Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-15
GIRL breaches TRUTHS
OF CHRISTIANITY AND
SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN
Young Evangelist Stirs Crowds
With Sermons to People of
Three Counties--Aids
Father-Clergyman
REFUSES FINANCIAL GAIN

striking contrast to the evangelists
who are making their professions simply
means TO an end, that end being per
sonal enrichment, is the career OF Miss
Meta Jones, Philadelphia's girl evangelist,
the youngest woman doing evangelistio
work in this section Of the country today
Miss Jones is a mere slip OF girl, but
an unusually serious-minded one. She
has lust reached the shady side Of H--if
anything so droll may be imputed to that
Youthful age-and asks nothing more
from committees in charge Of arrange
ments than the payment of her ana her
fathers actual travelling expenses, and
the assurance that they may both be en-
tertained under the same roof.
I,anRhorne, Pa, has fallen under her
spell this last week. Picture reserved
class of people, differing vitality from the
city crowds who surged TO hear Billy
Sunday, floclking into one OF the town
churches and sitting spellbound through
out an inspiring service dominated by
a young girls personality. and you have
an idea of the scenes that occur nightly
in the churches of the towns engaging
this young woman's talents.
Miss Jones Is the daughter Of J. Edwin
Jones, Of the Elmwood NJ. 70. Church,
S4th street and Tinicum avenue, this
city, and explains that, as minister's
daughter, public speaking is no new
thing to her. In fact, she smilingly
asserts that her debut was made at the
age of FIVE, when she struggled through
a vocal rendition of THE Holy City" to
the delight of the members OF one Of the
Masonic orders OF the city.
This young lady has her own convic-
tions on the subject OF evangelism. To
her mind there is more to it than merely
presenting the great truths of Chris
tianlty and converting men and wo-
men to the faith. She tries to keep
in touch with them and show interest In
their spiritual growth.
1T tell them to write me II they would
like to do So" she said, "and really"
and here her mouth turned up engaging
ly at the corners and her brown eyes
glistened, IT must confess that l need
private secretary. My mail is enormous.
ct do not sermonize," she continued,
"but give heart to heart talks always
trying to choose @ passage of Scripture
to interpret that which will stick" And
then with remarkable gravity, completely
bowling over her listeners fixed ideas Of
evangelistic license added, Pardon the
expression, but 1 wanted you to under
stand just how 1 try to say something
that will remain with them after they
leave"
hNdnBenSTl Is HllulHB bItdtSE dCStpl-
ance in the minds and hearts of the peo-
pie today than ever before They seem
to be in a more receptive mood and more
willing and eager to learn the truth than
formerly"
Between 700 and 800 people have been
converted during Miss Jones' year and
nine months of work, representing hun
dreds Of conversions through her own
personal work.
Up until the present time she has con-
fined her work to Delaware, Chester and
Bucks Counties, within a certain radius
of Philadelphia, to enable her father,
from whom she refuses to be separated,
to travel back and forth on Wednesdays
and Saturdays for his own church serv-
ices.
When II comes to the suffrage question
Miss Jones remarks, IT shall take great
pride in casting my ballot should the
men of Pennsylvania decide to enfran-
chise women at the November election.
l am a property and feel as our
forefathers did that taxation without
representation is tyranny"