The Day (Waco, Texas) Vol. 2 No. 197, Monday, June 29, 1885

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THE PRODIGAL SON.
THE 310 It A I, SAJI JONES DRAWS FROM THE
INTERESTING PARABLE.
The KraRffollst’s <'arewell to Waco—A Summary
of tlio Work He Has Done lion.—111*
•Departure for Georgia.
From three to four thousand people flocked
to hear Evangelist Jones’ closing sermons,
Saturday night, yesterday morning and last
evening. At least onefourth of these were
visitors from adjacent towns and the country
The interest continued unabated to the last
and on the part of the evangelist and his
hearers there was manifest a masked degree
of solemnity and earnestness as the end
drew near. Of the several discourses we
select that on “The Prodigal Son” for publication.
The reasons for this selection are two
fold. 1st. To give all that Mr. Jones said
on the various occasions would fill our entire
paper; 2d, of the several discourses the one
we have selected was more in the nature of
a complete, elaborate sermon; the others
partook largely of the nature of exhortations
and admonitions. The “Prodigal Son” serman
is by all odds one of the strongest Mr
Jones preached here
THE SERMON.
[Reported and published by permission. Copyright
ed and all rights reserved.].
There are some persons in Waco, and the
reporters will please take notice of what 1
say, that appear to be extremely jealous of
the character of the local ministry. One of
your leading citizens has told me that one of
these parties had been to him and spoken to
him in reference to the good character and
standing of the pastors oLthis city; that they
were good men, tried and true, and it was
really ridiculous for this man Jones [the
speaker] to come here and ridicule this good
and true and tried body of clergymen. I
said to one of the leading visitors (not of
the Methodist church, mind you) that this
party and his clique were getting very jealous
lest the clergy would be hurt, and his
reply was, “I’d be abused by you, God bless
you, rather than have that fellow praise
me.” I like that kind of talk. I just mention
this in order that where these newspapers
circulate the public may know the pastors
of this city do not prize being defended
by these parties. They sort of feel ashamed
of it.
wish I could remain with you longer, but I
cannot, as I leave Monday morning. Even
then I will have only 48 hours to spend at
home with my w fe aid children before duty
will call me away again. I told you at the
start that I could only be 8 days with you,
and even during that lime, had we shown a
disposition to reform, or turned to God like
Jerusalem at the rate of 3,000 an hour, we
could all have been saved. As it is, if any
of you die in your sins it is your own fault.
I hope every man will surrender himself to
God tonight. There never was a better
time—the gates of mercy are open to all of
you. Our text tonight shall be the parable
of the prodigal son. I shall read it for you,
and then make a running comment on it
[Mr. Jones then read the parable.] I have
heard a great many preachers say very unkind
and hard things about this boy. They
said he was bad, and wasted his time and
substance and life, and threw away his
hours with harlots. I don’t know all that
they didn’t say against him, but whatever
they thus said there was not one word of it
true. Up to the time this boy made that
demand of his father he was trustworthy,
honest and moral, because in the first place
(being the youngest son) he had no legal
claims on his father, and you cannot make
me belieev, if he was other than
what I say, his father would have turned
him over in the way he did a great amount
of property without remonstrance. If he
did, the old man would be a fool. But the
boy was trustworthy, and he asked for his
portion, and he got this immense estate
without a word of objection. In many days
thereafter “he journeyed into a far off country.”
Let us suppose that it took him a
week in making his preparations for the
start, bnt at all events we find that when
Sunday morning dawns upon the world that
boy is taking his last look around the old
homestead, and putting everything in order
for the start on the morning. Next day
when the sun comes up over the eastern hills
we see the boy and his magnificent caravan
pass in front of that old homestead. It pulls
up there and the prodigal walks up on the
porch and takes his mother’s hand in his to
say good bye, and she imprints kisses of affection
upon his cheek, and baptizes him
with her tears. He meets his father, who
bids him farewell with tears streaming down
his face and words of love and advice falling
from his lips. And thus the bey parts from
his parental roof. He and his
great caravan turn their backs at
iast on the old homestead, and on and on
they drive through the heat of the day, until
at night they pitch their tents and take the
rest that tired nature craves. And as he retires,
and turns his face toward the sky, he
says, “well, well, this is the first night that I
ever spent from under the roof of the old
homestead—this is the first night that I was
ever from home.” Would to God he had
said as this is my first so shall it be my last
away from home. Oh, had he said, and
acted so, he would have shunned 10,000
heart aches and pains, and 10,000 sorrows.
If he had turned backward and driven home
then he would have been taken cnce more
into the arms of his mother, but instead of
doing so he goes to sleep, and wakes up
next morning just as they are ready to resume
the drive. The following night the
same thing happens—he goes to sleep saying
“ this is the second night I have slept
away from the old homestead.” I wish he
had then said this will be my last night, and
turned his footsteps homeward. But he drives
on and on, and on, each night repeating the
same sorrowful story until at last a week has
passed away, and they camp for the day.
Then when the sun has passed over the hills
he lays down to rest, anti exclaims “this is
the first Sabbath I have ever been away
from home.” Would he had said this is
my lasj, but he did not, for when Monday
came they again took up their journey, and
camped not until they reached a fertile and
beautiful country where he said: “I’ll settie
here and buv me a plantation.” But he
thought the matter over, and reflected that if
h_ s; tiled so near home it would not be long
until the old man and the old lady would be
visiting'and advising him, andfilling him
with their old fogy notions, so he resolved
on getting further away. lie traveled the
next ten day\, and by that time got
into another rich and beautiful
country, and he said “I guess
1’il settle here,” but he again reflected, and
made up his mind that it was too near the
postofficq and that he would receive too
many lengthy letters of advice from the old
folks if he made that place his home. He
wante.rto get to the other side of the postoffices.
Many a fellow has wished he was
the other side of the postofFices and telegraph
wires. Accordingly, lie resumed his
journey, and when he again camps he finds
himself ir, that “far off country” spoken of
in the text, where he builds himself a
palatial mansion, buys him a farm, stocks
it, and arranges everything so that he can
settle down and go to making money by the
million. Yes, in a horn he did. (Laughter.)
On his way out to the “far oft country”
he moved in great style and magnificencc,
and I guess if he saw a grand mansion
along the way he would be sure to call
round and sleep there in preference to puttiug
up in his tent. I expect that when
morning came he would ask for his hill, and
if the owner of the house said, “sir, we
charge nothing for this little courtesy, we
are glad to have you call,” he would
fly off and demand the right to pay, saying,
“I want you to understand, sir, lam no
pauper, and am able to pay for what I get.’,’
Oh, the people around there had to be awful
careful lest they hurt his feelings, because
he wanted them all to know he was
able to pay his way. Now, this man that
left his father’s house and was so sensitive
about his feelings, where did he start for?
On the road to wealth and greatness! No,
he has started for the hogpen. He headed
right for there. That reminds me of a lady
who one time came to me and said: “Oh,
I like to hear you preach so much, but in
your last sermon you hurt my husband’s
feelings so much that I fear I cannot get
him to come to church again. “Feelings
hurl! Well, I’ll bet if you put hounds on
the track of fellows whose “feelings” get
hurt every time a preacher tells them the
truth, they will take you right to the hog
pen. (Laughter.) “I never had my feelings
hurt so much in my life,” says another
She, too, is off for the hogpen. Some
time these fellows get so badly hurt at services
that they rack right out from meeting
and when they get outside I’ll bet they are
not a mile away from the hogpen. (Laughter.)
If those poor, sensitive devils feel
hurt because they hear the truth now, how
will they feel when they have to suffer for it
in hell! Oh, I’m very careful
in oases of this kind. Yes I am.
But when I see them heading right ahead for
damnation, I tell you I’ve got to talk. There
are hundreds of people in Waco, and if their
“feelings” are not hurt when their sins are
pointed out to them they are as certain to be
damned as that I am now speaking here.
Say “amen”, to t‘iat. [Chorus of clergymen—“
Amen”.] One of the most sensitive
women I ever saw in my life — a woman who
would be shocked if the preacher said a sin
gle word at all out of the way—she had a
drunken sot of a husband and two drunken,
depraved boys. When I heard her talk
about the preacher and saying that her feelings
were hurt, I thought to myself, “well,
old lady, if you want to have fits you had
better go home; you have lots of cause for
them there.” Now, these are the kind of
people that see their friends going straight to
hell without a murmur, but when the preacher
goes to preach they want him to be careful
lest he should hurt somebody’s feelings.
I would not give this little finger for one
thousand such people pinned up in a bundle
here tonight. I have got feelings as well
as you, and the only difference between us
is, I want to save your friends from hell and
you don’t. And yet you get shocked! Ah,
you poor little dunce you. (Laughter.) Be
mighty careful, now. That prodigal in the
text was going the wrong way,
probably because somebody “hurt his feelmgs.”
And when he settled down in that
far off country, along comes the famine, and
he was glad to get a job feeding swine.
Jews hate swine, and I believe that I am
about twothirds of a Jew myself in that regard.
I hate hogs, whether they stand on
two or four legs. (Laughter.) He fed
husks to the swine, and lived on them himself.
Young man, when you stepped
across the line of accountability to
God you said to your Creator:
“Now, turn over to me my spiritual
portion or heritage,” and the Lord turned
over to you right then, just as in the case of
the prodigal, all the blessed influence that
heaven throws around your immortal soul,
and you yourself have been a prodigal'ever
since. Where’s that Bible that taught
you how to live? Gone long ago. Where
are all the tender influences of home circle
that kept you faithful in every trial?
Gone long ago. Where’s your ^mother’s
prayers which were spoken to keep you pure
and good? Gone and forgotten! Where’s
your father’s word of kindly advice, teaching
you the way you should go? All are scattered,
and you are in that far off country,
ready to join yourself to one of its citizens—
Continued on Fourth Page.
SUNDAY’S BUDGET.
BROTHER BIIRCIIARD STILL REFUSES TO
STEP DOWN AND OUT.
A Long Pigeon Fly—Tho Kentucky Foul Sfcil
Kalgning—Democratic (Jroule: s—State
and General Notes.
IN GENERAL.
Mt. McGregor, N. Y., June 28.—Midnight.—
At this hour all is quiet at the cottage,
with no light visible except that turned
low in the sick room. The general is already
asleep and Dr. Douglas has just said
that all conditions are favorable for quiet
until morning. ■
New Yorl, June 28.—John McCullough,
the actor, was Saturday evening handed over
to the care of the Bloomington insane asylum
authorities by three of his closest friends
Mr. McCullough’s mental weakness had
been well known for many months, but it had
assumed such alarming proportions lately
that this step, long deferred, was at last
considered to be necessary.
New Orleans, La., June 28.—A carrier
pigeon which has been held captive for a few
days at the office of the signal service in this
city, was liberated at 7:20 by Sergeant Herrman
in the presence of a number of gentlemen
who assembled to witness the departure
of the bird for Kcysport, N. J., a distance of
1130 miles in a direct line. The pigeon
took a northerly course for a short distance,
then stopped for a few seconds and then continued
its flight and disappeared from sight
one minute and five seconds after its liberation.
Mokehead, Ky., June 28.—The trouble
in Rowan county has been renewed again.
Humphreys, the alleged sheriff of the county,
today shot Craig Tolliver, the marshal
of Morehead and the leader of the opposition
faction who attempted to arrest him on
a charge of confederating for his (Tolliver’s)
murder. Tolliver was shot with buckshot,
one shot penetrating the breast, his hand being
shattered and his cheek grazed. At
4 o’clock this afternoon the posse attempted
to arrest Humphreys, when he and his confederate
Rayburn rushed out of the house and
ran firing. The posse returned the fire killing
Rayburn and mortally wounding Humphreys.
Washington, June 28. The Post this
morning publishes an interview with Congressman
N. D. Hill, of Ohio, in which,
among other things, Mr. Hill is quoted as
saying that the democrats of Ohio are opposed
to the civil service law almost to a man,
that they regard it as a fraud on the public.
Washington, June 28.—The appointment
of Hedden as collector of customs and
Beattie as surveyor of the port, has thrown
New York city politicians into a whirl of excitement,
and the local politicians now in the
capital, especially those affiliating with Tammany,
claim that the state is in danger.
They threaten that with no spoils in sight
Tammany will revolt. The leading papers
of New York are divided as to the wisdom of
the appointments.
Auburn, N. Y., June 28.—John D. Fish,
expresident of the Marine bank, arrived at
the prison this morning to serve his sentence
of ten years’ imprisonment. Mr. Fisli wore
his citizen’s dress in the receiving cell today,
but tomorrow he will be put in convict’s
garb.
Charleston, S. C., June 28.—The one
hundred and ninth anniversary of the battle
of Fort Moultrie was celebrated here today
by the Palmetto Guard with appropriate
church services. A military parade tomorrow
will conclude the celebration.
Washington, June 28—Director Burchard
of the United States mint has written a letter
to Secretary Manning refusing to resign,
as requested.
Wahington, June 28.—There are rumors
that Madame Havenna, the concert singer
who died here Wednesday, was poisoned,
and great excitement prevails among her
German friends.
There were suspicious circumstances attending
her death, and her body will probably
be exhumed in a day or two. She was to
have been married the day she died.
The wedding had been postponed three
times. She was engaged to Dr. Bessels,
who was investigated on a charge of having
poisoned Dr. Hall on the Polaris expedition.
He was acquitted. Dr. Bessels holds a
good position in the agricultural department.
THE STATE.
Laredo, June 28 —Senator E. F. Hall
and Capt. Joe Sheely of the rangers, who
have been at outs for some time, met at Hoiland’s
“My Theater” about n o’clock last
night. Sheely went up to Hall and slapped
him. Both men then drew their pistols and
emptied them in the house. The casualties
were: Hall was unhurt and Sheely had a
Price k Cents.
bullet in the shoulder, but was not seriously
injured.
Fort Worth, June 28.—The hardglove
fight between ihe St. Joe Kid of Fort Worth
and Kid Bridges of Gordon, for $200 a side
and gate receipts, came off yesterday, and
after the seventh round was decided, on a
foul in favor of the former. Neither of the
fighters had a mark or lost a drop of blood,
and but for the foul the fight might have gone
on for an hour or more.
Crawford, Tex., June 28.—Today near
Osage, in Coryell county, James F. Tate was
arrested by a posse of men under Deputy
Sheriff Mason, of Hunt county, Texas,
charged with committing an outrageous assault
on the person of Miss Maggie Kimes
of Howell, Tenn. He made an effort to
fight, but was overpowered. Fie was dispatched
on the eight o’clock train tonight.
He claims to have a letter from the girl that
will clear all charges against him of outrageous
assault and substantiate the facts in the
case.
CABLE NOTES.
It is affirmed that Prince Bismark directly
influenced the marquis of Salisbury’s accepting
for office.
The official cholera report in Spain for
Friday shows 1106 new cases and 538
deaths. The disease is spreading rapidly.
The departure of Earl Spencer, late lord
lieutenant of Ireland, from Dublin, was
witnessed by great crowds. Some groans
were heard .
A dispatch from Soarbruck, Germany,
states thal an explosion of fire damp occurred
in a mine at Dudweiler near Soarbruck.
Eighteen miners were killed.
The pope will deliver an important allocution
at the meeting of the next consistory,
upon which occasion Archbishop Moran of
Sydney will be created a cardinal.
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS.
What Health Ofiicer Snead Urges Our People
to Do.
To the Citizens of Waco:
Cholera is rapidly increasing in Europe,
and any day we may hear of the announcement
of its appearace in America. The national
board of health regards the danger as
imminent. It is far more likely to invade
this country through some of our gulf seaports
than by way of the Atlantic seaboard.
Should it become epidemic in America,
Waco, situated on the great line of travel
from Galveston and Mexico to the great
western cities, can hardly escape. The sanitary
condition of our city is such as to offer
a standing invitation, not only to cholera,
but also to our near eremy, yellow fever, and
typhoid fever. The danger is grave ar.d
menacing. To say nothing of the suffering
and death, the desolate stricken homes, the
widows and orphans that would be made,
the pecuniary loss that we would sustain,
would be many times greater than the cost of
putting the city in good, clean condition, and
doing all in our power to avert such a calamity.
Our city council says the treasury is
empty and the city has no money to do her
part. They must devise some means of raising
the reeded funds. Agitate this question;
press it on them, speak, speak as a people,
with no uncertain sound so that they will be
instructed how to act. The danger is too
great for hesitancy. But even were there a
surplus in the treasury each citizen has a
duty—he must see that his own premises are
put in the best condition. Clean up yourself
and see that your neighbors do the
same, and that the city does her part. Without
yourjjsupport your health officer is helpless,
his hands are tied. Give me your intelligent
support and hearty cooperation,
and much good can be accomplished. Rake
up and burn all the combustible trash and
filth about your premises, cart off your slops,
see that your privies are cleaned and well
limed (quick lime in small pieces with coarsely
ground charcoal is an excellent disinfectant).
In specially foul places use chloride
of lime—one pound to four gallons of water
—or corrosive sublimate—one part to 5,000
of water, (poisonous, so handle with care.)
Ten days from this notice the police will
begin a house to house inspection. If your
premises are not in order you will be cited
before the recorder. No other notice will
be given. Now I appeal to you by all you
hold dear, to go to work and put your houses
in order. Sanitary laws are^necessarily arbitrary.
Those who will not obey them mast
be made to do so for the public good.
A. H. Snead,
Health Officer of Waco.
—The picnic of the “W. F. C.” club at
the Waco driving park yesterday was largely
attended and very pleasant up to four o’clock
in the afternoon, when the threatening clouds
warned the company to get home. These
picnics will be kept up every Sunday.
Do Not Fail
To visit the old corner drug store and regale
yourself with a glass of soda water
while in the city. 292t.