The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-09
SERMONS BY REV. STUART
HE HAD LARGE CONGREGATIONS
AT ROcKDALE.
RE Talked to Them in Manner that
Moved Them; Meetings Are to Close
Tuesday Night.

Rockdale. Texas. july s-The Al.
tendance al the tabernacle yesterday
and last night was the greatcst OF
the meeting thus far, A special train Of
three coaches from Bryan. where Mr..
stuart recently held meeting, came IN.
agementing the local throng quite percep.
tibly. ana a large number Of visitors from
Cameron and the adjacent country were
present.
one OF the features OF Mr. Stnart's recent
sermons was most aggressive attack on
social clubs and games. the latter including
tiomlnoes. II there is one game TO which
the men of Rockdale, young. middle aged
and old. are fond OF and felt easy about
as TO church rules, It is spinner" aud
some OF them. who are earnestly anxious
to conduct themselves correctly, are in
near despair, In learning that they have
been doing wrong In playing the game
MIR. stuart explained that In the State Of
Tennessee he would see no more harm In
playing domnoes than In playing croquet
but in Texas. where every saloon has IT'S
domino tnhe and dominoes going fall blast
day and night. he declared II to he en-.
phntlcaly wrong for church members TO
play the game at all. Dancing and card
playing were held TO be out OF the question
ciamcnto was entered Into. AT the close
/ of yesterday afternoons service those
In attendance were invited 10 give ex
] preston TO their impressions OF the meet
/ Ing. A very large number of both sexes
arose. one at time, ana expressed them
selves MS being benefited by the meeting,
and indorsing II most heartily.
| For the night service, dodgers had been
/ issued, inviting the people 60 come ont and
hear Mr.. Stuart's stump digger sermon,
\ ana they came. Many were unable to OBJ
/ tain seats and stood during the services.
/ The sermon proved TO be an "anti-llquor
/ traffic" discourse, and was warm one
Mr. Stuarts whole nature Is aroused when
/ he delivers this sermon, and he strikes
/ the saloon traffic and Influence with II
4 concentration OF all Of the power that Is In
/ him. Hc took the ground that while II Is
| true that the money question is the great
! est one before the American people. It
was not true that the question Of standards
| Of value determined IL, That IT was Il
question Of distribution. he stated that
/ fourteen hundred millions OF dollars wore
expended for liquors annually, which "
| diverted to useful and ,needful articles
would create prosperity. He thanked God
! that he Is not a democrat ana also said
he IS not republican. That neither Ne.
Klnley nor Bryan In the last campaign had
financial and industrial depression, and
he denied that Mckinley Wa In any way
entitled to credit for the prosperity which
has blessed the country. The latter he de-
clared to be the direct outgrowth Of the
energies developed by recent wars, which
called into activity the absorption Of vast
quantities of raw materials and kept al
kinds OF manufacturing plants going to
the limit OF their powers of productions
and for this Mr.. Mckinley deserved nc
credit
From this the eloquent speaker turned
his attention to the terrible effects of In
temperance. and depicted scenes OF cruet
", desttution and distress In most I'M
FASHIONED and impressive manner. Amens
were uttered around HIM from time 10
time, but he seemed to be slightly uisap
pointed that more demonstrations Of mp
prova were not made. The fact is that
Rockdale congregations have never been
accustomed to give vent 10 their fceling'
during the course Of sermon ana had
been told In even threatening terms thai
they must keep perfect order
Near the conclusion OF his discourse
the speaker called upon9a all preseig wh,
Endorsed as the truth what he had ut
tered to rise TO their fcet. and the onpor
tunity arrived when the people could de
monstrate how heartily they were IN ac
cord with his views for vast number
probably fourffths or more Of those pres
The meeting Will continue today and to
/ morrow. closing tomorrow night, when Alr
stuart win leave for Los Angeles, Callfor
MIA. AS promised in the beginning th'
orable IN the history OF the town Hun
dreds have gone forward for prayer am
there will doubtless be many aceessions &
the churches.
Bryan Texas, July S.--one hundred am
Rockdale yesterday to hear the grea
| evangelist Rev George Stuart The oE
cnrsion reached Rocbdhle at 10 o'clock an
the visitors went at once to the tabernacle
Two thousand people We're prescott an'
the sermon was masterpiece