Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-11-08

THE CROWDS IN HIS TABERNACLE AT LYNX CD
BURG-AN INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF
HIS VISIT THERE-HIs STYLE OF PREACH
ING-THE RESULTS, SPIRITUAL AND FL
NANCIAL-HOPEs OF HIS COMING TO
sTAUNTON.
Correspondence of the staunton VINDIcA-
TORI
LYNCHBURG, VA, Oct. 29th 81 have
seen Sam Jones | have heard him preach
and | must agree with hundreds and thou
sands of others here that he is a remarka-
BILE man, a man of rare ability and great
usefulness, one of the most magnetic men
/ ever saw. He draws large crowds, holds
them better than any one ever listened 20.
| saw not less than
5000 PEOPLE
crowded in the great improvised taberna-
Gle here till every seat was taken and every
foot of standing room occupied and the
doors shut to prevent disorderly crush.
saw these people sit and stand for over an
hour each time, while the great evangelist
preached, and so quietly that not sound
besides the speakers voice and the hearty
amens, could be heard except when the au-
dience would applaud some telling hit,
break into uncontrollablel laughter at sal
ly of his inimitable humor OF the next min
ute sob in sympathy with his touching
pathos But | can't report him. There is
not the space to attempt report OF the
four great sermons | heard him preach, and
[ am glad there is not, for no report could
make
WOULD DO THEM JUSTICE,
and to quote the apparently harsh, bitter
and sometimes even cruel and undignified
things that he says would only give you
the words without the man, and unless YOU
and hear the while he Tttn1.S these
hard and startling things OF makes be-
times his wonderful flights of eloquence,
you can not understand him Or them.
Rev. Dr.. A. E. Dickinson Of the Reg5g-
do0s Herald spoke to the point when he told
the Meas Of this city, ''Sam Jones is one
hardest man to report ever worked upon.
Before saying harsh thing he brings you
up to it in a way that leads you to feel that
nothing can be more fit and appropriate
than the thing which, taken out of its con-
nection, seems an improper thing to be said
by any one. He makes men laugh that he
may make them cry, makes them mad that
he may make them glad. OF course he
makes blunders like the rest of us. But
the man who makes no mistakes is a dead
man"
THAT IS A SMART CRITICISM
and as true as it is smart No one knows
better than Sam Jones how he is quoted
and misquoted, garbled, abused, damned
and praised, but it is his way. He knows
Julius Caesar and as independent as wood
sawyer and he is going to stick to his own
way if the sky falls.
His remarks at his closing service yes
terday with reference to the Lynchburg
press illustrate this idea. Said he: "The
three newspapers here have helped me.
They have reported me correctly. 1t is the
first Mace | have been where Ill the raDOr-
tiers were Christian men. They have not
garbled and misquoted, giving one sentence
here and another there. Why with that
sort OF reporting you can make man say
anything. You can even make the Bible
ridiculous and wicked. Now listen (open-
went out and hanged himself;' then, Go
thou and do likewise and again, what
thou dOest do quickly So put that all to-
gether and it means every man ought to
hang himself before breakfast.
THE RESULTS.
Rev. Sam Jones was invited here by the
Young Mems Christian Association and
the President, John P. Pettyjohn, Esq,
had charge of all the preparations and de-
about such grand and glorious results as
will never cease to be felt in this city.
Besides the working force Of Y. NJ. G. A.
men, all the religious denominations were
represented by their ministers and laymen.
4Iethodists, Baptists. Presbyterians, Chris
tians and Episcopalians worked side be-
side, large group of preachers sitting on
the platform together at every service up
some always taking part in it. To sum up
what was done; over 700 penitent and con-
verted persons came to the stand and gave
their names and residence with the church
and pastor of their choice on card which
is given to the minister designated Num-
harc nf oo1d nd no 1yc1i ob,
bers renewed their allegiance to God and
Christ. The debt of $4,000 upon the Young
Mems Christian Association was provided
for in full by subscriptions made on the
spot, and great burden lifted from the
shoulders of that manarement; over 50, 800
was subscribed for the Women's Training
School, about ~, 900 was contributed to Rev.
Sam Jones and his helpers; over 81 400 was
raised by daily collections for defraying
the expenses of the meeting, and $3.50 was
given to the Orphan Asylum of so inmates
which Mr.. Jones is conducting in Georgia,
in all over S14, 900 was raised for religious
and charitable purposes. Mr.. Jones we'll
said at one OF the meetings that when a
mans heart got warm you might as we'll
punch out the bottom of his pocket book
Again in referring to the text ut is more
blessed to give than to receive he said he
would long ways rather stay at home
with his family and give 500 to Foreign
4hloolollo lhttl NC u plSU Sullldlldu W
receive it,
ANOTHER UNLOOKED-FOR RESULT
is reported by the merchants who say that
the large crowd, brought here by these
| meetings, which has thronged the city for
ten days was good buying crowd, and
| their receipts show an increase of % per
cent. over the trade brought here by the
Fair, week before last,
| Sam Jones texts have even got into po-
Il
| Tucker up on the platform and while it
was raining so hard that Mr.. Jones could
not preach on account of the noise it made
on the low tin roof, heard Tucker tell
him that he had two days ago OF one OF his
campaign tramps dropped in and heard
him preach from the text, ,','Whatsoever ye
Tucker mentioned the sermon and under
took to apply it while speaking at Apo
mattoX, and at the climax shouted, What
are you sowing now? A tipsy Democrat
in the audience brought down the house by
believing, ''SoWin' nocracy."
sam Jones' congregations coming from
all the country around, his converts are
also much scattered. Looking over pile
of some 300 of the cards left by them, Sun
day and Monday, noticed among the few
examined, names from Clifton Forge, Mel
son, Madison, Amherst, Campbell, and
AppomattoX. There are LAWYERS. mer,
1obplpiFoI ulStll-
lers, barkeeners, drunkal'ds, and one neg 0
who slipped in by the back=door, for there
was not room enough for white and black
and separate services were held. So the
good will be wide spread and Dr.. Dickin-
son says,
REVEALS ALL OVER VIRGINIA
will result from this great meeting
One distiller from the country came up tC
Mr., Jones and with tears streaming down
his face shook his hand.and said, am going
right home, burn my license and quit the
business. A barkeeper from the country
and another from the city renowned theil
business publicly. After the sermon Sun
day night, and while tho splendid choir was
singing. Witnessed very affecting scene
An aged man from neighboring county
who had been an unbelieyer all his liz
and has two pious sons residing here CANE
in to hear Sam Jones, and while sitting il
front Of him was deeply convicted. Whel
he came forward with lettering steps an(
streaming eyes and gave his hand to thu
preacher, the two sons rushed forward anf
clasped him around the neck and while
the three silently went for JOY, and hus
hn,-I aA. fol ,f,fr