Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-04-24
FEARED MIGHTY CAESAR.
EVANGELIST WHARTON TELLS WHY
PLATE SURRENDERED CHRIST.
Would Not Bc Guided by Ills wife's Adj
vice because lie Was Afraid He
lie Would Lose Ills once Clubs
and Politicians scored.

Fully 800 people were In the Armory last
| night and listened to Evangelist Wharton's
| discourse. The interest manifested
throughout the vast audience was remark
able. The windows and crossbeams of the
great building were covered with people
wherever there was room for one TO md
a foothold. on the outside OF the building.
The streets were filled with people anxious
10 see some part OF all the great excitement
about religion. a lengthy song service be-
gan the opening OF the services during
which many old familiar revival hymns
were sung by choir OF 800 voices, aided
by the entire CONGREGATION
The evangelist took for his text Mathew
NNvii;2s, What shall do with Jesus,
which is called the Christi" The words
OF the text were those used by PLATE when
he delivered Jesus to the Jews to be Cruz
Gifted. Pontius PLATE had debated long
Win himself about what he should do with
Jtsus ,Whom hc had found to be a lust
man but being man In political office
euuuet me power of Caesar at Rome, he
would displease the people and Thai tbev
WouId report him to Caesar and ne would
.I1erepy lost his official position. The peo-
pc, Shll that Jesus caused insurrectlon
Spbnsu, StuuI',uh III @ among the. people by saying
iindt ne ne was King of the Jews ana that
mis lis kingdom should destroy all others.
INA hltdte peheyed IL this report OF Jesus saw
inEs were brought By the people to the
ears of Caesar that his office wotIld H..
endangered and that he would lose his Of
hciai head. He also disobeved the ro,,n-
sels OF his wife" Said Evangelist Wbnr-
u. so,l. w hen man does that he generally
sVcs wrong, Tor ninety-nino times out OF "A
HuIiQred when man disobeys the counsel
"l ms wife he does that which viii not he
iredib n5 pest ss interests. And in the one hun
tse eu,m ~. case II VIII generally be found that
une me wire Is not godly woman, Pilate's
Wiia Ia q, aaVised him not to deliver the lust
80. 'n ~ tne Jews TO be cruciiied, as there
MAS no guile found in Him The only tbint-
epat ~ caused MIN to do so was that he wa;
whinS 10 10 9mend r1,i the greater powers under
me me, people he went against his better iudG.
betrayal OF the savior for for thirtyy 8y OF n,ec ths
U,i Siiver rir IN such touching manner maj
how yJlHy tba bstrs,! Affected al present. lie told
man man soldiers which one of the thronsy was so
ysesus, 5ss f. and how, Jesus afterwards forraSs avs
and intersstnat st an ] IN ms peculiarly touching
incidentally he touched on tho smiles, -.
peoniS nf t;a Kna politics, and said: III the
ahother fair election. | hone th"v MI, see
iha elect those TO office who viii en nfara at
the he saio aWs on the statutes" lie recited bow
@ t,e satools OF the city were aIlownd 70 ',ow mo
openly every Sunday in dirent n,no, 70 run
touched tbe iSws avs, Of the city. After he hod
itics he asknd !ne ar subject Of municipal poll
gation for doing so 'He eohgre-
NOT on bdIon bsRIgakihE Of those who said thew ala
SAID 1T is easy enough for the SABLE. ,oihnie. he
to ssy oh b foxcomb or a Jelly fish, or fool 0
PIT 1t is very hard thing for IN -, 'ne don Bible.
to i've 49, sensible honest and inteiisenfs p,an
consnene GO make any such assertion What 'l is
sWered the question himself bv sae,,a. an.
EST Il Gr,,t,i 5ne worm that never dies. The low.
ali have this wohdarfner Sddsi8ier' 1a the
:, sPark ,Pa OF truth" He quoted Shakespenarraal nral
conscience N.il oil,
SELF If crowded further than II bSers bas 1t u.
roi, S,ao, been crowded even If it be tbe
In speaking of the Vice Ice 'epeG nr., criminal.
pr9mment orni, clubs he said he believed tbs m
Seption ta ne eirn @ of this city. to be an ex-
lnois Club, of New York, as club 5nw wbape ,pp
p rom ,, men gathered to drink and plav
spent much of their time in swearin,. my neg
ahng away time which could be snant
piasIiiroes NJ aiiIost any other way to lead to more
, d,oyss9 In speaking Of the sinner who always
WIVES ara IN coming coming to Christ, he said
husbands forward to the altar, but Won Won
1ii inisoands, bands, you hard hearted, tough hiaed
lme OF, TIL at last Sod viii have si,c,, -
'eCkonlng with you that PRAYERS thromrh
,easeieSs ,so ,i eternity can hardly subdue His
He told the story of the mother, who. 70
,hhoe NV n ner Gdanghter, burned her face tin
lfterwards the daughter grew up TO be a
'ery beautiful woman. One day while the
,m Tnen on ana am ISmEGtSr With others
ienied knowing her own mother because
ne was with young gentleman who made
'ous ,old thing and wondered who she was
NJ now she came to be on the boat He
o Sid -, the ,S story Of the little granddaughter
World and did not know anything of re-
igi923,, The little child climbed upon her
round his neck, asked him, eff she truly