The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-14
Thos. West Co
II Broughton ST., West.
THE TABERNACLE SERVICES.

IECaChC0 SCI =
mon to Large Audience. =
The preliminary exercises at the
Tabernacle last night were conducted
by Rev. DIR. Walker Lewis, presiding
elder of the North Macon District, who
is here for a few days by invitation
of Mr.. Crittenton.
Rev. Ed. F. Cook announced that Mr..
Crittenton would speak again on his
rescue work Thursday night. He also
stated that the services at the Plant
System shops were attended by nearly
all of the employees. By request
special prayer was offered in their be-
half.
Mr.. Crittenton announced that his
text would only consist of three words:
Where Art Thou?" Gen. iii:9. He said:
God, whose eyes are in every place
beholding the evil and the good, asks
this question. God placed Adam and
Eve in the garden fresh from his hand.
Only one prohibition was placed upon
them-the penalty attached was in the
day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt
surely die They dared to risk the
consequences-they ate and i'm
shame and confusion the voice of God
only added to their misery by saying,
Where art thou?'
This voice knows where every soul
lives. No one can hide from His pres
ence. Hence, we ought to be instant
in season and out of season."
Following this exhortation, the
speaker said II tried to impress every
one that came into my store with his
need of Christi he knew Him not.
1 remember one day, while standing in
the front of my store, l saw fine
looking young man coming down the
street. Immediately the voice of the
Lord said, Speak to that young man.
AS he came opposite to me l reached
out my hand and give it to him. He
looked at me in establishment. Young
man. said l. are you a Christian?
No. said he. l urged him to make an
immediate surrender, telling him that
God could and would save him then
and there.
1--WE removed our hats, and looking
up to heaven, we prayed until
God came and saved him. BY this
time fully a thousand people had
gathered and stood looking on curl
ously. If we had sung We won't &c
home till morning no one would have
noticed us.
some one in the crowd asked who is
that man. oh, said a bystander, that
is Crittenton; he has gone crazy over
Christianity But | was far from be-
ing crazy l was simply trying to be
instant in season and out of season
God says Where Art Thou% My
spirit shall not always strive with
man. There is a way that seemeth
right unto a man. but the ends thereon
is the ways of death. Stop and ask
yourself the question Am l for God, OF
am ] against Him?' Where is that boy
that girl? Are the children all in the
fold-are they saved? God fingers FOR
answer. Where art thou?'
Il remember a few years ago during
one of my meetings / tried to get
an old. white-haired man to &C
cent Christ. At one time he was d
class leader in the Methodist Church
but because of some difference had
quit the church. urged him to come
back to God. Finally he broke away
from me and went out of the church
After 1 got home l prayed earnestly
for him. During the night be gave up
and came back like the prodigal son
telling his experience the next day in
the service. He said that after he left
the service God followed him by hia
spirit.
During the whole night God SEEM
ed to say Where art thou?; where
art thou?' fell off in a doze
1 was awakened by what seemed to be
a knock at my door. l, jumped UP
and cried, Who is tfFere?'; Seemingly a
voice said, Where art thou?' knew ii
was God calling me. l responded and
wept my way back to him. The re-
cital of this old man stirred the entire
congregation"
The evangelist told a number of
touching incidents going to show that
the voice of God is speaking to men
and women through many avenues,
asking the question: Where Art
Thou?" The earnest sermon moved
many to come forward for prayer.