Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-06-20
Sam Jones' Sayings at Richmond
1t has been said am an ill-bred man.

1t has been said / am an ill-bred man
This is a lie. l came Of good stock an(
have been we'll raised, but how can | d.
better when / have such crowd to preach
to. l could be decent too, but | have t.
preach to all kinds of people. | am no
like the engine that stays in the round
house all the time, but like the big on,
that pulls on forty cars laden with coal.
have to couple on to all of the old greas.
sinners-your husbands and brothers ant
fathers, and yet some one says, "Oh, hi
amt NICE How can l be nice, hauling
such people out of the mud and mire Of
sin. Lord Jesus, help me to endure all
Thou friend of publicans and sinners
comfort and cheer me in the work il
which | am engaged.
THE STAINLESS CROWN.
Have you done your duty? Do you
want to go to heaven with starless crown?
Have you lived for nothing? Gathered on
ly leaves and saved no soul from ruin? i
see we are getting the right material-big
sinners as we'll as little ones. Idon't care
for the big sinners, only when we hook
them in they founder SO much that the
little ones run in to see what is going on
and we catch them, too. I don't want you
to defend Sam Jones. lie don't need it.
Neither earth nor hell shall scare me, and
I am not to be bought, begged, bribed, or
God and my fellow-men.
Some sister will take $500 pair of horses
and 81, 200 carriage and go to pay ten
cent dues. Oh, yes, always pay my dues,
says she, ten cents month. Men are
more liberal than women. A man worth
$4,000 will give $500 and an old widow
worth 500, 900 will give S. as the widows
give dime and call it the widows mite.
An old widow in breeches Shame on
him!
NO; will tell you, my friends, the Lord
will put the angels on half rations to
stand oy the man who does his whole duty
and does it fearlessly. have seen men
get mad and want to night, but when met
them it was all right. l have had threat
ening letters, but they amounted to moth
ing. If man was to come and plunge a
dagger in my heart could say, you low
down hound Of hell, will be in Heaven
before YOU get down stairs. Oh! my breth-
rem ant. sisters, for conSecrated religionl
One that brings us nearer to God. God
bless you every one, and give you great
feast of grace.
l preach because I love to. I have
preached for less than $500 year. When
l beoan I had $65 per year, wife and
children, and bob-tailed pony and S. i'll
cash. No one accused me of preaching fol
money then. Now can get 5000 per night
for lecturing, but | would rather preach.
know man who said he believed he
would quit preaching, and his congresa-
ton said they hoped he would. He was
one of those ''tiIl your appointment
preachers
Did you ever see a cold collar put on q
horse in the morning? He won't work till
YOU rack him little and warm him up.
so it is with you cold-collar Christians,
you need to be warmed up.
Speaking of theological students, want
no theology in mine. want a good horse,
stout saddlebags and good circuit. Any
man who ever snapped off common sense
for theology made a bad trade. | don't
say this for others, but in my Judgment,
with the accent on the ment.
l love man who can prove that he is a
Christian by his wife. She knows. Some
ladies were once discussing and almost
cussing minister. They said he was a
fraud and had no religion. After they
had talked some time quiet old woman
spoke up and said: I have lived with that
man as his wife for twenty years and ]
know him to be Christian.
Deliver me from the man who says, 81
did my duty" l read my little Bible and
say my little prayers. This is only two
wheeled Christianity.
Speaking of dades attacking him for his
assaults on society Mr.. Jones said, "but
I'm not afraid of them. I can spit on a
hundred and drown them. The way to kill
dude that can't swim is to spit on him. .