Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-14

Taking the HIDE on Waco sinners.
straight Talk.


straight Talk.
Special Dispatch,
Waco. Tex,AprIl 13.-Thore was about
the usual attendance At the morning
service at the Sam Jones tabernacle,
They were the usual attendants. also,
ladies' and business men. with u pretty
large delegation OF negroes,
The song service under MIR. ENcelrs
leadership WINS splendid and was
heartily enjoyed by the congregation.
Mr.. Jones said there was nothing to
cover up In collecting money TO pay the
expenses Of this meeting the cost of
hitting M the wigwam To use gam
bler's parnnce, 1t was a square deal,
Now go IN and make up this amount.
Some of you pay 800 To see n circus,
and you say this meeting beats n cir
Gus daughter, 800 you see where your
honesty comes.
Now IN show you ththnt you won't
bring as much as u hog In the market.
by counting up the number OF saloons
you have In Waco and the taxes you
pay, / lind you are worth about 60
cents In the market, and good hog Is
worth Sl2 or SO Q-aughter) II you
can't put I'm something as tie hat
passes YOU. sister, pull of piece OF
your ribbon and put 1t IN; and. Bud.
II you haven't got anything, why spit
In the hat as II passes YOU. Great
laughterJ DO something.
Alexander, the coppersmith. did
much evil, The Lord rewarded him ac-
cording 10 his work." was the text
announced by Mr. Jones. Two things
Were aNloms No one denied that
men could and did do good and evil
IT'S easy 70 be good where every
budy's good, it's hard TO bee good
whore everybody's bad. It's hard
matter to swim when the tide IL all
against you. The best surroundings
and associates one can get are wnat
they ought TO strive for II one was
aanctifed he supposed they could tod
die along, but II one didn't have more
religion than he dld they wasn't sane
titled. and II he wasn't sanctincd you
either had to have some pushln' done
or you'd stall the first steep hill you
came to.
Some people had more religion than
they had sense, When one got SO
good, and he didn't want TO be under
stood as striking az the sauctined. that
they were too good 10 stay In ;ho
church, the trouble was above their
eyes, G.aughterJ Amt that go,
whaling turning TO that gentleman.
1t ls," said Mr.. Whaling.
There wasn't man or woman In
chrstendom who had been Haunted
with you're n nothing" That's Just
what the devil wants you 20 do. A
worm OF the dust; a worm with wife
and children, and with whlskers md
britches on, Uaughter) He suppus-
cd that in that technical sense, Brother
Whaling's church was ''wormy."
(Shouts OF laughter)
when the devil came to him ma
tells me I'm n worm OF the dust III
gI.aV man
got a wife and six children. O.auE'i-
teri And when he tells me 1 can't do
nothing I'll tell him he's liar and
TO take seat and watch me and III
show him." Q.aughterD
III you have never been lied on It's
because you didn't need any lying on
you, You weren't doing anything any
way"
The devil never shoots at dead
man. A dog didn't bark at a standlhg
train, II country dog vas so come
into town and begin barking at train
standing on one OF these tricks every
dog In town would jump en- Him and
run him out OF iowa. Great lnughttr)
wouldn't let him bark only at NOV
ing train. But the devil ansn't bark
ed at the lay members u The Nnco
churches once I'm ten years QnughtrJ
And he didn't know whether they bark
ed al the preachers more than twice In
that time NMofe lhuknNtI1
When the devil got an old sister TO
saying "oh, | don't believe everything
In the Bible" she was on the high road
10 hell Bud, II you don't believe the
bible you'd better call "A halt or you'll
rue It. He believed Il all. II God
Ind said Jonah swallowed the whale
Instead OF the whale swallowed Jonah.
he'd believe that, too.
N he ever quit the Methodist church.
he'd ioin the salvation Army, before
shutdown. II had more religion than
INV other organization In the world
Whenever God shall give US church
members in this city with as much re-
ilgion as the salvation Army, wen
take the world. Cries OF "Amen.'D Do
Won know why you do not enjoy re-
iiglon. bud? Do you, sis2 No; well
then YOU are like the old woman was
about the sugar, you Just haint II,
Q.aughter) Better rub up little. The
worst person In the world was one
Who was Methodist, without religion.
Every other church had something
10 cling 70 but Methodista. II Method
ists didn't have religion they were
naughta with the rings rubbed out.
Mr.. Jones gave the women thttlefs
good dressing down which was re-
ceived by the majority with great
gusto.
The men Jealous OF each other and
putting on brakea upon each otherA
trains df life were the next subject
MIR Stuart preached 10 parents ana
children this afternoon and hnd DIG
congregation. His sermon was highiy