Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-29

Jones'" The newspapers in town had only honeyed words now; and often single issue of the American" would have three full sermons on it's first page. The excitement was intense. At the last meeting ot the three weeks revival the tent was not only damned to repletion, but the street in front was impossible, and a phalanx of people twenty feet extended clear around the out side of the tent. Nor did the standing null titude outside get restless.
 Some meetings were set aside especially for women and this strange revivalist would frankly declare that he had things which he wished to say privately to the women, and he hoped the men would stay at home and mind their own business. This was not re- assuring to fond husbands, but the terms were soon reversed. Men only were invited, and the women were advised to 'stay home and pray for their husbands"
 Sam Jones is not 8 selfish man. During his stay here he was offered $10,000 home by the citizens of Nashville, provided he would settle down and make the city per manent field of labor. After short delibera- tion he declined tine offer. Thereupon some of the leading business men here made up purse of S1 500 for him. "No," he said; ''Pll take $500 of that sum, and ask you to divide the remainder among those saloonists who have reformed during these meetings, and destroyed their stock of liquors, to their own considerable loss."
 Your readers have seen good many ex- tracts from the sermons of this great preach er floating around in the press, especially such as define his position on the social evil question, the roller rink, the "German," the dudes and 'sp.der-legs' etc., etc. I will
 select at random one or two quotations from his Nashville sermons that I have not seen ill print,-except locally.
 goodbye to lovely innocent home, and
 Stand around street corners with a crowd,
 and tell their smutty stories, done up with paths, that crowd is the dirtiest the devil ever saw. If a buzzard were to get within smelling range of them, he would wheel and sail off in another direction"
 "Brother Witherspoon, I've spent more money in one night on drunk than some of your church members give to God in a whole year"
 q wish could make this old Cumberland river stink with whisky for three weeks. would shout all the way home." s-. ''I believe in bottomless hell and top less heaven"
 "When started to heaven I had no more religion than 8 calf. was just as mean as old splint-foot could make me-" ssYou could put two such worlds as this in your brooches pocket, and then go up and spend night at the dog star; and you wouldn't have money enough to pay your hotel bill'
 This last quotation serves to illustrate the blind-often illogical and meaningless character of Jones' illustrations. He is even | inconsistent. It is absolutely certain, fol | instance, that he said here: "You could send all the Christians in Nashville to Atlants for two cent stamp" Afterwards he loud | Iy denied having made such statement | Doubtless he uttered it so thoughtlessly thai l 1t was forgotten the next moment. l There has, of course, been more or less oi \ demonstrative piety in these meetings The colored people-and even the whites would
 get to shouting "Glory Hallelujah" at times
 so that the exercise could not go forward fol | some time. On such occasions, Sam Jones
 would sit on the railing smiling and gazing
 about him until the enthusiasm subsided, o1
 else he would pace up and down the platform
 with his hands in his pockets. He has {
 way of noticing the most trivial things righ 1 in the midst of his discourse. was mucl
 amused at the way in which he stopped a
 one time, and said to the reporters: "Youns
 men, it would be awful rough on you feller | to report all these sermons and then fnall, l 70 to hell now wouldn't its' EMILE