Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-12
JAY COULD wNALTH.

JAY GoULDS WEALTH.
Speaking of jay GouId's wealth he
said: "They say he left forty millions
! don't know / reckon he did know
he left all he had" He then spoke Of
the complaint OF the poor that the rich
were getting everything and cited elk
Of the richest men in the world who had
started out less than thirty years ago
without a dollar and had themselves ac-
cumulated their own wealth. why"
said he thrift Is at the bottom OF II.
You drive along country road and zee
a farm on which everything appears 20
flourish. The very next farm seems 70
be dead The grass has got the crop. the
huzzard has got the mule and the sheriff
has got The owner
II would rather be a rascal than a fool
You can reform n rascal. but YOU can
never doctor a fool and you had Just as
well let him alone. A young couple were
about 10 be married. but before the knot
was tied the young woman told the
groom-elect that she was a somnambu-
Hist. That don't matter replied he: I
am a Presbyterian You can 80 with me
one Sunday ana I'll go with you the
next Talk about doing anything with
that kind OF cattlel
Politics Is all wrong from bottom 10
top. And a man who IS politically cor
man who will toll Il political lie will tel
any other kind"
Mr.. Jones directed his guns against in
temperance. and as he progressed in this
cause became more and more eloquent.
Said he: "The trouble is. the devil has
his forces organized and the Church has
not II you hit one bar-room you hit all.
and they stand together as n man. Let
somebody hit a preacher, and the others
VIII stand by and say, III served him
right for putting ia his mouth where he
had no business
'If every Methodist In Richmond were
"a good as the best one we'd take this
town for God. I'd rather be a liberal
gambler than a stingy Methodist. one Is
a pup and the other IS a wOrn-Out dog.
You might make something out Of the
pup. but you can never do anything with
the old dog. The greatest humbug on
earth IS the man with the hands Of
billiard-player the feet Of a dancer. and
the tongue Of a Christian"
PREACH LIKE a CANNON.
Here he gave his idea OF preaching,
and illustrated il by the following story:
During TIE war a lot Of COnfe1erates
wanted to stop the progress Of Federal
gunhost down the Missouri river, and
as their cannon were too cumbersome 10
bring through the woods, they strapped
one on a mules back and got it down 10
the river that way. The gun was loaded
and primed ana pretty soon the boat put
in an appearance The old mule was
backed up. ana as the boat got abreast
the fuse was lighted. This kinder worried
the animal ana he begun looking around
% see what was the matter. Then ne
b. gun t. turn around and around and
said Mr.. Jones. in a shorter time than
il takes me 10 tell It. every one Of those
soldiers was up a tree, trying to dodge
stray cannon-balls. That's the way |
want 10 preach. and that's the way IN
going TO preach
lie returned 70 the subject of drink, and
told Of a nephew of his who was serving
a term i'm the Georgia penitcntiary, while
his mother (AIr. Jones's sister was dying
Of a broken heart. "Whlskey.' said he'
brought him to il. and whiskey IS doing
ana has done the same thing in this
city" The fact that In the Capltol hullu-
ing at Washington We're located two bar'
rooms for the use of the Senators ana
Representatives was referred 10, and ne
commented on il very unfavorabiy.
"A man once asked me-" said he, III
| was "a Republican. 1 told him no. a
Democrat? No a Populist? Then ] tod
him that | was no fool. and said that l
was a gentleman.
Il have only two planks 10 my plat
form-for everything against whiskey' and
against everything for whiskey.
II saw where you preachers called
meeting the other day and decided on
united action. What have you been doing
for the past one hundred years? What are
YOU going to DO? Going TO unAte sure
enough? Well. If you DO ard Work, Old
Richmond Will be revolutionzed in Il
years time. A preacher once excused
himself for not attending my meetings
by saving that be could not listen 10
ylllparity in the pulpit. but he said be was
nravine 10 God to be with me. Now, what
do YOU think Of that lie wanted God 10
associate with man Whom ne thousHt
himself too good to associate with.
Tear me ! want to see things moving
want 10 see every man a true. noble
gentleman. / want to see every woman a
true Christian woman, pure and noble. /
want 10 gee every child being reared az
If should be. Then will the world be
as IL ought to be, but not until then. II =
all I'm the man. As he is so VIII the
world be. and until he is what he ought
10 be the world will never be what IT
ought TO be.
sam Jones on Methodist Reforms.
Mr. Jones left at $40 J'clock this morn
ing for Rochester. ~ y, where ne de-
Ilyers a lecture tonight. He VIII be on
this tour for the remainder OF the week
and will then return 10 his home, III Gar
tersville. Ga. To Dispatch man, WHO
called On HIM in his room, AT the LeNlhS-
ton, yesterday. he SPOKE in glowing terms
of Richmond, said lac 1eit deep hHteie9'
In all that concerned this city, anu tH g..
rressed the wish that Rev. sam W.
announced last fall, Of lnsutut.nS cru
sd in Richmond next spring III ne
does" said Mir. Jones "he VIII reVoiu-
tionlze your city government, and ne VIII
40 away with all rings. lie IS "oiKei'
is sam Small, ana when he puts ms ms
shoulder to the wheel something iS soihs
to drop" .. cha
when asked concerning his idea OF the
noUers that should be delegated 10 lhe
bisbops OF the Methodist Church, ne ulC-
tated the following statement:
Il am one OF the editors or southe,h
Methodist paper. published In NashFi,Ie'
Tenn. called the Tennessee MethouIS., !,
,rne r,aner is four years Old; was orBahlzeu
and r1n by Methodist preachers in the
Tennessee Conference for four years % :
weeks ago | became associate editor OF
the paDer. IL has always been Ioydi "
III. doctrines and discipline OF the Me-
thodist Church but as TO the poIcy anu
methods Of doing some things we Simply
claim the right. under the Constitution
ana laws Of the United States ana the
hoasted religious liberty Of this country
n we do not like thing TO say 50. There
are about million and quarter OF
ubite southern Methodists. We think such
a constituency needs one independeh.
naper. Independent in the sense Una
whatever goes on that isn't righi We snah
call attention to 1t. give the oihciaiS pii''-
Iece TO explain or clean them up.
BISHOPS NOT UNIFORM.
"In the first place." the preacher-editor
continued "our bishops are not UNIFORM
In their rulings and construction OF the
law we think prejudice sometimes mas
more TO do with decisions than has 'he
Golden Rule. We regard that an ofhciai
ia not a boss, but a servant OF the peo-
rIe in Church or State. We hold that
pishop. like all other officials OF our
Church. should be elected at least every
four years. and that as any othsr oiiclal s
of the Church who has demonstrated ms
Sncapacity. ought to be invited down anu
.t.t., the IhUrcn OUSlt