The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-21
WARNED OF DEATH
REV. SAM JONES BIDS SAVANNAH
IANs PREPARE FOR MISFORTUNE.
TELLS OF HIS EXPERIENCES.
DEATHS HAVE ALWAYS FOLLOWED
WHERE WARNING HAS NOT
BEEN Needed.


nah Between Now and July 1 Thnt
Will shock the COMMUNICATIVE
the Congregation by Telling That
Many Were Within the Sound of
His Voice for Whom the Grave
Flowers Vow Are GrOwing-I'vO
Hundred Persona Confess CONVEX
sion-Rev. G. n. stuart Gone 10
Tennessee.
The Sam Jones meeting last night, ac-
cording TO Mr. Jones. was not only the
most successful that he has held in Sa-
vsnnah, but one Of the most successful
that he has conducted in ten years. At
the conclusion of a plain gospel sermon
several hundred people gave the minister
their hands and requested prayer, and
later two hundred Drofessed conversion
and pledged themselves to accept the
teachings of the Bible and lead hereafter,
a changed and Christian life.
There was absolutely nothing in the
sermon at which any one could take Of
tense, nor was there any of the bitter
invective and biting sarcasm that has so
frequently been displayed as to have be-
come, in the public mind characteristic
of Mr.. Jones Because there was none of
this some of the crowd that attended the
service was disappointed, but neverthe-
less stayed through.
Mr.. Jones preached from the text,
Proverbs. xxix1, He that being often
reproved hardeneth his neck, shall sud-
denly be destroyed, and that without rem
edy."
1t was a plain gospel sermon, rendered
strong and effective from the unmistaka-
BILE earns stness of the man and the grim
AMI terrible words of the text exempli-
fed in all OF the stories of the personal
experiences of the speaker.
After repeating the text Mr.. Jones
said. The bare announcement of this
text OF ght TO be enough to bring you all
TO your feet with the question, Who is
the author of those fearful worfs? And
when that question has been answered,
that it is the great, eternal God whose
sleepless eye has marked US from the
cradle to the present hour, there ought
TO be a thousand men to ask to whom
then. Is tie awful warning addressed.
These people can say, truthfllly, ST. ely,
God Ueans me-
Then If this message is to you, broth
er. I beg you to heed and accept the warn
ing that God has sent you" Mr. Jones
continued, there has been more sudden
deaths in the past twelve months than
in any other twelve months of the
worlds history. Cyclones, tidal waves
and earthquakes; shipwrecks, paralysis
and heart failure have swept men into
the presence of God every day."
Scarcely is there a morning newspa-
per that does not contain accounts of from
nifty to one hundred sudden deaths. A
few weeks ago one-third of the populatio
..f s,fs. int . he
presence of God between the setting of
1he sun and the rising thereof. How
many people and things pass away; and
yet not one jot or little of this sacred
book is altered.
My purpose tonight is to recite some
of the incidents along the pathway of
my own ministry. / have preached to
thousands and tens OF thousands in that
time who have since been swept into the
presence of Almighty God. Sixteen years
ago in Nashville was converted Capt.
Ryman, who / consider one of the great
est conse1is of the nineteenth century.
A few days after l took dinner with him
by invitation, and had as my fellow
guests thirteen other gentlemen, many of
the captains of my hosts steamers, and
one. the Mayor of Nashville. l occu-
pied the place at the foot of the table, to
one side of me being a captain, then the
Mayor; on the other side being
two captains. had not been out
of Nashville three months when one of
the captains was found one morning dead.
Another three months passed and another
of the captains fell to the floor of his
boat and died within few minutes. A
few weeks later and the Mayor of the
city was killed while on a hunting trip in
Wisconsin, and about three months later
another of the captains that had that
day graced tine table was found dead Be
I T., q kaar, ,fNx
months four strong stalwart ment had
been swept into the presence of Cod
"At a meeting that Z held at High
Bridge, Ky, one Sunday morning, as
preached, young man that had been
leaning against post for a few minutes
turned away with an oath and said I've
got enough of that He walked short
distance away to a railroad station, at
tempted to grasp the ladder on the side
OF a freight train that was passing, was
caught and thrown under the train, where
he was crushed so that even his watch
was fiattened. Almost before had closed
the meeting that he had scorned. he was
swept into the presence of God"
AT meeting that / held at Charlotte,
after the call for penitents had been
made, young man got up and came two
thirds of the way to the altar then turn
ed, whether shamed by some comrades
5ibe, know not, and went back and out
of the church The next morning he
started on his usual run; he was a con-
ductor, but had gone only about eight or
ten miles when he was killed by another
train
He that being often reproved harden
eth his neck. shall suddenly be destroyed
and that without remedy Al GreenVille,
Miss. during a series of meetings. l sug-
gested one day that the business men
close their places the following morning.
so that they and their clerks might come
10 the services. I was told later by a
resident minister that two men, saloon
keepers, not only refused to close up but
cursed me- ana asked If Sam Jones
thought they would close up TO hear the
vaporings of a BLACKBOARD like himself
II said I'm sorry but youll hear from
II. have known doors to be closed up
by crepe. on the morning that left that
town, early before anybody else was stir
ring, one Of these men went to open his
saloon, he got the door open then fell
dead in the doorway, where, later, he
was found by the policeman on the beat.
Ten days later the other. after walking
from his store to his house, fell dead be-
tween the gate and the door.
He that being often reproved. hard
eneth his neck shall suddenly be de-
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