Grave of Bob Jones Sr

From Builder of Bridges:

The more I have read of Dr. Bob’s meetings, the more I have come to realize that regardless of how much men try to “blow up” meetings today to make them look big, they fade into insignificance when compared with the meetings of Dr. Bob and other evangelists during the horse-and-buggy days.

Neither time nor space will permit my telling about all the great meetings which Dr. Bob held around the country. In many cities page after page of the local papers was given over to his work in their midst. I have selected only a few meetings to point out the immediate and the
long-lasting results of this man’s efforts in the Cause of Christ. Dr. Bob’s work needs no embellishment. The newspaper accounts from which I quote set forth clearly and in detail the man, the message, and the methods which accomplished great things for God. Many towns dated their history from this man’s meetings. People would say, “this happened before Bob Jones’ meeting” or “This happened after Bob Jones’ meeting.” Because of the mighty impact of his ministry. many dispensaries, saloons, and gambling houses were closed. He left  towns
much better. and moral and spiritual people were never dissatisfied.

Dr. Bob’s method of dealing with people and issues was as important as the message itself. Although modernism was not rampant in those days. as it has been in our day. it was prevalent enough to cause Dr. Bob and others to band themselves in an all-out effort against it. It was Dr. Bob’s policy not to knowingly allow any modernist to help sponsor his meetings. He said, “It is all right to preach to the modernists in the audience. but it is wrong to have them on the platform as sponsoring pastors and call them ‘Brother’ and give them Christian recognition.”

Wikipedia:

Robert Reynolds Jones Sr. (October 30, 1883 – January 16, 1968) was an American evangelist, pioneer religious broadcaster, and the founder and first president of Bob Jones University.

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