Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-10
he never has asked for a cent, and never
will. He In not a wealthy man. but with ms
30.000or 80, 900 be feels quite comfortable.

never looked upon more intelligent duui-
ence than the one which then greeted nm.
He knew there were some idiots present.
for they are everywhere. The speaker
said the sanctimonious look upon the faces
of some Of the sisters panied him. Ihey
have been listening to solemn preaching,
but solemn preaching won't saye hich1
mond. 1t was not religion which caused
the sisters to look so sanctimonious. III
was nothing but chronic liyer-dlsease.
lLaughter.l Mr.. Jones added that he Is
! believer in the preaching that gets
there" The devil will run while the
ID. D." IS pulling on his boots. 1t Is
energy and enterprise that is needed to
convert Richmond. These things Will
get there every time.
Mr. Jones said: You people seem to
think Richmond is big place. don't.
IL il nothing but q country town. 1t ls
broad place, but not high. Iwant to make
Il high place. 1t should get nearer God.
1 will be grand city"
CHOOSING LIFE.
The preacher took for his text the words
OF Joshua: Choose you this day whom
you will serve, but az for me and my house
we will serve the Lord" Mr.. Jones SAID
| Christianity is a matter of choice. Christ
/ gives rs our choice, but some people try 10
take Christ and piety, the world. flesh, and
| the devil and 90 10 Heaven with all Of
| them. God can't make man Christian
unless the man chooses TO be no more than
| father can make a farmer out Of a son
| who is inclined some other way. If q man
| chooses he can become "A Christian. He
/ can do 50 if the nearest church and preacher
| IS thousand miles away. Whoever viii
fall down and surrender TO God VIII be
saved and whoever won't the devil will
have 10 take him. If a man wants to be
| good God will help him. but if he wants 10
be mean the devil is ready To aid him.
THE KIND or CHRISTIANS.
| A man can choose the time and place
when he will become Christian and he
can select the kind Of Christian he will be,
said Mr. Jones. The frst-class Christians
are so few their pastor can take them home
in carriage and speaking of liberality.
Mr.. Jones said il isn't bow much a man
gives but how much he has left after he
has given. You old coon over there who
put copper IN the basket SAID to yourself,
have given the widows mite" Oh, no,
You old sinner, with SIX inches of beard on
your face. you are no widow. You have
put in no widows mite. 1t is the stingy
old devils penny.
Every man. blr. Jones said. wanted to
be like q fTst-class Christian and live like
q tenth-class Christian.
GooDY-GooDY MRMBERs.
Mr. Jones made a satirical hit at what he
called the goody-goody members. They
are the people. he says. who 80 TO prayer
me&ng and get happy and say they are
nothing but "an old worm of the dust"
They are old Brother Nothing, going no.
where, and old Sister Nothing, going with
him. Suppose your wife commences a
letter to You. " Dear old worm of the dust"
or suppose your husband starts his epiStle
MY dear old woTmess of the dust" what
would you sayf ,
REFORMATION, NOT REGENEBATfON.
Mr.. Jones said his doctrine is to choose I
whom you will serve. follow choice, and {
LET God pardon and regenerate." He never
preached on regeneratlon; never had sense
enough; but some preachers with more or
less sense than he are always preaching on
it. He breaches reformation, not regenera- t
ton. Christ never attempted 10 preach on
regeneration but once, and then he had
only one person IN the audience, who went :
away not knowing what the Saviour had ,
been talking about Some ministers are {
always preaching on the divine side, and :
nobody is there to listen but God. They I
should preach on the side of humanity,
where everybody can understand them. I
OLD CUTTERS" I
Mr. Jones was very severe on the class Q
of persons whom he called "old cutters" ;
They get mad and leave the church in '
minute. They are like the man who buys $
from "A merchant and at Christmas when {
he owes $500 says to the merchant: am
going TO quit trading with YOU" And no l
does quit and won't pay cent.
Mr.. Jones added in this connection: " If
anybody should ever tell you Sam Jones
has quit the Church tell him he is a liar: S
that you heard Jones say he IS. never !
going to quit. He IS going to stay in line C
and if be is turned out of the Church be 7
will hang around the doors and 'jine"
again when the doors are opened. ]
TIE REBELFLAGs. I
Mr. Jones, while making some allus:on !
to the temperance question, related an Oc
currence in the North where q southern .
lady had Confederate battle-flag unfurl- !
ed on their hOuse. The Grand Army of the v
Republic marched along and made her take
il down. But, said the speaker, these men
passed down the street under hundreds u
of bar-room signs, which are an insult to !.
every woman and child in the country. l
In this connection Mr.. Jones said he
wished the people down South would put Il II
the Confederate flags away forever. Every d q
time they are unfurled they frighten y
Shepard and Ingalls, like red cloth does a
mad bull. When the South will stop ex- Z
hibiting the Confederate emblems the
North and South will shake hapds, and
there will be peace (spelling the wOrd) "
and then Shepard. ingalls,. and men of 81
their stamp will be returned to private life i
because they won't have any bloody shirt v
to wave. q
THE RACE. h
Mr.. Jones remarked that q part of the d
tabernacle would be reserved for the colored 81
people, and he hoped to see. many OF them
at the meetings. 1t is religion, he said, 81
that will settle the race question. Politics
will never do it, When the scalew are Is
out Of the way and the white people treat tC
the negro with the kindness due hlm, and a.
when the negro behaves himself toward III
the white people, then the race issue will as
settle itself. u
ryo-p;,0 Cortuop "
Morning services were held yesterday vt -, !.
10 O'clock. Between $500 and 3,OOO people ol
were present. :.
Mr. Jones took as his text the first six u
verses of the second chapter of |. Timothy. | ~
The subject was PRAYER. The discourse a a.
to a great extent was devoid of the satire and %
hunor that marked those of Sunday. Mr.. n
Jones made pathetic and tender appeal to
his hearers to consecrate their lives to God
and to pray for the success of the meeting. | is
If q man has done his duty and pravs ear fC
nestly to God his petition Will be heard,
the preacher said. Mr.. Joness words pro- h
duced wondrous effect. and when he Il
closed his remarks many eyes were wet Il
with tears. bt
The preacher asked all who wanted rela- b.
tives or trends TO be prayed for to stand hi
up. About 2C0 persons in the audience re
stood up. Mr.. Jones asked that all the II
unconverted Christians who wanted TO be- te
come converted 10 come up 10 lu6 pat W
form and shake his hand. About fifty bi
men and ladies went. To each of these he I'll
gave hearty grasp and said something is
kind and encouraging. There was hardly d'
Il dry eye in the house. sa
Afternoon Service. III
About 1900 people attended the service a
at O'Clock in the afternoon. The preacher te
at this meeting was Rev. George x. Stuart. in.'
Mr.. Joness co-laborer. He took for his IT,
text Paul's words: Finally, brethren,
pray for u.s."
The discourse was a continuation of the Sc
subject of prayer, which Mr. Jones spoke an
upon in the morning. na
The audience was delighted with Mr.. br
Stuart. He is an excellent speaker. HIS VI
style is entirely different from that OF Alr. co
Jones. az
Mr. Stuart makes no attempt at the Wit de
ticisms and sat;rical thrusts which come
so natural to his co-laborer. He preached
a tender pathetic sermon, and his hearers m