Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-08
THEIR DOOM EVENTUALLY.
A Withering Arraignment Of
the Neck-Hardened.
Rev. Sam Jones Tells Them What to E5,-
pect Unless They Quit Their
Meapness.
A FEARFUL, SOLEMN WARNING.

That was great assembly OF
people that heard Evangelist Jones
preach in the Gracey Warehouse Last
night. Even as early as 7 O'Clock
there were but few vacant seats in
the large building, but the people
kept coming long after that time.
Many got no seats at all and stood up
at such points as were permissible,
the ushers keeping the aisles cleared.
The best of order is maintained at all
the meetings and everything moves
along as systematically as clock
work.
The sermon was preceded by a
song service led by Mr.. Excel. He
is fine leader,and has got, together
the best vocal talent in C!arksVille.
Mr. EXCEL is winning on our people
by his unassuming manners and
obliging disposition in the conduct OF
the us i f atures of the meeting
He said last night that he was pleased
at the progress made in the singing
and gratified that SO many were
bringing hymn books in order to As.
sist in the singing. Thos. Danhanl,
young man from Carteraville, Ga.,
supplies the audiences with thest
books at u small charge,
The last man but one, OF the
clergy, 10 get to the platform last
night wa Sam jones. Saunteriug
no1chalantly down the aiseS he be-
came the target for 1900 pairs Of
eye, but gave no sign that he was
aware Of this searching scrutiny
Of curious multitude. On the pla;
for,! his manner is equally as delib-
crate. at times casual observer
thinks be detects in the mans move
merts indications of being b0rcd-a
kind oi half-asleep, ennuied look. But
bless your soul ! Have you ever been
right close to the man and looked
him squarely in the eye? 1t has tie
flashing qualities of = steel blade. Ii
is quick, keen, searching, and allows
nothing 10 escape its penetrating
sezo. After prayer by DR., Lupton,
and before taking his text, the evan
gelst started his ushers through the
audience with hats to take the Gus
iomary collection to pay expenses.
1t was right mean man who had
money and refused to "chip in" after
hearing Mr.. Jones' opinion OF
such. With the ushars he said he was
highly pleased; to him Ga strangely
they appeared to be fine lot Of boys !;
how they appeared to home folks he
couldn'tteII. During collection Mr..
Excel sang aasolo, which Mr.. Jones
declared a sermon in itself. An
nOuncement3 were made for service
at $3.50 and 1880 respectively, to-day.
Warning every one present that per
feet order would be maintained, aud
inviting all who came there for froi-
ic to Join the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
the outside, Mr.. Jones read from
Proverbs these words: "He that be-
ing often reproved and hardeneth his
neck shall suddenly be destroyed
and that without remedy"
Mr.. Jones then in substance said {:
Zach person here present should
ask himself in all earnestness this
moment, who was it that spoke those
woTds-who speaks in that text? 1t
is the great God that made us. il
| God then uttered them, to whom are
| they spoken? There are one thOus-
and persons in the sound of my voice
who could lay their finger upon then
breasts and say: TO me! 10 me !
There are people here who have been
often reproved, often rebuked; they
have had a thousand wagon loads oi
sermons preached 10 them, and ten
thousand warnings have been given
them. / am now looking in the fac
es OF thousand people in this au.
diencc to whom this text applies
You are suddenly to be destroyed,
ana that without rem. dy. The
newspapers have in the past twelve
months recorded more sudden aud
CaamitOus deaths in this country
than were ever known with.
in n like period. Death sue
ceeds death SO speedily that it has be
come so common men no longer
notice if. There are Thousand
agencies whereby men are hurrieC
suddenly into the presence of God
He has said that not one iot or tittli
of His word should fail. A whole
nation is more likely to be swep
from the face Of the earth than God,
word should fail. There have beer
sudden deaths enough in this com
munity to startle it, My neighbor
when God speaks it is wise that yOi
pay heed to what He says. Their,
are men in this audience who dar,
God To His face"
Here the evangelist launched int
scathing denunciation of the lead
ers Of society, the promoters of tn,
german-that "modern infernalism,
patronized by the respectablest peo