The Monitor-register., 1896-01-31
REV. SAM JONES ON WOMAN's
WORK.

tnan sam Jones of Georgia." Sam
DICK was not more droll nor was Sam
Johnson more thorough philosopher,
but one feels like ASKING the famous
preachers pardon for mentioning him,
with his 1.-THE figure and sparkling eyes
land ringing voice, in the same breath as
the wheeling and doughty photographer.
on the other hand, it is doubtless true
that the greatest literary man of his dav
would not thank us for coupling bis name
with that of reformer who spends little
| time over books or lexicions ard break
down were he confronted with an
examination in the classics of his OWE
or any other tongue, but doubtless also
there Is no speaker in America who can
call together SO many people and send
them away with SO many good, everyday
purposes in their heads as our Southern
Samuel. We have often wondered what
effect he would have on an English audi
ence, and we were inclined to think that
he would carry our cousins across the
wallowinP waves by storm, for they
dearly love one who hits straight from
the shoulder in driving home the truth,
and if ever there was a man who did not
mince matters it is the Methodist preacher
from Cartersville, Ga. He delivered a
sermon few weeks ago in Little Rock,
Ark, on "Christian Womanhood," (his
text being, II beseech you therefore
brethern by the mercies of God,'') on
| which occasion he came out SO strongly
for the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union that We have heard his sermon
| referred to almost everywhere on our
Southern trip. SO it occurred to us to ask
| what he had said and a ministerial
brother of the prohibition persuasion
furnished copy of the sermon from the
Tennessee Methodist, and here are extracts:
brothers and sisters, somebody asked
me one day: Brother Jones, haven't you
got grudge against society?' Yes,
have,' l said. What is it?' 'Well,'
said,1 wife and I have talked about it and
cried over it and prayed over it many a
time. The hardest tasks and trials we
have ever had with our children was
| because we would NOT let them do as
tsother folks let their children do. These
society people Gas they call themselves)
have made it so hard for wife and me to
raise our children right, that I have
grudge against them; and am going to
tell them of it every chance 1 get. Is
not that right? was preaching one
Eday in my own town at the tabernacle,
and | said in my sermon, I want every
parent in my town to pitch in and help
me raise my childrenH and they looked
back at me as much as to say, How can
we help you p And then / said, All you
parents pitch 10 and raise your own
children right and then my children can't
get into bad company and be led off.
Il we would form chiliren.raising
trust, and all parents raise their own
children right then there would not be
any bad ones to lead others off. Don't
yOu see now 1t WorksT
"Sister, let me look you in the face this
morning andesay the blindest woman in
the world is the woman who conforms to
fhe things of this world. l tell you what
l want to see in this city: Wives and
mothers all united together in common
effort to bring purity into this community
and save the town. r wish we could
make it a fad in societyto fight the devil
instead cf entertaining hi6! III it was
fashionable in this townto Rad the Bible,
lwhen.s6tnesa ysu sisters @otatogether
one of you would say,@ I Mad ten
chapters in the Bible to-day; apother, I
read twelve and another, 4 rexd. .ffteenp
Another old sister (verY. fashionable)
wouldssay: q just read all I'll time; /
haven't slept wink or eatep !. bite al
day for reading FL !. u,
Nov listen to me right IEloag,here for
a minute. How many.nemb befs has the
Woman's Christian Temperance Uuion in
this town all tolds (Answer :tSixty.')
Nov listen; How many of Them are
regular attendants and workers !? Can.
swer: 'Twelye.) No wonder the saloon.
keepers and the gamblers have it all their
own way in your town. 1t is dominated
by saloons and gamblers and shameless
houses, and twelve women in the town
are regular attendants and workers in the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union!
But all the same you women will go to
Church on Sunday morning and sing,
I'm on my journey homeH Sister, you
can sing it very we'll if you are pointing
downward, but want to see how you are
pointing when you sing It. Hear me!
You have got to pay the bill some way
sometime-you have! tell you fact: 1
know Methodist steward, and know
him personally and well, who paid one
hundred dollars to his church, and when
times got hard he cut it down to fifty
dollars, and before the close of that year
his son.. in drunken spree, killed man,
and his father had to mortgage his home
for eight thousane dollars to xeep his son
from being huagl .,That%as.a bad go.
Let me tell you mothers, listen: Since l
came to this towna young man, a son of
a mother here, came to my room and
said: I am ruined in character. / have
gambled Rway money that don't belong
to me; I'm wrecked and ruined And
yet, mother, you are doing nothing for
the +. W6hangs Christian Temperance
Union. I tell you, some of these days
you will pay dear for this neglect. There
isn't woman 10 this town that ought
not to belong to the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. If 1 we.e a saloon.
keepers wife or daughter, would 60 at
once and join and be the best member
they had. Perhaps her misguided hus-
band might be saved from a business that
is damnipg the world. Twelve working
temperance women in this city, with the
town ruled by whiskey and the devil!
Twelve women. Isn't woman that
belongs to the Woman's Christian Tenn.
perance Union in this town called
crank9 (Answer: sYes,') Have you
ever been CALLED a crank, Brother
Thomas ? (tosthspastor.) (No answer.
II yoa have Rot'i is because you are of
(n9stespT TptfI never knew man or
w6Hlh she church that was any
ACCOUNT ssthat peoplesd didn't call them
.cranks; ardy sister, If you have never
Inn cafied& crank. rs heaanse Won are