The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-04-27
THE GREAT AND ONLY SAM.
HE is KNOCKING THE SH ELL OFF
HYPOCRITES IN CHARLOTTE.

ing Plain Talk and Telling the PeO-
pie the Truth--Says That Charlotte
People Have the Same Meanness and
Muleheadedness as They Have III
other Places.
The only Sam P. Jones commenced
meeting il tabernacle built for him at
Charlotte on Friday. We condense the
following from the Charlotte Chronicle:
How Sam Looks.
Mr. Jones was dressed ia a full suit OF
black, with Prince Albert coat. He
wore a standing collar and g white
satin bow cravat. Between feet and
8, he is supple, graceful, easy CT car
riage, and moves about as if every mus
Gle has its full sway. With black hair
and jet black closely cropped moustache,
large, soulful eyes, and mischievous
chin, he presents the appearance OF a
happy and busy Christian. His nose is
plain and direct of shape as the man is
Of purpose. 1t is not long and thin, nor
yet is it f1eshy; it is like Mr.. Jones him
self, plain every day nose with keen
scent for sin, whilst his eyes beam with
tender sympathy for the sinner.
He is a Preacher for the People.
There is no dress parade about Mr..
Jones. Illustrating his own methods,
he said that he throws his fodder on the
ground so that the giraffe and the goat
alike can get their fill That's Mr. Jones
all over: he's never above the people. He
is down among them, elbowing sinners,
and gently nudging them towards the
right direction. He doesn't point, but
he leads; he breaches, but he breaches
practice not theory.
His Sly Pathos and HumOr.
From constant practice, his voice has
grown deeper, richer, mellower. The
sharper intonations of his earlier years
as an evangelist are gone. Never rant
ing, he yet moves by the homeliness of
his illustrations, by the sly pathos Of
his half humorous, half fearful, always
soulful voice.
A Pale Cast OF Thought.
His face has palor denoting labor
and confinement indoors In these years
Of labor in the vineyard Of the Lord, he
has thought much. There is an intel
lectual protuberance above the eyes and
forming with the upper lids, that gives
III CoACS a IuOIS ILlOttS tl pCteh 'IC>
than the currency Of his Witticisms Wouid
lead a stranger to suspect. There is
about him hat ''pale cast Of thought
that arrests attention, and commands
interest.
A Mighty Giant of the Gospel.
At all times he is master of the plat
form and audience Never losing self con
troll, apparently never self conscious, tn
mighty giant Of the gospel seems pc.
, meated more with the graoe Of me Cos
pei than with consciousness Of bis IN
telectuai sway of men.
His First Sermon.
His first sermon was on the text
) s.'Brethren, if any of you do err" &c
, We make synopsis from the News:
!, God, with all His omuipotent power
utterly .powerless to save any man with
out human agency and aid The dew
with ali his schemery and cunning de
1 vices is utterly powerless to damn an
> man without human agency and aid
r You might ask any Christian man o
: woman in this audience to-day who
was that brought them to Christ and tn
: answer would be q mother, brother
f father, friend, minister, or maybe
r child
What can the devil do without hr
i man agency? He can't run still house Q
e barroom But he can get some man t
e run the still house TO make the whjskey
! another to sell it and fool to drink il
J. and then he's got this machinery work
e ing right along. Every man and woma
l. is either a co-WOrker with God in doin
e good or co-worker with the devil-a
l. are on one side or the other. And Il
d me say to you that the most degrading
the meanest job any man or woma
, ever engaged in was to cowork wit
@ the devil. It is. l want you Ghristia
l. folks to co-work with us preachers an
n help bring Charlotte to God. You hay
70 been depending on your pastors to do a
st the work and run the devil out Of towl
If No doubt they do their best, but the
l. have been running the devil like l cnt
( saw dog running a hog-the dog W.
al in front. Someting must be done, 50 l.
II US get down to it.
1T | don't want you to imagine that al
PERSONAL in any remarks may make
n am never personal in anything I say.
% just chew to the line" you know, and
If you get your head chopped off, or lose
a foot or toe it amt because am person
,e and striking at you, but because you RI
le on my line. Don't you see the pom
d Sometimes | shoot down in hole. No
IS if fellows down there, he'll come Gu
!. And l have seen 'em come out chot
l. full of shot and then swear they hadn
re been in the hole.
N never preach on regeneration. Th
is the divine side and let God take ca
te Of it. / always preach on the humf
a side and it takes all tne sense I've got
If handle it.
re | have understood that you folks clai
tx Charlotte to be peculiar town
ne Now it's all false at the bottom. | e
ell pect you've got just the same meanne
Ill and muleheadedness here as they ha
a at other places. One thing certain
he amt going to put on any airs while
Id am here. am going to preach just
It's l can; say just what please, go where
H. please, and l amt going away until
II please, too. Some Of you folks may n
I'd like my style and want to drum me
Dg of town.. but I've got the drums a
y. won't loan 'em, and if you fool with
ED I'll drum you out. You may thi
&c think there's TOO much levity IN my 81
it mons, but if you will take my jok
home with you and crack 'em you v
70 nd n of thopO