He was popularly described as having a head "as big as a half bushel," surmounted by a great shock of hair.

He was an iconoclast, and devoted his life to the business of image-breaking, and, of course, the breaking in pieces of the idols of the people created a great tumult.

There was this difference, and only this difference, between the work of Billy Brown and Sam Jones; Sam Jones declaims against sins already condemned by the popular conscience, but Billy Brown assailed convictions enshrined in the innermost sanctuary of the hearts of the people.

He did so because these popular superstitions stood in the way of the acceptance by the people of the apostolic gospel.

Of course, the work of such a man carried with it an inconceivable excitement.