The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-14
JONES TO THOUSANDS.
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.-otber's love and a great deal more.
1Then father and mother have ceased TO
,,. son. God loves him STILL Never a
Van in hell was put there by God be-
- He did not love him. Love cannot
i've though it can pity and suffer and
1--we and bless. 1t is only the blood
~ the Lamb that can cleanse and save.
Tss a mothers love is great, but it is
,-1f the infinitesimal part of the heart of
,t,I poured into the heart of the woman"
Here Mr.. Jones, dwelling upon the
,,ve that grows stronger when loved
-ns seems to be sinking, said that he
sor7etimes tells his wife that it seems to
him that she loved him more when he
mas drunken worthless and unregenerate
+h7n now. whereupon she makes answer:
.,yVsU old fellow it seemed to me that
,.ou needed it more them
Then the preacher drew a picture of
home made wretched by drink portraying
rhe love of the wife for the husband.
which. despite tie debauchery to which
he had sunk, still abided in all of it's
warmth. That love, he said, was a little
of the nature of God, so how great must
he the love of God. Then he told of the
love that is borne him by his dog and his
horse . Even with his frailtieS, he is able
10 inspire this love in his animals and
make them eager to serve him in any
way Lower than the brutes, he said,
must be men, when they are not stirred
hy Gods love and do not arise to serve
i'm. 1t is a helpful love, too, he said,
mat is needed. And such is Gods love.
which is extended, il it would only be &C.
,epted,. to 10000 wrecked and ruined men
right here in Savannah.
Word About Intemperance
Some time ago 1 was in Robertson
county Tennessee, upon a temperance
campaign. | have no regard for
preacher who never made a temperance
speech. The devil is Dragging on such a
preacher. l was speaking 10 just such a
crowd as this, and by the way, i am
glad to see such a crowd. 1t is the big
gest that was ever seen in Savannah for
a religious gathering. That is the truth
There are 10000 people here, but do not
doubt that the papers tomorrow will say
there were 5000. AS l was saying, though,
this meeting was up in Robertson county,
where they make that liquor that 1 bet
many of you old red-nosed rascais have
been drunk on 1000 times. There was a
poor fellow there, gone to the dogs from
drink. ragged. unkempt respondent and
without a friend. He came to me after
the meeting, and told me Of his troubles
He had been touched by the talk and
wanted my sympathy. / gave him more,
suit of clothes, rigging him out from
hat 10 heel. And told him: There is a
little sal3owface Georgia preacher who
will stick to you till his heels fly up
And the man got a school to teach and
lived happily with his reunited children.
And it was not long before merchant
invited me into his store and asked me
to accept a SIS suit of clothes. l told
him that 1 would if it would be any ac-
commodation to him. That outfit for the
school teacher had cost me $780, so you
see there was where I had made $45 by
the. speculation. l tell you l have made
thousands of dollars by specializing in
ngsers and poor white folks" And then
Mr. Jones gave some of the instances in
which he had cast his bread upon the
waters
Will Keep Flies Of.
They call me a liar, mountebank
and a blaekguard,", said Mr.. JONES' but
I do not care If can do work like that"
referred to instances he had enumerated
of redemption he had wrought from the
servitude of drink and the devil.
words. and proud indeed will
he if can lay them before
the feet of Christ and let him be the
Judge I am no mans enemy. There is
not a saloonkeeper or a gambler
in Savannah for whom l would not
pray for as high a place in heaven as
] would wish to fall to those most dear
10 me. come to this city with naught
in my heart against any one. Even If
any one tries to lick me, 1 won't mind,
but I'll promise you one thing, Bud-Tn
try to keep the flies off you while you
are at it. Great laughter) You think 1
am pretty tough now, Bud, but you ought
to have known me once. Why, there was
4 time when / wouldn't have been in Sa-
vannah this long before 1 would have be-
gun to paint the town red. That was
a faVorite color of mine in those days.
But | have got religion now. l know
have got it. 1 was on the spot at that
time God will forgive a sinner. You can
get religion and keep it, and lot of
You fellows out there ought to be get
ing it right now. Why. your wife would
have to call in the neighbors of identity
YOU"
The preacher then closed with his APP
peal to the congregation, after which
prayer was offered by DR.. Quillian and
the congregation was dismissed with ben
ediction from Mr.. Stuart Services will
be held this morning at 10 o'clock, Mr..
Jones preaching; this afternoon at 4:3O
o'clock Mr.. Stuart preaching, and to-
night Mr. Jones preaching.
An evidence of the interest in the Jones
meetings is that many of the foreign sea
captains in port attended last night
Among them was the captain of a school,
ner which cleared and was expected to
san Saturday. "A Morning News reporter
asked the Captain yesterday what was
the trouble and why he had not sailed.
y just thought I'd wait and see what
sam Jones had to Offer he replied.
Along the river and among the shipping
there is as much interest in Mr.. Jones
and his meetings as there is i'm other
sections of the city.