The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-12

devil they have no time for secta'
ranism.
He told how Iowa and twenty
other states were frozen up sud
denly because the storm center in
Dakota had been disturbed. II
Waco VS. turned full head hell
ward, and we could stir the storm
center of religion, We would have
as great change in the moral life
Of Waco as the disturbing of the
storm center in Dakota made in the
temperature of tv enty states of the
union.
Here he hoped on to the tobacco
chewers and spitters, in parepthesis,
and compared them to billy goats,
much to the delectation of the non
chewers.and-spitters.
Waco needs genuine, old fash
icned scalding and securing. There
are things here which, if you don't
clean up, they will clean you up.
He referred to the fact that senti-
ment had been strred up which had
put some Of the diamond studded
gamblers in Jail. The town must be
raised so high that man cam OF be
held respectable who CANDLES or
goes in saloon. Ia Georgia the
man who goes in a saloon cannot
fild a negro low enough to associate
with him.
He then paid his respects to pro.
gressive euchre, saying the old
sister who allowed 1t in her house
was lunatic or natural born fool.
He cloaed with an appeal to all to
take what he sad in 60 d part. say
ing it was meant for their good.
THE EvEING MEETING.
When Bother Excel had put the
choir through several selections,
while the tabernacle was filing up,
in the evening, Sam James arrived
to open his batteries on Sa.an's
for resses.
r ght at the opening plaintive
notes of Infants voices were heard
in various parts of the hall. This
brought from Mr.. Jones a rebuke to
the moths rs n plain English.
'Il's just az religious" ne said,
"to take crying baby out of the
house as it is TO pray, and | want you
ushers to notify the arents to take
them out. My mother used to take
me cut, and for practical purposes,
too. And when l got back, you bet
| was heap better kid. A great
big ar-old aid fussin'; amt got
no nanny, that's what's the matter.
If woman had fus-ih' kid by the
side Of you, you would get mad. 1t
would he time to get mad"
Brother Jones then took his text
from the last verse of the 9th chap.
ter of Eclesiastes: Wisdom is
better than weapons of war, but one
sinner destroyeth much good"
He went on to explain the mean
ing of the text, illustrating the
more forceful points in way that
caused much laughter He fire..
auently turned to the preachers
sitting on the pla form for endorse
ment and he always got it, the
"amt MS" coming promptly and with
force.
All the pain and wretchedness of
the world was caused solely by
mans refusal to conform to religious
duty.
In their turn he paid his respects
to the young bucks of the billiard
hall; the girl that takes the dudes
arm and lets the dude take her arm
the hi.ky drinker and the pistol
toter, WHO were little simlin headed
devils, inferior in intelligence to a
billy goat.
He turned to the preao hers and
advised tn. m to preach Of the pres
ent and its evils rather than the new
Jerusalem. He wanted the re-
porters to take down his best
hits, and to get it all, and not
get it mix ed up.
~ expect THE News will come
out with pictures of all you preach.
ers sitting here, but they'll have to
put the name of each fellow under
1t, for if they don't no one will
know him."
The rest of his sermon was de.
voted largely to a general condem,
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