The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-14
DR. WHARTON SPOKE
 TWICE YESTERDAY
LARGE CROWD AT THE FIRST BAPTIST TO HEAR HIM LAST NlGHT-HE CONDUCTED SHOP BIBLE CLASS.

The Rev. Dr. M. H. Wharton. who ia conducting the revival at the First Bap- tist church, held two services yesterday. At noon he spoke at the Hardie-Tynes plant, under the auspices of the Y. M c. A. His sermon was listened to by d large number of the employees of the shop
 Last night nearly every seat of the First Baptist church was filled when the service began. Dr. Wharton, who speaks simply and to the point. made a deep impression on his hearers as was evil denced by the large number who pressed around the pulpit to shake his hand at the conclusion of the meeting.
 An incident of the service last night was the meeting of Dr. Wharton and d prominent young business man of At lanta, who, twelve years ago, was picked up by Mrs. Wharton an orphan on the streets of Birmingham.
 Twelve years ago, when Dr. and Mrs. Wharton were conducting revival at Birmingham, they became attached to this little orphan and with the consent of those who had charge of him, carried him to the orphanage at Baltimore.
 The text of Dr. Whartons sermon last night was taken from Luke 4:1S:19: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because He annointed me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the recovery of the sight to the blind; to set at liberty them that are bruised; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.''
 pr. Wharton said in part:
 Jesus went to Nazareth and went into the synagogue and they gave Him the roll of Isaiah and he turned to this pas sage and read. He then spoke to the peoples of His home place. One of the hardest and most unusual things is to speak about religion to our home people. Yet it is the most important.
 We have of that great sermon only small scraps, but yet is was so full of grace that the people marveled.
 Ut was, an exposition of this text and declared that the spirit of the Lord was upon him. There are three dispensations of the spirit-in regeneration when the spirit is in you, as a comforter when the spirit is with you and In work when the spirit shall come upon you as the wind upon the sail of the vessel. The spirit means power This is what we all need above everything else in saving man. We are too weak to do the easiest and most simple work. The spirit of the Lord will give it.
 But the spirit comes on us for a pur- pose which Is set forth in the text. First it Is to preach the gospel to the poor: The poor need the gospel. They spread the gospel while the rich are spreading themselves They love the gospel; it puts joy Into their lives. Then the spirit comes to give release to the captives, those held captive by any vice, or sin, or evil pas sion, or neglect, or anything which may hold us bound from the liberty Christ gives. The very purpose of the coming of Jesus was that he might set us free with his truth, and then we are free in- deed. Then the spirit of the Lord gives recovering of sight to the blind, so that men may see what they never saw be- fore And then spirit comes to heal the bruises of life, so many of us are beat and bruised in life. to proclaim the year of jubilee.''
 At noon today Dr. Wharton, under the direction of the Y. M. c. A., will hold services at the Alabama Great Southern railroad shops. He will preach at the First Baptist church tonight at o'clock.