you need
not do anything. God ha:
made special provision for children anc
idiots. God is always willing to save any
man. Some preachers have fallen into
that line. You must wait Gods gooC
time! Whenever you rise in your man.
hood and say, Il will serve God as Ions
as live, that's sense. The most foolist
thing man ever did is to wait for this OF
that. God says to every man, go anC
be Christian man.
Some incidents of one of his early
churches, which consisted of four mem.
beTs, followed, showing if men will re.
solve to be Christians then go to WORK
and be them. God will soon CONVEX
them and bring them to a knowledge o.
! the truth of the doctrine. No man
| can be religious without doing hi
duty. He must come up to hi
duty, fodder or no fodder.
Brother Jones thinks good sense is ont
of the essentials of religion. He said il
speaking of election: ''No man in thi:
Christian warfare can be elected unles!
he is candidate. Glory to God. HI
| needs no Republican OF Demo
cratic caucus, but he car
run on the Independent ticket and b.
elected.
At the close of the meeting Brothe
Jones invited persons desiring to lead
new life to stand up. Some stood. H
invited them to give their hands. Som
came forward.