The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-23
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CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS.
SOME SHOULDER HITS.
Delivered by the Celebrate ed
Evangelist. Sam Jones.


Delivered by the Celebrat ed
Evangelist, Sam Jones.
II there isa being on earth have
contempt for, il 10 the high license
preacher.
he won't be in hell five minutes un.
Ill the devil will saddle and bride
and ride him all around sho wing him
of as one Of his little high liceuse
preachers.
l have lost my respect for q preach
er who IS more loyal to his polite sl
party than he is to God Almighty.
The cry Of the age is for liberal
preachers who don't interfere with
either politics or religion; preachers
who read the Commandments some
thing after this wise: "Thou shalt
not steal-if there is any chance OF be.
ing found out. Thou shalt not com
nit adultery, but you may have two
or three wives IL you have them in
different towns. Don't break the
sabbath, but you may bend II double
"a preacher that don't interfere with
any body's moral character or politi.
cal creed.
A little Methodist preacher is
on infant baptism, mistak-
ing perspirstion for inspiration, and is
just moving heaven and earth, aud all
the little babies in town fast asleep,
and all the grown up people going TO
hell
And little Presbyterian preacbe or
will get up aud preach on the final
perseverance Of the saints, and there
aint one in ten Of his crowd has any.
thing to persevere on.
The Episcopalian preaching about
apostolic succession and telling his
people where they came from.
Better be telling them where they
are going TO.
And the Baptist preacher about
water, and more than half OF the
crowd going where they can't get q
drop.
l say that a preacher who can get
up for four weeks and not say any
thing for prohibition Tho devil bragg
on such a preacher. and whenever the
devil brags on such Q preacher. it Il
time to take him out and relicense
him.
Aud, IL you will. excuse me when
say that this 10 poor, mean, dirty
streak Of cowsrdice that makes them
keep quiet. don't know q game
preacher who is not turning his guu
on this traffic.
You see one OF those little fellow
make a break on this subject. and the
next Wednesday evening two old
deacons take him aside and say
Now, brother, YOU heart feeIin's las,
Sunday, aud two Of our priDciplesI
members are talkin about leavin."
"And they say you musn't do SC
again." and he says. his knees shaking
like aspen leaves. IL won't"
OLord! what is such Q preacher
worth TO this world?
Here is one man who makes whis.
XIV; another who sells IT.: anothe
" ho rents q house for the sale of II
anothe, who votes with party to
license il; another who dies drunk.
Now, II you can fix that up 80 that
some Of that crowd will goto heaven
aud some to hell, you are a profound.
er philosopher than ever / have been.
1 believe further that God will send
them all to hell together.
You old red Dosel Democrats had
better look out. You Republicans,
too, who furnish houses TO sell 1t In.
1t is wrong to drink. wrong 10 sell
hisky. wrong to rent houses for the
sale Of il, it is wrong TO license It.
And how can you and | run with q
party that is particeps criminis to al
il do and be guiltless?
You cant dodge 1t.
aish Icould see the forces OF good
organized.
II know there never was a time
when the DEVILS crowd was so vel
organized as now. You hit one -.
loon. and you bit every saloon in
America. You bit one gambling bel
or one shameless house. and you hi
them all. They will all die togsther
You never hear OF saloon keeper
having a row with another saloon
k keeper. nor doing anything against
the business Of another. or anything
Of thst sort, but IL you hit one preach
er the others sll ssyi Give II to him
lie had no business getting his mouth
in IL anyhow
I believe Gods forces are ln IT.
majority. But the devil pushes BIZ
crowd in q solid phalsnx, sweepine
this country from Maine TO California
God wants 10 move forward his forces
There's an old Republican. who says
II can't 90 with YOU now. ] want e
see nv man ell ,cted. You will have
10 excuse me this time" And the olt
Democrat says:"Y-y.y.you will hsv'
10 excuse me TOO, want To 60 will
nv party this year. I can't 20 will
YOU, Lord, this time; some othel
time. msybe" And when God want.
to rally his forces most Of the churcl
IL on the other side, and he cant d.
liz at all. /.
}, five license the saloon keeper he !
as good as any body.
!, / have but one objection to the "
censed saloon keeper. and that 10 ,h
same objection have TO q bedbug
,li,'s the way he gets his living : O
1.-The heads Of families.