The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-01
RRVIVALISTS.
A Man Who Injudieiousiy Threw q Stone and an Old Fellow Who
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preachers, and some of them have become justly celebrated In the 6eld of evangel- ism. but after all the rcvivAlist is indigen. ous to the south. A revivalist must be something of an orator. in the north, oratory has been buried; In the south It is still a passion, therefore. the mos, powerful revivalists are southern men. Sometimes there Is. even in the south, scarcity of revivalis,s, and sometimes they abound in great numbers. An old fellow who lives ia Georgia was arrested for striking man with stone.
 "You ought to Dc ashamed Of your. selt," said the judge betote whom the man was arraigned. "Why did you strike this revivalist with a stoner'
 It was an accident, judge. threw at q wool picker, and soon afterwards dts covered that had struck this mau. It was purely accidental"
 "l can't help that" said the judge. During oif years it Is well enough to throw stones, but when revivalis,s are as numerous as they are at present, it is wrong. You should know that you can not throw a stone without striking me. must fine you for your negligence"
 1t isA question whether the work Of those sensationaiists result In permanent good. They address the emotions in- stead oi the intelligence. The wild shout of the passionate man, his declarations that hornfull of glory has been poured on his head, do not enforce conviction among people who know that, the following day, he would swear during the intensity of a" swap," that his moon. eyed horse was in perfect condition. Such q man may be sincere at the time of his agitation, but the next day old human pa,ure as. serts himself. The person who Is born without principle will lack principle on the day of his death. RAscals, like poets, are born.
 At present Sam Jones is the chief of revivalists. His moral lectures are good, bu, his religious assertions are dogmatic. He allows no one a chance to reason with him. He says "do as tell you or yos'tl go to hell l" He has a passion for the word hell. He would rather say hell than to eat hunk of sweet potato pie. Well, in this particular, we do no. much blame him. Mir Jones is slang sling er." He turns biblical quotations into flang. His language is as rough as the back of a toad. He talks ungrammatic- ally, it is said, so that the common peo- pie may understand him. This is ridic. uIous. No matter H a man be wholly uneducated, a grammatical sentence :s more pleasant to his ears than sentence tha, is ungrammatieal.
 No great good results from excite ment True religion is quiet, charitable and unassuminE.
 A few weeks ago skillful revivalist made his sppeaTsnoe in Morrillton, Ark ansaw. He had heard that Morrill.on was not godly village. The report, al. though somewhat sensational, was, in the main. correct, MorriiIton, writhing under the drug store whisky of prohibition, dis. regarded the saints. The revivaiist be- gan series of religious meetings. He did not rant like Brother Jones, bat hs talked kindly to the people. Af.er . shiIe young lawyers-think of 1t, ysung lawyers-humbled themselves st the bench. Some of them had to shou.. One young fellow exclaimed: "Censis- men Of the jury, in all my Legal expen- escs-I mean, my dear brethren, 1 am . changed man." The esthusiasm went ap to nisssy-z;ss ss ;ss ss:1s. Some Q! he young lawyers hearing that an old l fellow vas dying near town rushed out to | 'ee him, to persuade him to change his | ,ourse before 1t vas everlassingiy too ate. The old fellow was at home when hey arrived. It was evident that he had put a few hours to live.
 AUncie Dan" said one of the lawyers, how do you 6nd yourseif7"
 In bed" he replied.
 "Oh, yes, ve know that, bat are you wiling to go9"
 @Wsil, l aia't haakerisg after going, 'us reckon it's all hght." II