The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-05-07
GEMS FROM JONES.


vile, is having a lively time in
Charlotte, N. c. Last Sunday
morning he took occasion to de-
nounce the Mecklenblrg decIara>
ton as a myth and its annual eele-
bration as a drunken frolie. Be-
fore he preached at night Mr..
Jones became convinced that he
had displayed his ignorance OF hiss
tory that every school boy ought
to know and made a lame apology
for his ridiculous remarks in the
morning by saying that somebody
in Philadelphia had imposed on
him. This experience OF the
evangelist may teach him the dan.
ger OF taking loose talk as the basis
of his wrathful denunciations OF
supposed sins. Mr.. Jones ought
to have learned by this time not
to believe everything that is told
him and it was to be supposed he
had, for his manner irdicates that
he is pretty well acquainted with
the ways of this deceitful world.
Having apologized to Charlotte
and promised to go back to Phila-
delphia and "stamp the feathers"
out ofthose wicked folks who so
cruelty stuffed him with tn, yarn
about the Meeklenburg declaration,
Mr.. Jones proposes to continue his
efforts to evangelize North Caro-.
lima.
The local reports of his sermons
in Charlotte show that Mr.. Jones
is quite as original as ever in his
method of preaching the gospel.
The following was a comparatively
mild outburst in his sermon OF last
Saturday:
'Some of you go around here
talking about your opinions.
It's your 'cpinion' it's not wrong
to do this aud that. You blab-
mouth fool ~
He appealed to backsliders to
turn from the error of their way in
these tender and affectionate words;
"The cutters are DO good
they won't do at all. Some Of
them are now inidels-little in
fidels. I'd rather be a low>dowr
chsin-gang negro than one of YOU
little infidels. You won't tie il
hell two minutes before you'll bC
hopping around in the fire an(
yelling what a mistake | made J
II have some respect tor ole
Bob Ingersoll, because he can ge
5000 a night for his lecturing; but
some of these little fellows are in
fidels for nothing, pay 81 to he Al
Ingersoll, and board themselves"
Mr.. Jones then proceeded to pay
his respects to members of thu
church who would give $25C
'for four lousy Jersey calves" anc
yet couldn't spare $40 to thu
church. -.
He appealed to the ''sOciety ele
ment" in the city in this gentl
strain
81 understand you all are run
ming society pretty lively. So
cietyl A pair of seventy-five cen
slippers aud a s1.25 wasp bonnet
lets You into it. Society in Char
lotte! Why, if you were to g,
among the bon tons of Baltin. ore
they wouldn't let you sweep on
their kitchens. Society! Their,
is no manhood, no womanhood, NJ
religion in il. The fruits of so
ciety, socalled, are the dude anC
the dudine. The dude is a war
on the devils big toe, the dudiu
a wart on his nose, mere excres
cences."
After this flight ct poetic fame.
Mr.. Jones remarked that if any
body present didn't like what b.
said, The could just get up on hi
hind legs and slide OUT
Mr.. Jvnes continues 90. be il
great demand, and in almost any
locality can get his own price for ;
string of such gospel pearls as th'
few we have borrowed from hi
last Saturdays discourse at Char
lOtte. There seems to be nc limi
either to the popular demand 70
such gems d stp Mr.. Jones capac
ity to producs thems in rich anc
dazzling variety.--Macon Tele
graph
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