Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-08

their churches are infested.
Never in Clarksvlle before has
there been such q fearful onslaught
made on society. such a whitening
denuuciation of church members, or
more terrible prophecies Of judgments
to come. Said he: "1f church of
which | Was pastor harbOred such
people / would turn them out or bust
Il in $1,000 pieces. Judgment begins
ut the home OF God" He held up to
scorn and contempt the church which
winks at such vices and follies as
card. playing, theatre-going, whisky
drinking, progressive euchre playing.
The young lady with a low-cut dress
came in for her share her mother,
too, had terrible warnings given her,
Many try to excuse themselves by
S,ying: BRO. Jones, my church
allows so and so.' "Dare you face
God with such an excuse. Why, il
you were to die tonight your soul
would be in hell before your feet got
cold. l wouldn't stay in a church of
that kind long enough to get my hat.
| would leave the Internal, rotten
thing bare headed" He made a
valiant defense of the churches.
Nothing the matter with them it's
the people in them. God Alm!vhty
will hold you responsible for lying
on your church.
Referring to his own children, the
preacher said il he had boy who
went to wine suppers and card par
ties he would kick him clean over
the front gate; he'd break him from it
Or break his back. He thought
girl who had so little self-respect as
TO disobey her mother, the latter
should have little enough respect for
her daughter to "lick' her whenever
she needed it. He advised that a
good licking would be found eff
ticaci0us at times. He told of two
conversations he overheard two girls
nave concerning his sermon. One
girl said She, didn't like it because
it was obscene and vulgar );
he other said: "God bless
nat Sermon Here he drew
al effective parallel, and said that
in spite of the fact that some people
denounce Sam Jones as a ranting
olackguard, he had Notwithstanding
received the aid, sympathy and pray
ars of thousands of refined and cul-
cured christian men and women.
who do not believe that he is black
guard. He explained that his SER
mons were always adapted to hi,
audiences. Portions of his sermons.
ne said, are chaste and unobjection
Die to the most fatidious: these he
directed to the nice people To such
ne usually said goodbye when his
remarks were no longer intended foI
them. He believed that there were
some as good, true and noble chris
ian men and women in ClarksvillC
as the sun ever shone on, and some
AS "mean ones as the devil ever
rode"
Illustrative of Gods methods of re-
tribution Mr.. Jones devoted the lat
ter portion of his sermon to recount
ing a number Of instances coming
within his own observation Of men
turning deaf ears to Gods repeated
warnings. Possibly the most strik-
ing Of these was one in connection
with the remarkable conversion o.
Thos. Ryman, in meeting at
Nashville seven years ago. Mr..
Ryman, aided by Mr.. Jones,
had planned to bring about
the conversion of four steam
boat captains-all hardened men. In
vain were prayers offered in their be
half and all else that human mind
could suggest. They went their way.
Subsequently the preacher received,
one at n time, accounts of the sudden
and violent deaths of these four men.
Passing along he took the Johnstown
tragedy and used it most effectively
in illustration, and il is safe to say
that there has seldom been an appeal
more powerfully put TO the uncon'
verted men of Clarksville than was
that of Sam P, Jones at the conclus.
ion of his sermon last night.
Many came forward and gave
him tLeir hands in token of desire to
lead better lives. Already there has
been great interest manifested in the
meetings, and it is believed that a
great revival is about to be witnessed
in Clarksville.
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In tho fall to hang on all winter In