Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-14
A RED LETTER DAY.
Thousands Brought to the City
by the Sam Jones Revival.
The Mems Meeting a Notable Oocs Non-
Over $4,000 Raised and Presented
to Mr.. Jones as a Thank
Offering.

! OuerlnB.
Religiously considered, yes rday
was red-letter day in Clark lie,
ami none more noteworthy is call
ed by The oldest inh4bitani. The
bail was started to rolling early. Its
starring point was the Mel odist
church, the time $3.50, the occasion a
consecration meeting led by Rev.
Geo. Stuart, the co-worker Of Evan
geiist J ues. Many earnest ehris'
tiaGs gathered in this sanctua y and
spent an hour in the service Of the
Master. In response TO requeat by
MIR. Stuart for brief expression rom
any who felt so disposed quite a
number exchanged religious sxpe-
riences, or pleaded for the pray is Of
christians for the conversion Of their
friends. 1t was deeply impressive
occasion and gladdened the heart OF
every christian present.
The morning trains from all points
brought excursions to the city yester-
day, and the streets and sidewalks
early were crowded with the
throng drawn hither by the
fame of the great evangelist. AS
early as 9 o'clock streams OF men be-
gan to pour into the. Gacey Ware
house and by 1890 standing room
was at a premium.
Mounting lne stand, e. p. Loose,
general secretary of the Y. NJ. @.
A., stated that he desired
to confute several erroneous i'm
pressions that had gone abroad.
A great man thought that the col.
lections taken at the various services
were for Mr.. Jones This Is mis-
take. Not cent Of this money is
received either by him or the Y. M.
G. A. These collections were appro-
priated wholly TO the current eXpen-
ees OF the meeting. AS mater of
expediency the Y. Nj. Q. A. had as
an organization consented to take
general charge of the meeting, prin-
cipally because the association is COM
posed of young men, who had more
time to devote to it than the older
business men. Others thought that
Mr.. Jones was to receive a stipulated
sun OF money for his services. This
also was errO eUu7. There had Jeen
no understanding whatever With
Mr.. Jones on this point He had
persistently ignored it in of
his correspondence. II WAS mat
ter, however, which had gtVou the
committee 5 riouS concern. Mr..
Loose referred to the great good
which had resulted to the comm lnity
iiro~s"rshe laburs of Mr.. Jones, and
siad that it was the desire O. the
committee to return rim a 81 able
thaok Offering, ana 60 that eui he
called for voluntary subsciiptiu4s to
such fund In "a short while the sum
Of 81 800 was subscribed in amounts
ranging from 500 to $500. U5hers
then passed through the au ,9nce
with hats, which ran the amount up
to over - 900.
1t was after II o'clock when Mr.
Jones announced his text from these
words: "What l have wrii IN l
have written. John xix, %.
There are two something's an one
some One which viii be considered
in connection with this text. Con-
science and record are the two eOme-
things, and God the some One. With
this premise, the preacher begun
a sermon to men, which in many re-
spects was the most noteworthy of
the series. Men were told the truth
in fashion that made them think as
they never thought before. Especial
ly severe was his denunciat0n of
certain evils with which ali COM
munlties are afflicted. Man was pic
tured in all Of his moral depravity,
and his wickedness in high piaces
shown up with startling effect.
No synopsis of this sermon viii be
attempted. That it had most salu~
tary effect goes without saying, '0r at
its close strong men came forward
with tears in their eyes and pledged
themselves to better lives. Deep
conviction permeated the entire as
sembly, and il is safe to say that seed
was there sown which will result in
a golden harvest.
The ushers give it as their opinion
that the largest crowd of the series of
meetings assembled at the Gracey
warehouse last night. Before 7
O'Clock every seat was taken and
still people kept coming. There
were many who could not be seated
and were compelled to stand. IN the
absence of Mr.. +. o. Excel who
left prior to the service for New
Brtton, Conn.,, Mr.. C. T. Caldwell,
of the University, lead the sing ing.
Before taking his text Mr.. Jon' s
told the audience that they might
take a rest on the collection gu stion.
He then announced services Or to-
day and took his text as follows: