Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-03-25
Sam Jones on the ''Second Bless
ing.'
The American Outlook

Sam Jones on the ''Second Bless
ing"
The American Outlook.
At the First Presbyterian
Church, Nashville, Rev, Sam P.
Jones preached a sermon Of great
power on Fridas, the 18th inst.
on Psalm 1852; And speaketh
the truth in his heart" Bro.
Jones said:
A man is never better than his
heart. A clean heart is the need
of every Christian man and wo~
man. This should be the cry and
the plea and the earnest object
of every believing child of God !:
Create in me clean heart, Q
Godm Thank God that many peo-
pie seek and obtain it. | don't
care what you call i, whether
The second. the third or the
'housandth blessing, it cleans
out and cleans up -purlties the
heart, cleans up the life, and,
thank God, SO benign and won~
drous and SO needed a work Of
grace can be possessed by men
and women. | welcome il under
any name, and have profound
contempt for the spirit which
would depreciate the people who
| possess 1t or the great grace
which has come to them.
You may say what you please
about the holiness people, but |
want to say this: | haye never
seen a holiness man that was not
a Prohibltionist from his hat TO
his heels. [ have never seen one
who did not vote for prohibition
always and everywhere, | have
never seen one that didn't fight
nquor, card playing, and every
phase and form of WorldIiness in
he church. I have never seen a
second blessing man or woman
\ that believed in or gave card
parties. indulged in punch sling>
lag, went to the theatre or dane
ing parties, or engaged III or en-
couraged any phaze or form of
the deviltry that is cursing the
church to day. | have never
seen a second blessing man or
woman that wouldn't pray any
where and everywhere when
called on, and that wasn't ready
te stand up and testify for the
Lord whenever opportunity Of
Il fered. l never Saw second
blessing person in my life, man
or woman, at the head of a fami-
| ly, that didn't get down night
and morning and pray for the
children in that home and for
| Gods guiding hand in all things
pertaining to their sacred home
responsibilities.
I will tell you another thing
[ never saw preacher in my
, life that was fighting the holi-
) ness crowd that wasn't dead
t dog in his pulpit-can't bite.
You may watch 1t. Every little
preacher that you may hear
| lighting the holiness people is a
j fellow that hasn't had a revival
or conversion in his ministry il
! years unless he got somebod !
else to hold his meeting. God
: just won't honor any such 6
: preacher. You-aever see a mai
} in the church who tights the ho.
5 liness people but what if.you vii
/ search down far enough you vii
find him wrong in his life or rot.
ten in his character.
| will tell you another thing
Whenever you hear one of tht
: sisters in the church just pitch.
ing into these s'second blessins
q fanatics as she calls them, vol
may set it down she is one o
e them old gals that either has
: punch bowl in her house or sh,
5 slips across to her neighbor an,
just takes a little" or leads il
some form of Worldliness,
Sometimes folks have said tha
9 [ eft" the second blessing peo
8 pie. | want to say here and nov
it is not true. I never do an.
J such thing. I don't fight them.