The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-10-24
Rev, sam Jones.

Gu live OlhSS sAAS AsNSs %'aNt~S@
the RECORDER went to its readers.
i've have heard four of them, and
the people o.. Durham have been
preached to as they never were be-
fore.
The fame Of Mr.. Jones' style has
gone abroad throughout the land
and people everywhere are ANXIOUS
to hear him. Asa consequence Dur
ham is stirred from centre to cir
conference and people are fiocking
here to hear him. He is now the
centre of attraction and the subject
of every conversation, and like all
things else connected with human
nature, there are various shades OF
opinion. But he a remarkable man.
As he says his congregations "pray
and praise and laugh" His sermons
have the elements of wit, sarcasm,
ridicule and tender pathos, he
breaches as no one else ever did in
Durham, and no one else can preach.
He nurls at his congregation hard
facts, plain-spoken truths, and tEey
n
are frequently illustrated very eff
fectively with harsh words and slang.
But that is his way Of dealing with
matters. There is but one Sam
Jones in this age. If any resident
minister of Durham were to preach
from his pulpit as the evangelist
does there would be descensions, and
chickering's in that congregation and
it would indeed ''pay him up and let
him CO." The fact is the people
have never heard the truth told so
plainly as 1T is now being enunciat-
ed day after day at Parrish's ware
house. Mr.. Jones WELD a Damacus
blade, keen and sharp, in the cause Of
Christianity, the interest of homes
and the happiness of the human
race. He does it fearlessly and
boldly, and he has already pricked
many fostering sore and few there
be who have heard him, who, If they
will honestly confess it, have not
felt the keen edge Of his blade.
At one time he viii have you
laughing at his ridieule of the ways
and manners Of people, and the next
moment his pathos will force the
sprays of feeling to the eye-lids
drawn from the fountains of tears.
He knows human nature and he
pictures sin in such glowing colors
that it is given untothe human heart
alone to know and feel the throes
and agonies ofsins unforgiven, when
Judged by the standard Of moral
character, and many a smiling face
beamed over a heart whose brightest
dream l. broken and whose rel:yious
sunlight is gone out. even as the
brilliant SKY Sometimes drops its
iridescent beams Of radiance above a
dark. sabbing and moaning sea.
The singing at these meetings is
most sure to stir the fountain Of
song in every breast. The choir,
under the direction Of Prof. Excel,
performs its mission well. The
, Professors solos are Of the sweetest,
tenderest and most beautiful erea-
tons of Vocalism that we have heard
in many years. Each note is as clear
as the smile Of a crystal, pure as the
soul Of a snowflake and as soft as the
down upon a tender thristle, and
they all mingle together as harmoni-
ously as the peaceful wayelets Of
meeting streams, and make up those
pure tides Of melody which flow
through banks Of blooming flowers.
The RECORDER believes the meet
ing will do an inealculable amount
Of good in Durham. Any thing
that tends to make men and women
nobler and live honest, spotless lives
our feeble pen will encourage. The
RECORDER would like TO see every
citizen Of Durham possessing ''the
peace which Is born Of religion and
which mas for It's foundation the
granite mountain Of faith, as calm
and serene and bright and beautiful