The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-17
WAS A WARM SERMON.
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-,,.ad me the use of the place. LISTEN
II were running a soap factory in he'll
- they hauled me the carcass of an
aId alderman like that I'd say leave it
out
Hear me, my countrymen, you talk
bout man having stabbed his country's
Conscience to death, the time has come
in this so-called Christian country of ours
men we ought to lift our prayer that
these consciences be resurrected.
who'd accuse your Mayor of having a
conscience I'm just asking a question.
1Vui everybody who believes he's a con
science stand up?"
There was a roar of laughter at the
first question, and no response whatever
ro the second. no one either speaking or
making any move to stand up. Gentle
mon of the press" said Mr.. Jones. turn
inn to the reporters on the platform, put
dov,n the facts; don't cover up anything
for either God or the devil; give us d
sn.,lre deal" Then turning again to the
eouere2ation he said: Your Mayors
personal character is out of my reach,
mt as your Mayor, he's public property,
and he's my meat.
what we need in this country" con-
+inued Mr.. Jones, lis to put into every
Office in the state, from that of Cover
nor down to constable, a man that has
The fear of God in his heart. You may
tie a thousand-pound rock around my
neck and drop me in the Savannah river
but every little babbling wave that
nassed over me would say you have
crowned an honest man who had the
courage to stand up and preach conscien-
tiously to you.
rs life so dear, is peace so sweet, that
YOU don't dare help yourselves. Every
preacher in this town ought to be mix
rure between billy goat and mule so
that he could butt with one end and kick
with the other To do good here we
aust put our people on their feet to look
and long for better things
"Iisten! ] put you on notice now; I'm
going to make every man and woman in
his place indorse what L say before
get through or make them hug those
benches like sick kittens, Bub. And you
shant say I didn't give you notice You
can think and get on your feet or you can
think and get under the bench. You'll
do one or the other, but you'n indorse
everything 1 say, not the sermon as a
whole but every sentence, every word,
and every syllable of it.
"He that pursueth evil stabs conscience
TO death-when he does he is already in
the way the devil wants to have him. And
there are lot of you old deacons and
you lack being in hell, you old devil, is to
die When the conscience is stabbed to
death the man is out of the reach of
God"
Turning to the ministers on the platform
he said: Brethren, are you praying?
Well it's good time to pray, for we
want to say those things in this town
that will make Savannah better city
taan it has ever been before since it was
Incorporated.
"He that pursueth evil pursueth not only
death. but the death of sensibility-sensi-
bilty the parent of sentiment, which is
the power that allows us to enjoy the
grandeur of the sunset, the beauty of the
landscape and the fragrance of roses-the
power that keeps us close 10 mother, and,
in that way, close to God"
There are men in this town who have
killed their sensibility and are so dead to
all that is noble and pure that / had as
lief shake hands with a dead man as with
them Every sin is direct stab at sensi-
bihty.
Again he that pursueth evil not only
pursueth death, but pursueth death to the
intellect until after stab and stab, you
reach that point where you believe a lie
the truth. and the truth lie. God pity
the man who has stabbed his brain with
sin until he can't take hold of truth.
What a contempt I have for these big,
brainy fellows who sit around and drink
champagne and curse and stab their
brains until they become an enemy to
God and society. 1 would like to see ev-
cry office in the state filled with men
like Judge Jackson, noble hero that he
is l say now, right here, that I'll never
vote for any whisky-drinlking, cussin' dog
for office, I'm too much of a gentleman
myself.
Here he turned to the ministers again
and said, There you preachers are asst
ting, and know you agree with every
thing ! say, yet you're as silent as a
tombstone without an inscription on It.
If a man came to help me dig dirt out
OF my bitches and 1 couldn't help him ia
at least stand on the bank and say amen
while he worked. But, never mind, if
you'll hold while I skin Wen make hides
go down"
He described the awful accident that
once befell a train because on a down
grade the brakes refused to work. ''The
greatest power God has given men is will
power" he said, land the next greatest
power is won't power. The won't power
Is like the brakes to the train Every sin
Is stab at the brakes, and tonight I'm
talking to men who have stabbed their
brakes and are rolling to hell.
Many of you" he said, have prom
t'Vu " sup nave not zone
II; many have promised to stop BIAS
pheming the name of God. and have not
done it, and if you arn't careful, you'll
sink into hell at last as dirty as you
are tonight God pity the men in Sa-
Vannah, who have gone where they can't
stop. Brother, put on the brakes where
you are.
He that pursueth evil pursueth death
10 his own soul. What is death to the
SOUL what is death eternal? You have
seen the death of the body-the heave of
the bosom, the glare of the eye. the
witch of the muscles. Is the everlasting
death like this? o that God would help
US to shun the stab,
Mr.. Jones here called on every man, wo-
man and child that had heard the sermon,
ana who, by the Grace of God, believed it
70 he true, to stand up. Apparently the
entire congregation rose. You reporters
get up and see," said Mr.. Jones. mime
V-nine per cent, including the colored
people are up" Then he continued
Thank God old savannahs not so bad
and ignorant as not 10 know the truth
"nen she hears it,"
Mr. Jones concluded his address with
some advice. 81 want to see you" he