Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1899-01-24
SAM is HERE.
The Tabernacle Meeting Opened
Sunday With Three Services.
Big Crowds at Every Service and
The Singing is Very
Fine.

te'hHi SOhSS Sdu a ICH udyS
meeting at the Tabernacle Sunday
morning and preached to a very
large crowd.
His daughters, Mrs. Graham and
Miss Jones, his associate Rev.
George Stuart and the singer,
K o. Excel, all came Satur-
day night, while the evange-
list arrived on the midnight train
from Madisonville.
The day was an ideal one and
there was general outpouring of
the people from both city and coun-
ltry. This is the fourth time in six
years that Sam Jones has held
meeting here and his sermons are
not different in style from those he
has preached before. Hemay have
picked up a few more slang words
and learned some additional
phrases of abuse and invective. but
there are all of the characteristic
features that have proved to be
such drawing cards in the past.
The novelty however has worn off
and Mr.. Stuart is regarded by
many as the most effective preacher
of the two. Mr.. Jones breaches in
the morning and at night, while
Mr.. Stuart conducts the afternoon
service.
The singing is very fine. Mr..
Excel is a great musician and as
sisted by splending chorus, his
song services are very enjoy able to
all lovers of music. Mrs. Graham
presides at the organ much of the
time.
The meeting is now fairly under
way and will continue until the
middle of next week.
In point of attendance it is by no
means behind the previous meet
ings and the crowd Sunday was al
most equal to the best days of the
big Moody meeting, when the Tab
ernacle would not hold the people.
Give the Devil His Dues.
In his Sunday night sermon Mr..
Jones stated that he had been in
formed by leading citizens" that
the cityof Hopkinsville had during
the last eight months made more
progress towards hell than ever be-
fore in its history. At the close of
his sermon Judge Leavell, who has
done SO much to improve the morals
of the city, sought an interview and
made it clear to Mr.. Jones that he
been misinformed.
There has never been time
when Hopkinsville was more law
abiding than the present. There is
less crime, less drunkenness and
even less dancing, which Mr.. Jones
considers terrible sin, than ever
before in thirty years. The court
records, the, news columns of the
papers and the testimony of the
people VIII sustain Judge Leavell
in the statement he makes. As Mr..
Jones has been here about every
other year since 1898, it may be
that his various meetings have had
something to do with this improve
ment in morals Whether this be
true or not, Mr.. Jones owes it to the
good people Of Hopkinsville to Sc
cure accurate information before he
makes statements that do an inius-
tice to those who are working to the
same ends that he is and with a
good degree of success. We can goI
further and say for Judge Leayell
that he has repeatedly fined per-
sons for using indecent language
on the streets and the effort to inn
prove public morals in this respect
has been so successful that Mr..
Jones may listen closely to the Ian
guage he hears on the streets while
here and we do not believe he will
hear any language uttered as often
sive to public morals as much that
is said in his own sermons. If sol
he has only to report the matter to-
the police and the guilty parties
will be fined. This protest is en-
tered in all kindness and we hope
and believe that Mr.. Jones will cor
rect his statement, now that his at