The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-28

feated in Debate.
Rev. Sam Jones delivered his inimit-
able lecture, "Get There and Stay
There" at the Academy of Music last
night. Notwithstanding that three ap-
pointments had been broken, a large
audience greeted the lecturer. Rev. DR..
w. @. Campbell introduced Mr.. Jones
with few appropriate words, in which
he said that the audience came there to
| be amused and entertained and also to
learn words OF wisdom and truth in
| spiritual matters.
The lecture WAS q typical Sam Jones
lecture, and was just what those who
heard Mr. Jones' series of sermons In Roa-
| noke last year expected. To those who
never heard him before, his indescriba-
BILE wit and humor, his personality and
| wonderful magnetism came like reve.
lation. Mr.. jones' lecture in the esti-
nation OF the audience was q success,
and, in his own language, he evidently
| "got there"
Mr Jones said in part: Ladies and
| gentlemen, have gotten here at last
and not by an overwhelming M ajority.
They say two disappointments are like
flash in the pan and 1 am surprised to
see so many of you here. like Roa-
| noke and am always glad when my face
is turned towards this city Roanoke is
| the gem city OF all this country. When
| am coming here / look out on both
sides Of the train. From Canada to the
gulf don't know of another such an en-.
| terprising, live, noble, energetic little
city. l do not say this with a wish to
aatter you. do not believe in hattery
for do not get much Of it m Yself.
The subject of the lecture is "Get
There and Stay There" That is slang.
Slang is not so objectiona ole when you
have sense enough to know what it
means. Slang is just simply sitting
down and waiting for Eli to como up.
1t is very good thing for lecture. I
might spend an hour in telling you how
to get there in society, but when you
have got into 'sawciety you haven't
gone very far or very high.
dudes and dudines are the products
OF 'sawciety.' Did you ever notice
little white pimple on your face, that is
like dude, squeeze it and you have
dudiie.
"Alittle boy saw one of them going
down the street and asked his father,
|
dude Who made it?' came next. God
was the reply. Then the little fellow
said God must like to have fun as
we'll as the rest of u.s. The highest
typeof society is quiet God-fearing
peaceful home.
II might talk to you for hours about
how to get there financially but when
you have gotten there financially you
have not gotten very high or gone very
far. A man who has spent his life in
getting rich is like fly in barrel of
molasses. He is all molasses and no
f5. He'll is nothing but selfishness on
h'e. A fellow that hasn't got anything
bat money is the poorest dog in the
settlement
| Nowadays the whole machine is run
on the dollar. If preacher wants a big
collection on Sunday m orning all he has
tc do is TO tell the brethren that God
will repay two fold and they can get Q
for 1. Ancient Rome cared for nothing
but power. She died and was covered
up with countries and kingdoms. Greece
conferred all thoughts on literature. She
diBd and was covered up under a book,
and this Government will one day lie
under the sod with it's toes to the
daisies with nothing over it but silver
dollar worth sixty cents. I'd rather be
u
| rascal got something out of it, the poor
one does it for nothing and boards him
self.
"Get there politically. Oh, you don't
get very far. I've been down in Augusta
whore they trotted out O'Ferrall and
Cyclone Jim and Massey. did't want
to hurt him. 1 told them not to bring
out dead man, for nothing but hyena
would tackle corpse.
Look at Congress to-day. Grover
Cleveland, Sherman and that gang on
one side, and John Daniel and Stewart
| and that tribe on the other, and the
Democratic party split open wide
enough to drive a four horse wagon
through. Now, brethren, while they
are lighting let's take a recess and clean
up the whisky gang; have washday
while the children are playing.
"God bless the preachers for the work
they did in this town in the prohibition
fight. Some preacher can't reconcile
his conscience to make a political
speech. He wouldn't know his con-
science from wart on his nose. A con-
science is like tar bucket on wagon;
it's the last thing that comes up. Later
on you people in Roanoke will have to
make out on buttermilk. Whiskey will
make you drunk and buttermilk will
make you tight. II wanted to ruin
man for both worlds would run him
for office and get him elected. l have
seen good men go in office, but never
saw good one come out. Statesman
ship ia played out in this country and
| the statesmen are all dead. Can YOU
name one now, Bud?
"These old Populists are not getting
fhnra " No.