The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-27
SAM JONES ON THE POWER OE GOD,
WHAT IL DOWNRIGHT LOYALTY ?
His Prelude on the COllCctiOn--1n II
Earnest sermon in Which HS
StrilkCS Some Sturdy Hlnxys

Earnest Sermon in Which liz
Strikes Some Sturdy Blows
Sam Jones, tho noted evangelist, i.
conducting series Of meetings in Au
@usta, Ga, and is creating u STIR il
lhn' city 10y bis direct and forcibl,
D ows AZ the sins OF the day His scr
mon ON the conc, uding sentence of tn,
L'rd'S prayer is striking in its vigor
ana c"rncstnc>e, and his remarks al
tl' tlne OF the CO lection were 80 typi.
cal tbat We give them as II DR., lud, tu
the sermon itself:
NOV comes the inevitable, ubiquit
onH COZ 'cctlon. 1T h"unts some people. /
VISA everything in this world was fire.,
You hav" FREQ schools; You wanted free
SILVER, ana some Of you would like To
nave Tree ,OardinG houses. Some Of
your sonS'ln law nave them, too. It's
hnn thing to be able to live on vour
Nllc's father, amt it.? Somu time u
NAN thinks he's lost daughter wnc,
he finds he's only got another kid It.,
| az ling, but If you over catch M
| Hlng OIL my fathcr-in-law or having
..y daughters husband living on me,
just hang me. Pm like the woman who
always was borrowing her neIghbor's
| prass Kettle aud when shc got one Of
! hcr own she srid: Thank Cod, I'm
nrit' er borrow ror lend All tho aver
age girl who has leisure and IL bicycle
| 'l;Ia 10 do Is to ran down some dude and
| Ill be II have TO do will DO to kceD his
bicycle in rcpair.'
This morning ! want to talk to Won
on subject that has always been in.
tercating 10 me and cannot fail TO inter.
stcvrry Christian. mean to take A.,
Il Text The last clause Of the LORDS
prayer: "for thine is tho kingdom,
re power. and tho glory for over.
| Amen"
II you take tho supernatural out @,
Christianity you Will have Only a sori
"i buddhism and Con;uciunism. Anu
| nave noLIG"u l.at II you take out the,
| original irrvOr from religion You suOu
| drlt To lDiiucIity. Some deny the cX
'stcncc OF Goa with their mouths anu
others act like They deny it. love TO
be candid and if act like didn't be-
| ~ T1 II | wouldn't profess belief with
| my mouth.
When preachers lose their first fer
V"r They make good css 'yiStS good ora.
'ors, but hardly goodpreachcrs. "Elr
! lh'nc Is the Kingdom, the power aus.
toe glory" | want TO talk to You, bu,
! obi CT 10 your going To steep here.
| give you boarding, but not lodging.
II You want 10 "iccp so 80 u hotel.
| some OF tn SO morphine eating sisters
may he asleep with their eyes open
nuJ | don't mind that SO much y
morphine sister. II had Il wife Hk.
ihat q go TO Chicago where a. maj
can get Il divorce six minutes after Il,
ihnds there. And lu be Il grass wild,
'wer AID :,."'d be q uog. fenncl widow
Db you k"o@ the difference between a
srMss and n dog -fcnnel widow /? Ga.
caves her uabund and the others hua-
and leaves her.
iHiiIus,ratc what | mean by this
COVER OF Cod bv an Illustration. For
p"opic viii SHAY awake 10 hear an illus.
IraLi"n though they'll sleep through
inc rCst OF the sermon. Suppose | had
| threc dogs standing here, al 'qunl in
"Hi8ht, slH hEd condition and usL the
ntiIcr side oi thcm "a boy and giri and
President Mck,nl y, each with " bis
cuit ~ their han,is. The girl has ten
%rAlns OF slrSchn!nH in hers. Thcy all
ave lbrm TO the dogs, and though
""o CT IhG dogs risk around after cat
a@ tAcm the third dies. TIC dog Wa,
%'i"u not ~ the biscuit. but by to-"
rtrychn;nc in it. So with the power Of
God. Inc preacher doesn't do the
cork. It's the power Of Coo. If wc arc
depending on human tlflrts we are,
zone. ii the power is there good wi
oiio", and 1T wll' Kill sin. For thine
" tbS p'"tI 'tu , lHllDiLc power
II We had few people here With
That power We could shake this Old cIty
rom centre TO circumference. No
doubt about it.
when Il stJrm centre Is disturbed ter
'llic results follow. | want to toll YOU
hai II the praying people OF tnis city
would disturb the storm centres they
can make great II ct.
The churches here are like a trolley
car. VINE n you discOnncct IT. from DOW
~ tho lights 90 out and it wont move
" IOOl. but put on The current and all
will be right. Il the churches would
only get connected with the divine dy-
na1Io what IL result they could achieve
some Of these Old church members are
| 'ss still as IL ston'. Tnuy amt moving
foot. sui they sing, "Im going TO
my journeys end" lL's Il lie. They
aln'L Il going.
For tame is the power. This has
r"lcrcncc SrltIZcnohiD and loyalty.
NJthlng Is desplsud like II traitor. A.
,atr Benedict Arnold because he WA
an ollincr IN the American army who
sold out ana went TO the Otncr suc.
Don't you think a. church member whO
oavco the ranks mnd goes into the d. V
| IL gang Is Il TRAITOR? The old Irceby-
| JCrian sister VINO goes TO the thcuLcr
| Is one OF these. She's the devils old
| pod eve. BENEDICT ArnOid was IL gen
LEHMAN compared to her. loyalty I.
| Love, true Iovu. II | was TO spoil love
ut according to It's meaning II woulu
DC VIII the letters that compose lry.
| atty. ClrlSt himS III said that love de.
| nundoG loyalty. "lf any man says he
'uvcs me ana keeps NOT my command.
m"nts Inc same Is IL liar and the truth
moi in him."