Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-15
And breaches Lively Sermon at q
Big Ohio Campmeeting.
SOME OF THE THINGS HE SAID.
he Deals the Hardest of Flows to All Kinds
of dissipation.
TWO PLACES FOUND FOR A DRUSKARD
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH

in large grove covering several acres.
These meetings have the individual favor
of many OF the bishops, ministers and other
dignitarIes of the Methodist Church, who
usually attend them in large numbers The
association this year secured Rev. Sam
Jones, the widely-known Georgia evan
gelist and e1horter. He arrived last Sum-
day and will remain until the close of the
meeting next Sunday evening.
The following sermon, as much as looks
in type, was preached last evening. The
services were held in the large tabernacle,
and every one of the 1000 seats was filled.
The choir sang, There Is a Fountain Filled
With Blood" When they had finished
singing Rev. Sam Jones took his place at
the pulpit and preached as follows:
One of sam Jones' Choicest Sermons.
The text we use tonight is the seventh
! and eighth verses of the sixth chapter of St.
| Paul to the Galatians: "Be ye not deceived;
God is not Knocked; for whatsoever man
soweth, that shall he also reap: for he that
| soweth to his flesh shall of his flesh reap
corruption; but he that soweth of the spirit,
| shall of the spirit reap life everlasting"
| There are two absolutely impossible things
in this life. In the first place it is absolutely
| impossible for man to continuously and
| successfully practice a fraud upon his own
| thoughts. II You are Christian, you know
this better than anything else. l an. so glad
| that God will not allow man to lie down
| and sleep his way to hades. Now propose
tonight to take up a lew principles. We
! shall discuss the n in the fear OF the Lord,
| with malice toward none, and love toward
| all.
Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he
also reap. Sow whisky and rea p an upright,
| intelligent, sober, industrious citizen. That
is lie isn't it? Sow onions and reap let
fun iC inlt a q rrn a q III
breweries and distilleries and saloons and
demijohns in this country are sending
through this world tramp tramp, tramp,
drunkard's grave and into q drunkard's
hades.
Two Places to Send Dru,kards.
eff SOW oats and reap oats know what
to do with my oats But If SOW whisky l
reap drunkards. Now, what are you going
to do with your drunkards? There are but
two things YOU can use q drunkard for; one
is for the United States Congress
5he nessatars ane of 'e Ohio 'nIT 1ong and
loud laughterI You can use them
to advanta in the last place. This old
1 see Congress has just had up Mr.. watson,
of my State. for charging them that they
staggered through the aisles of the United
United States Congress, so long as they can
not run without a saloon attached.
If anybody asks YOU what my politics are
tell tn m Sam Jones is an uncom promising,
hide-bound ana steadfast everyday in the
week Prohibitionist. Loud applause from.
Prohibitionistsl. l notice some of you red
nosed Democrats and old-swill Republicans
do not clap your hands. tGreat applausel.
1 have but two p!anks in my platform. lam
for nything against whisky, and against
anything for it. II yoq put whisky
who is President. 1 do believe 1 would
rather have the devil for President and no
whisky than any man you may selec- and
dent, and there was no whisky, he would re-
sirn and go back to hell. rLaughterJ He
could not run his machine without it in this
country.
Demijohn Church Folks Catch It.
But we will never put whisky out of the
saloons until we put the demijohns out of
our private homes. You old demijohn
Methodist, you old demijohn Baptist, you
old demijohn Presbyterian, you say you
drink a little for your health; and you, old
sister, drink beer-the doctor prescribed it.
Better get on your wings than be waiting
down here making a bad example. If was
woman unless knew she was dead. and not
to a man unless he was dead three davs.
Sow whisky and reap drunkards. Do you
know that Prohibitionists are multiplyfnq2
A man that votes for whisky. that has boy,
is the most DEGRADED scoundrel that
walks to-day. 1 believe in women's rights.
L L
to see that day come when every good wife
and mother and sister can put in a vote that
will count and vote that damnable stuff out
of the country. believe women can preach
if they want to- / think a woman can be
anything except the father Of q family Of
children. loud laughter.1
Sow whisky and reap drunkards. am
not talking against the saloonkeepers, but |
against the traffic. have no objection to
the saloonkeeper. My only objection to
him is the same as that which h We against
l,T lfwysv.
heads Of families.
He Has No Use for Cards.
Again, whatsoever a man soweth, that |
shall he also reap" Sow cards and reap
gamblers. 1 never could understand why |
mothers will play cards and be an example |
to their children in the most awful light that |
children ever lived. You Methodists, Bap-
fists and Presbyterians that cannot run |
your homes without deck OF cards. it |
would be better that you had died and gone |
to hades be ore family had been born to |
you. 1 would rather be Judas Iscariot in |
leading my children to death and hades
You say, 'That is The most extravagantly |
talking man in the world" You cannot ex-
aggerate the sins OF this world any more
than you can exaggerate the beauties of |
heaven. / was standing here Sunday, going |
at the liquor business, saying that men sell |
whisky because there was money in it. The
whisky man said, standing out there:
"He is eaching for money" Is there
any difference between doing good for
people and doing bad work for people?
J. always did have right to pick a job. 1 |
can say before God. that JUDGES me, never
worked more faithfully or more persistently
for $4,000 year than / worked when I |
worked for $500 have gotten to where I
could afford to preach for less money, but it
is best for you stingy devils that you have |
to pay something forit [Laughter.l
AJob He Wouldn't Like.
The laborer is worthy of his hire. have |
been paid $500 a hour and some of you can't |
get 10 cents and if you did you you'd have
to give it back to them. [Laughter.1 1t is
busin ess about Sam Jones' preach
ing and lecturing. If 1 didn't give more
daddy and granddaddy and all your folks
clear back TO the time of Adam 1 will eat |
the whole lot [l.aughter.1 1t would be q
dirty job but would DO it.
Sow little parties and reap big parties. Sow
big parties and reap the parlor dance sSow
the parlor dance and reap the ballroom and |
square dance, and then the round dance:
and SOW the round dance and reap wicked |
Sow potatoes and reap pota-
toes. Sow lettuce and reap lettuce.
Something has got to be done with our
boys and girls in this nineteenth century.
Something has to he done for them. The
boys are mean and the girls are all fools. |
stand ready to maintain the fact that the
boys are drifting farther and do most any
thing Tor a good time, and you girls have
no better sense than to run with them. If |
you were got drunk, or were impure, a boy
would see you dead before he would walk
with you, and yet you will walk with boy
when you know he is wicked from the top of
his head to the sole of his feet. Our boys are
more particular about going with people
than you are.
FOR MENTAL DEPRESSION