Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-02
REV. SAM JoNEs's ACCIDENT.
injuries INA Beneficial EGect-Nr.
Jones On the Churches.
UaltimOro American

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htV' sam. Jones, the noted evangelist
spent several hours in Baltimore Lass owe,
nins. lie came TO this city from Penn
sS.Nahla IN the afternoon. and went 10 the
puy,nnc o1 ar. Oliver l.. Rhodes. lii1 Eutaw
upon oSye him "A o number Of his friends called
-, , n curing the evening. and shortly
Ter O'Clock he took the train for tho
Ga. ''''''' ~ N"i'eiSNAle'
MI. Jones underwent very remarkable
enp,,ilenoe q couple of weeks ago. and an
accident, which might have resulted very
seriously FOR him. turned ont IN be n Won
uetivily fortunate thing He had been in
pdu health Tor quite a long time. and his
nnerNous system was completely run down.
80 Jay ne was standing In the yard Of
Go,,, monie, ana his man was unhitching a
uvupie team from "a wagon He lett one
"a the horses only partially embarrassed
Suo the animal in some manner became
frightened and started to run away Mr.
SVhes saw the horse and wagon coming
uiIt'lN towards him. He tried TO pet
OUT or the way. but before he could move
nc round himself on tho ground. and the
M"'tlS or the wagon passed over his
ShouiueT, arm. and foot He was cOnsid-
tIaply bruised, but, TO his astonshment
una JOY ne found that the shock which
he had undergone, and which. IL might
naturally be supposed, would have unset
titV ms nerves more than ever. had "A
beneficial effect. so that he was very
much better than he had been for many
weeks
During his period Of bad health Mr..
Jones found IL impossible to fulfil his
many lecture engagements and he is now
trying 10 catch up as far az possible. with
out rendering himself TO another nervous
attack. He came North last sunday
mehi. and since then has lectured I'm
W wheeling, PlttsbUrg. and Dubois Pa
round those iron centres fairly aRlow
WIN prosperity said Mr.. Jones last eve
nlhg baltimore, ST. Louis. and all the
rest or the big cities are going ahead very
wen, but not TO compare with Plusblrg
ana CLEVELAND. Lumber, coal iron. wool
ana such products are in such great de-
/ mand now that the towns producing them
are as said before, fairly In "a glow.
cotton Will in my estimation. go 10 10
/ cents pound before March. Cotton fab
res are IN great demand, and the crop lis
I snort tlls year II Is not so heavy as The
/ growers themselves count upon They
/ loon Tor "a ten-milliOn-bale crop. but / am
sure lndt Y VIII not amount 20 more
tnan nine million bales In great many
/ towns at which / have stopped recently
/ Ihey nave told me that the crop would
/ hgi DE more than % per cent. one
MI. Jones stated that he would be
/ passing through baltimore in Jaruery.
and would probably stop over q Sunday
! and preach. 1.-THE churches" he said
! from ocean 20 ocean are Indifferent. or
! paralyzcd. or dead. They are barely hold.
]
| state Of things. and wonder how long 1t
/ is going TO last. There must either e a
! great religious revival I'm the near future
! or the devil will get the whole business
/ by traln-lOads. II can't last much longer
/ and believe the time is ripe for a great
! spiritual awakening throughout the whole
/ Of Christendon. We've got TO do some
thing, and find that when we have got
/ On 90 something We generally DO IT,
| Which denomination will start 10? / DOM
know. The dearth and deafness exist I'm
an the denominations Maybe in Mary
| land the Baptists VIII start a., while II
! will be the Methodists I'm Virginia and the
Presbyterians I'm North Carolina and 50
| on. Whichever church feels the need
quickest and goes TO praying and work
/ ing first will lead Off"
Mr.. Jones was asked what he thought
| Of the moral condition Of Baltimore.
"One-half Of This city" he answered.
| "is as clean as fresh snowflake. while
| the other half is-well, There never has
| been q city where 10 was so easy TO draw
"a dividing line between the good and the
bad-the sheep and the goats"