The Cecil Whig., 1886-05-08
THE TWO "SAMS. "
Sam Jones and Sam Small Attack

Their Revival Meetings in Skating Kinks
Some Pithy Remarks on Many Topics
by the Two Southern EvanGelists- short
Skct tclles of the Two Gentlemen.
The Rev. sam Jones and Mr.. Samuel
| W. Small, the two evangelsts who have
been attracting large crowds to hear
them in southern and Western cities for
some time past, began series of meet
ings i'll Baltimore on Sunday last. Three
services are held daily; IA noon meeting
at the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion Building, cor. Saratoga and Charles
| streets, and afternoon and evening meet
! iugs at II large skating rink on Biddle
street. The afternoon and evening meet
| ings are attended by immense crowds.
| Sam Small does most of the talking at
| the noon and afternoon meetings, while
| Mr.. J pncs gets his work in at night.
THE REV. SAM ZONES
is .| Years old, native Of Georgia, and
| is a lvember of the North Georgia Con-
| ltltiff " tIt -ttIIitIiSJ i-illSCOpdl
| Church 5 'uth. He is OF mcdium statue,
| dark complexion, and wears \ closely
crorr,d black mustache. He dresses in
a black suit, with a Prince Albert coat, :,
but every one forgets everything but his
face as he speaks. His voice, though
clear and distinct, has IA plantive note
running through 1t, and his sentences
end wI:h rising infection. His words
follow each other in rapid succession, but
occasionally, especially after some tell
ing sentences or humorous illustrations,
with which his remarks are well sprink-
led, he turns 30 his right and pushes his
hand over his forehead and through the
locks of his hair hanging loosely in front,
as if he were searching for the proper
word or idea with which to begin his
next sentence. Then his hard drops, and
turning to his audience he begins anew,
aud rapidly throws out his sentences as
if nothing could stop them. His audience
hung on his every word with intent,
eager faces, over which now and then Il
smile passed as a quite laugh was arous-
ed at his original way of stating his pro-
positions. He doesn't seem to pick his
words, and his speech at times appears
disconnected, but as a whole it shows a
vigorous intellect, keen insight into hu-
man nature, obtained by close observa-
ton and experience, and preparation for
his sermons.
MR. SAM SMALL.
His companion, Mr. Samuel w Small,
is a native Tcnnesseean, but has lived for
some years in Georgia. He is thirty five
years old, about six feet III height, though
he stoops a little in walking, light COM
pleXion. and wears a flowing sandy mus
tache. a pair of sIt ctacleS, which he
wears almost continuously gives him an
elderly appearance. He has received a
collegiate education, has been engaged III
journalism, and i'll 1873 went to Europe
as attaehe of the American commission
to the Universal Exposition at Paris. He
was converted last fall by Rev. Sam.
Jones, and soon afterward united with
him i'll evangelical work. He is a born
orator.
SOME or JONES SAYINGS.
Did you ever count the bar-rooms i'll
your city? There are ten saloons to every
church; $40 are given to liquor to 81 for
God. In my town we put legs on all the
barrels and demijohns and made them
get out. Applause. Soon the whole of
Georgia Will be free from whisky" APP
plause.
81 am Methodist for the same reason
| am Jones. | was born so. If | moved
in community | would look at all the
churches before | selected one. The
church that would take the best care of
my wife and children | would choose.
| am a Methodist till find church
that's got more git up and git about it.
Laughter.
Il have met with hard old sinners who
have said that church members have
stood III their way. | don't wonder at
this. Why, scme church members gouge
each other. some borrow money froln
each other and never pay it back. Some
back bite each other. No wonder they
go for old sinners. | never call any names
brothers, but each fellow knows his NAM
Der when hit him. Laughter Let's
get right, and there Will be found enough
water in the fountain of life to wash
away every speck of dirt At this ut
terance a number of people shouted
GLORY to God.
RELIGIOUS HUMEUGs.
''lt would be healthy if every member
of the church should ask himself these
questions Suppose every other mem
Der was like me, how would the expenses
be paid, how much sympathy would the
pastor receive?' 1t wouldn't be long be-
fore you came to the conclusion. Here
is the biggest humbug that God AL
mighty allows to live i'll the church.
Laughter | can stand railroad hum
bug, a business humbug. a newspaper
humbug, but God deliver me from re-
ligious humbug. | believe it was at
Princeton that some young fellows tried
to fool a professor who was bugologist
and knew bugs from creation down.
They made up a bug from the head,
wings, feet, body and legs of different
bugs, and failing it to him said, What
kind OF bug is that?' He replied, why
that's a humbug. Laughter. Now
take the hands of a swindler, the feet OF
the dancer the head of q keen trickster
and the mouth of saint, put them all
together and you have the biggest kind
of a humbug, and you would be astonlsh-
ed to know how many humbugs like
that you have in Baltimore.
God help you to be natural and de-
liver you from the cant of the pew. Pro-
Tossing to do too much and doing too
little, is like a steam whistle There was
little steamboat on the Coosa river, in
Georgia, and whenever the engineer blew
the whistle the boat stopped. He couldn't
run the boat and blow the whistle.
Laughter. He had to do one at time
There are men who, when they blow,
can't preach. Laughter. A lot of men
were saying once what they would rather
be. One wanted to be the boiler, an-
other the trucks to move on the weight,
lSc, but George Muse, who was good
fellow except that he was about the Stingi-
est man ever saw-he was worth $20,-
600, and all we could get out of him for
the church was 81, 500-said: "Wel',
I'm perfectly willing to be that old black
coal that you put i'll the box to make
steam to carry on the work. APP
plause. If yon do this in Baltimore,
you'll have grand work. But if every
fellow wants to blow his whistle and
stand still the Lord help us! Laugh
ter.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.
say as God drops his finger, go that
way, for He means it. Commit your