The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-08-19

one who hears him can doubt That
fact for Il moment 1t is Il quiet.
deep eArnestnesS that is telt in ev
cry word he utters; and it is prob
ably because of his earnrstness that
Sam jones can say so many things
: which would b. rllicu.ed and laun h
ed ut. coming from any one else.
lie breaches %, not al tie ind.-
yiduai. E ,ch one feels tina, he or
she is the one singled out, and The
one 10 whom the preacher addresses
. himself. Sam Jones must bc heard
; to be appreciated. Sam Small is
the opposl e of Jones IN every par
ticular but that of merit. He is the
taller of the two. With li.htcr
hair and eyes than his ol ea -ue. lie
Is the more profound reasoner tie
more eloquent, the more polished in
language and .diction equally as
earnest, but lacks the power to hold
an audience, that Jones possesses.
lie has not the fund of wit and hu-
Nor that is so conspicuous feature
in the sermons of Jones The Two
are we'll joine,l in their work They
preach alternately. Thus there is a
change which is desirable and pleas
ing.
They are accompanied by their
own chorister. who takes charge and
directs the musical part OF the SER
vices. Mr.. Excel, soloist singer is
also with them He is a go,d sing
er. The singing alone is feature
of camp NEE ting services and is well
worth a visit to the grounds for The
purpose only ofhea-ing it.
AUGUST 1lih.
This day came a multitude to
hear the evangellsts The heat Was
excessive until ab1ut 8 o'clock
when little rain feel, cooling the
atmosphere somewhat AID laying
the dust.
Jones and Smel! are growing in
favor instead of losing ground as an
'icipated and prophe>ied by 50
many. We can not note the arri-
vas of all the Hooking people to
day; nCr hereafter as there are so
many. But lhe fol! wing are few |
of the many, viz: G. +. Bowen,
Geo. Brashears and wife, Geo.
Mumford and wife, Hon. o. w II
Wright, Pariey Phelps. siss Emma
Wilkinson,s Mrs Saumenig. Mis-,
Emma Saumenig NJ. D. Moore anil |
wife, Isaac Stiers and wife and L. |
E. Baker.
AUGUST y.
The sermon of Sam Jones last ev.
ening was the hest we have yet
heard from him. He incident ! re,
ferred TO the temperance question ;
saying that while he was not a |
third party man at all, yet when he |
had the chance. he would vote for
prohibltionis!. He would not |
vote for any one who was doubtful
on the temperance question, or vho
directly favored the liquor clement.
He said a man now days conld
not be a good christian and belonl
to either of the old parties. That
the preachers and other christians
are slaves to the party lash. He
charact rized the Dow law as the
devils law. That it permitted any |
one who could pay 5000. and was
mean enough to sell whisky, to
damn a million souls if he could.
That one human soul was worth
more than all tho world. That
therefore the State was implicated
IN the guilt OF the seller of the ac-
cursed stuff. That the only differ
ence between the Democratic and
Republican parties, is that the for
mer to catch a certain class walked
about with a whisky barrel on it's
shoulders, and the latter, to catch
the German vote, carried about .
beer keg. Some of the preachers
said amen 10 all this, but others
condemned bv u discreet silence -
However, there is no QUESTION but
that his talk upon this subject had
an immense effect. not only on the
preacher but Oh al the laity How
The ministerial brethren and church
men can get around his position is
hard to determine. Both Jones and
Small have dey oted a good deal Of
attention to this subject in all their
sermons thus far. The results from
their preaching may greatly sur
prise the politicians OF each of the
old parties in the vote this fall.
Sam Email preached the morning
aud evening sermon today. His at
tack upon newspaper men, was
bold and unexpected, coming as il
did from one who for twelve years
was a prominent and widely known
member of that profession. The
newspapers throughout the coun-
try have treated both himself and
Jones with uniform courtesy and
and be certainly Gear
red the joke a little too far'' when
he said that the editors were the I,
and purchased spanlels of
The bar rooms, brewerys and distili
arys. That he could go into the
majority of the newspaper offices
and purchase every man from the
editor down to the .'devil" with a ,
Jug of whisky. His evening ser
non was devoted to his own exper- {
ence; and was largely in the na
:ure of a political speech, for the
as party.
Jones preached the afternoon ser .
non. The burden of his discourse [
vas chiefly prohibition. He thought
hat ii the low down politician I
would stop waving the ''bloOdy :
blrt," and CRYING out against the
Solid South" it would be better
or both sections. The South was l
Wiling TO unite with the North up y
N the temperance issue; and that /
t IS the only real live issue of today. 5
That man who professed christi
nifty and did not vote for prohIbl
ion, lived and acted a lie. and was
liar. That a vote for either of the [
Id parties was vote for the devil. e
tc :.
This sort of talk and manner OF =
'eallng with the question is not rel I
she'd by quite Il number who hear !
he two Sans but all the same is c
making numerous converts to the T
party among the church a