Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-31

show yon that amt rcpcniantc. l VIII /
say for the sake OF the illustration, thar
have sot boy ~ years old thut | |
haven't, aud that the boy coincs homie
drunk every night thni he l.A't, ! ain
just illuNratiuga aud its jtst like
woman that said "Brother Joncs said
thai the old wninnt thai
DRANK BEER WAS A SOW.
lid not say anything Of the kind.
l said SOW would not drink beer with.
ont being swcetcncd. That good sister
was lying under a mistake A great
many people think ] have no respect
for u woman. have morn respect for
q woman than any man you ever saw.
There niut thing this side OF the am
gels thnt i have more respect for than
tue women. and ] like them, too. but 4
heap Of you women amt gut as much
sense as an old cow. Now, don't say
! said old women we're cows. because
! did not. Glee a COW a hunch Of hay
aud sic win only ent the good hay and
leave the buars aud weeds, bnt you sis
terS don't separate the trash, One
old sister said to me the other day.
Just quit comparing these people 10
dogs. My dog is just she best animal
In the world" | said. SISTER, was your
dog present. ] would apologize to the
dog There ain't good woman on
the facesot the earth that ! don't like,
! like thcin lust as well Us my wifcwill
LEI me. aud love my wlfo. too Would
you believe ~ And ! said 10 her ths
other Jay. Laura. their Is mighty few
women that | like better than you.'
and that's fact: but She used to In.
dulge me more than she does now. She
used to let NE ro Ia and kiss the cook
and never say word. but she won't 10
that now. Ny wife was doing the cook
lug at that time. But l switched on az
boy coming home drunk every night.
The boy comes home drunk aud sits
down by the FIRE and begns u hluhber
aud says, "Oh. papa aud mamma, ! have
come home drunk again. and ! AIN so
sorry ! don't know what To dn. aud the
next night he comes home drunk aYain
aud builders aud says. " never was 30
sorry IN my whole life, ~ him out
on the porch the next morning. aud
say. "lnu have got 10 nit one or the
other thing. Nou have got 10 quit hlub'
herring or Quit drinking' lie cOnics
home next night sober. and he says,
Father, | am quitting" And say.
III you have quit, don't hlubher, lt's
quitting aud Il Amt bubbering thai
gets there" Don't you sge how Il
works? You hear n preacher gct an
aud talk this way. Repentance " sor
row for sin. 'Well," you say, Brother
,I0ncs, the Bible says Cody SORROW
worketh repentance" Well, the thing
that works a thing " moi the thing.
Steam works the engine, but steam il
not the engine. Repentance Is
QUITTING RIGHT STRAIGHT
on everything that God says you must
not do, Are you ready TO unity You
say, II have drunk my last drop. ] have
last unc,nn deed" Then yen are re
pentant that Gar. Take the word "con-
vert" aud the word repent" mean the
same thing, literally. You have the
word convert" which means con- to
gethrr. and "vrrto." 20 turn. Here Is a
man standing. lie vcrios 10 the right
thai Is. turns TO the right Or yertos 20
the left-that IL, turns TO the left, aud he
| will con, together, aud yeno. turn: you
SEQ he X turned the other way ! used
| TO think sinner WIS lost IN the wilder.
ness, and il would take "a week 10 get
him ont. Heaven Is nt oiir end of the
road and hell nj the other, and there ain't
but two ways for YOU TO 60 An old sin
ner il turned to hell. and want 10 cou
aud verto him, and then all you have 70
do Is 10 let him 90 that way and be viii
get 10 heaven. Con, together, aud Nerto,
,urn. aud that " repuniAnet+
One Of cur old nreichcrs once was
/ preaching on roper nncc aud old Uncle
John Knight got IN rnther late, and The
preacher was up splitting hairs on evan
| grlirnl repentance and legal repentance.
| A fellow eau get dollar hundred for
splitting rails. but nothing for splitting
hairs, and this preacher was splitting
hairs on repentance. Old Uncle John
| Knight got up aud said, George. VIII
yoi let me tell those folks what repent
nnce Isl" Old Uncle John was lame IN
one foot, and he got M and started down
the aisle this way GmtalinRl ! am going
10 htll-l'm going to hell Fin going 20
hell Aud then turned around and walk
i ed the other way and said. Pm going
To heaven I'm going To heayen-lln ro-
ing TO heaven" Md he saili snow,
George. have explained repentance 10
ihrm. Now go on with the balance Of
your sermon"
IF we icpcnt Of our sins" Brother.
what Is II? II that thing u wrong, !
will quit, and ! will quit forever, !
don't know how far you preachers agree
with me on this subject, but ! say. SORROW
for sin il not repentance. Here is q icl'
low that was drunk last niehi. and he ID
30 sorry that be Just
CRIES AND CRIES
and cries. and goes down tpwn and gets
drank again, Here Is a fellow that wa'
drunk. but he has quit. lie aint drink