The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-04
SERVICES AT TABERNACLE.
An Effective Service Attended by
Large Congregation.

N - OOh
Although Saturday night is rather an
unusual time for holding religious serv-
ices, a large audience gathered at the
services at the Tabernacle last night.
The preliminary exercises were con-
Quoted by Rev. w. P. McCorkle, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church.
while the sermon was delivered by Mr..
Crittenton.
A close study of Mr.. Crittenton, his
manner of speaking, his methods and
his earnestness shows that he is an
unusually gifted man. His chief power
seems to lie in his knowledge of the
Bible, and his faith in the truth of it.
1t is rare thing to see a man of
large business interests giving his time,
talents and money almost entirely to
the upliftment of humanity, yet this
is what Mr.. Crittenton is doing. In
his evangelistic labors Mr.. Crittenton
has travelled all over the United States
and a part of Europe.
AS a memorial to his little 4-year-old
girl, who died several years ago, he
has established over fifty rescue homes,
in different cities of the United States,
for fallen girls. The homes are known
as the Florence Crittenton Homes"
IAhOuSl ltlCSG dSGDClCS tlQllOi Gus AAo "
been saved and restored to their homes.
Before announcing his theme for dis
cussion, Mr.. Crittenton asked for
those who wanted to be prayed for.
In response to this invitation people
answered all over the tabernacle and
asked prayer for husbands, wives,
brothers, sisters, and friends. A spec
ial prayer was made for a young man
in the hospital who is critically i'll.
The evangelist said he was encour-
aged to believe that God was going to
give Savannah a most gracious re-
vival Sometime" he said people
tell me, Mr.. Crittenton you will kill
yourself if you do not take better care
of yourself?' l simply tell them that
1 know of no better place to die than
on my knees by the side of
some mothers boy or girl.
God wants men and women to be-
come desperately in earnest concern
ing the salvation of lost men. Become
so earnest that your heart is moved to
tears. When Christ comes into the
human heart he puts the spirit of God
in your heart. He gives his marching
orders by saying, go quickly into the
highways and hedges and compel the
people to come in. To some he says:
Go and find that drunkard-that bar
keeper-the brewer-that fallen girl,
ostracised, and cut off from all So
ciety.' Yes: go and find them. Lift
them up-speak to them kindly-woo
them back to Christ and righteousness.
1.-The Lord is crying out continually:
Why will We die? Why will you die
drunkard?' Know We not that no
drunkard can ever enter into the king
dom of God. Why will We die. poor
men and women when God your father
bids you live.
oh that we might have the earnest
ness of the young woman in Califor-
MIA who went into a billiard saloon
giving out invitations to my meeting.
In that hall was a young lawyer
Kindly she gave him the invitation and
asked him to attend the meeting. He
promised to do so. He came to the
meetings, was converted, and to-day lie
is minister of the gospel, and by this
act she did not injure her good name
and character.
when Christ comes to you he does
not ask you if you are an Episcopalaln.
But have you the spirit of Christ? But
l am Presbyterian-once in grace, al
ways in grace. Christ says If any
man have not the spirit of Christ he
is none of His But another one will
say: L am a Baptist. 1 have been i'm
mersed;' again the Lord says Without
the spirit you are none of His There
are people in the city of New York
who have been in the churches for thir-
ty or forty years, and they know sim
ply nothing about Christ.
1.-The most neglected class of men In
the world religiously are the business
men. For over twenty years in my
business life not a person spoke to me
about my soul. We want to hold up
Jesus. We don't want to pound any
one. We want to go perhaps to our
own homes-right around our own table
are our loved ones who are lost.
LAS soon as l was converted l COM
menced to try to save my own daughter
that had drifted into worldiness, and a
few weeks ago as we separated, she
to cross the ocean and to come
South, we embraced each other and
promised that if we never met any
more in this world that we would so
live that we would meet again on
high. Sometimes the hardest work
to do is to speak to our own loved
one. But do it.
How / will ever thank God for
hearing my wife offer a prayer in my
behalf during my wicked career. She
cried, oh God! Somehow, some way,
bring my husband to Thyself,' and the
prayer reached my heart and resulted
in my conversion"
The closing words of the evangelist
were so earnest that nearly the entire
congregation was affected. No sermon
could be more effective. Services will
be held to- day at 4:30 and at $50 p. m.