Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-30
The Great Evangelist Earnestly
ExhOrts the Colored Brethren.
Ii Anybody Ought to Get to Heaven it
is the Poor White Man and
the Niger.
II the Negro Gets His Forty Acres and the
Mule He Will Have TO Hustle for it-And
the Children are Leetured, Too

Portant service of the series conducted
by Sam Jones in Fort Worth was held to-
day. The tabernacle was filled and the
children occupied the front seats. The
song service was conducted by Bro. Ex-
cell, as usual. Bro. Stuart prayed and
then talked few minutes to the chill
dren. He said: 81 believe children can
behave as well as grown people. all
who will do so hold up your hands. )" a
sea of little hands went up. "God hears
children when they pray. 1 think chill
dren are very important. We do not
think as much about children as we
should do. An old man said to little
boy, sect out Of my way. What are
you good for anyway The little boy
said: Eve are good to make men. out
of. - He spoke of the Importance of
being good while very young, and illus
trated with several incidents. There is a
great deal said about children in the
Bible. Who was the wisest man in the
world? His name was Solomon, and he
said Remember thy Creator in the days
Of thy youth
Now, how did Jesus treat little chill
dren? When their mothers brought them
He did not say go away but he said:
Suffer little children to come unto Me
and forbid them not, for theirs is the
kingdom OF heaven; and He took them
up in his arms and blessed them. Jesus is
the same to-day. He loves you, and
wants you to come TO him. Begin to be
religious when you are little and you will
not have to break bad habits. What age
should you be to begin to be good?'
The children spoke out, saying 6 5, u
years old.
of you 20 to plant a tree, do you
take big or a little one?''
Children said ga little tree. -
'If you go TO break a horse do you get
young or an old One?'
ga young one. - the children said.
''When you want to change the course
of river, you 20 away up 10 where 1t
begins and you put rock in and it turns
out of its way and runs as you want it TO
do. Jesus said grown people must be-
come as little children. Do you know
what right is? Do you know what wrong
IS? All who do, hold up your hands. -
Hands went up. LOBBY your mammas.
That is the way to be good. Don t tell
lies Ny little boy once broke my knife.
He crawled in my lap crying and said:
Papa, broke your knife. am sorry.
Did / whiU him? No. l said: Never
mind, son; don't feel bad about it So
God does. When you tell Him you have
sinned and you are sorry, He forgives
you. ...-....-.-
The speaker related an affecting incl
dent of o saloon keepers daughter IS ig-
norsnce of prayer and of her conversion
TO God. Now, children, get on your
knees and feel that God Is there and pray
10 Him. He viii make you good. Tell
Him you have been u sinful child, but
you want to do better, and He win help
you, and you will be happy. Obey your
father and your mother. Somebody said,
why don't the Bible say what Jesus did
when He was a little boy?' 1t does. It
says He was subject to His parents,
obeyed his mother when He was boy.
All who think God will answer your
prayer, hold up your hands. -
Several incidents from real life were
related, all bearing on the subject of a
child 8 Christianity. The best, perhaps,
was about little sick child writing on a
paper the names of about thirty or forty
little children she knew, and when she
died the list was found, and on inquiry
IL was found that everyone had been
converted through the prayer of that
little sick girl. Another story was of a
Sunday school on his back, and
the cripple said to his friend
''I am going to die and will ask Jesus
TO let me stand at the beautiful gate
and watch for you, and I'll tell him
you carried me on your back to the
Sunday school. - Other illustrations fol-
lowed, all bearing on the same point,
being good. The little ones were very
quiet and really behaved better than the
grown people.
Mr.. Jones then came forward, saying,
"Who was that talking to you?'
''Brother Stuart. came from sew
eral tongues.
''Who is this talking TO you?''
''Sam Jones - A laugh followed.
MIR. Jones repeated, and they said Mr..
Stuart.
''Who is this?''
hBrother Jones.
He then asked what is the first thing
the Bible says for anybody TO do. ST.
lence followed. He then asked the
preachers, and silence in q modified form
still prevailed. Mr.. Jones then said:
''Seek ye first the kingdom of God and
His righteousness; il is the FIRST thing in
time and in Importance.
Mr.. Jones started to asking questions:
"How many kinds of children are
there?"
Children answered, 1.-TWO kinds; good
and bad. -
f'Will the bad ones stand up?'
One little girl stood up.
Of a boy is bad, do people love
him?''
mo
t''Well, what are you bad for?''
''Why does everybody love oandy?'
tRecause IT IS good -
''Did You ever see stick OF candy
going around asking if anybody loves
it?''
ono. Everybody loves it, cause it's
good. -
''ChTdren, if you want folks to love
you be good. -
''Do little boys do bad?''
'sYes, sir. -
"what do you do that's badP''
''Tell lies
''Ten lies. Why do you tell lies?
Everybody that tells lies stand mp
Nobody was willing to confess except
on general principles.
'sWhaf do you tell lies fors
''To keep from getting whipping
Now boys, if you dor I do bad you