The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-21
REVEALS CLOSED
1900 PEOPLE AT DUFFY STREET
BAPTIST CHURCH.
HUNDREDS TURNED AWAY.
INTERESTING SERVICES AT OTHER
CHURCHES.

Rev. Bascom Anthony of Trinity on
Fright Living and Its Reward"
Rev. DIR. j. ID. Jordan on the "Gain
of Goodness and the Ungodliness
of Gain"-Rev. j. j. Lanier's Sery-
ices at st. John's-Sunday school
Rally Day at Wesley Monumental
Church.
The meetings which have been in
progress at the Duffy Street Baptist
Church for the past two weeks closed
last night with the largest attendance
in the history of the church. 1t was
estimated that there were 1900 people
present. Not only was every seat oc-
cupied, but chairs and seats We're
placed in the aisles and passageways
up to the pulpit itself. Large crowds
were standing in the vestibules, side
rooms, so that every inch of space was
filled, and fully two hundred left be-
cause of their inability to get inside
the building.
The attendance throughout the day
was also large. Mr.. Wolfsohn sang
Calvary" most tenderly and sweetly
at the morning service, and at night,
in his rich and melodious baritone, he
rendered abide With Me-. with tell
ing effect.
Mr.. Van Deventer's sermon at night
was on the subject: What Do Ye
Think of Christi being that clause
from Matthew xii, AZ. The speaker
cited different examples from the va
rious characters connected with the
life of Christ, as to what they thought
of Jesus. The Centurion, who exclaim-
ed as he saw Him die, Truly this was
the Son of Cod" bringing out the fact
as to this that no man can believe unto
salvation who does not believe Jesus
is the Son of God; Peter, when he said.
Thou art the Christ, the Son of the
Living Cod" and various other of
those who came in contact with Jesus.
Mr.. VanDeventer further said, NO
body can be child of God and an heir of
heaven, nobody can be saved who does
not believe in Jesus Christ as the Son
of the living God. We may not be
able to understand the difficult portions
of theology, all about His divinity and
His humanity. but we have simply to
accept the plain teachings, and believe
He is the Son of God. PLATE said,
when he came to answer this question,
What do you think of Christi 1 find
no fault in Him When he said that
he did not speak fippantly or careless
ly, but after a thorough and careful
investigation. l think Plate represents
a class of people in this world to-day,
who think favorably of the religion of
Jesus Christ, but personally care lit
tie about it. They cannot give a good
reason for not accepting it. but they do
not accept it. They tell you chris
tianity is a good thing in the world,
that the world would be poorer with
out it, that man has been blest and
benefited by it. and still are not will
ling to place themselves on the side
of Jesus, and accept Him and His
religion for themselves. They may
| find fault with the church, and the
| church members, but they have moth
| ing to say against the religion of !he
| Lord Jesus Christ.
What do you think of Christi" Mr..
| Van Deventer asked. do you indorse
His religion? If you do, don't you
think that it is proper for any man
who will indorse the truth to live that
truth? If you think the religion of the
| Lord Jesus Christ good thing, why
don't you lead it? If it be a good
thing, why not open your heart and ac-
cept the truth?"
At the conclusion of the sermon an
! invitation was extended to those who
would accept Christ as their Savior to
which three young men responded, and
! having expressed the desire, they We're
received as candidates for baptism.
After a short interval for prepara-
ton, which was occupied in singing,
seven of the young men lately pre-
senting themselves for this ordinance,
were baptized, and the vast congrega-
ton dismissed.
At the morning service. four more
candidates for baptism were received,
one also joining by letter. One most
| gratifying result of the meetings has
been the large number of young men
who come out, fully three-fourths of
the converts being in this class.
Mr.. Wolfsohn will leave tomorrow
morning for Atlanta, where he will as
| sist in meetings to be held there.