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Show The Sam Jones Lecture. Sum Jones has cuinu and gone, but Is nol forgot ifii by the thousand or llftefti bundled people who- hewr film. a Sum sitid too many truthful things in a wonderfully straight-forward manner for him to be forgotten so readily, in fact Sain said a great many things that didn't set wuil with his hearers, despite the fact that they laughed ; immoderately. But that's the Jones way and Samuel doesn't care how it was taken, "you old rascals." ras-cals." He does that every place, In the same way, and he is used to any and every kind of criticism now. Besides, Be-sides, as Sam said, If he makes anyone mad all that Is necessary to straighten It Is' for the person to apologize to him and he will forgive him. Decidedly Unique. Without question Sam Jones is decidedly de-cidedly deficient from all other lecturers. lec-turers. He seems to take a delight In saying the things least expected In the language calculated to shock or startle one into careful attention. It might be said that some of his expressions are a little uncouth or at least sound that way after continued repetition, but these expressions usually emphasize em-phasize u striking point that comes straight from Iho shoulder, and who can question the man whon his lecture lec-ture as a whole Is summed upV The Subject. Jones took for his subject "A Medley Med-ley of Philosophy, Facts and Fun," and as he rambled lie presented a sufficiency of each. Fun was rampant throughout the evening, facts were ever present, and his philosophy is unquestioned un-questioned by the knowing. He urged urg-ed upon young men that naught can make them men unless they so will it and get at It; he flayed the liquor traffic, and the peoplo who permit It, most unmercifully; ho told the young ladles that love of. mother is their first and highest mission In life and to the young man he said love of mother Is the basis of manhood. Ills was gentlo raillery throughout klndly.sympathc-tic, klndly.sympathc-tic, but straight goods. Wonderful Voice. Sam Jones has a wonderfully round and mollow voice capable of the most perfect modulation and to this a goodly portion of his success is due. Ills first word tilled thu great tabernacle and attracted instant attention and at the helfflitof merriment a' word.spokcn as only Sam eait.iak ItMhushed that audience to Immediate silence. But what's the use he Is Indescribable, Indescrib-able, and to attempt to tell the public what he said In the way he said it is impossible. As several expressed it, his lecture was worth any man's (5.00 and should he ever come again an outdoor out-door meeting would havo to be Ifeld. Tiik Rei'uiilican scribbler caught a few of his -trite remarks verbatim and wo present tiicso here without regard re-gard to any connection ono may have with the other or the subject about which he was talking. Sam Said: A man ought never to be allowed to to go about by himself until he's thirty, a woman never. I always did despise theology and botany but I always loved religion and flowers. When 1 meet a doctor I ask him to take me to the cemetery and show me what he has done. It's what a man docs that counts. Never was the premium on the real, royal standard of manhood as high as now. There Isanover-productlcm of everything every-thing In America but men. One real man Is worth more to a state than all other products In a hundred years. College education is good If it has taught the young man that he doesn't know anything and turns him out Into In-to Ihe world, to learn. Ood above, an angel mother and a noble father can't make a roan of you until you make up your mind to be one and get at It. It is deliberate Intelligent choice that makes the man. God is Limited Ood can't make a Christian of any man unless that man first wills to be a Christian. If he can why doesn't he? Christianity and the saloon can not, will not live sldeby side. If the devil don't get some of you It's because he don't want you. The saloon man is as good as his saloon; thu saloon is as good as the town that licenses It; the town Is as good as the law that the legislature put on tho books; the legislature Is as good as the people who vote so It's up to j on at last" ynu old rascals." A Little Figuring How many saloons have you In Logan? Lo-gan? Seven? (Including drug stores. How much Is the saloon license? lOOOitl That means something moro than $0,000 a year in license. How many people have you? 7,00011! That means that Logan sells Itself at 90 cents a head. You sell yourselves and your boys to the saloon at 00 cents a head. How much will a 200 pound hog bring in your city? $12 00!lll Don't you wish you wcro a hog? As a business proposition don't you see you arc losing money? I have only ono objection to the saloon sa-loon keeper he's too much like the louse making his living off the heads of families. U any or you peoplo get mad Just come up and beg my pardon and we'll call It even. The man who votes for rr en who will license salmons Is no friend of Ood and no friend of man. I used to be a Democrat, but I'm well now. But you Republicans needn't laugh. 1 thank God I never did trot with you. I've quit being a Democrat or Republican I'm Just a gentleman now. Did you ever try It? It's the devil In people that causes all the trouble. The devil gets In hogs and you can't drive 'cm through a gate; the devil gets Into horses and they rear up, paw the air, and wouldn't pull a hen off the roost; he gets Into men and they want to fight and shcot; the devil gets Into woman, but 1 never stayed to see., what happened. hap-pened. The Poor Man Take this home with you a father may possess stocks and bonds unlimited, unlimit-ed, but If ho has a drunkard son or a girl he can't trust out of his sight, he Is a bankrupt already. The father without a dollar, but with a loving wife, noble industrious boys, and princely girls, he Is rich beyond measure. meas-ure. Spcaklngof whiskey "you old devils you like It yourself, that's why you havo saloons here." Young men, always do your best. You will find that you can always do better than jou think you can. Do the hard things; to do the easy things doesn't mean anything. It's easy to spit, but after you've finished the Job what have you accomplished? You people are all right here, that Is, you're clever, but you ought to travel. Get on the train and go over to Cache Junction. Go to Pocatello some time. Travel Is a great thing to broaden the mind. A Hard One When you want me to quit say so. I want to give you your monoy's worth though, if you have any place to put It. The trouble with most of you people is that you paid too much to come In you can only hold so much. Do the hardest things. That's what Abraham did and today He wears the greatest crown. God never made a man without nearly burning him up. Following tho strry of Daniel and a reference to the fact that his enemies caught him at prayer, Jones said "the difficulty with you people Is that you are never caught at anything, good or bad. The peoplo who count arc the ones who aro caught doing things. Fire won't burn a fellow that's doing do-ing what God 'old him to do; wild beasts can't devour, water can't drown htm. Some Hot Ones You little fools running around here with a bottle of whiskey and cussln' you can't mako a man. And you fellows who go about with a revolver In your hip pocket. Some time It will go olT and blow out your brains. The greatest President this country ever had Is Roosevelt. He Is the greatest President because he Is tho sanest and best Christian c.er In the presidential chair. You little Democrats can't sec much good In him, of course. It's like tho little Baptist, the llttlo Methodist and the little Mormon who can't see any good except In their own little creeds. Some people arc so little you could spit on 'cm and drown 'cm. I thank God for the man who sees good when it is good wherever It may be. Young man If mathematics is hard Tor you, master mathematics. Don't waste your time on something easy, you don't need to. If I was a bootblack I'd be the best bootblack In the world. I would mako every shoo a mirror that would rellcct my face. Advantages do not work good, it's disadvantage that makes a man. I used to preach against divorces 1 don't now. What God has Joined together let no man put asunder and man can't. Tho trouble Is God never had anything to do with half the marriages. Love and honor of mother Is the basis ot manhood. I used to tight at the drop or my hat, when a man called me a liar I had to tight. I don't now. If a man calls me a liar now and I am one, I know I deserve It. If I'm not a liar, I don't care If he htands there and lies all day. A man said to mo 'Jones would you light under any circumstances?' I said, 'well, if a man slaps mo on one check, I'd turn the other. If he slapped that well, I have no further Instructions. What have you got from this lecture? Any more than the fun? Those of you who haven't, you don't need to be religious. The way has been provided for Idiots and children to get Into heaven. Tho best young man In Utah Is the one who never put a cruel font on the heart-of a loving mother. . The best girl In Utah Is tho ono who makes her mother her sweetheart and loves her more than anything elso In the world. |