The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-11
REV. SAM JONES.
Continued from page 1.

'cLcu very pIlHellC prayer.
MIR. JGneS then arose and said :"This
littio Incident touched me very much
Some one sitting III my room, / do not
remember who now, related it to mo.
li" SAID that u gentleman somewhere
not FAR back in tho audience, approached
little boy, and it. was Il Shabbily
dressed, poor, little boy; and the little
hoy had u good scat, and the gentleman
speaking kindly to him said Son, |
VAL give y9p quarter If you will give
he your ae&t. 10, sir. | do not want
to- We'll said the man, will give
you half dollar tor your seat No, sir
That was very touching. 1t was
not unkind Of the gentleman to offer him
that money for the seat, for y boy can
sit almost anywhere Il good deal moro
comfortable than Il man can. Think of
that, little boy. Hc was not we'll clad,
perhaps; ho was Il poor little boy. and
yet in his heart he said he would rather
SIT and hear the sermon than have the
half dollar. should certainly like to
meet that little boy. God bless him
You men como here and give only
nickel just think of that little boy.
we have only raised half of tho
amount so far, and the meetings are
only half over, and if airs well, we
snail get there with one foot.
After MI Jones bad finished speak
ing, and while the ushers were taking
up the cole ction. Mr.. Excel sang in
his rich. full voice Il beautiful and pa
thetic solo, entitled The Sinner and
the Song" after which Mr. Jones again
came forward and said:
81 feel Il great deal moro like talking
tonight Just like you and | we're in a
room together have not got text
tonight. have got what u woman al
ways wants Just Il preteXt. ! want TO
read the following letter which re
ceivcd to day:
RoANoET, Ma. :" 1852.
'REv MR. JONES: This IL II voice OF many
wvc- Tho saloon Keepers oil Itcauoko ,r,isi the
Machine Shop men Tor thcir monthly drinks
That is the FIRST ncht thai has to hc paid. They
roh the wives and children of the ncCcssarics OF
litc and III, hu- band carries the money away To
pny tho saoon keepers ara IL The wife asks him
Tor ten cents lie will not give IL 10 her, hut will
take II to support ;hc saloons. lIu-bandS. with
their wives. will stand behind the bar and take
,hc>last ce.t from men when they know their
families arc -nncrin. f food There are men
III ths town who mak SD to S,o dollars per
month and their families in want.
Then If the vito lupks sad. The husband will
.ny Mrs. so ard 80. tho lady behind tho har is so
very pleasant and II yon cont look a little hi,
80 and So II very nice until she gets IT, cir money
aud tltcn they can 90.
Is very low and no better. Prom tho highest 10
me l"wc-i NIL they nc trying to yet i the work
til> town that support the saloons.
My God, what Il commentary. Thosa-
loon keeper are not satisfied with their
cXtOrtion OF their money, but they charge
interest On the credit bill. Tho saloon
mistress can ride N her carriage, while
the men who support her do not give
their wives money to hire their washing
done, and will then say that the woman
who stands behind the bar is as much a
lady rs is the wife, Let mo tell this; this
cheap whiskey OF E4iiroal avenue that
you low men tackle; you low down, mis-.
cradle puppy, you get from brute. You
don't need the Gospel, You low down
scoundrel; you need cowhiding, when
you get out Of your bed every morning
1T is no use preaching the Gospel to
contemplate brute like that. Now.
hear me. They say they don't sell
drinks on Sunday, but they keep open
all night Saturday night Hear that.
now. When you keep open all Satur-
dag night you keep open six hours on
Sunday.
The letter or DIS up and says: They
get the wages of hundreds of these
working men These are the Senti-
ments of hundreds Of wives of working
men. Now, sir, if my wife ever said
that about me would straightcn up to.
night, so help mo God. would, or |
would blow my brains out.
II know this. that whatever will
make M a good husband to my wife,
god father to my children, will mako
me good father; what will make me
good citizen in Georgia will make me
good citizen in Virginia. You can hear
men cussing on the streets and cussng
sam Jones, but lie: me tell you they
will not let Sam Jones be in hearing
when they do and whenever you hear
any of these men just send them up to
Hotel Roanoke and | will talk to them.
Some of you oil colonies, ma jors. judges
and you young bucks, you all cuss, you
low down, mean ours, you.
Men, quit your swearing. Boys, quit
your swearing. Quit il. It's Il low
down, dirty habit. You old men go
home and cuss before your children
You ought to have your necks rung like
an old shanghai rooster; you old shang
mai rooster, you. You all have heard
Brother Stuart speak OF quilting. Well,
quilting, in my opinion, means trying to
get something for nothing and have that
something get you. | would rather see
ny boy work for one dollar week, and
get that dollar by the sweat of his brow,
than live in elegance and get his money
by gambling.
"A man said to me the other day:
Jones, l don't back tho police of this
city for their conduct in the past, but 10
you know the reason they don't do bet
ter is that The most respectable people
in this place don't back them when they
go to do their duty Gambling! Gam
blers. 1t you keep on running with that
gang, young man, they will get you.
The will swamp you. Young men in
this city gambling, too! Don't you
know if 1 had clerk whom / found