The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-21

mindful OF MS ohtn OF ONCE,
know there are men who do not like
law, either human OF divine. There 10
many man in this country who does
not like the ten commandments. They
say "Ihou shalt not steal" and he is
sorry God said that for no secs go many
things laying around that hG could pick
up; he is mad because God said II.
! am going to preach
THE NAKED TRUTH
with lovo for tho last man OF you, Ill
never preach again US long as l live !
intend to declare the whole counsel Of
God unto you and when | Om done
you can rush to tho river with mo and
tic sinkor to me and drop INC into its
muFky waters, but in after years you
will have the reflection that you took u
man who was not afraid to say what
he beloved, and put him TO death but
God will punish you when the world Is
on fro,
l have nothing against you because l
don't know you; how can l have any
thug against little fellow like youP
! am going to take up some OF the car
dinal sins SO commonly practlced by
men and talk about them.
THE SIN or PROFANITY.
The first ain We will t0ko up is the
Sin OF profanity,
Tue old mon swear, the mtddle'aged
men swear, tho boys swear. | think
/ have heard as much swearing among
tho young bucks Of this town as any
town was ever in in my life, The ain
of prolanityl Tho old man cusses, the
young man cusses, thoy all Guss. What
do you want TO cuss for? What is
there in 1t for your What is there in it
to add to your manhood, to your char
actor to your integrity to your honor2
i want to look you in the face and say n
thing that burns like fire ii you have
sense. A man who will habitnally and
Professionally break one Of Gods COM
mandments, il you will turn him loose
no will break them all, Lot mo illus
trate, Suppose say man who steals
will lie and get drunk and curse, you
would say that is right. Now lot US
commence over on tho other side, Il
man that will curse will lie and get
drunk and steal.
You cussing scoundrels, listen at mo
u few lninutes. Thou shalt not steal;
thou shalt not swear. You will break
that ono, but you won't break this one
and man's nature leans towards the
dollar every time - why don't you
break that one? is it because you are
HONESTY A fellow can 20 around this,
thou shalt not swear, there is not u
thing III tho way. Thou shalt not steal ;
hc don't take three steps until no strikes
asheriiI, u court house and chain gang.
Do you catch OH to that?
Take Que of those young bucks sitting
out there; he Is cusscE III Sam
Jones says anything about my cussing
I'll kill him." Now, Bud, il live until
you kill me I'll live to DO as old as Me-
thuaateh. Take young man out there
that cusses; no would crush young
girls virtue tonight II he was not
afraid OF double.barrolled shotgun in
the hands Of her father.
Yes, sir, he will cuss. Old cussing
colonel, old cussing judge, old cussing
captain, old cussing citiEen Ycung
men cuss. all sorts cuss. want to
hold you up tonight and show you
what au internal sCoundrel you are II
you curse. Yes, he will cuss in min
ute; he will Cuss preacher, cuss be-
fore woman, Cuss anywhere-he is q
cusser from Cussersville. said the
other day ii man will curse that AIM
all he'll do, and | said to myself after
got to thinking about it afterwards,
faro you sure you arc right?" A few
days ago was riding on train when
two OF those GUSHING drummers came in
and il there any OF you cussing drum.
mers hero you happen 10 be in the
right pew and you will feel that
/ have paid you up. There amt
but one class of men in America that
has right to go through this country
cussing, that ia the old whisky sellers,
and you ought to go around through
this country cussing everybody, you old
devils you, and il | WIS q bult.neck,
low, down scoundrel OF whisky seller
would cuss, too. These two drummcrs
came in and took q seat in front OF me
and commenced cussing and talking,
talking aud cussing, cussing and talk
ing, anddirectly one Of them dropped his
voice in an undertone and told his com
paniou how he had crushed tho virtue
of poor waiter girl ut the hotel the
night before. Then l said TO myself,
Sam Jones, give it to thom ii u fellow
cusses, that amt all he docs"
Yes, he will cuss in q minute; he will
cuss anybody, too. What do you want
to cuss for, you back-mouthed, dirty
scoundrel your Is there any manhood
i'll it2 Is there any character in it?
YOU OLD CussING COLONEL,
you are pretty old cuss walking around
the streets, aud the poor mother cannot
send her little six-year-old Willie down
the street but that some of you old
cussing scoundrels will SOW his little
heart full OF tho seeds Of profanity be.
fore he eau get home you dirty, lousy,
NANCY old scoundEel. You are ct for
nothing but TO be butted to death by d
goat, and would hate to DO the goat
that would have the nasty job. II you
don't fee like u mean, NANCY old dog
now, Bud, you don't feel natural.
Boys, husbands, fathers, let mo say
this to you: You would not live with
your wife an hour ii sh0 was an old
cusser, and you would blush in shame
il you heard your daughters using It.
Lot Us be as pure and good as We would
have them DO.
Down in Madison, Georgia, there was
fellow who would cuss a blue stroak
ho would cuss ut the table and every
where. His good vito cried and begged
aud plead with him TO quit it, but he
kept cussing and GUSHING until one day
no cume home to dinner and
said to his vito: ala the
Inn,ooA ala diuunr rnnJv0D GIL,