Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-07-08


seen and heard. for to know his style, you
says 1t. and both are the styles of Sam Jones
and no one else.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JULY lsr.
On Wednesday night, Rev. Sam Jones based
| his remarks on Proverbs XI:19-"As righteous
ness tendeth to life; SO he that pursue.h evil
pursueth it to his own death.'
"Sin he said, becomes disease as much SO
as the horrible disease of leprosy, and the
blood of Christ is the only remedy. Sin stabs
and murders conscience. and what the people
OF Staunton should do is to dig up their con.
sciences. strip them OF their grave clothes, and
put them on their feet again. The friends Of
liquor have no conscience. Some Of the mean
est men in the world, he said, are in the
church. A bad man in the church is the most
corrupt man in the world, for to his mean
ness, he adds hypocrisy. A member of the
church VINO will fail to vote against the
whis key traffic has no more conscience than
the nog that roots in the streets. The liquor
sellers know that what he says Of them is
true He was told that bar keeper in this
city said to party of drinking men at his
bar who were cursing Sam Jones, that Jones
was right and he was trying to save just such
men as they are. He has told the truth. and
the man who says that he Jones) would mis-
represent is a hound of hell
IfCongress and the Legislature were bought
up in the interest of the liguor-sellers. they
could not do more for them than they have
done. In another six months Iquor-seling In
Staunton, he believed, would be among the
things of the past Some say If you abolish
liquor-selling you will ruin the prospects Of
Al
will build up town. No one wants to en-
pIoy drunksrd to do business for him. No
m erchant. no mechanic. no trade or avocation,
not even the bar-keeper. for he would turn eff
q man as soon as he became drunkard and
advertise for a sober man. The only place
where drunkard can be used is in the Legis-
lature and Congress. He denounced balls and
the evils attending them. Licentious men ac>
companying and dancing with virtuous girls,
who on other occasions would not allow q
man 10 put his arm around her waist, but
with the fiddle they can hug as much as they
please-the German is simply vulgar hugging
set to music. We should have q high wall
about the virtue Of our girls Admit that the
girls are as pure as angels, what are the men
who are dancing with them? The boys should
be raised to be as pure as the girls.
Society has no heart, and acts on the idea
eat, drink, and be merry, Tor tomorrow ye
die.
A fellow. under q nom deplume, made an assault
upon him. You know. he said, what nom de
plume 1s-it is buzzard without feathers. He
tracked him up and cornered him, and made
him apologize and confess that he had mis-
represented him. He had been, he said, called
everything but fool. He was. he said, no
ignoramus.
II conscience be dead in your bosom, you are
ready to do whatever the devil wants you to
do. You often hear it said, HE Is clever
fellow; 1t is pity that he drinks" 1t is lie.
he is deg OF the lowest degree.
Sin stabs sensibiity. He that pursueth evil
pursueth 1t to his own death. He goes pitch
ing down the down-grade to ruin, and the air.
brakes OF his nature won't work. His powers
of resistance are destroy ed, and sin stabs the
soul to death.
THURSDAY MORNING. JULY End. |
In crowds. said Mr.. Jones. people differ, but |
in private. and by the bedside at night, they
agree about what is right and wrong. The |
people are near together in their convictions
of right and wrong. BE said every verse in
the Bible was either sword or a loaf of
heavenly bread to feed the soul upon.
EHe announced his text-1st John, 3rd chapter. |
9Th verse-"Whosoever is born of God doth not
commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him, |
and he cannot sin, because he is born of God"
An honest man can't steal-a sober man, as
a sober man, cannot get drunk. The old |
fashioned religion Is the best that can be |
given. Some have the first and second bless |
ings, but are the same old fellow They say.
THANK God am as am. and am glad am
ILL.,
a right spirit within me. Whosoever is born
of God cannot sin. Behold what manner OF
man 1 am-the Son or the living God-the
noblest family in the universe. or the menu
bers of noble families much is expected. ana
true christians are the children of the Lord
Almighty, and the world has right to expect
much of them.
Sinners comment upon their conduct when
inconsistent with their professions. He had
said some hard things about church-members,
but he was merely telling them what sinners
thought and said of them. HeGones). If on his
dying bed, would as lief have Judas Iscariot to
pray for him as for a thestre>going church
member do SO. He would not marry a woman
who would violate her VOWS and debauch the
church, for If she would break her sacred VOWS
to the church she would break her vows to her
husband; and the young mau who would de-
bauch his church, would debauch q girl If he
was not afraid of q double barrel shot gun.
Judas Iscariot would not sell his Saviour to go
to the theatre to see haif-nude woman prauce
around. Christ is the groom and the church is
his BRIDE The bride should be loyal and faith
full to the groom. We should never bring re-
proach upon noble mother and princely faith
er. Give US loyalty to hesven. The purity of
the Christian church should be maintained. 1t
cannot be better than the hearts of the mem
bers.
The whole heart should be surrendered, with
out any reservation, to Gol-with no rooms re-
served for the serpents of enni.ty and the tigers
of pride and worldiiness. Examine your hearts
and see that they are clean, as tho two women
prayed that Moody's might be, aud as he af-
forwards prayed 1t should be. High prejudlces
posed of two latin words, and means to shoot
OFF your mouth before you have examined. The
faults of the people of Staunton, like AL staid
old towns, is self-importance and prejudice
you think too much of yourselves and too lit
tie of other people. You think you have the
best country in the worldiand the prettIest wo-
men and MODEST men, but 1, he SAIL am
Georgia Cracker" and l would not trade my
country and people for yours. If you could
buy at your true worth and sell at what you
think you are worth you could buy out j
Could he would be pauper beside you
Simplicity and faith are what we want. There
Is no christian sympathy here l have been in
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