Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-23

THE cARTERsVLLE EVANGELIST
PREACHED THREE TIMES AT
JONES AVENUE CHURCH
SUNDAY.

Rev. Joe Jones, of Gainesville, preached
to crowded house Sunday at the Jones
Avenue Baptist church. There were
three services held in the auditorium dur
ing the day, the p. m. service being
for men only. The evangelist was greeted
with large congregations at all the SER
vices.
The meetings will continue throughout
this week, including next Sunday. Rev.
Joe Jones will preach at each service
daily at p. m. and 1880 p. M, except
Thursday night, at which time his bro
Their, Rev. Sam p. Jones will preach.
Rev. Joe Jones took for his text last
night the fifth verse Of the Prophecy OF
jeremiah: eff thou hast run with foot
men, and they have wearied thee, how
canst thou contend with horses? And II
in the land of peace, wherein thou has
trustedst they wearied thee, then how
wilt thou do in the swelling Of the Jor-
DON" He said:
This was a favorite text of my grand
father. All of you Bible readers remem-
Der that the patriarchs, prophets and
Christ and His disciples taught by figures.
Here in this text the things OF time are
used to teach great truths regarding
eternity, which is preceded by death.
This applies to all, none are exempt. Our
trials never come single-handed, but al
ways in groups.
The footmen of daily care are the first
we will notice here. How this footman
worries us sometimes. Some of you are
gray-haired old and wrinkled. You have
had cares of all sorts. Your mothers Of
ten sigh because the patient hopes and
anticipations of life seem to have worn
threadbare. How children will grow up
and how they will turn out is the cause
of many a sigh. I go into a store and
find the merchant busy at his books. He
wants to see how he stands financially.
He is worried over bills that are overdue.
The physician wears gray hairs, which
are the result of patient watching at the
bedside of the suffering. The lawyer has
gray hairs, which are the result of hard
work and anxious anticipation as to the
verdict of a jury. The shopman has his
cares. The teacher has his. The farmer
has his The pastor has his. These foot
men are always with us, go where we
may.
Then there are what might be called
special footmen. They are many and get
into every department of life. They are
in the church. One of them is strong
drink. He poses as friend 10 soothe and
drive away care. but he simply adds to
trouble. The next is gentleman-drunk.
Following this is dead drunk. 1 find
man out of position, out of money, out of
health, out of friends, and ask, What's
the matter?" and the answer is, he is
contending with the footmen. Dram
drinking, gentleman-drunk, dead-drunk,
have all outrun the poor fellow. I find
men contending with the footman OF
avarice. He closes his eye to want and
poverty, which are found everywhere.
Next comes Ilcentiousness. He has de-
bauched thousands. The meanest of all
is self-righteousness. The footmen of sor-
row and bereavement are numerous. They
will not cease to come. What are we to
do about it? You have asked this ques-
tion often. But, friends, If these worry
you, what about that which is yet to come
and no one can escape?
Turn over to Revelation, the sixth
chapter and notice the first four seals
there. The first one is the white horse
That means Christ and His religion. He
is going forth to conquer. He must con-
quor. If you don't yield to Him now you
will do IL when it is forever too late. At
Yazoo City, Miss, a noted gambler was
dying and the pastor there wanted me to
go and pray with the fellow I went but
said l had no faith in praying for such
cases. AS a man lives so he dies. The
dying thief had but the one opportunity
but such men as this gambler, who have
thousands Of opportunities. have spurned
them all. 1 have no faith in what is call
ed death-bed repentances. I have seen
some of the after life of such people. l
went with that pastor and saw the gam
bier die. His last words were: Put UP
the cards, the game is over give me my
checks He went to hell. Too many
people run for the preacher when it Is
to late. He that hardeneth his heart
shall suddenly be cut off and that with
out remedy God says: 4 will laugh at
their calamity
Take the second seal: Here we have
the red horse. That is to take peace
from earth. We have things we call
peace, but they are far from It, There
is a peace of wealth. a peace of health,
but none give satisfaction. The rich say
I need nothing. but you let wealth go and
poverty comes. Those in good health are
gay and worldly but let sickness come
and the thing changes. All that a man
hath will he give for his life Peace that
the world gives is not peace. There is a
peace of indifference. Never thank God
for anything. Never go to church. Thou
sands are trying to be happy in ignorance.
There is no such ignorance in this coun-
try. There is no such danger when they
seem totally Indifferent to it. An excur-
sion started out from Peoria, ILL.,, one night
and everybody was in the highest glee.
All of sudden the bridge gave way and
l57 went into eternity. They did not
know the awful fate was coming, but they
did know that death was sure to come.
There is a peace of knowledge. Thank
God, many here tonight have that peace.
1t is peace with God. I know that my
Redeemer liveth.' This red horse seal
means much. Red is a signal Of danger
You see it on sthe saloon windows and
doors. You see 1t in the lights of dens of
shame. 1t means the same there that it
means on the railroads or at hole in Tie
street.
THE third seal had black horse. But
there were balances in the hand of the
ridcr. Remember that it's not the church
you are a member of that saves you.
God weighs every man here and also will
do the same in eternity. You say you have
done good. Will you weigh alright in
Gods scales? IF the righteous scarcely
be saved where shall the sinner and the
urgodly APPEAR The fourth seal had
pale horse. That is death. 1t says hell
followed with him. have been here one
week and seen a funeral procession every
day. The messenger Of death is on his
round tonight. At whose house will he
call next? You young people think the
old will die first. Just read the death no
tees in the papers and reject. Are all the
funerals old people? Are all the graves
long ones? The record is against you.
Mother used to talk to me about death,
but it was different then to what il is
now. One night she kissed US good night
and put us all to bed and at the midnight
hour they walked us up and mother was
gone. Her soul had taken it's flight to