Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-01-31
CLOSED LAST NIGHT.
Mr.. Jones Preached One OF His
Best Sermons Sunday.
synopsis OF His Discourse Mon
ey Raised For the
Tabernacle.
The Sunday Morning Sermon.

Mr.. Jones preached one of the
best sermons of the series on Sun
day morning to an audience that
filled nearly all of the seats in the
Tabernacle.
Before his arrival a collection
was taken up by Rev. w. X. Piuer
for Mr.. Jones and his assistant and
about $500 was raised. A number
of the contributors withheld their
names. Among those whose names
were announced were the following:
]: H, Anderson $50, ]. d. Ware
SIS, B. f. Eager $40, c. S. Jarrett
so, Mrs J. H Anderson SO, f. J..
Brownell $40. NJ. Z. Forbes $40, X.
c. Hardwick $40 and the following
each gave S.: e. e. Wash, T. E.
Barbour, DR.. Bently, w. A. Long,
#. b. Lacy, q. II. Stowe, Ira l..
Smith, Walter Kelly, A. NJ. Wallis,
c. H. Bush. \. c. Khykendall. Mrs.
e. A. Chatter, G. II. Nash, J. O..
Ferrell, L. Mccartney, VIM. Girard,
w. e. Ragsdale, T. NJ. Dalton,
Higgins e. Son, J. H. Eggleton, J..
t. Edmunds, w. II. Tandy, G. c..
Long, G. d. Dalton, f. B. Bassett,
Miss White, Jas. West, T. Wall,
Miss Beard, H. D. Smith, M. John
son, w. p. Winfree. h. A. Peck, T..
ID. Armistead, II. d. White, Mr..
Walker, Frank NJ. Quarles, Mr..
Petree, w. FL. Jernigan, J. H.
Wade, J. w. Pritchett. Those Civ
ing $3.50 each were X. NJ Ander-
son, E. H. Armstrong, DR.. p. f.
West, c. E, Graves. II. NJ. Dalton,
Bailey Richards and J. II. Winfree.
Others gave smaller amounts and
then the baskets were passed
around for cash contributors.
As soon as the collection was
taken up Mr.. Jones entered and
took as his subject the Death of
King David and his parting ad-
montlons to his son Solomon. TAX
ing the words "Be Man." he de-
clared true manhood was the
courage to say no and the will pow
er to conquer temptations. Any
man can quit drinking if he wants
to. can whip three hngers Of
liquor poured out in any class on
this continent. Have done it for %
years. If | knew a room was filled
with poisonous snakes, reptiles and
constructors / would go into it as
soon as would go into a poker
room. There is not a man in this
town who cannot say Ill drink no
more, swear no more, be unclean no
more, and with Gods help have the
will power to do it.
God geared up man like a loco
motive. He has a go-ahead power,
but also has air brakes. The loco
motive is in touch of the engineer 5
hand on the throttle. The air
brakes can stop it in the length of a
train. Q Young man keep your air
brakes in good When tempted
10 run into a saloon, put on the
brakes and all the devils in hell
cannot push you in. The devil is
not dead, he is not even sick. He
is always busy, but God provides a
way to conquer his temptations.
Character is the application of these
two iorces-go ahead and stop. l
am glad to see so many boys here
to-day. / like to get close to boys.
Last Christmas l had 143 Carriers
vile boys from IS to 80 years old TO
take dinner with me. My wife
killed eleven turkeys and had other
things in proportion. About 10
o'clock it rained boys.
The speaker detailed a talk he
had with the boys after dinner. He
gave them advice in three 'dont S :"
and three ''dos. The dont's were:
Don't be idle; don't keep bad COM
pany; don't drink and gamble. The
''dos' were: DO stay by your in
tegrity; do lean on Gods arm; do
love your mothers.
Discussing the love of a mother
he declared that the true basis Of