The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-26

visit of Sam Jones to Roanoke will be
conducive of much good. Thousands of
persons will go to hear him preach and
many will be converted. To ascertain
how this eminent divine will DO re-
ceivcd by his brother preachers THE
TINES requested number of ministers
TO express their opinion of him and his
work and received the following replies.
Those VIII use Il nom de plume did so
be cauSe they were requested to, not
that they were afraid to let themselves
he known:
WILL COOPERATE WITH HIM.
81 have been requested to furnish for
publication my estimate Of the noted
evangelist, Rev. Samuel Jones. 1t
would be very easy to re ceat what others
have said respecting this distinguished
preacher and his methods, but when
asked to writo what know personally
/ must be moro particular. l have
never seen Mr.. Jones and of course,
have never heard him preach, and,
therefore, am not competent witness
to put upon the stand
~ shall be better prepared to speak
after shall have seen and heard the
speak only for myself-not for others,
l can only tell how no strikes me-
Il recognize the fact that Sam Jones
is coming to Roanoke. and here, as
everywhere, thousands and thousands
Will flock to hear him preach | regret
exceedingly that l shall be compelled
to leave for Atlanta on the Sd of Nav
and thus miss the greater part of tho
meeting But have determined to CO.
operate with him as long as | shall be
privileged to enjoy the meeting, and
shall do all can to help him and others
make the campaign in Roanoke one OF
great power in breaking down the
kingdom of darkness ana helping men
and women to Il better life.
MAY the whiskey drinking saints, and
the barroom going saints, and tho ger
man dance saints, and tho progressive
cuchre saints, and the gilded sin saints,
and tho sharp fnanciering saints as
we'll as the messy back sinners and the
barkeeping sinners, and the sixth com
mendment sinners, and the devil gamb-
ling sinners, and all other sinners re-
ceive their portion in duo seasor-and
their duo portion. May scores and hun
dredS be reached and saved. Anon and
Amen. 0. +. FLIrPo,
."Pastor First Baptist Church."
BRAVE AND SENSITIVE MAN.
"Of MIR. Jones, nothing new can be
said. Few men have been SO written up
and written down as he. Public scnLi-
ment is hopelessly divided on him. He
impresses people very differently. To
some ho is demigod. to others he is a
demagoguo. Which is he either or
neither? He is sui geheris There is
but one, Your Uncle Jones'"
40 y, Ill
honest, able to take care of himself, but
with a kind and sympathetic heart th at
quickly responds TO brother in need.
At homo, he is looked upon as Christ
ianogentleman and is held in high es-
TEEN oy all the people. If he is IL brave
man anG not afraid to speak his mind
ne Is also sensitive man and Quick to
resent adverse criticism.
LAS public speaker be is gifted in an
unusual degree. His preserve is i'm.
pressive or his pose makes it so. His
voice is pleasant and penetrating and
be is heard without difficulty by the
vast throngs though he never rants and
screams. His mind isquick and bright
His sermons sparkle with flashes of
wit and wisdom. His preaching is
entertaining rathor than instructive,
denunciatorY rather than persuasive.
and often crushing. But he is not
always bitter. Sometimes his heart is
filled with tenderness and his words and
voice are full OF love. AS to his dec
trine? Well on that there is room for
difference. He leaves out some things
that out to be put in.
Ills methods vary. Sometimes thew
are very offensive and other times they
please the most fastideous. A
USES TOO MUCH SLANG
Sam Jones and his work will soon
DO more discussed in Roanake than real
estate. His name will be upon every
lip and his influence felt in every home.
MIR. Jones draws the banker and the
bcggar, the Marys and the Magdalenes,
the libortine, and the lover of Jesus
hocks to hear him. The people listen.
They become all eyes and ears. Pock-
et-books as we'll as hearts are ooened.
Prayer takes the form of greenback as
we'll as better living. You must hear
Mr. Jones to appreciate him. Youcan't
put his magnetism on paper.
1.-The excellencies Of Mr.. Jones are
many Ho is terribly in earnest Heis
an original thinker He is a fine iudpe
OF human nature. He is Dickens in
the pulpit: He has plenty of common
N''o' -" OoSoi' aIiol 10 CLOSE Ills
memory Is tenacious. His preaching is
practical. His illustrations are fine
They stick like burrs. He is proverb
maker.
1T Is moro pleasant to eulogize than
criticise, but truth comp-ls us to saw
that MIR. Jones uses too much slang and
his denunciaiion of his brother minister's
is often neither brave, polite nor wise.
1--WE think he does not give enough
prominence TO the dcct of seouestra.
ti0r MI Tho lI0l1, Iii