Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-12

eyed drunkard is within three
months of a drunkard's grave, just so
certain will he go to hell. Momen-
tous issues hang about an inevitable
eternity. Men lie down aud die like
au OK. Why will they not accept as
true the solemn warnings of future
fate. If he does his salvation is as
sured If false Il dare not but it that
way) he will come out with the best
tof them. Oh +! the stolid Indifference
OF men. The sinner was compared
to the daring Alpine hunter. Facts
meet us and facts overtake us. Indif
ferent! Men drink themselves into
hell indifferently. God pity the man
who walks your streets Indifferent III
these great issues. Amid all the way
wardness of my life I never was in
different about spiritual matters. l
never went to church in my life that
was not aroused by the sermon /
heard. l preach to young people with
all the JUNCTION of my soul, and they
receive 1t with stolid Indifference
enough to make the world fall upon
its knees. God, awake the young
people and show them their danger.
Here the evangelist paused, and
with much soIemnity said: / have
one request TO make. / am informed
that the German Cub of Clarksville
contemplates soon a grand calico
ball. want some one to record the
names of the participants, and write
me twelve months hence the indi-
vidual history of each one. What a
record will ten years hence reveal 10
the lives of these young men and wO.
men! They propose to trample under
their feet the word of God, to mock
and scoff Him, dance and whirl, and
finally fall over the precipice and
scream their way to he'll. Stolid in
difference
You say: "No, sir, l am not
ignorant of the effect of these things"
Are you reckless as to consequences ?
Seventeen men in this town selling
liquor, when God has said woe unto
the man who putteth the bottle to
his neighbor's lips, selling stuff to
drench the world in damnation.
Some men reach the point where
they seem greedy for damnation.
There are men in your cemeteries
out there, and whose souls are in
hell, who ought TO BIZ in this taber-
nacle tonight. They might have
lived twenty years longer, but not
content to sit quietly and die natu-
rally, they ran, skipped and leaped
into hell. By their stolid indifference
men curse God to his face. A sight
like that is enough to make the dev-
il hide his black face under his wing.
Will you tell me you are not reck-
less. The good spirit moved some
here last night. Will you say that
you will attend to this matter at
more convenient season-to morrow,
perhaps. Pharaoh said "to. morrow"
and the last time We heard from him
he was swallowed in the Red sea.
There is not soul in hell that didn't
say Tomorrow" Rally your man
hood and say "now." Men think of
stocks and bonds and everything else
but their duty and destiny. l am
pushing the question on you. Fly
from this apathy, 1 am preaching
to men who will close their eyes and
never wake up save in hell. APP
pealing to men to run up the white
flag in token of surrender to God, as
suring his hearers that he had not
for twenty years preached a more
earnest sermon, the evangelist ex-
tended an invitation to the uncon-
verted to come forward and manifest
a desire to quit sin by giving him
their hand. To this a great many
responded. Others were invited for.
ward who had determined to unite
with some church. Among them
were several prominent business men.
Subsequently he invited similar
expression from church members
who had been living away from God,
disobeying his commands in divers
ways. Hundreds went forward with
earnest faces and gave their hands to
the preacher. To many it was a
glorious occasion.
A tremendous crowd heard Mr..
Jones preach this morning from the
text: "God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten Son that
whosoever believeth on Him should
not perish, but have everlasting life."
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