Sharp County record., 1890-09-25
Revs. sam Jones and Geo. Inge.-A
Similarity in Style OF Delivery.
but by no Means Necessary,


from Mississippi. begun a. protIaoted
meeting at Bstesvile on last Sunday.
lie was converted under the ministry of
Sam Jones aud apes Sans style 10
great extent. RECORD, September II,
Gen. Robt. Neil, friend and ad-
mirer of the RECORD, thinks the
above paragraph did Mr.. Inge and
the Methodist church of Batesyille
injustice aud writes US the following
letter:
Batesville, Ark, Sep, l2, 1890.
Mr., Z. G. Henderson. Dear Sir:-l
esteem and respect you as an honest, con
scitntious man, and one who is nearly
always level beaded and right in his po-
sitions 1t seems to me, however, you
did Rev Geo Iuge and the people of the
NJ L. church at Batssville INJUSTICE in
your last issue, when you say Mr.. lnge
apes Sam Jones. You were one of Mr.,
Inge's audience last Sunday, and imme-
dlately after the conclusion OF service,
when | shook hands with you, ! under
stood you to speak in praise of the SER
mon and of the preacher at which | was
not surprised, AS the sermon was surely
eloquent and touching
never heard Sam Jones preach; nev-
er saw him. but do not believe it neceS-
ssry for Mr.. inge to ape any living man.
He is man of tine education and intel
ligence, and is a pulpit orator of great
force lie seems to be humble and sim
care in his life. and so far as / have OBJ
served, ia devoid of the sensational
methods which have given Sam Jones
notoriety.
l do not write this for publication, but
submit to your own good judgement and
sense OF fairness if you should not quail
ify yorr remarks in this weeks issue as
publicly as you have published them.
Yours Truly,
ROBERT NELL.
Although our friend did not write
his letter for publication, we could
not define our position and critlclse
his communication without printing
it, and we trust he will excuse the
liberty we take in doing so.
There is scarcely word, even in
every day use, in Mr.. Webster's cat-
alogue of English that has only one
meaning. AS the word "apeS" is
the Objectionable feature of the mats
ter, we go to Mr.. Webster for its
meaning which, when used IN this
sense, is "imitate."
As our friend says, the writer was
in the audience at the II o'clock ser,
vice and at night also, and pronounc
ed both sermons eloquent, able, con-
vlncing, very forcible-the one at
night, tragic in imagery and oratory
sc, but nevertheless plain and person.
al, after the style of Mr.. Jones-yes,
Sam Jones, who in our humble opln
ION, has been the means of doing
more good than all other contempo,
rary evangelists in America.
We admit that the word "apes" is
too plebeian for this place, and
should have been substituted with
more elegant phrase; but the word
was the rirst to come up when the
paragraph was written and was new
er thought of again until we read
Mr.. Neill's letter.
We fail to see how the language,
as modified, could do the evangelist
injustice, much less "the people of
the Methodist church Of Batesville."
The conceded erudition and excep~
tional oratorical powers OF this good
man Inge does not necessarily pre-
vent his style of delivery, his man
ner of impressing his audiences with
biblical truths, his exhortatlons to
sinners and his vivid, parallel refer.
enccs to theology in spasms of trag'c.
al emotion, from initiating the great
and only Sam Jones. Certainly not.
Our friend says he never heard
Sam Jones. Neither did this hum.
BILE scribe. Nor did we ever See Mr..
Talmage; but from verbatim>report.
ed sermons u reader forms opinions
of how these men preach. If not
why does friend Neill refer to the
"methods" which have given Mr..
Jones "notoriety?' 1t is natural for
careful reader to conceive some
idea of the author. This assertion
is iDdisputable.
To accuse us of injustice IN this
instance is like it would be to charge
Mr.. N, with injustice were he to say
we imitpte Geo. ID. Prentice,
Horace Greely, E. L. Givens, M. Y.
Todysman, or some other good edit
or, in our weekly efforts to place this
great Journal before n longing pubs
lie in readable shape,
We congratulate the Methodist
brethren OF Batesvile for being
able to induce such an eminent di-
vine as the Rev. Geo. lnge to weld
the battle>ay Of God IN their midst,
and assure them that we would be
far from casting any disparaging