The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-14
SAM JONES DECLARES
SOME MEN ARE DOGS.
Noted Evangelist breaches "a nm In
usually Large Audience ut the
PIasa Chautauqun.
REPURLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Chautauqua. ILL.,. July 15.-The Reverend
Sam p. Jones. the noted Georgia evangelist.
preached at the Piasa Chautauqua this
morning and 500 persons crowded into the
Tabernacle TO hear him. The evangelist
took his text from the last chapter OF the
hook OF Joshua: Choose you this day whom
you will serve. But as FOR me and my
house. We will serve Cod
In part. he 5aid:
Now. brethren. VIC may have n very
profitable service this morning, II we are
thankful and glad.
Did you ever sit down glad and thank
full and read the book Of Joshua in the
Bible2 This is a marvellous beck. IL IS re-
ally the history q Gods goodness to u
ilau. y man like you and /. When We read
the first and second chapter OF that r-ars
velous book. We begin 10 sit and wCnder -
Gods unfaiiing goodness To Us. We reSd
on another chapter OF Two. and ask our
selves the question. Was God ever 50 good
TO any man as he was To Joshua And
then. why. a. you read. stop. and say To
yourself. VIII Joshua allow God Almighty
TO heap heaven upon him and not one word
Of thanksgiving or gratitude from him.
And on and on you read. and every chap
ter is but the history OF Gods mercy AMI
goodness to Joshua. until you stop and say.
or all the inGrates that ever lived, Joshua
was the greatest and on and on until you
read the very last chapter OF the book be-
foreS Joshua ever opened mis- lips. but when
he did speak he said the SSandest thing
mortal man ever said: Choose You ihis day
whom you will serve. But as for me aEi my
house. We will serve GCd-'
Has Becn Thankful Thirty Years.
When read these words OF Joshua. 1
stopped and said. Good for Joshua: YOU are
The TO What did Whgn 4
walked up more than thirty years ago and
began to look around me. and see how good
God was TO my sainted mother. how good
God was to my noble father. how good ne
had been to me. in spite OF my sin and way
wardntss. said 10 myself. Look here. Sam
Jones, II there is another man living sr
dead that ought to say what Joshua dii.
you are the man Thirty years agO / said
It. and by the grace OF God have been
sticking 20 IL to this hour. l like the run
OF the text. There Is pure independent rui-
ing and history about IL. and / want 10 say
to you that this world Graves no ruling 80
much as IL Graves FOR the need OF GO1'!. In
dependent manhood. We all know tt0oT.s
and schools. squads and numbers In this
country. and evidently heard the old saying.
'Juss as well b. dead as out Of he fasn-
iun.' II IL Is the fashion 10 gamble. curse
ard drink liquor. you have TO curse, gamble
and drink liquor to be gentleman. But. Il
such Is the case. ! would rather te 4 bob
tailed yellow dog than be a gentleman.
am candid when say to you l would rather
be dead than In the fashion and then. with
God fight what every body thinks Is all
right, what a majority OF this country do
like, ard so I will do that way. too. When
I am in Rome. do ss Rome does. When
In St. Louis. do a. 81. Louis does. But. by
the grace OF God. when 1 am In St. Louis
do as God wants me To 10 and not "a
ST. Louis wants me 70 do. thank God a
man can bs an honest. upright. Intelligent.
Eodly gentleman in ST. Louis the year
round. Why. ne. can even be a good nan in
Alton n he wants to.
.sAf the cOnclave In ST. L-uiS few mont rs
ago. and a finer body OF men never met on
this earth than the knights TemplaTs %
America. from one OF or Southern towns
came two gentlemen Zach had the most
spls nd.d wife and some royal children: both
were also weli-to-do business men in tris
town. They spent five days. got Pullman
sleeping car and went home. The following
morning one OF them got Up. went over 10
the other sat down and said George. |
am ashamed Of mys, IL. George from the
time you kissed that sweet Christian wife
OF yours good-by and imprinted the kiss Of
love on her lips. YOU have been n true.
steady. upright Christian gentleman II
had a million dollars cash in my hands
right now. would not take IL In exchange
for being able TO gS back to my wife ami
children IS clean and upright as you are
going hack to yourR
a million dollars week difference Is
nothing. I love the fellow With the inde-
pendent spirit. who believes right Is right