The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-08
SAM JONES.

mere IS no dearth of ideas, no searching
ioI tnem. Ihey battle to the surface in
sucu iu1u"lance and profusion that they
seem 90 be contending for priority of ex-
preston One thing is unmistakahle: He
fa9 mapped out nothing in advance but a
Few leading thoughts. All the rest IS left
~ S4e spur OF the moment; the details
4 LiuSy take care of themselves when the
III IL come; Jones is no exception to the
- nc plunges into the stream at
random. Where it will carry him
Ne nell her knows nor cares. His
a.g'nlentS are not marshalled in any like
o1uet' hey will eft" any where they bap-
Poh 10 iai. 10 the habit of leading IN to a
oenoueinent Jones is a stranger. What
tb preachers save for rerorations he
G -aiGMs III anywhere. To lay a strong foun-
r1oon' 70 add story to story, to finish the
Cy--als.9l whole with an elaborate and
GiI''ilehtal roof, is altogether foreign to
us LIS practice. He is as likely to
a LEU al the top as in the middle,
IT,. HsS no preference for either.
luz lucy where his verbal reservoir will
'J+e eaA o1t ne probably could not tell a min
80 III advance. A channel is formed the
o 60 uashes through it, and. instead of
dao, ,oIlS continuously by that outlet, it is
sur ''iei up most Unexpectedly and begins to
49, III III ough another fracture a mile
LAY Inc sermon is not more cohesive
tnal sand. 1t has, logically neitber birt6
a aol oeal1. 1t doesn't begin with SOM and
W. H'Ca desert; the ice cream consorts
ro ,r4 ~, t,,e cabbage And yet the palate is
ev'r, Uiils4Ided. Flowers are gathered from
go lIe No effort is made to have
o,r or cJiors harmonized, but their fra
TreooI. u gers along after the echoes of the
one Of fi.a voice have died away. Jones is
ideastaIoAe men OF whose sermons distinct
have 49,. We readily conveyed to those who
y,ord , -it. no Chance to listen to him. His
ar t.o,ufes ars realistic and vivid. thev
srsida WI with few touches and thrown
loiter "-euoll reluctance. He does not
hr-L. over them. Some are faint hut
crifoso- niue sketches, others stand ont in
sce1a l'o- colorlng. Look at this sanguinarv
tra a drunken father has kicked ont the
room VI VI us calld He hurries to We bar
gusbas fuele ne was crazed: the blood
ward - - ms lungs and be reels back
nottsr,--1 au! Let US put our ear to the
Grip dripr7 -''u iis'en 70 tne blood drip
all the =, "a d tragedy in three sentences with
ter. uluiated horrors of long chao-
the tb.@5 o sentences deal with death aud
matte 80 ~, though it doesn't. is more dra-
4 Oalva LI an the other two put together
Comm artist could lift il into such
Il in tygo wing so elief. Take another ira gedv
-. sentences: Soy
ing a uG5u4hard's daughter died in the morn
away ~ -. ne promised her as she passed
q dro6 So g ne never would take another
neiF. ave ave from her fingers. That night the
Il tie abo9t' , L9and lin drinking from bot
Il Of t5a ' ~ ~nich he had clasped the fingers
Il Ne dead grip VIC N'is04S
s. a to1c5 y can exceed the intensity of eucb
be is ms ~ 'l Us, at other times, however.
Il untn I i 3 dlifuse, hammeripg at an idea
It Is 49,, tanner than beaten gold.
& hind. 44ssailed from before and be.
enough laying seige to 1t deliberately
q With Io.S az hrst, be skirnnishes about It
4 with a 49, I'M lnuSksstry, like a cat playing
ao1y t tthere is deafening canno qS opS All
4 Charge ~ me, ana, with ga over helninr
It has be sslS fortress tortress is taken by escalade.
n with p cen beaten and battered into rims
suddaIoII.a survivor left to tel tbs I tais'
Changes IiI sae roar stops, and the scene
i1<e magic. He faces about. looks