The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-11
AT THE TABERNACLE
Brother Stuart Preached the
Sermon. Last Night,
And Told About DecOys Used in Duck Hunt
ing and the Devils DecOyS.

AT 7:3O O'Clock last night there
were fully 20oo people in the Taber
nacle, ard the congregation CON
iinued 10 increase until the sermon
began. Brother Excel, in the
meantime, leading the choir in songs
Of praise from the book of Tri-
umphant Songs for sale by Mr.
Excel, Jr., at 30 cents per book
Brother Excel announced that he
was delighted with the singing, but
sorry TO see so many without books
when they could be had for a paltry
35 cents The song book seller
made a thorough canvass of the
audience, industriously calling at.
teDtlon to the songs and chewing
gum at the same time. Brother
Stuart arrived while the chrio and
congregation were singing 81 will
meet you in the city of the New
Jerusalem" The singing con.
tinued while Brother Whaling put
Brother Stuart on to local hits that
might go very we'll. There were at
this time 5000 people in the
Tabernacle. Brother Stuart said
owe want Congregational singing,
Every body buy book and all sing
You don't know how well it sounds.
want to hear great ocean wave of
song in this building" Rev. Sam
p. Wright led in prayer.
Brother Stua,t announced that
the committee that arranged for the
seating and lighting Of the tabec
nacle, had been taking ep collec-
ton to defray those expenses and
he was surprised to learn that last
night in congregation of 5000
people they only collected $40.
"Why that is less than one man
ought to give. Now we will take
up cole ction, and brother you
watch the man next to you and you
will know who's who" He sugges.
ted to those having babies that
would not keep quiei, to take them
out into the open air until they
could quiet them. He also an.
nounCed that he had stationed three
policemen in the rear of the house
and they had full instructions what
to do. 1.-The fact is" eajd Brother
Stuart, 'there are two
or three fellows here that are little
too full TO be at meetn'. We are
glad to have you, but are afraid you
can't take care of yourself and in
that case the policeman will show
you how. l will also say that / have
stationed several gentlemen through
ont the house to watch boys and
girls who let their tongues run away
with them, and if you don't keep
quiet you will feel policeman's
hand at the back of your neck
Brother Excel sang solo at this
juncture.
1t was nearly o o'clock when
Brother Stuart stated that he would
strike at every sinner in the house.
He would go up the path and if they
were on it he'd get them. He took
his text from the Psalms of David:
Surely He Shall Deliver Thee
From the Snare Of the Fowler
In this "He" means God, "Thee"
means you my brother; the 'snsre"
means q trap and the "fowler' is
the devil So the text means, surely
God will deliver you, my brother,
from the trap of the devil.
He spoke of the manner in which
David saw God and how he saw the
devil and entered into beautiful
eulogy of David.
Now my text will come to you,
tonight. ] will tell you how l have
seen men catch birds and how |
have seen the devil catch men.
will take a few ways of bird catch
ing and will parable them with the
DEVILS ways, and you can see
for youraelf. The first way is the
decoy. | remember on one occasion
some friends invited me to go duck
hunting. / went to the wagon and
looked in, saw the guns, ammunl-
ton, lunch, and everything necessa,
ry, but there were some wooden
ducks in there. / said, "Whats
that"
"Why that is the most important
part of the OUTFIT" answered one of
my friends.