The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07

IN GU acquaintance OF days gone by.
l spoke 20 him ana asked him how his
FAMILY were, and especially his son,
Harry.
He said to me, Mr. Jones, ever
since you held q revival in my town and
my son was converted, my home and
my wife have been entirely different:
my home - happier, my wife is happier
and L am happier. / am carrying my
wife who is now an invalid and is in
the other car, on to hospital: but she
says since you converted her boy she
does not fear death. knowing when she
leaves this world that her bog. whom
she will leave behind, is deveut and
sincere Christian
But TO my mind the. saddcss sight
even seen is father and mother given
over TO tho devil, and the next saddest
Is to see good Christian mother striv-
ing TO lead and direct her children to
Tod, whilo drunken old husband is
striving to lead them heliward am
talking to you husbands who go around
home drinking and cursing. My, how
hate and despise such men.
Il would rather go home with the
cholera or small poX than with the
scent OF whiskey on my breath, Still
you go home drunk and stinkinq with
the smell of whislzeY and call yoarself
q gentleman, when you amt decent
deg. And some OF you people-listen
now-go away and say Nir. Tones calls
US dogs. but our Lord Jesus Christ calls,
you rUKiNG dogs. dogs vino go OF and
vomit and then eat it again.
Now when l call you bv nickname
you may rest assured il fits you much
better than your given name: now you
sisters here can walk by saloons stink
ing with the smell of whiskey and hold
up abous what Sam Jones says, 1t is
something like skunk telling n possum
his breath amt good. believe right is
right and By calling things by the right
name.
'lf man is dog. call him dog. If
man is a hog. call him hog. How
many OF you fellows who are members
OF the church drink whisley? You say,
/ have right to DO as please Now
VINO gave you that right? Il. cause YOU
never really joined the church is no
reason some OF your people think you
can 40 as you please Till you join the
church and soma of you oven after.
You latter are the worst of tho lot.
you will see man serve the devil ali
the week and go to church on Sunday
and ask Gods blessing to rest on him.
That man IS the worst scoundrel Of the
whole gang and will go whore he will
only need a linen duster.
Now, sister, what are you goinr to
do with Your influence: We want YOU
to use it. II you are good your influence
is good; if you arc bad, your influence is
bad.
brothers, how many hours day do
the saloons in this city keep open?
Iwenty'four hours day you say. Lis
ten. your saloons keep open twenty four
hours out ofevery twenty four. think
a fellow who can't make out on ten OF
htteen hours drinking Il day is n hog.
we don't have TO feed our pigs butter
milk in their trough moro than two or
three hours day, so you are worse
than pig. Let's open an almighty
piqpen
IF you people would BIO as diligent in
making Christians as the saloon keepers
are in making sinners this town could
be saved iii forty eight hours. Did you
ever notice how feeble the Lords people
are-how on prayer meeting nights this
one mas cold, that one the rheumatism.
another one something else, while the
devils people can stay out drunk all
night and roll in the streets and no.
feel it?
Listen, l am a man of flesh and
blood like yourself, aud from buyhood's
days till reached the age OF twenty
three years | led many a young man
off. bcing a kind of ringleader for them
and servant Of tho DEVILS. Nineteen
years ago renounced the devil and all
his works and joined the church. NV
joining the church made difference in
Cartersvilie, my native home, and |
trust and think it will make a differ.
erence in Roanoke. During the nine
teen years since became q Christian I
have built Il large tabernacle in Car.
terSvil!e have lived to see most of nv
friends of my goddess boyhood's DAYS
become Christians and Join the march
towards Heaven. 1t will make differ
ence in Roanoke for the next thousand
years how you people continue to live.
and the way some of you people have
lived will leave its bad influence in
this town long after you are gone AMI
wrestling with the flames.
'Brethren," said the speaker, point
ing TO the clergymen who were sitting
on the platform with him. do you min
listers of tho Gospel think 1T will make
a ma erial difference in this ciry for the
next thousand years that you for the
past few years have been in this town?
| have been in this community but forty
eight hours, and have no doubt but
that every soul for ten miles a ound
knows | am in town; whereas some of
you have been here for years, and ven.
ture to say there amt twenty-five people
who know it. Get long pole, brothers,
so you can reach way out and muddy up
the water OF the pond, SO the fish will
bite better. Muddy it up well and they
will come up on the surface and YOU
can knock them in the head with "a
club.
The church of this city is deader
than a I'D
minister and sexton OF church here
COnld lock I'M tho chnrnh and La... -.