Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-08-26
SAM ?. JONES.
The Noted Southern Evangelist
at Assembly Park.
From the Rockingham Registsr.

The Noted Southern Evangelist
at Assembly Park.
From the Rockingham Register.
Rev. sam p. Jones, the principal attrac
ton at Assembly Park this week. arrived
on the noon train from the West on
Wednesday, and delivered his first tax
that afternoon. Excursion trains bad been
run mp and down the Va'lsy. bnt the at
tendance was somewhat Disappointing,
the impression seemed 20 prevail that the
exercises on Mr.. Jones's frat day would
not be MP TO the usual standard of inter
est. Still the pavilion at the Park. which
is said TO have a seating capacity OF 3oOO,
was well filled when the noted evangelist
made his appearance shortly before three
o'clock. Prof. Hall. Of Dayton, had or
ganized pretty full choir on the plat
form, and with Prof. Ruebush at the
piano a number of inspiring songs were
sung while the congregation waited
The exercises were begun with PRAYER
by Rev. j. Il. Williams. pastor of the Meth
odlst church at Stanton, after which the
familiar hymn, "Jesus, my all, TO heaV IN
is gone" was announced. AT the COLI
clusion of the hymn Rev J. u. Donovan,
of the United Brethren church, made the
announcements and introduced the
speaker.
Rev. Mr. Jores without any prelimlna-
ries said that with the prayers, the at
tention and sympathes of the audience he
would make a short talk on one sin gle
word as his theme. Il was one word Of
infinite importance such as no other word
in the language possessed. 1t was the word
"home"-h-o-m-e. He would consider 1t
in its three fold pbases-physical, intellec-
tual and moral. whatever may be SAID o.
the professions and daily aYOcatlOhs OF
man, whether engaged on the farm, IN the
law. in mercan;lle pursuits, if things don't
90 right at home, tell you, my biethre',
Jordau's hard road to travel. No matter
how much a man may have IN this world
II he hasn't got a happy home he - a poor
man, and no matter how little be may
have if he has comfortable, happy home
he is all right. If a mans religion IS con-
fined to church and Sunday school once
week and he has none OF it IN his home,
he might as well do without fire at home
and try to keep warm by going to church
once a week. People don't build a big
fire in their public squares in the winter
time and gather round it to bake on one
side and freeze on the other. No; each
man provides a fire at home and depend
or that to keep him warm. There is
nothing that can take tie place of happi'
ness. peace and cntentment at home
You can tell mans character by gong
to his home If the palings are Off and
the shutters hanging by one hinge. and
the fence corners grown mp with weeds,
vou can tell that man has Stacking
character because he lives in a Stacking
home.
You ought to think yOur wife IL the best
woman IN tho world and your children the
sweetest and prettiest IN the world. HE
kind Of hOnse you put your wife ana
children in shows how much You think OF
them Now don't 90 by the amount y0u
have invested, because we can't all be
rich and live IN fine mansions, bnt we can
all make our homes comfortable II That
home Is but a one room cabin that didn't
cost over 500 Ny brethren, yon 60
round singing this worlds how ling
wilderness, but | notice YOU are the dogs
that are doing the bowling. The question
il not who lives there, but what sort OF a
man are You not whore do you live bui
are you alive and yet your wife a widow
Snureeon once said that his enemies
were ali comprehendcd in dirt, debt and
the devil Now I've gone 10 some houses
and looked around-looked in the kitchen,
and then been asked to stay for duner.
But had another engagemtnt / male
il after saw the kitchen. 1t Is said every
man has TO eat his peck of dirt, bnt l
prefsr to do the mixing myself. Many
men are in drunkards' graves today, put
there by what their wives gave them 10
eat. Biscuits Tor breakfast that yon
could knock down a yearling with, ana
fat meat swimming in grease till it look
ed like an archipelago. You may nor
believe il, but a mans character IS Affect
ed bv what he eats, and no man can eat
what some of you women give Your nus
hands TO eat and live ten inches above
nio. If nv wi e fixed better things TO
eat for company than she fixed for me Ia
quit her.
I have seen ladies dress elegantly at
church or when they went ont, Int they
didn't care how they looked at home. II
nv children think their mamma IS the
sweetest. pretticst woman Oh earth don't
care what Others think. We are losing
pride. my brethren, IN how we appear AZ
home in our anxiety to look well ana
dress well where other people see us
Some of sou farmers 90 to the field in the
morning AID work all day, and sweat and
sweat and sweat, and you come home ut
night and pile mp against your good vile
IN bed smelling like "A wet dog. II were
in her place would sead the noun' TO
the stable.
Now you say he's talking awful but
amt talking facts Then amt 1t all
right? II folks will quit doing these
mean things then I'll omit talking about
them. | once was taken in to parlor
and the windows we're open, when |
smelled a dead pig near by. 1 mentioned
il to the man | WAS visiting. lie sad
there was a dead pig there, but it wasn't
q nice thing to talk about in company. |
told him if he would put the pig where |
couldn't smell 1t | wouldn't talk about 1t
any more. And so with this awful talk
YOU think I'm doing. If you omit DONG
these mean things I'll quit talking about
them.
But the wife has a heap to do with it.
You have all heard that cleanliness Is
next to godllness-this side Of godlinesss,
TOO. let me tell you, and you can't reach
goodness without going through it.
have seen homes that cost million dol
lars. but the sweetest, clesnest little
home ever saw didn't cost three hundred
dollars.
saw some Of these old women nndging
their husbands inst now when ] spoke OF
cleanliness. | guess they are glad they
got 'em ont today. YOn may think I'm
talking a leap of fOoli-hness, but wait TIL
| tell YOU Y hat foolishness IS. 1t is the
stuff that is rubbed on fools. and it takes
a heap to 60 round, too. II you get any |
of 1t on yon yOn will know what yon are.
The mother that looks well t. her chill |
-en has got a heap on her hands. They |
should be dressed only with an eye to
comfort and not to appearances. The best
kind Of dressing IS to dress IN such way
that nobody will notice what You have
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