Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-25

selves. have more pity tor them than
used TO have.
"a little boy was informed by his
father that the Lord had sent him baby
brother. Looking at him intently, he
said: Il think the Lord ought to take
him back and finish him. 1 see heap
Of people 1 think should be taken back
and finished. Nothing to 'em.
ST you want to pray, there is spirit
and an atmosphere of prayer, and it is
your privilege to live in it. How many
people have you here that can pray?
Brother Richardson preached all week at
q meeting with no results. On the
last day sixty persons went for
prayer. He called on an old
steward to pray: 'Oh Lord there is a
poor widow that 1 have not sent any
meat 10. There S these penitents. If
you will hear my prayer, will send the
old woman some meat and flour. 1
know you won't hear me pray, if L don It.
There's Brother Brown. He's done
nothing. AS soon as get off my knees
] will make Brother Brown pay the
preacher. So on. he prayed, and the
result was 1fty-nine converts out of sixty
penitents.
''DOn t YOU reckon there are some
folks in this town that ought to clean up.
You can't pray lick. why can't you
pray your son to God? Why can't you
pray your husband to God? That is the
way we ought to reason about these
things.
GA woman s cow got sick. Her hus-
band said; Have you prayed about the
COW? Have you got anything to stand on
when you pray?'
A" Yes, used to give milk and butter
to my poor neighbors.
% go stand on the milk and butter
that you have given away.
''She did it. The COW got we'll.
Have you got anything to stand on
when you pray?
IAN old maR had meyer done any
thing for God but to give away a musk
melon. He wanted his boys converted.
] got that muskmelon, and the boys were
converted.
Zone year in Gainesville Mr.. Jones
did much special work for the negroes,
but God gave him great success in
preaching, and that year Sam Small was
converted. We get out of thing just
what we put into it.
''Brother MuIkey, you will get $40
out of this meeting. You will, sure!
Hear me! If you want God TO do some-
thing for you You pitch in and do some
thing for some one else. You do some
!
the merits of Christ.
''Old Sister Snipe wanted to do a good
deed, and hunted the rustiest old dress
that had been made over and dyed over,
and was wornout. Then she cut the
buttons off, and gave it to the poor
woman. It is the meanest thing q
woman can do-Cut the buttons off an
old dress and give it to a poor woman.
Sister, what would you look like racking
around in heaven with that old dress on
with the buttons cut off?
eff you have to go to heaven and wear
the old dresses you have cut the buttons
off, you won Il visit much.
eve want a Christianity that gives
something as well as does something.
Here 8 what like. Awoman 8 husband
gives her 500. She goes to the store,
selects hes goods and tells the clerk to
cut ii off. NO, will wear my old dress
and do good with this money. l don't
care if every woman in town laughs at
me about it.
eve want people that can pray. Can
you pray? Sister, to-day do something
worthy of going home for, and pray God
do something for you.
81 measure a man by what he gives
and does. There is not railroad will let
you ride without extra pay. A man has
got to pay a great deal and pray q great
deal in order to be in line with God and
duty. Now, what will you do? viii
some Of you good women get on conse-
Grated ground before Sunday? VIII you?
viii you?
'The measure of the success of this
meeting will depend on you, upon what
the preachers and you make it. Are you
praying? 1 hear people say: Where
are you going? To hear Sam Jones? 1
want you to say, ] am going to meeting.
You great big bundle Of curiosity, rack
ing around, you will never get there;
never get there.
''What difference does it make who
Sam Jones is? What does Fort Worth
care for him, or he for Fort Worth?
Fort Worth is fly on an ox-horn. Scare
him off and the horn is there still. l am
here to get you to Jesus Christ. Before
this time next week 1 want US to see
more than thousand souls converted to
Christ. ] want TO see every man rise in
his integrity and say 4 will be for
Christ. We do not need any more new
members; we want good ones. The best
men and women in the world are in
Fort Worth. Brother Wells, if you
were going to call a meeting of your best
members, where would you call it?''
Bro. Wells replied: Sin the study.''
brother Armstrong, you would not
call a meeting Of that kind at all, would
you? / don like 20 ask questions of a
brother when he is blushing. Let us
pray for more conservation. Let s fall
down on our knees and pray for Gods |
blessing on US. -
Mr.. Jones then called for mothers de-
string prayers for children to rise. Many
did so. He then called for wives who |
desired prayers for husband. A call for
sisters 20 rise followed. Each time |
many answered. Some stood upon the |
last invitation asking prayers for them
selves. Announcements were then
made, benedictiOn pronounced, and the
audience quietly dispersed to meet again
at night.
NIGHT SERVICE.