The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-07-04
Rev. Sam Jones.
!Special correspondence Of the Gold Leaf.

Special correspondence Of the Gold Leaf.
YAzoo CITY, Miss. June Goth, 1888.
The stir and excitement created in Jack
son last week by Bev. Sam Jones, together
with the Durham Plants structures upon
former criticisms made by me upon Rev
Sans m0dats 0perdnds, induces ME to write
YOU some thoughts which occur i'll c0nnec-
ton with this truly remarkable man. Be-
fore am censured for the temerity OF at
tempting a comparison between hlm ana
learned christians who have preceded him,
l cali attention to an old and accepted pre-
cept: Gone of the saddest things about |
human nature is, that man may guide |
| others in the path Of life, without walking
in it himself Telling people, as he does.
i'm the plainest and most public manner, OF
their Short comings, both ministers, mem
beers and sinners, in style that would be
insulting and not permitted in any other
| man. he fascinates his audiences and draws
crowds from hundreds of miles to hear
him. He boldly asserts that "a man who
drinks whiskey will steal, yet the wills
kew drinkers flock to hear him and after
wards laugh over the remark as though
thew enieyed being called thieves. The
long faced Puritan who would regard it a
sacrilege to smile in their own conSecrated
feather their own minister for unSeemly
levitv in the sacred desk, laugh at and ap-
plaud Sam Jones, seeming not to agree
I with COWper, who says
| 10 neQOtlateS
AS Gods Ambassador. the grand concerns
; OF Judgment and Mercy, should beware
!. OF lightness in his speech. T'ispitifnl
: To covert a grin, when you shoui' WOO d
To break jest, when purity would inspire
J, | Pathetic exhOrtatiOn; and address
:, The skittish fancy with facetious tales, -,
q | When sent with Gods commission to the
\ heart! , ,>
IS the commandment, ''Thou shalt not kill,
IS and also "if thine enemy smite thee OF
a says if you don't like what say meet M
le outside the corporation. But before 20.
=, do. get a full suit of mourning for ever.
y member of your family" Ministers ant
4 christians Of the old style pray, "hav
r mercy upon us miserable sinners tn
e. Pharisee thanks God he is mot as otne
that the Preaon,hng OF tine
&C. Baptist, ct ilLta oanes, is futile that the
- are drones in the vineyard that ne ha
~ come to save, while these same divine:
~ preaching the humility they teach. bo'
down and worship as though it were M
49, written thou shalt have no other Coo
or before me-" With all these facts befol
an intelligent public, the magnetism all
,v comedianism of Rev: Sam Jones bring
~ within his hearing those who perhal
he might otherwise never be brought lace :,
M gressions, and his sermons have health
NO moral effect, which if transient, is stI
a; benefcial-a sort of putting on Il
IF brakes" for those whose downward veto
70 ity is too great to stop without assistanc
;s 20 It is not my intention to dip porcupi.ne
to quill in nitric acid to write on this sub1el
Of but simply to provoke discussion {: am no
IN manner of man. he is, and to find out
, ,tn- possible supon what (religious) meat Il
, w our Caesor has fed that he has grown ia
'n;; as to set at defiance all the establish
r ~ rules and customs of the orthodox churcl
no and learned refOrmers from Christ a
TO- tc' the Apostles to Martin Luther. and FRI
'e'' Luther to the learned divines OF our O
day and time. If it be asked what ma
non professor to do with this, / answer e
he has more to do with it than those wit
nm the fold, for Christ came not to save
Mt righteous but the sinner. so, il 1t be II:
hw to bow down and worship new religio
adIL to lay aside all solemnity and reverence
NH the holy tabernacle for wit, mirth and
,,nd eraI ievitv, we should like for the lear,
lou, | fathers to inform US. \. II