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their interest in spiritual affairs from Mrs. Wood worth's revival. There were persons, of course, who doubted her I sincerity and who criticised the emotional character of her meetings, hut ' exact fairness requires the admission that she accomplished considerable good of a permanent kind.The Sam Jones-George Stewart meetings were held in a tabernacle, comer of Monroe and Buckeye streets, erected especially for them. The two evangelists were here about three weeks, beginning their campaign on March 5, 1893. They preached to immense audiences and were responsible, it has been claimed by their admirers, for many conversions. Sam Jones was at his zenith as a revivalist, and whenever he spoke the tabernacle was packed to its farthest reaches. Some I of his caustic saying are still quoted 1 by persons who attended his meetings, and, it is pretty generally agreed that, i whether Jones’s style of speech and method of appeal were commendable or not, he did succeed in giving the town a shaking up that did it a great deal of good.►
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Kokomo Daily Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Fri, May 22, 1914
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