The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-13
SAM JONESISMS.
THE GEORGIA PREACHER TALKS
TO THOUSANDS.

lie Attacks SIN. street '"r- anu inte"
,s,aucc- 4 Plain Talk to Men Only
when IL L. Promised the Fur viii
Fly.
Yesterday morning the largest crowd
gathered at the Franklin-street Tabernacle
that has ever yet attended morning ser
vice. II was very warm. and the street-car
facilities were. n usual, very bad; but over
three thousand people were in attendance.
Rev. Mr.. Hall lei in prayer. and Rev. Mr.,
Jones read portion OF the second chapter
of Revelation.
when he reached the siSth verse. which
reads as fellows. But this thou hast, that
thou latest the deeds of the Nlc0laiianes,
which also hate" he said. "lOu people
see what the Lord says about the nickel
people. You hear that. YOU people who put
4 nickel in the hat! Even the Lord hates
YOU"
Mr.. Jones took as his text portion Of
mo sumo chapter as follows - know Thy
works. and thy labor. and lhy patience. and
how thOu canst not bear them which are
evil. and thou hast tried them which sa,
they are apostles, and are not, and had
found them liars
During the sermon Mr.. Jones made use OF
the following expressions
"God knows you: he knows everything
you DO: knows every one of your thOughts
MIR DAVIS said that the most lntolerable iei-
ture OF his prison life, when ne was conflntd
in a Northern prison. Was the burning gaze
Of the sentincls eye ever resting, upon nun
But what il the eyes OF a sentincl compnred
90 tiOd Almighty.
"a man that can't prove by his wife that
he's GOT religion isn't anybody. II mans
rot religion, his wife knows IL, aud II she mas
II, he knows il. Religion Will out.
MEN I'm these days don't want TO De 100 re-
ligioUs, because they are afraid Of being call
ed cranks. II YOU preachers have not been
called cranks you are 10 account.
CRANks IL CHUKCH.
"An Eastern firm shipped machine out
West. and every hing about IL was ail right,
but they did not nave crank 10 run II ny.
Every church In this country needs crank
i'm the pulpit 10 make the whole thing move.
come people think faith is something yOu
get something in. Onc old sister In Il cracked
voice Will say Lord, give me something.
What You wanig don know. want some
thing
~ do despise theology and botany, but
do love religion and flowers.
AT you want to take al the religion out Of
a boy and MI him full OF theology send him
10 theological seminary. Give me pair OF
siddle-bags. a Bible. "A lOOd horse ahd gOol
circuit, and you can take all the theOlogica
seminarics 10 yourself The circuit - the
thing that VIII teach man how 10 preach.
''UOd don't give q man faith, no more than
he give HIM tue sense Of tasting. He gave
me the scpse, but the tasting part IS my
lob. and I'm glad God turned mat part over
10 me. Work on the faith you have got, ana
that's the only way you " Ill get any more.
RACE WITH THE DEVIL
"When they first built locomotives they
made them with two wheels and they ran an
the rate Ofthrec miles an hour. Some OF you
people are just like the first locomotive. You
are little twO-Wneel christians. Inc deNi
would give you ten miles start and then
catch YOU Before brealrast lUu Methodists
and Baptisis wouldn't pull a hen OF a IOOst
with your twO-wneeled christianity.
you old sisters going around here talking
about doing things for duty. That's no way
10 lead Christian life. DO the right because
il Is right.
II can get 5000 a night delivering lecturos,
hut would rather preach than do anything
else
"Tho newspaper man who said that you
preachers looked embarrassed didnt get D.
exactly right. You are not embarrassed; you
are bcwildercd.
God pity v ur stingy old soul; You 60 TO
the missionary society In 5000 dress, be-
hind n $500 pair Of horses, and i'm 1000
carriage, give you ten cents 10 the mission
AIRY cause. You start ont and say TO the
children. Now children be Qulcl.yOur mother
is going down 20 church to pay her mission
ary dues. III could not give Ont ten cents TO
! ihe missionary cause / would dress worse
| than tramp.
DROP ~ 4 NICKEL.
..Somo Of you old widows, worth hundred
thousand dollars, go 10 church and drop your
nickel i'm the hat. and say: i IN poor widow
There's my widows mifc. Even you old
men drOpUrd in your few cents ana call IL
Widows mite. \ widow in pantaloOns! y
physical possibility.
That's rieht-laugh. / hold up mirror
| "a. az and rfuufn nj Yourselves.
! Talk about leNlty in the pulpit ~ N"'i alt
could see tine expressions ON some ol these
old sisters faces you'd laugh too. They Try
To look like perfect saints.
''Ihc best way 10 get a good foundation for
religious fcrvor IS % join out the people lu
your church thai hay" got d." business
! ia there, Brother Lambeth referring 10 Rev.
= s. Lambeth why don't you do that? -
would be lonesome" replied Mr.. Lambeth.
USING SLANG.
's.omc people say use slang No. don't.
Dogs and hogs and other thing, 4 say iu
-criptual language. You people are the very
| people To- say any thing against me. ANA
! YOU are the first old thing 10 be back mere %
night. You are old bench warmers, 1ou hrli
The benches down NuE are not going 10 let
the benches fly up and ilit the ceiling u YOU
can help IT,
/ want active christian workers To go through
tine crowd and help me bIug mOurners up To
| the bench and YOU old hing. out ihcie are
saying brother Jones. amt going through
! the crowd some of You sisters arc Tying 20
look like angels hui you ail Viii nave 10
practice lying before you VIII be- successful
angels.
somebody told me the other day If kep'
III ian Richmond like lave been, there :
goins ioie "a nrst-cla>. funeral Well, I'm
! going 30 Dee The. lTt.chei mat VIII nave
charge Of 10. amt gong 10 De Inc corpse.
/ God VIII puf the Al gels on hall rliions 10
protect man who is working Tor The gOod oi
mankind.
81 receive threatening letters every day,
| but all can say is 'comc' II YOU come 10
my room az midnight and stab me I'M the
heart, VIII he IN Heaven before sou ger
| home.
HER DREAM.
~ young lady had dream once That She
went 10 Heaven, ana when She got there sine
saw the angels with Stars in Their crowns.
| WHAT are those stars for? she asked. Each
star represents some soul that we have been
| instrumental in saving. some OF you people
tad better help me tonight. or IN Heaven
| NOu VIII wear siariess crowns.
| .'fhc street cars work as though they nave
/ made an agreement to break up these meet
/ inas. IL * a miserable service; hut even WIN
| such an untOward circumstance, look az the
/ crowd that attends every night. tell you,
brethren. that people would not come mere
| three times a day for curiosity sake. mere
| is deep religious feeling IN this city. ana We
are going 10 do great things before these
meetings close. In this sun, that is 20 llaid,
| you can fry an egg, you would nOl be Whik
| ing out here just for curiosity.
CATCHING THE SINNERS.
| ~ am going TO catch some big sinners be-
/ fore get through. lt don't make any differ
| ence to me whether it's a big sinner or not,
only a big one founders about 50 that every =
! body viii come up h, re 10 see wnat we are
doing; and wen catch some ofthe little ones,
| too.
| "Don't 20 around here defending sam
Jones would be "A nicer preacher II had a
nicer crowd TO preach To. went 10 round
house once, and saw pretty little engine
that was shining in every part. asked.
what do YOU keep that engine 50 nice Tor?
ana was told that was the presidents engine;
| but presently one OF these big MOgul engines
came i'm all spattered up with grease ana mud.
| Where has that engine been2 ! asked. That
engine brought in train OF forty cars II
| YOU would let me stay In the round house
| all the time | would be nice preacher, Dui
| where a man is got 10 talk II you old siniefs
| he is apt 10 get full of mud"
NEXT SUNDAY.
Mr.. Jones made the announcement that
on sunday afternoon al O'Clock he would
preach TO men only. al that service" he
said. sy0u could see the fur 1.-The hair and
blood be everywhere, and the ground torn
up for mile around. | want all You men
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