The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-21
Sam Jones.

OPINION o! him:
''But the same idea ran through all he
said. He merely played the variations
on an old established tune, and with the
art Of an old established wordmonger
made old things appear new. Bold, au
dacious and fearless, aggressive in senti-
ment and contemptuous in manner,
with the impudence OF the devil and u
cheek of brass and unlimited gall and
unbounded confidence in Sam Jones,
he was not afraid to say anything that
came to his lips. snd rather ridiculed
and defied his audience than sought to
soothe or placate them. Perfectly sat
isfied that the standard of righteousness
as exemplified by Sam Jones is the per-
feet standard. he purposes to decapitate
any one who is too long for it. and to
stretch on the rack any one who is too
short to meet its requirements
10 say that he has high admiration
Of himself is to draw it mild enough for
the digestion of tccthing baby. The
subject of his teaching is: II am bet
ter than you. Do as do if you would
be saved. Find fault anywhere in
me and L will quit the pulpit" l do
not mean to say these are his exact
words, but they represent the substance
of his teaching.
For those who sit under his ministra-
tions he expresses the most supreme
contempt, both by word and look and
intonation. Now you are pretty ket-
tie Of fish, aint you ? I could 60 to
Foo Chow, in China, and find better
Christians. You are innocent-looking
set. You are the most an innoccn t-look-
ing gang [ ever sow. You look as
though every one of you wanted a pair
of wings right off to fly into glory with
Now you will go away from here and
say: Il don't like Sam Jones Bit and
when you say it you lie, for you will be
back here tomorrow, and you couldn't
be kept away if you were chained with
Saae Shsin, and YOU know it. There
ain't no love lost between us, and if
you go away and tell people that you
don't like Sam Jones, and they ask you
how SnmJones likes you, just tell lem
he don't like you neither" These and
similar expressions were constantly
falling from his lips and thought he
would have given half days salary
once to be at liberty to say: II don't
give damn for your good opinion no
how. and you may travel to sheol by
the shortest route as quick as you think
proper"
: But to the women he was quite COM
placent, and gave them the hest of the
argument, even though he didn't have
q pendulous underlip or thick neck or
q bald head. Pointing to fine looking
young sister,;n front Of him, who had
crying baby in her lap and stalwart
man by her side, he said snow, sis
ter, amt you ashamed Of that little two.
wheeled husband, of yours? If I was
you | would go home tonight and give
him dose of soothing syrup. and get
to quiet that baby of yours,
and take down the big Bible and read
chapter and pray for my fatherless child
and my poor little timid husband. He is
no account to you. and great, gawky,
gangling fellow he is too. Now, don't
you 60 out when you 60 away from
here and take him by the arm and cud-
die him up and say to him: Now
darling, don'i. you mind what that
preacher says. / won't never throw it
up to you, and I don't think you are
q poor little timid husband. Don't you
mind him. Don't do that sisters !.
Don'tIcuddle up your little trifing hus-
bands. ] tell you, sisters you must
hold while / skin" & ~ Sf I
70 the preachers present no was as
impolite Us he was to 1.-The husbands.
Even when announcing some startling
Sam Jonesisn, he said 8 IN ow, every
one Of you knows that is true, and you
dar'nt acknowledge 1t. Every preacher
here knows that what Issay is true, but
he wouldn't say 50 for = dollar 89ai
Twill not multiply instances, because
your readers have seen his reported
sermons. And besides, it would take
more space than Isfcel privileged to oc-
cupY. The man has noint and force