Evangelist orator, Sam P. Jones

              EVANGELIST. ORATOR,
SAM P. JONES
LECTURES
Character and Characters. 
Manhood and Money. 
Ravages of Rum. 
The Battle of Life and How to Win it.
Get There and Stay There.
Sawciety.
The World as it is, and the World
as it ought to be.
Shams and the Genuine.
Medley of Philosophy, Facts and Fun.    (New).
UNDER MANAGEMENT
BROCKWAY  LECTURE   BUREAU,
PITTSBURG, PA.
SAM P. JONES
Whose fame as an original speaker, evangelist and man has caused such widespread talk and criticism, and whose good deeds are recorded and remembered by so many men and women and charities, will accept a limited number of engagements this season. The demand for his services is very large. We furnish a few comments, and could furnish hundreds of oth¬ers, from persons and the press in all parts of the universe. Applications should be made at once, especially by managers of Chautauquas, Institutes and the like.
PRESS NOTICES.
The renowned, the witty, the inimitable Sam Jones has been with us and departed.  Original, unique, caus¬tic, capricious, satirical, a good judge of human nature, impressive, irresistible—this is Sam Jones as we saw him in his lecture "Get There and Stay There," Wednesday evening. No waste talk, no stale jokes, no shot without a mark. A large and appreciative audience greeted him, and financially the lecture was a success.—Express and Standard, Newport, Vt.
The great preacher and lecturer, Rev. Sam Jones, gave one of his inimitable, spicy, witty, comic, pathetic, Instructive, and most profoundly interesting lectures at the Court House, in Marion, Monday night, to a $265.00 house. We do not mean that the audience was worth but $265.00, but that it paid that much to hear Rev. Sam Jones lecture, and made a good bargain at that figure. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded could have been safely advertised and not a cent would have been asked to be returned, though many seats were bought at $1.00 each. He also preached a free sermon to about 800 attentive listeners, Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, before leaving for St. Louis. It was a grand treat to the peo¬ple, highly edifying, immensely interesting and fully appreciated. Long live Sam Jones and forever let his truths be heard throughout all Christendom.—The Egyptian Press, Marion, III.
Sam Jones played a game of ten pins at the Opera House last night with a large crowd of interested spec¬tators. He set up the pins, which represented all classes of American people, knocked them down and repeated the operation, making alternately a " single," a " spare," or a "strike."
Preachers and laymen, doctors, lawyers, merchants, clerks, politicians, dudes and dudines, and all shared a like fate, all getting some good advice from this plain-spoken man who thinks a great deal and never hesitates to say what he thinks.
When the lecturer grew serious and descriptive there was not a sound, save his voice, in the entire house, and when he finished he had told truths which brought forth many " amens " from different parts of the house. He had the closest attention of the audience throughout.— Ottawa, III.
Sam Jones was greeted by a big audience last night at the Opera House. He was in the Star Course of the Y. M. C. A., and lectured on " Get There and Stay There." The great evangelist who talks plain makes illustrations without minding whether they are elegant as to diction or not, and talks, as he says, " straight down the aisle." He received a Brockton welcome, royal and loud.—Brockton, (Mass.,) Daily Press.
The world famed Sam Jones, the noted Georgia evan¬gelist and lecturer, was in the city last evening, to give his lecture on " Get There and Stay There," as the third number of the popular lecture course. There is only one Sam Jones. As a character he is so unique that his extreme oddity gives him a picturesqueness which is peculiarly and exclusively his own. As a humorist and an orator his lecture Thursday night demonstrated that he stands as a peer among the most brilliant attrac¬tions upon the American platform, and his striking per¬sonality is such as to give him a charm of which none but Sam Jones can ever expect to be master.—Alliance, (Ohio), Critic.
An immense crowd gathered at Gladstone Park, last night, to hear Rev. Sam Jones lecture, and if any one there failed to get the worth of his money, in the lan¬guage of Mr. Jones, it was because he had no place to , put it. If any one there last night expected a brilliant oratorical display with fireworks and fringe, that one was disappointed. Sam Jones does not handle that kind of goods. He is a plain Georgia preacher. He understands human nature as it grows in this country, and he is never so happy as when thumping the wind out of bombastic frauds, upsetting the follies of fashion and overturning the little irud gods which men and women have erected round about them. The language he employs is the cream of the natural dialect of the common people of the South, and he uses it most effec¬tively. He did not stick to his subject all the time, pre¬ferring, as he said, to stick to his crowd. Now he would break forth in some bit of foolishness, driving home a fact or an illustration ; again he would climb to beauti¬ful heights, and about the time his hearers had reached the summit he would let them fall with a ridiculous thud.— The Evening Telegram, Portland, Ore.
Sam Jones gave his lecture in Irwin Opera House, Tuesday night. We heard Jones lecture in Pittsburg several years ago, and was then struck by his peculiari¬ties. He differs from all lecturers on the rostrum, being different from all in his style. He is bright, versatile and original, has a remarkably easy flow of language, quick in conception of thought, sarcastic to the highest degree, and has the best command of slang of any man living. All who attended the lecture were highly pleased with it and were highly entertained.—The Irwin, (Pa.) Standard.
Sam Jones' lecture in the Opera House Monday even¬ing, under the direction of the lecture association, drew the largest audience that has been seen at any entertain¬ment given by the association in the five years of its existence, and this despite the fact that the weather was wet and disagreeable. He is a master of the art of "putting things" so that they will stick in the mind. If he is not always polished, it is because he does not choose to be—not for lack of ability in that direction. There are many public speakers who could with great profit to themselves and their hearers trade off one-half of their polish for a few original ideas, and one-fourth of the remainder for Jones' ability to express them in a manner at once interesting and forceful. Jones would not be considered an orator by many, and yet if, as Rus¬sell Conwell says, true oratory is shown in its power to reach and interest people, then Jones is an orator. Con¬well has said that the difference between elocution and oratory can be seen in the simple matter of calling a dog. "If you call him and he comes, it is oratory; if he doesn't come, it is just elocution." When Jones calls a dog he responds.—Cannonsburg, (Pa.,) Daily Notes.
The Georgia divine sways his large audience with burning words of eloquence, bits of sarcasm, droll wit and Southern provincialism. Never perhaps in this city has an audience been so completely captured by a lecturer as was the audience at Cooper Opera House last evening.— Wellesville, (Ohio), Daily Union.
Sam Jones lectured at the City Opera House last night. He tells them how to " Get There and Stay There." Witty, wise, earnest, eloquent—a marvelous gpeaker. He charmed a Frederick audience on a rainy night, and uttered novel thoughts and sentiments with the manly courage of an honest conviction. We believe this is the sober judgment of every person who left the hall after the lecture last night. None left it without feeling better and purer for having been there, or without dropping a silent tribute of respect at the feet of the man who had held them in the spell of his mar¬velous intellect and sincerity through more than an hour and a half of eloquent, witty, pathetic and soul stirring address. All in all it is a tongue that is wagged by a noble heart, a gifted mind, and a great spirit of love and reverence for what is in this world useful and pure and holy and elevating. Such is the impression an earnest auditor receives from the talk of Sam Jones. It is greatly regreted that all of Frederick was not pres¬ent to hear him last night.— The Daily News, Frederick, Md.
The noted Georgian was given a rousing reception at the City Hall last night. As many persons as could crowd into the commodious auditorium of the City Hall were on hand last night to hear a lecture by Rev. Sam P. /ones on " A Medley of Philosophy, Facts and Fun." The evangelist looks older. There are more gray hairs on his head than when he was last with us. But his protruding lower jaw still snaps with the same rat trap precision, and last night he made it evident that he had sacrificed none of his power as a speaker. His wit was as spontaneous and unrestrained as ever and there was all the spice of other days in what he said. He forced peals or laughter from blushing women and guffaws from amused men, and flooded eyes with tears that had a moment before sparkled with merriment. His effort was characteristic and closed with a remarkable appeal |to the boys and girls.— The Dallas, {Tex.,) Morning News.
Last Thursday night a magnificent audience of ladies and gentlemen assembled at the district court room to hear Rev. Sam Jones lecture. All the sitting room was taken and the galleries were crowded. There were many present who had never before heard the celebrated preacher. It was a lecture that no one but Sam Jones could deliver. It was more of an entertainment than is often heard. Those who heard him would go to hear him again, and this is a safe measure of success. He talked more than an hour and a half. He is a great man and great in a certain way which others cannot imitate. To hear Sam Jones you must hear him not by proxy. He says what he pleases. He has people figured down to a minute fraction and he levels the rough places.— Cameron, (Tex.,) Herald.
Rev. Sam Jones lectured at Centenary Church last night, and despite the fact that the weather was about as inclement as could be, there was a fine audience, and a very gratifying sum must have been realized from the lecture by the church. Several years ago Rev. Sam Jones conducted a protracted meeting at Pace's Ware¬house in Lynchburg, and such crowds as gathered to hear him night after night, and day after day, have sel¬dom ever been equalled by any assemblage in Lynch¬burg until last night. In the years that have intervened since he last spoke in Lynchburg, he has lost none of his power, and, indeed, to those who listened to him last evening, he seemed that he had grown even more force¬ful. The faculty that he possesses of attracting and re¬taining the attention of an audience is remarkable. When he speaks every person within the sound of his voice listens, and no word that he utters fails to make an impression.— The News, Lynchburg, Va.
Rev. Sam Jones lectured at the auditorium of the City Hall, last night. He was not only eloquent, but was original. He did not think as other men did. He does not think as other men do. Solomon said there was nothing new under the sun, but Solomon in all his glory never saw or heard Sam Jones.— The Dallas Morning News.
Rev. Sam P. Jones lectured at the Methodist Church last night to a large crowd. His lecture was up to the standard of Mr. Jones' excellence, and was well received by the audience. He is a man who perhaps has done more good towards bettering the world than any man of this century. Our people are pleased with the man and much of preconceived prejudice has been removed by his personal visit, and everyone realizes that he is doing a wonderful amount of good.—Nevada County Picayune, Prescott, Ark.
The famous Rev. Sam Jones, made his first appear¬ance before a Jacksonville audience last night at the Opera House, which was well filled in spite of the in¬clemency of the weather. The audience was in almost a constant uproar brought about by the peculiar humor and language which, according to Mr. Jones, might be said, to have leaked out with every sentence, although at times this was put aside for most eloquent language and serious thoughts. The applause was loud and frequent and without exception every one gave closest attention throughout, and one has to hear him speak to appreciate the effectiveness.—Jacksonville, (III.,) Journal.
The only Sam has come and gone, and the large audience who heard his lecture were perfectly delighted with the man, his words and his manner. From the start to the finish of the lecture Sam had complete con¬trol of his audience, and a number of critics when they heard how he said his sayings became his ardent ad¬mirers. Sam not only got there but stayed there, and his delighted audience kept right with him, for they found him true to his reputation—a speaker intensely original, strong in thought, charming in expression and wonderfully apt in illustration.—The Canton Press, Can¬ton, Mo._________________
Most people have heard of Sam Jones, and it was through the Y. M. C. A., that he was engaged to give his lecture last night. It is not surprising that Mr. Jones is an evangelist. It would take a big church to hold a man of his broad methods, and the entire country will profit if he is not tied to one community. He has an inimit¬able humor, a quick perception that shows actions to him in an unique light, so that a clever interpretation is given to his audience. He has a heart full of sentiment and the most rigid convictions concerning man's duty to man that is well to spread among his fellow beings He doesn't search for dainty language to tell the truth, and doesn't spare force or emphasis in laying down his creed. Mr. Jones has a delightful voice which was not raised above a conversational tone, yet no line or mean¬ing was lost. He was introduced in a very graceful speech by Dr. Bartlett— The Brockton, (Mass.,)  Times,
Next to Col. Ingersoll, Sam P. Jones, the Georgia evangelist and terror to the foibles and frailties, drew the largest house of any lecturer known to Springfield at the Baldwin last night. His treatise of " Sawciety " was sharp and entertaining through and through. Sam Jones has left off much of the broad language verging on the unquestionable. He uses diction with originality and finds that polish pays.—The Leader-Democrat, Springfield, Mo.
Sam Jones captured Pueblo. His first appearance won him a victory. "The World as it is and the World as it Ought to Be," was his subject. A large audience listens to a striking man. From laughter to tears and from tears to laughter was the experience of the large audience who listened to Mr. Jones' lecture at the Grand last night. Mr. Jones' leciure was delivered in a thor¬oughly characteristic way, and he bestowed honor where honor was due, and did not spare any one to whom honor was not due.—Pueblo, (Col.) Daily Chieftain.
The lecture by Rev. Sam P. Jones at the City Hall, drew a large audience, which nearly filled the spacious auditorium. It is always the unexpected that happens, and this is what kept the throng laughing over the speaker's witty sayings, or thinking when he let fly among them a keen shaft of truth. The lecture was at once entertaining and elevating, awakening the nobler sentiments and impulses of the mind. The large audi ence in attendance assures a good financial outcome for the benefit of the Church.— Fort Worth, Morning Register.
Sam Jones addressed a large audience at the Central Church, last evening. His remarks were in the irresis¬tible and unapproachable style of which Sam Jones is the only exponent. He had his audience in tears at one moment, and the next instant all present were roaring with laughter at the happy hit or funny story. It is the same at all times and places where Sam Jones is the speaker. All who have heard him recognize the symp¬toms.—Rochester, {N. V.) Democrat and Chronicle.
Sam Jones captured an Evansville audience last night and chained them to his chariot wheels. It did not take the speaker long to get the audience under his control. At first there was a disposition amongst some present to be a little stiff and cold, but they melted under his quaint and fresh sentences full of humor and sharp wit, and before long the entire audience were captured and seemed to enjoy their captivity. It is impossible to give our readers any idea of the lecture proper. The hour and a half that he spoke was all too short, many think¬ing the lecture brief. Every one went away feeling that they had their money's worth, and that after listening to the speaker of the evening did not wonder that Mr. Jones was a drawing card. Should he be induced to visit Evansville again on any other night it would push Evans Hall to hold the crowd. His voice is good, firm, round and penetrating. His whole manner is of marked strength. No one is like him; no one would dare to be. Although he hit some of us real hard and cuffed us most unmercifully, yet we say come again Samuel and we will take our punishment like good fellows not afraid of hard knocks.—The Journal, Evansville, Ind.
Sam Jones spoke at the Opera House last night. And to say that Sam Jones spoke is to say that his hearers were thoroughly entertained from cow catcher to caboose. Sam Jones whether in the pulpit or on the platform, in the parlor or around the camp fire, is always entertaining, always amusing, always instructive.   How this is so—wherein lies his power to be all these things is a great mystery. He furnished in one lecture more fun than two comedians; more philosophy than four universities ; more gospel than a half dozen theological seminaries, and almost as much common sense as the mother of a big family of country boys.—Daily Courier-Light, Corsicana, Tex.
The great and only Sam Jones has come and gone. He received the plaudits and the dollars of Charleston intelligence and Charleston ignorance, and has gone away with his remarkable and justifiable self-esteem uninjured. He has gone away leaving praise and plaudit, smile and laughter, pleasant memories and mild re¬proaches, and an indefinite wonder-how-it-was-done feeling behind him.— The Democrat, Charleston, Mo.
A great audience hears Sam Jones, Georgia's boss evangelist. A characteristic talk, embracing religious, political and social current topics.
The Rev. Sam Jones held the boards at O'Brien's Opera House last evening very successfully. His audi¬ence was large, filling every part of the house. No paid lecturer ever appeared in Birmingham to a larger crowd —Beecher, Talmage, and Ingersoll not excepted. All the steam whistles made a frightful din when Col. Alex McClure, of Philadelphia, came here to warn us about not clinging to the gold standard, and repeated the wild, infernal racket, advertisingly, to accommodate an enterprising merchant. The whistles ought to have screamed yesterday for Sam Jones. As a drawer he is not only an artist, but a whole bureau full of drawers, with living every-day pictures in them. He talked against shams. There were to hear him all kinds of people from Birmingham and the suburbs. He highly entertained them. He did that: most familiar to his audi¬tors as a bold and original crusader against sin, there was curiosity to learn whether he could attain any wider, characteristic latitude than radiates from his pulpit performances.— Birmingham, Ala.
The Rev. Sam Jones last evening delivered his oft-repeated lecture, "Get There and Stay There," in his characteristic fashion, to a good audience at the Audi¬torium. Summing up the performance, it must be said that the Louisvillians who were present were delighted with Mr. Jones. They applauded freely, laughed loud and often, and passed very kindly criticisms on his manner handling men and things. (Here a lengthy comment follows.)—Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.
Rev. Sam Jones' lecture last night in the House of Representatives was attended by all classes of the peo¬ple, and the house was packed, there not being standing room.
His lecture was under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association. His subject was "Charac¬ter and Characters." He spoke two hours, and it is safe to say that no one was disappointed in their expecta¬tions of the "Rev. Sam." That he is a man of great originality and force of character there can be no doubt, while there is great room for adversity of opinion as to his method or manner of speaking to his audience. No one can be found who will say that he was not highly entertained. He strikes from the shoulder, and calls a spade a spade, but when one hears him in full and sees his applications and illustrations, he does not appear near as much in the light of being rough and inelegant in speech as the garbled extracts which from time  to time appear in the papers represent him.—Democrat. Jackson, Miss.