The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-12
SAM JONESISMS.
SOME OF THE ORIGINAL AND
UNIQUE THINGS HE SAID.


.you old Rcd-Nosed Deyu "-pec's'''
n. 7. No, nm Evangelist. But
Preacher. Z
Although the weather was warmer ."o
mcrcurs getting nearer the nineues' anu '"e
car service as poor rs usual, there was :"
,.r,,o crowd present at the morning service
IN, rranhlin.strcct Tabernacle yes'erda!
rn,ng Three thousand people occupied
80 while the choir was more largely at
,ended than il has been at any OF 'he "''
services. NJ, tho chief usher.
was on hand, and by nus eNecu',e 49,
s.ated everybody in the best aNaiiap'e $50,
m" has An excellent corps of assistants, ana
~, H. never any trouble about the ses'ins
81 The multitude, even at the night seI'IOee.
Among the ministers on the pulp,. w,
N. II n Curry. Rev. Mr.. Atweil, III
Garlapd. and Dr. DashieIl.
MORNING SERVICE.
MIR. Jones at the morning service pre"en-
W.. 80 "nsccration." He did not take any
~, hui throughout followed that theme;
Attrr the services were over TWO nuhuIeu
neople came up TO the platform ana sn11N
hands with Mr.. Jones. ihese CANT at "n'
sccrated and lead better llNes;
rh.' tolloving are some Of his aphorsms
delivered at the service;
Of mover saw drunken vagahonu WY
a,,,n,t cuss sam Jones. Inc hteuio'iv1" 80,
The had are better than the prhscs"' Wv
good. a., Cor, Francisco somebody
charged me with saying that '0lu "o,l' ~,
ncar old sister bless your sonl ihcIv ~
flies on Jesus. | say 'na' -"
There is not preacher In TINS Town 'l 1',
ran't hit n better lick than mes peeh "o
ing. ..o.,,ors como 10 nv room
-, aIk ehout these meetings ana say, SIC
ILL., Lanes sic EN- but when YOU get up mere
Won won't open your mouth.
NOT AN EVANGELIST.
81 want ~ understood am not an eVi ~
"a, I'm a member OF the Northern Con
sooce of Georgia, and have held pasto
ill., Tor eight years and can truthfuily say
,ns, none of those people Will ever go To heii
by ny -, nreocheis would raise the devil IN
,onr churches every church In The united
States would want you NJ an ihcre"s'u
salary. ., 90, a, Nernnhis
,.nnassee. thirteen was full house ana
twenty was q perfect Jam. .,,.,,,,,,s
"You people need not write me anonymous
Iot,e,s abort how to run these meetings.
i ,esee, - 10 rnn Them Nobody may eX-
meet me 10 read. much less pay IN! a., ,,,,,
10 anything that has only non uo p'''''''
signed To H.
.ope Of the bishops said To me once he
wanted me 10 change something In my ser
vice asked him: Have you GOT the JuuS,
ing of me at the last hayY ne SUI ti, w.
WELL said, YOU run your hiacninT a,S,,Ia
want 10 and I'll run mine Untll nnd ihe
man who Is going 10 judge me az 'le las' u"S
I'm going 10 tote my skillet like want TO.
ssrhe church OF God is like boat used
n little boat. with a big whistle. ana
every time the whistle blew lne poa. SUI
ped: that the trouble with the chuIcnes,
when they blow their whistles The chufch
stops going
GOOD PAY.
ave preached for $500 an hour. SoAhe OF
Won couldn't get ten cents and II you dlh'
Won would be cheating the man. bul an
willing to say make "a better showing Ipr
what YOU get than wha: You 30 WIN yours.
..The average church member is the proper
~ Of the devil. The very night the Lord
wants YOU YOU are al the theatre When YOU
The polls voting prohibition. ! am talking 10
yoy. YOU old red-nOsed deVil. some OF you
preachers look like you would not nave SAD
that for u million dollars
AFTERNOON SERVICE.
About thousand people, mostly ladies,
gathered at tho afternoon service Inc
weather. though extremely warm outside
was quite pleasant inside the Iabernacle'
GOOD breeze stirring all during the service
After several hymns had been sung 10y
the choir and cOngre CATION, Rev. Il. IL. Ray
led in prayer. Mr. Ray Is the presiding
elder of the Randolph-Macon district, ana
prayed earnestly that the grace OF Heaven
he showered on the meeting.
Rev. MIR. stuart, Mr.. Jones' cO-labOrer
preached. lie took his text from Matthew
.Jesus said to Simon Peter, simon, son oil
Jonas. lowest thou meE Yea, Lord, lhou
knowcst love Thee
MIR. stuart preached upon the life of Peter
saving in his sermon that he considered
Peter the greatest man in the Bible, WITH
perhaps. the exception Of It. Paul. His
whole discourse was plain, sympathetic,
forcible argument. and went straight TO the
hearts Of his hearers.
NIGHT SERVICE.
Over ten thousand people gathered at the
Tabernacle last night To hear Rev. samuel
l.. Jones. Long belong the hour OF service
every street car running westward was
packed, and many who lived snort us
lance from the edifce were in their seats 10y
O'Clock. At 80 o'clock the song service,
led by Mr.. Excel, was commenced, and the
choir sang several hymns very we'll IT
takes a considerable volume of sound TO I'LL
the tabernacle. and the large attendance of
the choir made good result.
At the request OF DR.. Garland, Rev. X.
W. Cryder led in prayer. As soon as TINS
was through Mr.. Jones asked that ths col
lection be taken up. and added: eff you
have money and won't give il, get up anG
give gentleman your seat. some OF you
old sisters have been roOsting out there since
shutdown, and now is the time TO plank
up"
MIR. EXCELL SINGS.
The choir than sang hymn to the tune OF
"Sweet Dreamland Faces" after which Mr..
Excel sang very impressive SOLO, WIN
chorus accompaniment, entitled "Ihe SIN
ner and the Song" from the Triumphant
Hymn-Book.
Mr.. Jones arose and announced his text
from Galatians, sixth chapter. ith ana SIN
verses. ..Be not deceived; God is not mock
ed: for whatsoever u man soweth that shall
he also reap"
just about this time there was loud noise
ut the front Of the building and MIR. Jones
asked that the policemen, instead OF being
attracted by the meeting, do their duty.
ssIf you would" continued Mr.. Jones, put
some of those yagabonds in the lookup
there would be no more trouble
Following are some of the utterances
used at the service.
..If YOU ed-nosed members OF the church
ever get 10 heaven, you all Will stick by The
Old sisters and borrow their whitening 10
polish your noses up with
'Sow whlskey and reap Intelligent, sober,
upright citizens. That's a lie, amt IL. SOW
whiskey and reap drunkards.
This city of Richmond has SIX hundred
men who are sowing whiskey, and they are
nothing but the recruits of hell. AT any
stage OF these proceedings, II yon want 10
come back AT me, 10 so; but bet when you
drop, you will 90 al a mile minute.
"Cnless Americans puts the saloons down,
the saloons Will put America down,
Nobody but an Internal scoundrel would
sell whisky, and nobody but consummate
fool would drink H. This ~ not, though, q
personal fight. There is not liquor dealer
Ia this town that haven't got the kindest
feelings for.
III would rather steal the bread feed my
wife and children Tn than TO take one drop
of whisky. That's not what the other men
would do, hut what Sam Jones Will do
s.The fellow that gets mad al these meet
ingk In the fellow that don't come.
81 don't want anybody in this city 10 de-
fend me. sam Jones has been toating his
skillet through forty-two states OF this
Union. think he can carry II now.
weut a drive The devil ont of this