The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-03
EVANGELIST MARTINS WORK
IN SAVANNAH CONCLUDED.

Many Professions of Faith During
the Meetings-Services to Continue.
Rev. T. T. Martin, of Kentucky, who
has conducted the services in the Park
Tabernacle during the past two weeks,
concluded his work last night and will
to-day leave for his home. The serv-
ices in the Tabernacle yesterday were
largely attended and there were a num-
Der of conversions noted. The sub
ject of the afternoon sermon was De
grees in Heaven" and last night his
remarks were in the nature of a fare
well to all who had attended the serV-
ices.
The Tabernacle services, begun Sun
day afternoon, May II, have been
conducted every afternoon and even
ing, without intermission and the at
tendance steadily increased. The night
meetings have averaged about 2,300
people and the afternoon services have
seen probably 400 to 500 under the
canvas roof. The sermons delivered
by Evangelist Martin have been
strong, although always temperate, and
couched in language that gave Of
Tense to none. During the services
over 200 people have come up to the
front and made public profession of
( faith and conversion, and many 9TH
ers have been moved by his words
to look deeper into the matter of liv-
ing the right life and taking account
of the destiny of their souls.
At each of the services members
of the Ministerial Association have
been present and have assisted in va
rious ways with the meetings. The
musical portion of the services has
always been bright and beautiful and
while threatening clouds have some
times caused the timorous to hurry
homeward, not once has the weather
caused an adjournment of the meet
ings or removal to the Wesley Mon
umental Church, which large edit1ce
had been placed at the disposal of the
Ministerial Association in view of such
posi- ble emergency.
While it is impossible to tell to a fig
ure Just what benefits have accrued on
account of the services at the Taber-
nacle the facts are that number of
additions to the local churches have
been made In some cases the recent
additions to churches can be directly
traced to the work of Evangelist Mar
ton, and in other cases it can only be
conjectured that his words have had
their effect and perhaps fastened a
confession that would sooner or later
have been made anyway.
The services in the Tabernacle will
be continued during the present week
by the Ministerial Association, but will
be held at night only. Tonight Rev.
H. C. Christian, pastor of Wesley
Monumental Church, will conduct the
service and preach the sermon. Mr..
Martin will leave for Van Alstyne,
Tex, to-day, where his wife and sick
child are awaiting him, at Mrs. Mar
tins fathers home. He has made a
great many strong friends in Savan-
nah, not only among the minister's as
ISOLATION, but all with whom he has
come into contact admire his clear and
forceful style and his earnest and fear
less course, in teaching the story of
salvation as he interprets 1t from the
Bible.
The sermon yesterday afternoon in
the Tabernacle was among the most in
teresting delivered during the past two
weeks. The subject, Degrees in
Heaven" was amplified by the showing
made that the rewards in the life here
after were to be graded according to
the deserts of the individuals. The
poor man who does his best, according
to the evangelist, will receive just as
great a reward in heaven as the rich
and influential man, who with great
wealth endoWs colleges and stands
prominently in the eyes Of the world
as a philanthropist and benefactor
The humble calling cannot have infiu-
ence in shutting out for meaner reward
the man who does his whole duty. In
the discourse, the story was told of the
widow who gave her mite, in the great
collection for building the temple, and
was reckoned as SURPRISING the men of
wealth, who poured gold into the treas
ury, because she gave all she had for
the great cause, while the rich men de-
contributions.