The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-17

brethren, speak tho words of truth
ana sooerness when 1 say that u noblct
| work is not going on not only in your
CITY, but all over the globc.
Will ask you bre thren 10 contribute
as tho Lord has blest you. Tho ncxl
! thlng Will be a solo by Brother Exccli =
This brother sang by special reuucst
Ihe Summer and the Song" Here
| ar Hammer stopped forward represcnt-
ing woman, flower and music and
addressing himself 20 Prof. Exccli said
there is nothing like tho sun that
SHINES; thcrc are no songs like the
songs of Zion and there are women like
| the women OF Roanoke and as Il token
OF appreciation and gratitude for your
heavenly strains and your gentle Chris
tlan character and last but not least
your magnificent physique ard or be.
nan OF the choir present you these
mowers. Mr.. Excel replied as follows.
~ am very thankful to YOU, really
think these flowers belong to the ladies'
OF the choir for without them certainly
gould not have succeeded as / have
Will keep theul. however, to remind
me that am indebted to them"
Mr. Jones asked tie ministers rres-
cnt each TO speak two minutes about
anything that was in thcic heart
Kew. Mr.. Hammer was the first preacher
10 come TO tho front and many others
followed hiu, eacl one speaking but q
lew moments and all heartily inGorsiur
Mr. Jones. After several others had
spoken, Mr.. Hammer arose and said:
ny the request OF the chairman cf the
y. M. G. A. offer these resolutions:
"Rcsolved, That we feel grateful to
Almighty God for the benevolent Provi-
dence which sent Brother Jones and his
co-workers among us, and thai eternity
atone can tell the great good he has
done in our city, all classes ana condi-
tions of humanity having been bcnc.
fitted
'RcsolvcG, That Brother Jones DO
earnestly requested to put Roanoke
oo"n as one Of his appointments for
next year"
After several other ministers spoke
MIR. Jones arose and said, .'Brethrcn it
Is growing late, l will speak but a few
minutes | want to say to them feel
thankful for the kind words these
preachers have spoken about me.
want to thank tho editors and the re-
portcrs, thank the choir, think that
brother j. c. Hobbs is tho best head
usher ever had in my meetings, |
thank the police for keeping order.
never saw such good behavior in all nv
he, tits something marvellous. | be-
ileve that God has been with us all the
time. Now this old fire bell out here,
1T used to ring two or tn rec times every
day and its clapper has rema ined silent
throughout all this meeting. Let mo
thank you again one and all.
brethren, there remains great
work before you preachers, and all of
you have complained of the amount
OF work you will have to
do. You ought to be thankful that
you have got it to to. Watch over these
converts and penitents. See that not
one soul goes back to sin. Encourage
them and work for them. have hoard
great many hard things said about
me and mum Der of men have battered
me. Now, | haven't got any respect
for man who will ape Sam Jones. No
two OF us arc alike am just what |
am. God made mo and never inter
fered with the job. Now, brethren,
one word of advice, preach what you
think Preach from tho shoulder, lot
1t hit whom it will.
his boy went hunting. The boy tote d
the gun and the boy would shake 4
bush to run the squirrel around the
trees. The boy couldn't hit anything
and the old man took the gun His
palsy made him shake SO that the gun
was pointing all over the tree FROM one
place to another. He fired and a SOUR
rel fell. The boy said that anybody
can hit squirrel by pointing the gun
all over the trees. Brethren, put your
your gun all over the crowd and don't
let anybody miss getting hit. If there
is anything on earth like its IL nice
preacher, but had rather he would not
be so nice unless he will work.
vi was in Nashville once and went
into roundhouse. There was beau
tiful engine there shining like a now
dollar. Oh, it was Jim dandy.
asked what was the reason for this and
was told it belonged to the president of
the road, and it was not taken out o.
the rouRdhouSe oftencr than once or
TWICE year. Pretty soon an Old. ten
wheel freight engine came in, a grand
mogu of the road. She was smoky and
dirty and greasy. but she had just
pulled forty cars in from Chattanooga.
Now, would like to see some of you
nice dude preachers 90 down on the
road to hell and couple on to a cargo of
sinners and pull them back into the
sunlight of Gods salvation. If you will
DO that and keep it up, you VIII be
dirty and greasy. If everything that
was said about me was true, ] would
have been hung long ago, and ought to
be. but FIN like the hardshell preach
er's dog. The old preacher said one
day: Il heard my dog barkin' and a
barkin', and OH my brethren, what do
you reckon he was q barkin' at? He was
barkin' at the moon; and what do you
reckon the moon was a doing? 1t was a
shinin' and shining on And brethren
that's what I'll do. The dogs may bark
and bark, but III keep shinin on
$50 few of the church members will