Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-10
Why, God bless YOU. that's the only thing
! nave patent-right on" the way" / say
II. lRenewed laugater.l

,"rny, uod bless you, that's the only thing
| have patent-right on" the way" say
IL. lRenewed laugater.l
CRITICS IN JUSAT1o AsyLuMs.
IF you will pray for US and help us. that
Is what we need. II rs prayer, sympathy
ana help. We don't need any criticisng
we had plenty of that before we came
mere. It IS the easiest thing in the world
10 come here and 60 away and criticise
Inc best critics ever saw were in the lu.
matte asylum llaughterl but they are not
all there" lGreat laughter.
TIIE 1ELT.
Mr.. Jones then proceeded 10 select his
text: " have fought a good fight: | have
kept the faith" he then said:
SIt takes two things TO make n great
mana great big head on his shoulders
and great big heart in his bosom. u takes
brain and heart to make the man. When
look at ~. Pauls great brain power say TO
myself: Where is his peer p when look
at his heart say; / don't know which is
greater, his head or his heart Ii takes
these two TO make the man"
Further on MIR. Jones said:
The first thing we want in Richmond is
an issue. We want n clcafly-defined issue
and we want the line drawn. We want all
Gods people to come over on one side and
all the devils people on the other.
don't know whether you have any issue in
this town or not. ] never spent twenty
four hours here. Have you got clearly
defined issue on the Ten Commandments ?
an issue that means n sacred Sabbath. that
means sobrlety, that means God and the
right?
THE CANE PREACHER.
After expressing his contempt for neu-
trail characters Mr.. Jones sid: The great
est blessing God ever bestowed upon a
church IS good game preacher, and the
greatest church that the devil ever had is
one with little time-serying preacher"
a preacher must take position between
his church ana die for truth and night: a
preacher ought 10 he the man who stands
most firmly for God and for right, just like
! hope all the Richmond preachers do.
God bless them. every onel And when
you hear me criticise Richmond preachers
don't mean 1t for them unless they de-
serve it.
HIS SHOE STORE.
run a short of wholesale shoe-shop, and
every fellow comes in and gets pair from
me: but they are my shoes and his feet.
l thank Gcd there are unhinching
men In this city-men who would die rather
than say anything against their beliefs
but you have great many men who are
Ike Paddy. vino exhibited lack Of courage
and was ridiculed by his friends, but who
said " wouid rather be coward FIVE min
utcs than corpse forever" Laughter.
| Mr.. JOnesl would rather be a dead lion
than live dog. There are plenty of dogs
without me.
JHE DENOMINATIONS.
say to you that it is not saloons that
we have to fear; it's not the gambling
hells 1t is not greed for gold that pushes
men at such n rato-it is the fatal worth
lessness and want OF fidelity that Tetards
the progress and keeps the world back
from God. Oh. my! how we need
on some lines It does tickle
me TO hear preacher preaching on infant
mlstaking persplratlOn for lnspl-
ration [laughterl while all thelittle babies
IN town are fast asleep and two thirds of
the people going TO hell. And here is
little Episcopal rector standing up in the
pulpit talking about the Apostolic success
sion, talking about where they came from
when he ought to be telling the people
where they are 0otp7f ~.
Here IS a Presbyterian preacher preach
ing on the final perseverance of saints.
here is q Baptist preacher crying WATER!
lgreat laughterl and thus he
cries, and half of his membership are gong
to where they cannot get drop.
A CHALLENGE.
In speaking Of worldly glory and the
like Mr.. Jones said: Il want earthly
am apOOr man down here.
need prayers and sympathy and help.
With my crown on my head and my harp
in nv hand ] went need your recognition
in Heaven. Why, God bless you, if you
lon't recognize rue then / don't care. In
Heaven there are enough LOFTY brave men,
but wherever you find one here he IS worth
MS weight in diamonds and there never
was such a premium on good men as to-
iay.
When look at n great preacher find he
8 80 per cent. man and per cont. preacher.
\ man, a man first from head to foot, then
ct God call me for anything he wants
lone. ! am Just as much a man
md a citizen of my State as | was when |
irst ioined the church. ! will not only
'ote like / please, but | will talk ike |
,lease. If you don't ike it just 90 out of
he corporation and here he pausedl wait
i'll come" lLaughter.l
As to foolish ancestral pride he said: ="
lever saw fellow in my life who was
,vcrly proud of his daddy that his daddy
vas proud of him.
Nr. Jones more than once referred to the
ime coming wnen the liquor traffic, viii be
"Ihe day will come" he de-
Jared, when there will not be red
losed man in Richmond"
LEE AND JACKSON.
In his EXPRESSIONS of admiration for brave
nen Mr.. Jones said: You never saw q
rand man in your life that he wasn't
rave man.
lie then made very graceful eulogy
pom General Lee and one upon General
acLson. but spoke of the latter as Thomas
sfierson Jackson, mistaking the ID" in the |
anne of Jackson for jefferson. while 1t |
ught to have been Jonathan. This, how |
yer. was apparently not noticed by his |
carers, and when he spoke Of the beloved |
outhern chieftains the congregation gave |
vident signs of their appreciation tor his |
-ords by considerable applause. Refer |
ing to the ceremonies OF the unveling ne |
aid
mo tenderer. better, or nobler charac- |
er was ever enshrined in the memory and |
carts of his people than him whom you |
and memOrallZed IN the !
.atue in this city the other day"
PREACHERS. ONCE MORE.
Referring to the clergy, Mr. |
ones said: You never saw a preacher |
nat needs defence unless the devil was
racticing on him. | hope there Is not
reacher In this city that would think what |
say is a reflection. IL is a reflection on
our preacher that you think be needs de
nee. You get that in your noddles, don't
ou?" (Laughter.l
MIR. Jones spoke In severe terms OF un-
elievers, calling them cOntemptuously
lnfddles," and quoting Spur2eon who
Iaimed that the Latin word from which
agnostic was derived signihed lsnora-
Reearding his own faith in the Scrip
res he said q" viii take this book from
d to lid. and when yOu prove to me that
ne thing in il is lie then you may haven't
Il. Everywhere have had an opportunity
testing it it has proved tue"
PROHIBITION.
In his concluding remarks Mr.. Jones
welt upon the temperance question. On
lis tonic his whole soul seemed to gotorth.
IA compared the liquor trade TO ten
heel ffty-fve-ton Nogul locomotive that
geeps all LIVING .hings aside from the
.ack. but is finally overcome by the gen.
Whaling snowflakes -.
- Look at that monster power pulling
nose cars" he said, at forty miles an
our. See. great OK steps upon the track.
he engine picks him up and losses hlm
Sav. Then man steps up and Is thrown
,ide hut by and by the little snowiiakes
coin 10 fall down on the track-thicker,
ticker. thicker, until they are sixteen
Iches deep. Now watch that old engine
ow mn =,