Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-29
THE EVENING SERVICES.

THE EVENING SERVICES.
The Wages of Sin is Death--A Plea for a
Big Strike in the DEVILS Workshops.
The meeting last night was one OF the (
kind to make revivallst happy. It was .
the most fruitful one yet.
Rev. Mr.. Burnett, an evangelist him /
self, and who has been away from his .
Waxanachie home for forty-two days at I
protracted labor in the vineyard, struck /
the keynote of the services in the opening
praver when he demanded blessing on /.
the meeting.
The attractions are still strong, and /!
the numbers that crowd under the can !
vas tabernacle show no signs of dimln-
ishing, and they come earlier than ever
TO preempt the front seats. The tent is
usually filed long before the well-kuown
form steps TO the front and reads from
his well-worn Bible text that generally
shows up some new side before the
preacher is done with it and the congTe-
cation.
Rev. Mr.. Lowber of the Christian
church was made eXhorter for the ex-
chequer last night, and told the story
OF the three old sinners out on the lakes
when a storm arose that threatened to
capsfze them. ''Bnl said let's pray,
but no one knew how. Jim said 'lat's
read a chapter, but they had no Bible
and couldn't remember any passage.
They were in a fix, until Dan said
We've got 10 do something religious
let g take up a collection. This opened
the way, and the exhorter followed 1t
up with another thrust: "When Sam
! Jones called the miser hog the other
I
voracious and omniverous, so is a miser.
! The hog is no good until he is dead,
neither is the miser. Some of us have got
to learn TO pay as well as pray. His
exhortation bad the desired etfect-lt
was the best collection of the series.
The beautiful music that Mr.. Excel Is
getting of the choir was better than ever
/ last night. However, 1t had to take a
back seat when the evangelist stepped TO
the front. He began speaking of Miss
! Bennett of Kentucky 'who is the agent
and well nigh author of the Womens'
training school for the training of South
ern women. Yesterday you ladies and
soma men came forward and gave her
| $1,000. 1t ought TO have been Sic, 600.
! I've seen women come forward and put In
earrings and watches. It's time that you
women should stand uD for Southern
women and help yourselves. We men
feed and clothe you, but We do mighty
little else. We may pat you on the shout
der and brag on you, but that's when
coInpauy's present. We do mighty little
else It's time the Protestant churches
were waking up. The Roman Catholics
do niue-teuths Of the charity work in the
South, and yet you say: ''What hold
thew are gettingI' They will take the
country, and if you'll let your Uncle
Tones 60 a little further they ought to
take il. It's shame to Professionalism.
But Miss Benefits work will go on
whether Fort Worth takes stock in 1t or
NOT. I'd rather be- the father of such a
daughter than the czar of all the Russias
Whenever I'm north of Mason and
Oixon's line how l do stand up for
Southern women, / kind of like them ,
but when | see the training schools IN
. Chicago and Moody's school in North
field il makes me blush for the South.
There are women here who could give
, $40 and never know it. There are
men here who could put IN 500 out OF
r their pocket money and not feel 1t.
? man can go up or down or on dead
level with his money. His money viii
r helm him to heaven just as II
| viii to New York. You can put
A IL in whisky and go down
I or in lots and hit the dead level, dogtro
/ line. or in charities and 60 TO heaven on
. lt. Dye get itP There's many mar
I here hitting the dogtrot line. You w
a been extending the town and spreading
+ ont in lots until you re nearly as thin a.
nv pocket handkerchief. God help yol
o TO grow up. Think about It,
a s'The wages of sin is death, but thu
Gift of God is eternal life through Jesu
o Christ. our Lord. - That was the text
: and Rev, Mr.. Jones tackled It straight
- '.There are always two questions tina
d are legitimately asked when contract
n made between employer and employe
l.. There is no contract without them
j. what kind Of work do 20
X want me to do2 and, wha
k will you pay me for it? They are tw
8 legitimate questions. And. the frs
f question, morally and spiritually is
whose servant am /? Christ said, ~
cannot serve God and mammon,' 81
Il who is not with me Is against mel An
II everyone in this audience is servau
n of the Lord God Almighty or of the devil
it neutral ground is an absurdity
10 ask you, Are you good enough TO E
DR. TO heaven?' No. Are you bad eRoug
ID TO go to heli2 No. Then, what in th
world are We to do with you? There al
ia only those two places for you'll These oil
mr. goodv -goody fellows out of the church
~ You are TOO good to join the church
i. never did aud never could join 81
,ir church, / tell you, when man ge
vs. good enough TO go 60 heaven he makes
re break for the church ike noe
I'd of DUCKS. don' care wheth'