The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-05
next Wednesday night and he calls

you hit them all; you hit one shameless
house and you hit them all: you hit one
whore-monger and you hit them all, but
you hit ono preacher and the other
preachers will say give it to him. That
is the way we do it, You hit Metho
dist and the Baptists and Presby terians
say he ought to have been hit. You hit
Baptist and Presbyterians say give
IT to him. You hit one of the DEVILS
crowd and the whole business Jumps
right on to you. Gods crowd is disor-
ganiIed but the DEVILS crowd stands to.
gether for life or for death.
NOW what we want in Roanoke is
unity. That is everybody who is on
the devlls side to get over there. IL
you belong to that side take a stand and
II you belong to Gods side come over
a"d take stand. Now, will tell YOU
what do not want and that is to have
fellow come here and profess to DO on
my side and then strike. And NOM
Der OF the church says, Well did not
much like that either. 1t is tho truth
but am sorry he said it, What is such
member of the church worth? Some
times l have known a little preacher To
get up and scratch his head little. |
DO not know what for, and he SAYS, Il
declare l cannot indorse something
Jones said. | never asked the little
puppy to indorsc them.
lie is around shooting off his mouth.
| want to say to you preachers here in
Roanoke, 'Bretheren' l love you; YOU
are noble, consecrated men but do not
ask you to indorse mo. In the first
place | do not need it and in tho second
place | do not know whether YOUR
Endorsement would DO worth anything
or not. If any body asks you If you
indorse Sam Jones tell him no. II
had been here as long as you have and
oone nothing moro than you have /
would not ask any body to endorse me.
What We want in Roanoke is CO.
operation. / want every preacher to
corporate with mo and every member
OF tho church to cooperate with me- do
not want anybody to endorse me. say
these things that we may understand
each other. Some coed sister, with no
moro dignity than she has character,
might get the idea into her head that
Sam Jones expects an Endorsement of
everything which is said here. We'll.
sister, bless your heart, We won't ask
you to do that. Suppose you were to
wrltc out an Endorsement and Sign YOUR
namo and your husbands, too. no one
would know you a thous and miles from
hero. If could get an Endorsement
i
help me, not otherwise.
How many in this audience could
say, 1.-Two or die, sink or swim, am on
Gods side to work and die We will
test you before long. We want your
help and don't nee1 your criticism.
About the first thing the devil does at
my meetings is to appoint committee
on criticism most of the m women who
go about shooting oil their mouths
Sister, when you leave your mouth at
homo there isn't much of you going
around. Then q lot Of old brethren saw,
do not like this, don't like that. He
won't take in Roanoke. Roanoke! can
put this littlc town in my ves5 pocket
aud not know it. | am here to act. |
am not hero rs an experiment
suppose you were rebel and went
into the Yankee camp and criticized
General Lee, what would you think of
yourself u, rebel? Now, tho man who
will criticize this meeting is lust about
that kind. Como on Gods side
would rather have ten men ON God' :
side OF every question than l0.OoOuuasi
Omissions. God says of these thorough
fellows: One can chase LOCO and two
put 1000 to light. Tnrce would clean
up this whole town That is what we
want-men and women uncomp romis-
ingly on Gods side. And if we get them
we will win the fight.
81 am not novice, just away from
home. and am no experiment, coming
here to see whether Sam Jones will
take. know tho devil takes we'll I
have fought tho good fight. | have
known folks To quit the church. Lord,
deliver mo from a gutter. There are
hundreds listening to me now. Some of
you quit once and joined over. and YOUR
wives are afraid you will quit again.
Here is farmer who comes to a mer
chant and ASKS him how much he owes
him. Five hundred dollars. saws tho
merchant. Welt. I'll quit you But
pay your bill No. I've done quit you:
I'm going to Texas You can 20 to
Texas or perdition. but YOU owe me $500
just the same, and you are a scoundrel
ii you don't pay
NOW. Il man goes 10 his preacher and
wants his name scratched off, Iou are
quitting what is true and right and
writing yourself down rs ing untruth
ana wrong. You are writing down that
you once belonged to God and have oui.
TOD. There are carloads Of you right
here. have known preachers to quit.
but never knew one who did but What
his people were glad of it, Ihayc never
seen the day since joined the church
when any man could trushfully accuse
me of quitting. They may turn mo out
hut wont quit. have come to stay.
have kept the faith. may be a turn
out. but never gutter
81 have known men 10 belong to n
church and tnen turn infidel. or in for
he'll, WHICH ever it is, running oil after
Bob inSersoll. II | had 4 dog that
would get oil the true trail that way
would shoot him. You can turn off il
YOU want to. but am going to march
on. and when can't march will crawl
God deliver the gutter"