Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-31
SAMUEL'S SERMON.
Man is a Machine Accompanied
by Book Of Directions.
Some of You Will Never Run Because
Some Parts of You are Not
to be Found.
You Need no Party Caucus to be Elected to
Speakers DetractOrs-Three Sermons.

Yesterday was big day for the cause
of Christ IN FortWorth. Excurs ion trains
came in heavily loaded on nearly every
road LEAD. g into the city, bearing pill
grims to the shrine of Sam Jones. The
streets were crowded during the day, the
the extra patronage, and the immens g
canvas tabernacle would not hold a half
of those who sought to enter its portals.
The service in the morning was more
interesting than ever if possible. The
crowd was immense. Song service was
rendered by Brother Excel and choir,
one beautiful feature Of it consisting in
having the gentlemen voices alone in
one verse, then the ladies voices alone.
Brother EXCEL sang as solo "'Look and
Live, - with the audience singing the
chorus.
Prayer was offered by Brother Shell
ton.
Mr.. Jones came forward and made
the announcements and spoke of
Miss Bennett and her mission.
Something over $1,000 has been pledged
here for her work. She goes hence to
Greenville and Sulphur Springs. He
asked the people to go to hear her, say
ing: "If you don't get the worth of
your money send the bill to me.
MIR. Jones took for q text the seven
teenth verse of the seventh chapter Of
the Gospel OF st. John. elf any man
will do the will of God, he shall
know of the doctrine. - "These are
the words OF the Lord Jesus himself.
At the time they were spoken he was
surrounded by the learned doctors of the
land and the Pharisees, all trying to
probe him, and Jesus told them to test
his words. If any man will do likewise
l say he shall know that what I say is
true. Christianity is unlike every
other science in the world. Geology,
arithmetic, all sciences are taken in with
the mind. This is the science of Christ
crucified, science that must be taken
in with the heart. A man Is not a sinner
because he Is an infidel, but an inf
del because he is a sinner. Ayman con-
cludes to sell whisky and the next thing
you know he is saying, Il do not see any
harm IN it.
81 never ask man what he believes.
I say What s your life? Are you with
willing mind doing whatiyou know to be
right?' Religion is doing your level best
every day Of your life. That's practical
religion. That's the practical sort that
makes man good to his wife, good to
his children, good in his community.
Jesus said, 81 go to prepare
place for you. What kind of
place He is preparing concerns me very
little, but the question is: How am
being prepared for the placer Only the
prepared souls will enter the heaven pre-
pared for them. Heaven Is the center of
gravity to the soul of the Chrlstian-to
the man who has more of heaven in him
than of earth. If you and-I would pitch
in and do what we ought to do God
would spread out the streets of Fort
Worth till it became a suburb
of heaven. But God takes in
this town. For Fort Worth to hoist her
self up as suburb of heaven would be a
joke. But do not fall out with you for
not doing so. 1 fall out with you for
doubling. If you take hold of that
doubt you will f1rd a seed at the root of
it, and that seed is SIN. When you adj
vertise your doubt syou advertise your
meanness. Quit SHINING and you will
quit doubling. Throw open the door of
your hearts and God will scat
ter all doubts. - Nathaniel 8
case was given. ''Men have al
ways doubted. Humanity has always
been skeptical. But a skeptic in these
days means a blab- mouthed fool, who
never read anything, Calico was ar
raigned at the bar of humbug for saying
the world moved. He was compelled to
take it back; but the world rolls on and
no one doubts it. Harvey discovered the
circulation of the blood. People said the
world moves, but the blood never. Full
ton discovered the power of steam and
they said the world moves, the
blood circulates, but for steam
to drive ship across the
ocean is impossible. Morse said Il
can make line through by which 1 can
talk from New York to Philadelphia.
They said, you can't do it, Now all
these things are accepted and no one
wonders at them. l believe everybody
but Brother Jasper at Richmond believes
the world moves. Nobody doubts that
you can go to Liverpool by steam. Jesus
Christ g precious blood shed for man 1900
years ago is science that can be proven
and demonstrated as surely as the
science of mathematics. You can be-
lieve this science and demonstrate it
now. I want men to believe in the
science of Jesus Christ cruciied. The
Lord Jesus said Il do not care what you
doubt If 20 u will pitch in and do Ny will
you shall know of the doctrine THE
proof of the puddin is IN cha wing the
bag 1t is the height of i'll manners for
man to say thing is true when he don 4
know what he is talking about. You may
say Christianity ain e true as far as you
are concerned, and If il amt true to
others you are fool and liar both.
All this twaddle about religion being
good for old women and children. Every
grand man when he says, Our Father
who art in heaven goes up instead of
down.
Here Mr.. Jones compared the grand
writings of Shakespeare to the Bible, the
word Of God. 1Talk to me
about religion being good for
women and children, you old soft
Drained Texas steer, you. All you lack
is some holes bored in your ears and
horns put on your head.
christianity can be tested like every
thing else in the universe can be tested
like the science of mathematics can be
tested. That's one of the most unerring
sciences known to men. Two multiplied
by two equal four, and six multiplied by