Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-15
Sam Jones ON Prayer.

Sam Jones ON Prayer.
Galveston News.
Your Uncle Jones has besn stir.
ring up the dry bones and old
soaks Of Dallas, Texas. The Gal
weston News reports him as fol,
lows: In the opening of his ser.
vice he had something to say about
the collection and this issthe way
he talked:
Brother Jones gave a few ideas
about it. GA committee has pre-
pared this place, alta cost of about
$1,000. Somebody's got to pay
for it. You've got it. Now what
cher going to do ahout it? There
are Just three ways of getting
something-one is to have it
given to you. another way is to
buy it and the other way is to
steal it.
sNow you take your choice
buy or steal. If you pay for it,
it's yours. If you take and don't
pay for if, you know what you
are, you old scoundrel you. An
other thing, I want you to keep
the aisles clear. Don't put chairs
in the aisles. Old brother slap.
ping himself in the aisle, thinking
he's got rights, and there's an old
swapping sister spreadin' out like
green bay tree so nobody kin git
by. Keep out of the aisles, you
old ounces, and give somebody
else q chance. Now, l want to say
to the sisters, don't bring your
children at the night meetin's.
They amt big enough to under
stand, and only take up that much
room. You can bring 'em to the
day meetin', but at night you must
leave your trundle bed trash at
home"
Then to The News reporter:
aPut that in the paper and I'll
deny saying it, you hound, you"
Which shows that like other Hogg
men in the last campaign the
brother knew 3 few things him
self.
'sNow, brethren, for forty or for
ty-fve minutes shut out everything
except the thing that brings us to-
gether."
Reading the first six verses of
The second chapter of First Timo-
\ thy he took for his subject
sPRAYER. ~ u
The most effsc sctive thing weean
do in this word is to really pray.
There is very little real praying in
this world. A great many of US
say our prayers, but there's a Won
derfnl difference between saying
prayers and praying prayers. You
can learn 8 heap in real praying.
There are all sorts of praying, but
most of you brethren can't pray
any higher than you can spit to
save your life. The prayer just
won't go up. To really pray is a
Christian accomplishment. What
we need is some one who can real
ly pray. Want preachers who can
pray. There are hundred preach
ers here, more or less, and they are
all good preachers-of their kind
and there are ushers and stew
ards and nickels, judging from
the collection. You all think this
is q tabernickel. It's not a taber-
nackle. Do you see the point, you
stingy old devils? We've got eve
rything except some one who can
pray. We want people to do the
work and We will run the devil out
of this town. The devil is running
this town now. He's got the right
of possession. Any of you can
See that unless you're an old fool.
Anybody who thinks the preach
ers are running this town amt
got sense enough to come in out
of the rain. Isn't that SO, Spra-
gins?"
Brother Spragins kinder halted
and Brother Samuel punched him
again. sDon't you know that any
five saloons in Dallas have got
more influence than forty preach
ers?"
Spragins: "Yea, j believe 3d."
Eyes," continued the little devil
driver, athe devil has been run
ming this town for ten years. If
You had elected the devil mayor
]: and had ten of his imps for alder
men they would not have changed
a thing-got things Just like they