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THE DEVILS IN 1T
SAM JONES POINTS OUT THE EVIL
OF DANCING.
HAS FUN WITH MINISTER'S
TOLD THE WOMEN THEY ARE BET
TER THAN THE MEN.


Their DeviItry"-CaIIed the Thea.
tiers Dirty and Told why He Con.
demned the Hoochce Coochee
Good Advice About Paying Debts
''T'he Man That Buys Goods and
Doesn't Pay for Them IA Thief"
wives often to Blame for Husband
Being in Debt-JOnes' Story of His
own Experience.
Rev Sam Jones turned loose another
warm talk at the Tabernacle yes
terday afternoon, though it was
not so cutting as that of the night
before. 1t was more humorous, too. rem
dered so by the many esides to the minis
tiers, who were called on frequently,
either individually or collectively, to an
swer questions or to indorse utterances.
In his preliminary remarks, Rev. Mr..
Jones announced that this afternoon he
will talk to wives, mothers and daugh-
tiers. Then men need gospel" he said,
land the women, too. l shall talk very
plain, but no palmer than you need, and
there'n be no gentlemen present-though
the pastors will be here" This sally was
the audience.
Mr.. Jones founded his sermon on Phil
TVS. FINALLY. brethren, whatsoever
things are true, whatsoever things are
honest, whatsoever things are just, what
soever things are pure, whatsoever things
are lovely, whatsoever things are of good
report if there be any virtue, and II
Ia
things.
Now, st. Paul gives us here Christian
ity in the concrete; he tells us what it is;
it is TO do whatsoever things are true,
and honest, and just, and pure, and love-
ly. and of good report lie tells us to
think on these things. Now, if you rec
ognize the fact that there is purity as
opposed to impurity; that then. is hon
esty as opposed to dishonesty; that there
is such a thing as right opposed to wrong;
think about them"
And I want to say there is no drunk
ard but recognizes there is such thing
as a sober life and wants his wife and his
children to lead it; there's no thief that
doesn't know there's such a thing as
honesty. and is anxious that others
should deal honestly by him; and there's
no liar that doesn't know that there is
the truth, and is not anxious for every
body to use it in their dealings with him.
So you see that right and wrong are as
contradictory as black is to white, as day
is TO night Now Paul tells us what 90
think about. The man is never higher
than his thoughts 50 I'm going to ask
you what is thought? 1t is the result of
an impression made through one of the
five senses. I'm not talking about intui-
aional thoughts. Now If this is so a fellow
ought to be careful about what he sees
and what he hears. That is one reason
that I don't want my children to go TO
the dirty theaters and it is why / re-
buked you last night for the eoochee-coo-
chez dance. And that's the harm in dan
cling. The devils in it I tell you. You
know that no boy would walk across the
street to dance with another boy, nor
would a girl go across the room to dance
with another girl. l tell you the DEVILS
in It."
Now. listenl You'd better be careful
of what you see, and hear. and touch,
for they put you to thinking. The purest
life is that you don't see, and that is
why women are better than men; they
and asleep before the men start their
devilment. Why, that fat sister there is
asleep and snoring
Mr.. Jones swept his arm toward the au-
dience. though pointing out the fat
sister" and everybody in the immediate
neighborhood began to size up the plump
ladies to discover the snorer.
Now, that you know what Thought is
continued Mr.. Jones, I'm tell you what
an idea is. It's a developed thought, or
as the school boy once said, IT'S the
thought thunk OUT
Wesley is believed to have preached all
over Savannah. Since I've been in this
town almost every block and square that
I've come to somebody has pointed out
as the place where Wesley preached. And
the people didn't like him, either How
many times was he arrested. Bascom?'
he asked, turning to Rev Bascom An
Hhony. "Only once. so far as / car
learn" said Mr.. Anthony, though l be-
1ieve there was warrant out for him
several times "Huhw grunted Mr.
Jones, Sam Adams wasn't city attorney
then, or maybe they'd a got his advice
before they arrested him.
WELL" continued Mr.. Jones, again
taking the thought of his address
wesley has said that you can't prevent
the birds of the air from flying over your
head, but you can prevent them building
nests in your hair SO, you can't keer
evil thoughts from coming into your head
but you can prevent them abiding there
until they develop into an idea.
Now, listen TO me! Think on these
things You may gaze on a corpse un.
til you saturate your mind with the gloon
of the grave, or you may gaze on bou-
quet of flowers until your whole nature
Is filed with it's beauty and aroma. We
partake of the thing we look at, and thai
is why it is written EVIL communications
corrupt good manners and also Birds
of a feather flock together "
do you know a man or a woman car
fix the mind and heart on truth and think
and speak the truth as naturally as one
ibreathes And the same Is true OF a lie
You've seen constitutional liars. hav'nt
YOU? Most folks have some lies In theiI
bylaws, but some have them In theii
constitution. Form a character OF in
degrIty, tell the truth, II It cuts the grit
from under you. If a man or a woman
tells you what you know to be untrue you
never trust them again. Many a Savan-
nah mother can't trust her child. Many
a Kid tells his mother where he's beer
the night before ana she don't know
where he's been yet. Up at the hotel only
a day or two ago a mother was asked
by her boy privilege TO come TO these
meetings, but he didn't come, and wher
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