Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-11-15
A MATCHLESS EULOGY
Beautiful Tribute to Sam Jones by Bishop Gal
'IOWay at the Funeral
..IOWay at the Funeral.

any man of his generation. There
are few homes in which some saving
of his is not repeated. He had a
a genius for proverb making.
81 believe that one secret of his
strong power as preacher was the
fact that all his appeals were directly
to the human conscience. His the
DRY was that the conscience was on
the same level, whether in a philos-
Opher or child-whether in a scholar
or an illiterate. And the message
needed to arouse the one could not
fail to awaken the other. Therefore,
ike St. Paul, he felt himself debtor
to the Greek and the barbarian, to
the wise and the unwise.
He demonstrated the fact that the
day of the preacher and public speak
er has not passed. The living voice
is as potential today as ever in the
worlds history. The printed page
may inform the mind. but the living
messenger is necessary to kindle pas
sion and urge men to action. The
preaching function of the priesthood
ca never lose its authority. As in
the olden times, when Isaiah's voice
was heard in Israel, and Paul preached
on Mars Hill, the divinely called man
with message will ever be the might
lest force in his generation.
His life of almost unexampled &C
tiyity was dominated by one high and
holy purpose-to do good to his fell
few men and faithfully serve his gen.
Grafton by the will of God. From that
purpose he was never DETECTED. and
from Gods service his heart never
felt the slightest alienation. To that
high aim every ambition was subor-
dinated, and every energy put in
commission.
Believing that Providence had
Gle 'rIy indicated his field of largest
usefulness, to be uncOnfned by the
narrow limits of local pastorate, he
retired from the regular intinerant
ministry, and made the nation his
parish. Whatever the judgment of
Others as to the wisdom of that course
he never doubted that God had order
ed 1t aud his blessings would approve
it. la every state in the union his
voice was heard by eager thousands,
preaching with the same fearless fl
d-nty and Christly sympathy as to
the humble friends and neighbors on
his first Georgia circuit.
"Wrthout attempting any recital
If the fact, Of brilliant history |
.hall merely mention few features
If a noble character.
First of all, because above all
md best Of all, our honored brother
vas remarkable tor the strength and
olidity Of hi, moral charac ter. There
va, granite IN its foundations and
very living stone was polished after
he similitudc Of palace, Flaw,
here may have been, but no assures
-discolorations, but no suggestion
t diSintcgration. the forms
f life sometimes strained but /
ever moved it, The rains descend
Il, the floods came and the winds
lew, but when the sky had cleared l
c stood mistaken and as majestic as t
mighty mountain. However much t
zen may have criticized his utter {
noes or questioned the wisdom Of
is policies no one ever doubted the !
ltegrity aud purity Of his character !
lad there been III it any serious c
eakness some curious or critical or
lvious eye would have quickly dis q
,vered it and lou div proclaimed it,
ut throughout his brilliant career, {
'ery hour in the fierce public glare, '