The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-03-07
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OF the Same StrIne as Sam.

vi tHt SaHle OtTlpe us SaIi'
Rev. Joe ]. Jones of Georgia, an older
brother OF Sam Jones, though less known
as preacher, is holding meetings in
Missouri. A reporter recently visited
him and afterwards attended one of his
meetings. Here is how he describes
him:
Rev. Joe has been preaching sixteen
years, and has travelled all over the
United States, He says he will be fifty
Sam Jones has been preaching twenty
four years. Rev. Joe says he converted
100 last year, and has converted fully
II 900 since he began, but refuses to
make guess on the ''saved, because SO
many are backsiders. He served four
years under General Lee inIthe 22d Geor-
gia regiment, and was wounded twice.
II amt no polished preacher, "he said
tand admit that am as ignorant as
hoss l just get up and say what |
think, no difference where it hits, but |
don't cuss nor blackguard nobody. /
don't appeal to nobody's emotions, but
try to reason with the people, just
like I'd sit down on log and talk to
friend in need of good advice. If
shoutin' and emotion was all there was
in religion, sub, the niggahs would be a
hundred years ahead OF the whites"
So saying, the Rev. Joe put on his
overshoes, and creptdown to the church
He began at O'Clock without any pre-
liminaries and as suddenly pronounced
the benediction at 1855. The church
was iammed. When Rev. Joe got up to
preach, he put his hands in his pockets
and surveyed the audience and said ;
81 am surprised to see so many people
out tonight; wouldn't have come out
myself if | could have found any posi-
Bile excuse" Then he said he thought
he would preach from text in Paul,
saying that he never put in load until
he saw what kind of ammunition he
needed. "The trouble with these preach
ers is that they are always teiin' men
and children to be good, and they'll die
and go to heaven," he said The bible
don't preach no such damnable stuff. A
bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush, sub and I'm going to hold on to it.
Ii you're good you'll live, not die. The
trouble with you people is that you 90
off half cooked. There's you Methodists
sittin' there sayin' amen, and you Bap.
fists noddin' your heads like an old
drake-why don't you go out and dc
something for somebody instead of pray
in for 'em? About one-third of you all
do the payin and one-tenth do the
prayin' and the balance gets wound
up and don't go off till there's g
protracted meetin.' Now some old deacon
will come around and say that's right
brother, hit 'em hard d'-you'r re the worst
old devil in the lot. I've got so I'm
ashamed to ask men to join the church
The next time you pray for a brother
spit up in the air and see how far it will
J go-get out and help somebody, anC
quit prayin' for 'em. What your broth.
er needs is some money and clothes, and
some corn bread and sorghum. Wher
you throw out the life line, put som,
. bait on il.
He roasted the men for not paving
more attention to their families, and foi
not being kinder to their wives.
r Tell the old woman she is pretty, anC
sweet-it may be lie, but let 'er g
! anyway. You'll see her get up on hei
hind feet and rear around like cat ha 2
in fit" He roasted the women for no
treating their husbands better. "Dres.
up and look neat around the house" h,
said. "Here you are sloshin' around thl
house with mother hubbard on anC
one sock down; house dirty and filth,
and the tablecloth looks like mai
of the Philippine islands. You 90 t,
meetin, and say you've got the perfec
love, and the old mans got no button
on his breeches. ?"
= The Rev JOethen roasted both hnsban,
aud wife for not paying more attention
to their boys and girls aud making com
panions OF them. He said: mo one pay
\ any attention to a girl, and young mai
1 comes around with cinnamon on hi
, breath and carries her of, and in yea
r the old mans got his girl bae
/ and baby to feed, too. | always fee
. sorry for a boy between the age Of /
. and y. No one pays any attention 3
!. him and he has 20 gamble for what h
4 gets, and he is eating his mustache
: too He roasted the stylish preacher
and the stylish church and said: "Whe
a high-toned preacher with a plug ha
: meets sinner, he SHES around hin
D like mule shies around hole in
! bridge II gogned parsons and DO,
! choirs could save the world, we would B
flyin' around with our wings on righ
J. now
/ The Missourians took his remark
: goodnaturedly and laughed at his roasts
). The Rev. Joe belongs to no particula
d church he hopes to save members Of Al
denominations.