Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-28
The Mean, Contemplate Critters
Get Done Up.
SelfShneSs is the Meanpst Thing Out
He'll is SeifishneSS on
Fire.
YOu Can't Steal March on 6od-You Are
Going to He'll for the Love of Nonay.
But the Sermon IS Not All Fun.

their power. The singing yesterday
morning was first class. After several
songs by the choir and an earnest prayer
by Brother Wyatt, Brother Excel gave
q solo, 1.-The Road to Heaven, - with
the chorus, 81 Am Going Home TO Die
No More" by the choir aud cOngrega-
/ ton.
Brother helms led in prayer. The col
lection was taken by Rev. Mr.. Wells.
About $500 has been taken thus far.
Mr.. Jones stepped to the front, Bible
in hand, asked the peoples attention,
and read "There was certain man
in Cesarea called CorHeHus-s de9out
man, and one that feared God
/ with all his house, which
! gave much aims to the people, and
! prayed TO God Away, Thy prayers and
/ thine aims have come up for q memorial
| before God, Acts X, !, ,, verses
| Cornelius was devout man, who served
! God. The First century Of the Christian
/ era produced some of the most remark
! aLle characters among heather men.
! The world to-day does not pre-
I sent the peer of this man
! Cornelius. His character was q
| symmetrical one. Character differs
! from reputation. Character is what We
| are, and God knows and We know what
| it is, whether good or. bad. No mau or
angel can injure my character. l alone
| can do that. In the. Judgment will be
| judged by my character, Reputation IS
/ what people think of me. They may
| be right in their opinion or
| wrong. My reputation is at
| the mercy of every tongue and
| pen in America. My reputation can be
taken from me and it can be restored
| MY reputation is like a glove. that can be
put off or on. My character Is the hand
within the glove. No man or devil can
| hurt my character. The grandest char
acter the world ever looked upon
was the Son of God. Reputation is
the shadow, character the substance,
character is the man himself. Cornelius
was a great man because his character
was go good. 1 am ashamed of myself
and of the people who live on the face OF
| the earth, when l think of Cornelius-a
devout man. We have not got the peer
of this man on the earth to-day. He
was a deYout man. He was just man.
| q prsverful man. God meant to teach
US that Cornelius was generous, noble,
fearless. man. He was a good man
everywhere. Some old brothers
are liberal when called on
when money is to be raised
but you can toll them to bell with jug.
Some of you old len will pray and pray,
but if you can get q grab at the home of
some poor old widow woman, you will
gobble up everything the old woman has;
then come out Sunday morning and sing
'Hallelujah, tits done.
We are talking about q man that was
good anywhere, everywhere, all the
time and under all circumstances. You
see horse out there; he is combination
horse, good under the saddle, hitched 30
buggy, good anywhere, everywhere
He is a horse that Will stand without
being hitched. Some of you old fools
wont stand when you are hitched. You
break loose and they don't know where
you will be when they come again.
Stand hitched. Cornelius was a well
rounded character, thoroughly religious
Have you ever met one real true loyal
devout man?
cit is easy to be religious when you
set in to be. hate these wisbywashy
fellows. 1 say to him, Il reckon you
ain t going to drink any more, are you?'
Don't know. Sometimes 1 think
am, then think 1 amt. Can t tell.
You won't dance any more?'
dom t know; metimes think 1 viii,
then think l won't
Going to the theater any more?'
Don't know. Sometimes l think
Will -OGO VI LnCSC AlLbAC aAOA hAO"
what to think fellows. l like one OF
these fellows that march over on God's
side and saws / have come to stay.
G'I have been a Christian seventeen
years, and have never been invited to
dance since 1 was converted. Whenever
you get an invita- ton to bail the one
who sends IL thinks YOU are q hYpocrite,
and if you go you are one. They know
who to fool with. When a man knows you
are a Christian, and asks you TO take
drink with him be thinks you are hypo-
critic, and when you taste the drink you
are one. Do you understand that2 Got
that in your noggin? II you go and do
wrong you are a hypocrite. That fell
low 3 head was level when he invited
him. They know who to invite. A de-
vout man. When man gets in earnest
he gives God the right of way.
81 was at q prayer meeting in Atlanta
and sat away back, and the good old
brethren were discussing the obstacles in
the way of the church. The preacher
said: Il see Brother Jones back there;
let US hear from you.
al said, ''You have got hold Of the
wrong rope. There is nothing tied to it.
The trouble is in the gait you are going
a cheap John, four-mile-an-hour speed.
Get up, go to work, quicken your gait
and let the world see that you mean
something and everything will get out OF
your way. Get out of the way 1 am
comingI Then things will scatter
81 was on q train once, saw the train
slack up. Some cattle were on the track.
The fireman jun ed OF and drove them
away. They were not afraid. No dan
ger then-too slow.
'when you are on the grand trunk
line, and the cattle are on the track. as
they see il come rolling in they say:
Boys. the train is coming. Better get
of, or We will be flying up In the air
directly.
$50 a. q mile minute. Theses little
fellows who have so many obstacles.
Michael Angelo would drop bis brush,
powerless to depict the expression that