The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-10
NO SERVICE THIS AFTERNOON.
EvangeliSt Crittenton to Preach to
CoIored People Tonight.


CoIOred People Tonight.
The children's meeting at the Taber-
nacle yesterday afternoon was attended
by about one thousand persons. Mr..
Crittentons talk was so simple and
entertaining that the little folks
seemed to enjoy every minute of it.
When the invitation to come forward
was extended some two hundred chill
dren gathered around the evangelist.
was no visible falling off in
the congregation again last night.
The choir was will filled, and the
singing was much better than usual
The preliminary devotional exercises
were conducted by Rev. DR.. W. ?. Nc
Corkle, pastor of the First Presbyte-
rian Chruch. In a portion OF his
prayer ne said: We pray thee defeat
the aims and disappoint the hopes OF
the wicked men who are now plotting
to fasten upon us the rule OF vice ana
the dominance of crime. Give US good
men to rule over us that virtue may
be promoted and sin destroyed.
Preceding the sermon Mr.. w. R. l..
Roberts and Mrs. Crittenden sung
duet, Eternity Is Near.
There will be no service at the Tab
ernacle this afternoon. Tonight the
service viii be given TO the colored
people. All resident pastors
are urged to attend the
service. Tomorrow afternoon the ser
vice will be in the interest of the Y. NJ
c. A, and Mr. Crittenton will preach
special sermon to men only. At night
he will lecture on the Florence Crit
tenton Rescue Work
The evangelist took as a text for his
sermon. Remember now thy Creator
in the days of thy youth" He said:
That life that is not spent in righte-
BUSINESS is thrown away. But some one
will say. Is life necessarily thrown
away because it is not religious" Yes:
there is only one life that is worth liV-
ing. and that is the life devoted to
the cause of Christ. 1t does not make
any difference il man occupies the
Presidents chair. Hesmay be leader
in society like the leader of the -Four
Hundred who died in New York few
years ago. If he dies without Christ
his life has been a dismal failure.
"A few years ago ruler of great
nation came to the hour of death. She
cried our, My entire possession for an
hours time. That atheist Hobbies
said just before he died, / am taking
fearful leap in the dark
Alfred Goodman, after preaching for
many years, came to the river of death,
he cried out. 1 am sweeping through
the gates, washed in the blood of the
Lamb
THE voice of the Lord cries out,
Remember me now, not tomorrow,
not next week, but now You have no
promise of tomorrow.
Il want TO give you a few statistics
going to show the value of revivals.
Do you know that four-fifths of the
Christians in this world were convert
ed in times of special revival power?
e-quarters of the Christians in the
world are converted under the age of
20. Then again, there is only one out
of the thousands who are saved after
they reach the age of So
At this point the evangelist stated
that he desired to make test to prove
his position. He asked for all in the
Tabernacle who had been converted
after they had reached the age of 60
to stand up. Not one stood up. Then
he asked for those who were convert
ed after they were so years old Only
two stood up. At the call
for those converted between 40
and so to stand up, five
rose.
Now" said Mr.. Crittenton, Il want
all Who were converted between 10 and
20 years of age to stand up" At this
request hundreds rose.
so you see cried the evangelist
the great necessity of seeking the
Lord in the days of your youth-the
older you become the less chance you
have Seek the Lord While he may be
found Call upon him while he is
night.
"A few years ago while holding a
meeting in Nevada, I called for peni-
tents and three young girls in the
choir responded. During the prayer
they were converted. Immediately
they went to work to get others saved.
Remembering their Creators claim
upon them they gave their time,
strength and talents TO his service OF
course they were a blessing to every
one.
4 never win forget one night while
sleeping in my gospel car Good News"
being walked up by hearing people
singing. Let a Little Sunshine In
soon learned that it was these three
little girls. Can you conceive of more
beautiful sight than that of a conse-
Grated young man or woman.
a Presbyterian minister tells of a
young woman who went through one
his meeting and repeatedly refused to
accept Christ because she loved the
pleasures of this world. Later he was
called to see her during an illness which
resulted in her death. Seeing her con
dition, he urged her to make a sur
render. No, said she, my doom is
sealed. The last night of your meet
ing. when you preached from the text
Almost thou persuadest me-" l wrote
in my song book the words of my
doom Soon she died and was buried
After they returned to the house the
book was found and written on the fly
leaf were these words: 1 will risk it,
Oh. what a fearful verdict"
During this recital solemn silence
settled over the audience. and at it's
conclusion many stood up and asked
for prayer.
IN POLICE COURT.