Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-14
FORT WORTH VISITORS.
SAM JONES SAW TWO DOLLARS IN
THE nat
So THAT Accounts for it-if You
swear You WIN steal, aud ~
You sell whisky ron'u
steal Twice.

ernncle was crowded with people. The
singing was excellent. the Invocation
feryent. the collection tolefabiy good.
when stepped 10 the 'front.' The enthusi-
astic evangelist selecting for his text
a passage OF scripture, Before talk
Ing his toxt Jonea said. oh, my, this
stinFiness IN man can't be accounted
for had rather have church meni-
hership composed ot gamblers than
aflugy Mcthodlsts 4 man gets out OF
his railsion In proportion 10 wlint he
PUTS into q. There Is $4,000 difference
between the gate receipts at narnum'e
show and honor, which pays only 500
at religious meeting, sam looked
into the first hat that was placed on
the platform and said that there were
two strangers in town, for he saw s.
In that hat,
The TrNt
"Rcjoiee oh, young man. In the days
OF thy youth, Fear God aud keep his
commandments. So then every one OF
us shall give an account OF himself
to God What have written have
writtcn."
a record is pnrt OF you, part OF
myself, Like the amputatcd humid, Mt
times 1t gives you pain, 10 our records
at times itch and burn.
There Is God. The mountains are
Gods thought. The valleys are but
the expression OF the thinking power
that rules the world All mature pro-
claims the Infinite, IA unmlstakablu
language The Judgment, the final one,
Justice Is often tllwartcd az the courts
Of Justice. lie may brlbo The isdge,
the jury. and there arc Thousands OF
ways where Justice may be defeated.
LuwlcsfnoaH. the seed which anarchy
ana cummunism sow.
The porpctulty OF our government
depends upon the faithful enforcement
OF It's laws. Good officials lie Mt the
very base OF all municipalities aud
states. Every saloon keeper that opens
his back or front door ought TO be IN
the penitenfary FOR the violation Of
the Sunday law. which Is protection
to your homes. And Il church mcm-
Der that would hobuob with a Hn-
loon keeper II dainnable low down
scoundrcl II you want TO protect the
tcwn from the dcbauohinE influence Of
whisky. put II out ana any official who
favors the retention Of II wont do.
Tou can't sit down o. Isss. en- q
full-ncdgei aek. point up. II ! am to
be sacrificed I an no better than those
that have been sent from earth, an
tho martyrs went. Here the evangelist
poured shot. shell and grape Into the
snloona exceeding IN severity any at
tack that we have ever heard him
nuke. You preachers may 10 on and
say that Sam Jones was wrong and
n you DO you lie way down IN your
puailanimoug souls Gordon makes,
when demanded. prohibition speeches,
and did Cclqultt TIL God called him
to heaven. ! am for a strict enforce
n ,nt Of the law. a church member
that would not sign the local option
c,l Is OF the dcyil's kind can carry
this county FOR prohibition by 10000
majority. 1 hive enlisted under the
black nag, end 80 help mo God. ! in
tend TO die under It..
In our county mnn charged with
crime sometimes is turned loose by
operation OF law. Testimony may
criminate and II 80. the governor may
pardon. but In the court above. there In
no escape from the evidence brought
out against you. Can / cHcnpe the
Judge that laid a flaming mass on the
anvil OF intention and as he struck II,
npnriea few on aud framed the worlds
that glitter and Blisten In the coronnl
OF night? And he who breaks tho lcas,
OF Gods commands. violates the entire
decalogue. lie who takes one tangent
from the road 20 life, viii miss his way
home The moralist thus came In for
the cutting, whitening sarcasm OF the
man OF God Nh he apnlfe his message
TO tho immense audience before him,
What ! have written l have written. II
a man can keep record. emit GodY ]
had rather trust little slip OF paper
than the best memory. Hike simpkin
gaid and 80 VIII God exhibit the rec
ords. from which no one Will dare deny.
There are no records like that OF
heaven. And Just as soon an you and
l stepped across the line Of accountable
lty, We begin 10 write our records ]
had rather stand before God n good
preacher. than the highest arehangel
that sweeps around his throne had
rather be an inidel. than a time-servinB
preacher Along this line. Sam Jones
gave sn account Of his first eight years
In the ministry and once poor paid
preacher, but now the best paid
preacher in America. II you wiz per
NIT Sam Jones to toll and sweat hern
without pay, why II you stand II, bless
your soul bud. Sam JoneB can and you
can't drum me out OF. why own the
drums. The mayor Of Little Rock,
called on me once and said, Jones, they
want me 10 appoint a committee 70 sup
press you. Now I'll tell you. you can
no more suppress me than a cyclone.
God gave the power TO Sampson and
recited the Incidents in his touching
life, and nnaily when ten times Ton
thoisanos jeers greeted his cars, he
prayed for strength, ard tile irsat God
leaped out the skies and gave him
..,..,...,,, % triumph in hts death as he