The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-05

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has bankrufted me. I was several
hundred dollars in debt. But when
l went on that old Virginia circuit it
gave the preacher $65 for his years
work. When I went down there |
had a wife. I said, brethren, have
YOU got a house I can move in. ono:
one can be got but we cannot take the
responsibility | rented a house
.~nyself and gave a II of my notes for
81 a piece. [ could get no help fron'
he stewards, so I went to work har>
nd preached 2 and 3 ermon a da'
II Sunday, and never less than L.
ermons during the week and did HI!
evel best to about the LIST January
Vt dinner one day my wife said ever
hing we have got in the world i
.ooked and on this table. She was .
lever nj She would not tel
ae before | eat. Sister, you haF'
zen everything give out at one time.
ugar, peppG, salt. | said: "Wite>
: haven't a dollar in the world and the
.ord knows I have tried to do m,
iuty," and | said I will not 60 a dol
ar's worth in debt, and if we starvc
0 death let's make out. After din
tcr [ went out and worked in my cot
on patch. I saved every dollar |
,ould and paid my debt. | worked
here and cut up a pile of soft wood.
Got enough for four days. Just about
that time I saw a 2,horse wagondrivc
up to the gate, and when it unloaded
It my back porch I had more ratlons
In my house than I ever had before or
since. The first circuit l went on paid
S65. Invent on "a $24O c~ircuit, and
on an average salary of $500 a year,
and nobody ever said Sam Jones
preached for money. went or the
poorest circuit in my State and | have
stuck to God and duty until l am tie
best paid preacher on this eontineh'
] Somebody got after me some time as'
for getting more pay than 10 bishops,
but I do more work than 10 bishops
and preach to more people, and | get
Just about the salary Of a bishop.
Some Of you say Sam Jones came here
to Charlotte for money. There arr
more half-starved looking preachers
sitting around here than lever saw IN
INV life. There amt but one fat one
and he is the good old presiding elder
who goes around and eats at every
body5s house. No. my brethren, hear
me: The best paying institution IL
the world is the consciousness that
you are trying to do right.
Turn ye to the stronghold ye pris'
oners of hope; even today do l declare
that l will render double unto
thee"
There is nothing frmer in this world
than a beautiful character-characte
possessed by a young lady. Nothing
grander than a noble, pure, religious
young man, who stands up for nobil
ity of character and nothing beats {
young man eonsecrated to God AM
the right. You cannot beat it, you
cannot beat it. I am ready to say tt
you, from the homes of the grandes
down to the humblest homes in th'
South give me that plain. homes
country mother, where the mother ant
children fear Gcd and keep his com
mandments. Manhood Oh, LORD
give me a man. God will repay yo'
in grandness double fold and give yo1
a character, purity and all that i
worth having il this life and the lf
to come. Turn ye to the strong
hold ye prisoners of hope" Their
are three classes of prisoners tina
aope, and there are thre
classes without hope and We may tax
ourselves along down the line and 10
cate ourselves in moral latitude an
longitude.
The first class of prison ers that hop
are those that fear God and keep b
; commandments; who love God with a
their hearts.
NY mother was a prisoner of hops
=! put for 80 years she has been Walkin
! :he golden streets. My father va
! once a prisoner of hope, but today
: one.
. Brethren, there is a chance for
to be saved, and every n of us vi
d :akes that chance in earnest and G
It home to u duty to the God WI
| loved us and redeemed us, is a pri
d oner of hope.
it | am ready to 60 tie the praye
Il meeting, and when the people calls
If an ready to visit the sick, help Il
a poor and do my part-wheneVer &c
It calls me.
| Heaven! glorious heaven! there
# sometimes that will make in it o.
. aagons of JOY and rewards all thr
] for every hardship we have endure
Re [ wonder ifIll ever 60 to heaven. i
Ut home Of my mother, the dWellil
.e place of my father, and | v s
" the pale cheek of my wife and t
i suffering of my child; but am than
1t full we are emigrating to a count
re where no heredic cough vas ev
70 heard. The Heaven Of the goo
s Heaven! Heaven! is just as real to i
as the city of Charlotte. n c., is
~ me tonight. 7 believe in heaven