Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-11

WOutu run uOnH W OhTtoTSNlIie
and see her. At Murfreesboro
the train stopped. The conductor
came 10 me and said: 'Mr. Jones,
the engineer wants to talk to you (;
will you go out and ride on his Gu
gine?' l went and climbed into the
cab. The bell rang and the ponder
Gus locomotive moved off with the
train, / watched the engineer with
his hard on the throttle until the
train was going at the rate of fifty
miles an hour. The engineer, an in
telligent, manly looking fellow, turn
ed to me and said: MIR. Jones, you
got next to me last night when you
talked about the little girl being sick
in Cartersville, who had drunken
father. 1 had little girl to die
some time ago, and have not touch
ed drop of whisky since her DEATH
l sat there in that cab and preached
the Word of God to that man as
earnestly as ever preached it to ten
thousand men. Would to God /
could get close to some of you men
here to night. Your wife may be
bathing her pillow with tears Tor you
tonight. Oh, the trouble that some
men give to their sweet wives. l
have begged my wife's pardon ten
thousand times for the trouble l have
given her, and if we ever walk the
streets Of the golden city together /
will imprint a kiss on her cheek and
ask her pardon there. Your sweet
child may be taken frem you. Your
duty may call you to the bedside of
yoUr dying wife. You may think this
is serious preaching, but God will not
leave you to your sins until he has
stripped you. Your wife and child
can not come to the better world to
you, but you can go to them. I have
reached point in my life when /
am afraid to do wrong. / don't
know what will happen this side of
heaven. I go home worn out some.
tlmeS and think / will rest month.
l may be there a week when letters
and kilograms will come calling me
to work. l say to my
wife: wife, pack up my
valise, am going. / would rather
be in California preaching the wort
Of God than at home with a telegram
staring me in the face asking me to
come. | might be doing wrong by
staying at home. l may be fool,
but | am happy fool. / would not
go off on u spree for all the money in
the world. l try to be loyal to God.
| want to do right. You girls who
ga away sometimes against mothers
will, will remember this sermon l
am preaching tonight. You are
rushing to hell and God will laugh
at your calamity. Come back before
it is too late.
1t would be difficult for man to
picture the awful warning, the earn
est plea set forth in this sermon, In
the columns of newspaper. 1t was
the strongest plea for God the evan.
gelist has made in Clarksville, and it
bore fruit. He invited sinners who
wanted to lead better lives to give
him their hands. Over seventy-five
persons shook hands with him while
tears streamed down their cheeks.
Some of them were among the most
prominent men In the city. The
preaching is just now taking a firm
hold on the people, and great results
may be expected.
SERVICES ANNOUNCED.
The following services were an
nnunced at last nights meeting:
A children's service at 3 O'Clock
this evening.
A service for colored people at 3
o'clock Saturday evening.
A sermon to men only at 1890
O'Clock Sunday morning.
A special sermon to ladies by Rev.
Geo. Stuart Sunday evening at $3.50.
Men will be admitted to this service.
A nrayer Servicp at the Christian