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DTJRHiDr, X. C, TUESDAY
17.GBEH 15. 18S9.
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"For Mn OMv," His
Pennons .Satunlav
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L 11( 011 VCTlOil. i
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I never hurt a good man in my preach-
inj. ro one ever rousTM me outnirlit
who was not as rotten as hell. . I never
yd had thej whole crowd to get up and
desert me and so I fear that I do hot
preach as poiiltedly as my Savior, for he
often was deserted by those whom he re-
nui:ei ior uieir sins.
liiofo of Sniidan
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.The. Lat
fars of I'lMintaucf fro tn Kw
4 - - ';
tlitt
of t lie (Jreal Ta!iernale
jiff tiiis
Tiiat llu
rinixvu T1iou:iihIs
Diirliatii.
Wife un.l
Tour hi ni;
IfllrrH an
nxtii 'to I he
X:-iiiairk ij
With a iin
Mfftln;; to
The talKTiiJ
o
jriiliig Sritkon on 3I( Ii-r,
I t"iclitr' a 1'oncrful ulul
l)i-onr. .tlr. iiliiiiir
lluriifNt himI - SlirriMf; Sr
iiiiiiS Cnurri. Mr. .loi
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I Vtv Final
lli-i Ilurhaln
Toiit'IiijiK
A iiilitiir.
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'll I'rejpiitMl Iy the Choir
1 Cane. The TaberiiVIe
several tim (..
ings. 4 .
-Mr. .Toned
haptcr of th
Kith Verse : i
he diall know
He Held Aiimiallv. J j
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st ihw k)f
the meeting iasI)ceii well nllnt at. eac h
srrvh e so that although vesterday the
building was Crowded to -its capacity the
crowd was not larger than it lias kiin
during the series f nu"t-
ook his text from the 7th
it Kpistle of St. John, -the
If any man will do his will
of the doctrine whether! it.
whether I speak ofjmjself."
ss 5n
, 1m of (Jod or
He said he Addressed a special class
his audfence,
tach . meetin
Mordof Ood
nianv'who had
. They haro heard
reached, they, have gone
. '-.it. . ... i "
attended
ic
away and thbught oa it, but nothlug
Christianity in ly be
tely iis mat hematics.
!
ttstfd as accur
If it oiild not I
would not he a Christian, Soinetimesan
old "phooloso'pher" conies --to me and
:.sks me. Jo demonstrate fit to him. .Oh
ya: are a phoolOsopheriare you. . You
:.re one of these high fliers. I guess you
nant something high up.j He sa-s "yes."
Then you are a sort of a "muddyphysi-
ian"too aiii't von? V Yes.'j Well then tliere
ain't no hope for you. A man who's a
phofilosopher and a imiddyphysician is a
fool and without hone. . ;
Religion is capable of being testexl. I
know I've srot it. I am hanpv. Mother
had it, and Jesus di(l things none but God
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t an do. I wouldn't give a cent for the
i . ,
a man- who tioesn t Know
it who just believes
he's got it but is not certain. I once
heard .a man preach about! ''conscious
time he had. touched the ground his
mouth flew open and he had it. , It takes
a powerful bad case of religion to make
a man yelp along the lirle he did; ' ' .
The preacher closed his remarks with
solem and simple instruction to the cti
converted about Jhe measures of seeking
salvation and Invited all who;uwishedto
enter their names as members of the
different churches. ' Ianv . came for
ward and had their name:s carolled.
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AFTEK0OX SEltTICES.
The attendance . upon the afternoon
services was not so large as it has previ
ously been, but the interest manifested
by those present was in no wise dimin-1
ished from that of past gatherings. j
The sermon was' preached by lie v. Mr.
(.'ulpv prierrl and was on the parable of the
the
ts re
eheisire
ity of the
ior its plaki-
pymmetryr ill
one studiea
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He applied the lessen of the fig tree to
its truths. ;
pecmehs of the
Bible. One of
,nonition to !
go
troje
of its Q
en sUni
if'
tr:a
nijfljde it a tjtting prototype
iritian.
dom;" another
toj "jbe as a palm
-noted for theJieitrht
uprightness of its par-
manv other thinsrs which
of the true
jour e very-day life! Ate we morally
ring any fruit ? If "not. we "encum
bered the earth" as jdid - :he barren fig
tree, and we j stood in danger of being
fcut down, and throwjfci into the fire."
j Mr. Culpepper made a strong perora
tion in behalf of the more! general oliser
rajion of ; prayer in tlje family circle'
Tis sermon was the ' ss4n( e of simplid
1 y eomprehensive throughout, full' of
effective force, and a:cpm anied by ap
propriate illustrations , ! 'r
At the close of Air. Culpepper's sermon
Wi Jones invited all 1 he church members
v ho would promise ftom tliis time forth
strive to serve GoT mora acceptably in
hh matter of household worship, to
come forward and shake his hand. ' Most
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whether he s got
ha. movetl them to take thef decisiye
step. TJiey may hear every sermon and
think seriously on it and be. almost per-
suaitrd. but their salvation will never
be settled at that point. .The attempt if
a christian should be' to live as near
heaven as nossible.v Uie farther 30U
live from helu the nearer vou- live iq
heaven anil
hunting umiccupicdt ground ? between
the christian
tian's work iA to get so close, to Christ
that the devil
.Mr. Jones, s
im trouble ab
Its definition
tianity is :in
in Vest merit
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its dividends.
:No man can
doin'g what
vice versa. The
devil jis
ind Christ, and j' the
chrfs-
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lias no room to stand on.
lid he had never- seen an
intidcl who cduld tell him that he hhd
lived asi Christian for one week and af
terwards remained an infidel. There whs
nit understanding relfgiotn
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Kn a nuthell is this : Chris-
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titied business, i It has its
:ind its return-, its stock and
obtain salvation witholit
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lod savs la must tlo to o))-
tain it. Neither' can he do without Hod
a?! stance. You iaive hold of one end
' 'I 1
of tin log ami God the other. If yu
won'tfliold up vour" end hm! (ian't carry
the other and if Gotl won't t'carrv the
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other end vou can't carrv vours. ;
You-say yiju won't join the liurch uji-
1 say join the
Iicligidn
less you've dot. religion
church and then gil religion.
is practical and .there's only one vay
in the1 llibh-
Joining the c
get it, and thit is to go about i
inevsdike manner. There's not
1
that cautions vou aaint
. . . .
lurch without jrettin-r re-
"Hgionj 1 only sav if voir are
play anls, drink whiskey am
your oilier ,
out.-
cvilnient vou'd
Some tif ,yjou ay you want to beja
christian, bul there s too much excite-
ralk about ek-
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iranir, this side
Tuni over in.
era v. i Whai
4i
not the know
of hell?.- Y01:
tell vou. vou
in a In
a pasate
going
better stav
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n
mom at mese
citement, voxi
of hell to tal
old kerosene
tlobr to inches square ant
meetings.
are the last ganir,
-about it.
:imp and burn a spot on tle
night to excite
etlge that he is at
talk about "hell
vou , go
s. -
b man at
thebrirtk
skeered"
sonship" and then aboit ''unconscious
sonship." j ;
J If my boy was to go around and say he
doesn't know whether fam his daddy or
not I'd wear? him but. "What then, does
God tliink of one of his adopted children
who "doesn't; know whether he's God's
child or not? Why, it's a slam on" the
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whole family. My illustrations are not
always elegant but they. always illustrate
and that's all I want them to do. v
; ; My 'lvVjj tn:ypn, if you win t to get
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sir,
gratif'ing was the response to this invi
tation.. . .. " ':.";,..! j .
( XIGIIT -SKKVICES., ' J
The vast assembly hall was packed
last nighi ! with the largest crowd that;
has yet gathered to hear jthe sermons
preached by Mr. Jones and Mr. Culpep
per. Long before the usual hour or
commencing, the hall was full and those
who poured in until the -sermon began
found ' standing room only in the aisles
and near the entrance.
: At eight oc?p'ck, af ter the choir
bet a larin g . jgo.uj e - of I htj hym 1:
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s . cash' all subscriDtixiiiis
ice the professor rendered one of his
bf autif ulsongs in which th( choir joined
in the chorus. The applause that fol-
lowe'd'was deservedly vigorous.
o
cash' all
faith.; .
This display of ppeh'-iian
spirited Citizen, pro
Sir. Jones announced "Peace" as" the applause. A -geneijal etbllection was
suoiect of his sermon, lie . said that
I lie re were many kinds' of, peace. .There
jv xs the peace of ignorance, He gave as
sn ilMstration the instance of a traveller
vvhoas
trudging
along through.-
taken up and the total sum of $2,200
yas raised and whichJwas later bn turned
oyer to. Mr. Jones. .
Prof. Excell sang a
led "The AVondcrfikl Cotintry," after
ti
mkhv
led liberality
Durham's most generous and public
a deafening
Rucel
good
beautiful solo, cn-
rcligion, U to do before you : get it just have grown sweetly familiar and tlia
as vou would do after vou irot it. "When
1 tell you to come you say 1 ain't there
arid therefore I can't come. You've got
toj start before ou can get there!
i There are sensible fools, and senseless1
fools, you ask a nigger why he aint got
religion, ,and- lie says "cause ne ami 111 ,
von ask a law yer and he says ''because 1
aint lit."U The only difference in the
answers is, nine says Vfit" and jthe other
.fatten.
gt ji and he.says'he aint fit'n to git fit'n. key house
: , n,lfnf,inftna trt- WW nio-ht ..vpr. twucu ivir. j ones arose and announced
:HLw- Titrrt irrnrr xvW hft. onk the subject of has sermon a
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will cling to all a a legacy of these inter-'
estin? meetinirs, Mr. Jones arose and
said that he held in his hand a letter
from a physician of Oxford, who told of
a barkeeper of that place who had been
led to see the er'rot of his way by attend
ing tire Sam Jones meetings in Durham,
and who iannounced his intention to
close up his business. The letter also
said that 'during the absence of the liquor
Yqu ask" Samlip why he aint seller, a drummer from a Northern whis-
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proprietor
visited the bar-room to sell a
When told that fthe
was in Durham attending the
it is die 'same wav with a lawyer. nat
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! i bclieye iri tlie final perseverance of Sam Jones meetings, the knight of j the
saints. Yes I do, and I believe, jn the
linil perseverance of reprobates when I
look at some of your sinful old ! faces out
there, you old mean devils you.
I can cure an "infiddle'' if he'll just
shut his 'mouth. lie can't go to God
with his mouth open. His mouth 'damns
hini. I once'made an old "inliddle'' shut
his biouth1 and he irot reli'gion and at last
he rot so he'd believe, anything. lie even
got
the
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so he believed that Jonah swallowed
grip shut his sample case up with a snap
anil went (iuf sayingj something to the
effect' that kliere would be no use in'ing
to sell whiskey to that man as in a month
he'd be out of the business. '
31 r. Jones took the incident, as the
subject of ashort talk . before announc
ing the text (of his sermon. Said he,'npbody
can act square and honest selling whis
key, and that he intendeir to throw a
whale.
here'.
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iki theolov in
this text, but
there's religion in it. I don't want the-
ololv. I i don't want a irun that will
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shoot around a tree, as they say there,
has been one of that kind lately invented.
When I hit vou- it's in a straight line
where vou have no 'business af the
its tail,
rock at the
poked up it
left of it bii
shoot a chunk at
good women of
Woman's I
wlnsKev tramc every, time? it
head, and if nothing was
iliiwned he found that he had hfcen seei&
ihg on the brink of a-'precipice, and his
legs were hanging over, the! ledge. He
was ignorant of his terrible surroundings,
and therefore slept soundly and peace
filly. This was the peace of ignorance.
Mr. Jorles next spoke bf the peace of
mdiffe rente. He said that fthe stolid in
difference with which soniermen come to
tl ese meetings . night after night sur
passed his understanding
Indifferent
pels, and not
but about the
of inconsid
r'apathy, and
he
and
time
1
would try 'to
that. He urged the
Durham to join the
iristian Temperance Union.
J
icre ain't a tirst-class church in thi
1
couhtrv that Would have Sam Jones for aH old Durham
preicher, 1 and there ain't a first-class lie said
!, iit S
vhufch in the country that I'd have. Noiv
I doii't mean to say there's not a church
When theso mothers have a drunkard
boy on then hands they will wish they
had.
Get the Women and the
thoroughly
a'Wut the; appeals of the go
only indifferent about self,
Children of his family.- Th; peace of in
difference, it was a terrible ltind of peace-
fulness. ' . ' .' .
;Then there was the peapq
eratenessj and the peace .of-
finally the peace that a prolan has when
everybody has let him alone , but the only
peace that brought, salva ion was . the
peace," thai comes from God. .
At the close of the sermon alargenum
ber of accessions were toade to the
different churches.
i Mr. Culpepper made a bruef talk on the
by requesting eyery perskjn in the cop-
gregatibnjto shae hands with every per
son in theiir immediate reac 1. He told of
having made this request at a meeting he
was conducting jin a Georgki. town, when
a couple of men! who had heen toting pis
tols "for each bther for f Tcmths. 'found
. i t hemselves in close ouarters and grasped
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Housed on this subject and if s . -.
illieeb.. i i:
There will be no early morning meet-
beginning at
will. vote; straight next time.
that after I this meeting thej
our first and sweetestl word.,' GoH bes
gift to a ood boy jis a good mother.
There5 is-not a man in all the world' so
bkse who did not at some time, talk o
his mother s goodness. some 01 our
adages ! were self-evident truthsone of
these was "the hand that rolks the cradle
rules the World." If vcm igive1 me the
place of mother I dop't care; who occu
pivs the place of, president, judge, gov
ernor, senator or repnesentative
ji Mother! the sweetbst word that .be
longs to earth. We stop loig enough to
say that Nerd's mother was a .'bloody
murderer; and she gave to thisworld the
most cruel man the .world ever saw. He
ciuld fiddle and danice over burning
ijome. Lord Uyronjs mother was
p!roud,: intellectual w;amanV ind she gave
to this xyorld one of tlie mo'st profiigate
intellectual autocrats the world ever ssCvfr.
J John, Wesley's motlier whs a sensibla,
religious, painstaking gool woman;, and
ie giive to this worhl one of the grand
est characters we even had.
in
w
si
George Washingtoln's
simplediearted, strqngi
gave
ook
in liurham I'd have because I might man-
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age to feel at home in one of them, but
one bf vour high churches, of the upper-
tendorii. ' f . j " -1 -.
Some of theoltl brethren in Mmneano- heaven
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preachers ought to hnd out what church
members voted against local- option in
election then tell them to
Durham last
it-
What art?
you going to do with that
old red nosetof yours when you . get to
I ng.today,Uhe'first sermon
ken o'clock and the afternoon and night
Services at the usual hour?
1 The sermon of tonight Will close these
meetings that4 have brought salvation to
sb niany and spiritual comfort to vast
'1
When you
get
there they'll.
lis! seriously came to me and offered to l.ask you what's your politics, one of you
build me a tabernacle and give me Srt.OOO will. say,"I'm a Democrat,- look at my
. .ir t nr.-iii .n nrninn 5. week to.nn nose, ana anotuer win sav, 1 m a je-
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luili'ence of G,iK). I looked at them and publican, look at my hearty been urint-
said
sinners. That's the only kindVI like. .11
take vour excitement fn
hell, I'll take mine in heaven.
Some people won't come here
of the, excitement. Ask the
- !
becauie
man who
savs that's hii reason how manv wives
tat he's been stealing, or i
lie ain't just tT a drunk.. A preacher n
the West jfaitl he wouldn't come to he:r
such a blatait blab-mdutheil mounte
bank as Sam Jones preach, and I inquired
into his history. One-of -his own ves
trymen told'uiehe drank whiskey, auld
played cants vith Ids church members.
I then aidl vouldn't let the lop eard
hound come i iside my meetings until- he
had the devi
)1T him.'
jlleas ' thoroughly shoq!
"You Dlil; fools. I I now" preach to
2,K ,XR1 people a year and get 2.,000
for doing it. AVe preachers don't, preach
for money, but if you w ould stop our sal
aries1, we wouldKuit vcrrsoon. I've been
.
ing, beer (placing his - hand? over his
tomach." ! ,
Saloons arc the legs on which walk all
the sins of society Lets knockem out.
Mr. Jones
announced that he would
a circuit-rider all mv life and I expect to pjeach this afternoon at 3 o clock.!;'! or
3ien t;niv. ?aui ne going 111 iaov
be one the rest of it.
I wouldn't exchange my lot for that of the plain truth, that he was goil
the Uzarof Hussia or President Harrison, turn the stones over, j You've seen''
Mn Jones here related a number of
interesting incidents in his earlier life
which' for want of space i obliged to be
omitted. I : r t
He i impressed most, forcibly on hi
to
seenhat
fiat shiny stone-in your front yad:at.
home. . It loqks nice and slick on top,
but turn it over' and 'you will find worms
and insects crawling about under there.
I'm going to let down my bucket so
ermon deep that it will stir the mud. It will be
hearers in the conclusion of his
the importance of action in attempting my bucket, but your mud.
to become a 'christian. Zaacheus would He asked that every, lady pray tuis af-
is attending
the men's meeting.
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not have beeh . saved had he not come ternoon wuueiic? -uusmuu w,.
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down from the tree when. Jie was bidden.
He diiki't know he: was going to get re
I ligion when he made the start but by the
Mr. Jones announced that Professor
Excell wouldlsin!g a solo. In a-Tca bass
number
Sa inlay's Ieetliig
Karh" Sunday morring the crowds be
gan to roll into Durham from every di
rection and by every means of locomo
tion, tlie grains- from Kal .igh. Oxford,
dlenderson anl Greensboro leing unusu-
i i.- j -t
ally crowded with people; coming to hear
the concluding sermon in) the Sam Jones
meetings! j- .- !; - "n . . ; ;
) Several hours .before thje morning' ser-
iV ices began the, people I began to pour
into. the Tabernacle, and by the time for
the exercises to begin, eve ry seat had
been taken and 'every foot of ! standing
room, was occupied- ; "':;'
j At abou ten o'clock in; advance of the
arrivaft. ofj the evangelists 31 r. James
Southgatejarose and aftef pviewing thei
isuccess of : the meeting jabput to close,
made an earest appeal to the congrega
tion to make up a liberal contribution
;for Rev. Mr. Jones. f 't
I Mr. J. Si Carr spoke oft the great spir
itual good, he had rebeiMed from the
Jmeetihgs, jand said that jhf would give
f500r and that in order to gtet tne money
in hand before night he Would, agree to
good woman; and. she
t ty a man whom we ; 1
of "fat her, of his country.'
All great i'nen ...may
my greatness is of m
in njarihood may ahvj
training a boy gets at
mother, therefore of
tys,e
th'4
hll
World, the ".mother ought to be the best.
There is nothing in t
grace that can make
t
lat which it loses in the 't
: i
not have a good mother.
tat familj- and that child
loves God with all her he
her neighbor. as herseLf
3Ir. Jones here referred
terms to his mother
knew he 'could never
fact that he lo'-t hi-
when lie was a little
a
mother was
lira ded, pious
o' this coun-
onqr with 1hr title
arid say all
mother. Success
e economy 01
to your child
act that it does
T ice happ'
who-e mother
. . .-
LirtL and loves
an 1
lingt ji on the i influehce
;aid
ler
thd
he
has 'got a
gracious mother, and
has got a gool mot
vantage ground that
isplace him from;.
Next to that of a dcnl
best gift to a man is fa doo
touched on all srts of wives, and' taid
that he had admiration Ipr Ihe woman
who had a henpecked h us
ort of man , in variably ni eded peeking,!
bee
!tA likrsl hf WfW-
up to her husband;
thee
wife, is a
that he had better be
than by the 4evil.! He
man who would stand
and in his opinion- a
blessing toany man
woman, happy all the timeJ
sunshine on everything that come-
j : . - . t. ; .'
cbntact with her.
Love, joy and peace
X)
raced tolhe
hands of jhis
eibgs in this
in aiiectlonate
said thai he
xeepver . trom; tne
prKibus mother
He dwelt at
of
that it a loy
1
a -ainted,
devil cannot
mother God' a
wife.
He
Ijand, that this
fies all the powers of earth
Joyou,, christian
ancf throwing
In
I
hi wife
eace that
de-
amh conquer?
all the obstacles in Its way. I went Into
the garden of an old brother and there
"wis a tombstone and he said, "There It
the tombstone of my wife." I walked up
and read the inscription : It gave her
name, the date of her birth and the date
of herdeath; and then just one line and '
tint -line was this : "She made home
pleasant." That was the grandest cpl
ta ih I ever Baw on a wife'a tombstone.
A wife and a husband ought to have an
un derstanding that they will not get mad
at the same jtime.; Vfhcn a husband geti
to quarrelling a wife ought to it down
arid keep her mouth shut.
Ucppokejof a wife'a gentlene, and
thri got offjjon the subject of mothcm-In- j
la v. lie said that he had a xrifghty good j
in hcr-indaw,' but thar just an noon an be 1
married her daughter he moved five hun
dred miles away and she had never idiown
ai y inclination to follow. He nald that
w icn his-wtfe wanted toe her nirother
si Cjcould go, but that iin;ho or other
hi fmaginiHl that when hertiirtbark he
w v a little more sas3 than usual. .
.Mr. Jones concluded hU wrmon 1v
speaking on the third diiiou f M
thc,nie, daughters. They make up large- !
sam ne, ine me 01 our itouy. lie', (
shSiI that there was a familv of children
Durham, Norili Caroling' 'who ar
rth th-ir weight In gold, fir upokrof
ly girls who dance, and who encourage
itUention of dudes. The dude, hp '
, was a pimple tuf the face of wciet)
Ybu have wen these little while pirnplej
tlat come on your face when you 'uleep.
TJiat was a dude, aud when oi;o of th'ee .
piinples was squeeze 1 It'was a thidlne.
Mr. Jone-i aci-ompanied hfn' discount f
w th a number of practical f lliiitratluti' j
thai brought the moral he wUhed to'
cenvey very conspicuously.'. Ik-fore hU
Juarers.- ' ; ! . j . 11 ' '
At the close of his sermon Mr. Jones
announced the presence on the platform
of the wife of the late IHshopVJghtman '
and in fitting language Introiluced her to -
th '! audience. Mrs. WIghtman prfHentcil
th 3 cause of the Woman's Missionary
Society, of which she is a representallre.
She said that It was no new thing for
women to engage In i missionary work,
but that it was new that they were be.
ginning to accomplish that work under
thorough organization.' - She said much
thit was eminently practical and wfe In
regard to training schools, and mentioned
the religious normal school to be erected ' .
at Kansas City, where Sunday school
missionary and charitable workers would
be carefully trained,- ' ' , ',;. ,
; Mr. Jones made an appeal ta the audi- "
Cuoc.-ro4CCP.irt2'"on t"jvtV.i normal
religious, wore anu 10 neip uusia tuo re
quisite structures "at Ivan sal City. A'
ftind amounting to the gVaCrous sum of '
$2ffQ.r() was subscribed. ,
: AKTKUXOO.V SKHVICK. '
, To one attending the large tabernacle
meetings last-; Sunday morning and the
week previous, it was a source of nur
prise and wonder where so many people,
caire from.j Surely every man, woman
and child in Durham and the Hirround
ing country too, must lc present..
It seemed t hits' I nil eed at the time, and
yet when the hour for the meeting "for
men only"' arrived, there was the auli"
torium paeke(I and crowded with men of
all ages, but not ji woman In the entire
building, where they 'usually, outnum
bered the men two to one. '
")Ii . Jones previous to announcing his
tcxtt aid that he had but thn'C quextlons
'-i.y ,- '. , . ... . , v
to propound to the man who attempted to
give him religious Instruction and point
to. him the way of nal vat ion. '.Fir t, are
you posted on the subject you are alKtijt ;
to discus? second, do vou mean klndlv .
towards me? and third, do you ltveupto '
w hat you preach ? ' , .
New myfricnds I have the klhdliet '
feelings tovvard you In everything I -ay.
though sometimes I know it strikes you
pretty hard and hurts. I try to live- up
to what 1 preach. I preach to a many
people each year In iny native home;
wherje I have lived for forty-one ycart as
I do anywhere In my travels. 1)6 you
think people would turn out In auch num
bers and accent the- teaching of at man
in whom they had not' confidence tbate
was tit to nreach to them! I
This evening I am going to preach to
you plainly, poinleilly and uectntly
w hatever you may think to the c ontraiy.
portion of the' l?th .vcrc of the -lDth
chapter 6f (eneis will furnish the test
of the discourse: "Kmape for thy lifet
look not behind theeneilhe.f lay hou
in all the plain : escape to the mountain
est thou hi consumedj" t
ilt has implanted in every man the
instinctive love of life and dread of death.
If the liible w arns u against anything It
is t-m and sin I the transgression of the
aw. and these laws God lias laid down
plainly jn the ten commandments. ' j
Thfirst in I;would warn you against,
youngimen, is tlie sin or proianity. . The
man Who will persUtently aw car and pbl
ute the name of' God, If he" wu turneil
1 i ! . . 1 . . r . t . : .
oose,.irec iron til ouuide restraint.
would break all the other commandments.
f you see a man a profane swearer, that
isn't al he is. Watch Wra and,' see what
else he does. If a man iwearsj he can
swear as much as he pleases and! no one
prevents him. If he trie to steal, though.
he runs up against a sheriff and a pair of
handcuffs and a jail. ; .. '. j ' .
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