Show I 1 I 1 of sim lows joness semons MASS 1000 I 1 1 converts norfolk virginian I 1 I 1 D june IG 16 tuc the I 1 1 bleat meeting that lias has eyer been lil ld in thia this city and probably in I 1 county was the one conducted berday afternoon by the rev a jones it was for men only the tabernacle beats seats every seat waa was taken not less than 1000 blood stood up filhe the outside of the structure ro to probably 1000 more and ltd dred ridi went efty away when they 0 M ff 11 11 Z I 1 av r I 1 1 I 1 fr t 4 I 1 found they co could ild not get tente seats not less than or men came to hear bear the preacher and probably were in the fund sound 1 of hia his voice the sermon had a powerful effect upon the congregation at ita its close mr jones asked all who would promise to live better lives and give e up sinful habits to stand tv up not t less than ten thousand men arose it was a fight never teen here the preacher then asked all who aho were not church church members and who wanted to become Chri stains to come coma up and shake hia his hand hundreds pres pressed tied forward with tears in their byis eys not nearly all could get to the preacher as the crowd was so dense it is iz estimated that not lesa lem than ono one thousand persons were converted among them many solid and substantial business men met sote of them were people who had not before heard beard mr jones and who had ridiculed ridicule his stylo style of |