The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-10
THE NIGHT SERVICES.
Sam Jones Handles RonnoI<e and Her Of
ncials without Gloves.

Jones delivered Il short but impressive prayer.
Then came the collection, and once more the
great evangelist made strong appeal to the lib
crnlty OF the audience, after which he announced
that the usual services would he held this mort
ing AT 10 O'Clock and at 3 O'Clock special service
will he held for colorcd people. Then at s O'Clock
the usual services will he held. Mr.. Jones then
delivered the following wonderful sermon:
"Now, brethren, trust tnat this will he tho
crowning service up to this time in all thcs C
meetings. Let pray earnestly and let us look
to God tonight for his blessings upon us If you
will pray to night trust VIC shall have the word
ot the l.o.d in power ana in demonstration OF
the spirit. take for my text the 18th chapter or
the nth OF the book of Proverbs, AS right
eousncss tcndcth to life; So he that pursucth evil
pursuot tn it to his own death
when ~ good man dies, my brethren he not
only goes to heaven, drawn th,hcr by the natural
force of spiritual gravity not only by the privi
lcgc of God and angels but when II coed man
dies lie goes to heaven by tho common consent OF
every other man alive upon the earth When
bad man dies he not only goes 10 hell drawn
not only by the privilege of God and angels.
hut when n bad man dies he goes 10 hell by the
common consent or every other man alive
Did you ever attend the funeral or Il good
man: One known and wrote OF nll men good
and noble and pure. Have you not seen tho
minister bend down to his caskct and say, This
IL The body Of our deceased brother and his spirit
has gone hOmc to God and have You not seen
the look OF appreciation upon every face: have
You not heard the comments along the sidewalks
as you left the funeral service; have you no: heard
men both good and sinners, cay, That preacher
told he truth: that vas good mau and he has
gone home to live with God.
Have you attended the funeral of a dcccIful
man In the church, II man vino doesn't live
right: and have you not seen his pastor bend down
10 his cnskct and say This il The body or our
Deceased brother and his spirit has gone home To
live with Goi: and have you not The look
or dlsapprobation OF every face: and have you not
hctrd tho comments along the sidewalk You
left tho funeral service and one said To another.
lltt mi rod
every principle OF the truth. That man wa. not
a GOOD man; he Is not in heaven: that preacher
KNOWS III know 1t: God knows 1t, and doc
believe will ever hear that minister preach
again.
There l. not man in this town but wha.
credits the fact that when good man dies he
goes home to God. There Is not Il man in this
town who does not in his heart believe that when
a bad man dies he goes down to hell When
good man dies he goes to heaven jus. ~ ratu.
rally a. this book would drop to the GROUND IL
should turn It oosc When Won turn this hook
loose there Is but one place for 1t to go, and That
l. To tn" ground. When good man dies there Is
but one place in the universe OF Goa for him to
when bad man dies there is but one place in the
universe Of God for hin To 60 and that is To
hell ~
"Sin is not only trans gre sion OF the law but
ain y II disease. H. is one thing To commit sin:
II Is another thing To he sinner. Now hear me
moment nj that point. 1t looks like very
small matter that n man told lie this afternoon
IL may be small msttcr that you told lie but il
~ MI awful thing To he liar IL looked like il was
II small thing that that man got drunk ycstcrdnv.
II may be II email thing for IA man TO spend an
iiour In midnight carousa, but it is an awful
thlhE 10 he drunkard. Ii looks like il a. Al
small thing for man to Ovcrrcach in a trade
nut 1t IL NJ, awful thin. to be IL thief. 1t may he
Il RIM Ill thing TO you TO commit a sin, hui the
most awlnl thing IN the universe OF God il to he
sinner.
when lie jumps out liar Jumps In, and
whcn y0n lie you arc n liar aud when 70 get
drunk you are druukard and whoa you over
reach In trade you arc n thief. and when you com.
nit II sin you arc n sinner. rho act committcd
M unl las
within IL the thing that is doing the work on
You. Now good many people think that sin is
something thht hoats GrOund in the mir; some p-o
pie think that sin is roaring lion going about
seeking whom II may dcvour But sin Is not
com ein.nE going about ike i0aring ion
through the county,, but IL diicaao liza, ID
encc To night.
Some months ago picked up ono OF our
morning papers and saw that Senator Benz. H.
side or his tongue The newspapers made iirht
OF 1t and snd 1t was caused by fractured tooth.
few weeks after that saw that senator Iiili
was under the surgeons knife at Phladclphin
and they took out about one third or his tongue
aid the doctors said Now he will soon recover
Surgeons knife and they took all the glands
out OF ono side of his face and neck and the
senator's son. standing ny. said. Doctors is there
any chance for fathers life.'
Yes, said the doctors, il we have removed
an tnnt virus of cancer from his system but tho
least possible remains in his system il will kill
him; picked up the Atlanta Constitution Il few
weeks later and it said he. largest crowd that
ever walked through the streets OF Atlanta fol.
lowed the body OF Senator Hill to the cemetery
Yesterday Just ~ certain as virus OF cancer
put senator Hill In his grave ut Atlanta Just as
sure VIII virus of sin got YOUR body AT last Sin
docs the devils work accurately, almost inner.
ceptibly.
Ono of onr countrymcn, travelling in the cast
ern provinces, had heard of serpent, the most
vcnomous known to man. n, d from the bite of
mat serpent one dies almost instantly. One day
ne was standing in grove and heard n wall OF
i'm
the big toe The fellow run" himself in pain for
u y, imcineht ana Then sat down on n rock and sat
there for few moments without trying any Icm-
coy for he knew there was none
Tic sat there but few moments and he told
ms companion My foot il perfectly dead to my
ankle few moments more and he said. NV
leg is perfectly dead tom knee. You NAV stick
knife through il and there is no feeling there
few moments more and he said My leg il
perfectly dead To my body and n few moments
more lie said, All my side lie perfectly dead and
as the poison worked its way Into his heart he
choked and smothcred and tell back dead
am talking 10 men here tonight who arc
one-half nead am talking to men here to night
who are three fourths dead nm talking to men
here tonight who are nine -tenths dead and am
taikin. to men here tonight who arc as dead to
doomed and damned i'll the world to Gomez II
has done its work.
There are men and scores of men in this town
breathe snd walk There streets and vel some Of
them have not heard sermon in twelve years. in
twenty Years. An evil disease pcryades tho
world. 1t as epidemic. II is contagious
Now to he open and pracl ical, say first lie
that pursueth evil 0nrsueth II to the death OF his
conscience ana every elm or mau's life is n di-
rect star at his conscience, and men stab. and
stab, and stab their cor science until conscience
hfcatnes fis l8st and expires forever Our
national conscicnoois dead our United States
Congress itst II has made u covenant with death;
our stale conscience IL dead; our municipal con.
science is dead. wa
1.-The municipal conscience of Roanoke. W..
mas no more existence than the devil Inns an
existence In heaven There is no municipal con.
science mere. Is thcrc:nn ftiCa fhis wI,n
would claim to have an official conscience? Ii
there an Official In this town who would claim
that his conscience has hurt and wounded him
btcaiire OF his neglect of duty. There Is not an
Intelligent man In Re anokc. hear my words bnt