Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-04
PREPARATION FOR CRUSADE
Day Of Prayer and Exhortation Pre-.
cedes Midniuht Service

cedes Midnight Service
All for the midnight meeting. This
was the spirit that prevailed i'm evan
geistic circles yesterday, and every
Christian worker in the city was doing
his utmost to make this feature of the
work a success.
Everything made way for this meet
ing. Speakers and ministers talked
about it and all united in praying that
the outcome might be all that was
hoped for. Thirty homes were opened
to neighbors for prayer meetings at
o'clock in the morning and in every
instance the attendance was large.
At the noon meeting the subject was
spoken of and again at the big union
meeting in the afternoon when all the
districts assembled at Temple auditor
ium to listen to Rev. W. E. Bieder-
wolf
The eastern evangelists seemed to
have instilled into the Californians
some of their disregard for wind and
weather." for the rain seemed to have
no effect on the size Of the audiences
at the meetings.
DR.. Biederwolf was greeted by an
audience very little smaller than the
one which greeted DR.. Chapman on the
previous night and at the evening
meetings conditions were the same.
Yesterday was the first time that
union meeting, his district including
only the churches in the vicinity of the
university.
Downfall of Lot
The rise and downfall of Lot was the
story told by the speaker and in many
instances he pictured Lot as if he were
living in the modern day. He likened
him to the man of the twentieth CEN
tury who is seeking to make himself
rich and powerful and forgetting his
relation to God and his duty to his
| fellow man.
1T does not pay to try to serve God
and the world at the same time, for
you cannot do it," said the speaker.
DR.. Biederwolf told of the separation
of Lot and Abraham and of the choice
of Lot He pictured the city of lux
ury and sin lying at one side and the
fertile valleys and fields of the river
Jordan stretching out before the man
who had the choice to make.
Lots testing time came" he con-
tnued
HE made the great mistake of his
life. He parted from Abraham. The
pitiless curse of fortune making had
taken possession of him and they
| parted.
"The testing time came. Lots bold
unblushing, selfseeking character re-
veals itself Visions of wealth passed
before his seyes. Shrewd, keen calcu-
lating Lot sacrificed his friendship for
wealth and this was the beginning of
his fall.
pitching your tent toward place
generally leads you to that place. Lot
had riches heaped upon him, he re-
ceived the coveted political honors, and
success crowned all his efforts.
Shrewd Citizen
HE was not a member of any
syndicate, he did not belong to the
Standard Oil trust and we do not hear
of him giving conscience money to
endow a religious institution, and yet
he was probably known as shrewd
citizen. Nothing was too high priced
for the Lot family. 1 have no doubt
that if they were living at the present
time Mrs. Lot and her four daughters
would move among the elite.
Lot would spend his afternoons at
Ascot park, have a box at the theater
and spend the rest Of the time in play
ing euchre and indulging in such other
forms of pleasure.
Lot would undoubtedly enjoy being
called your honor and having brass
name plate on the door-third floor,
take the elevator and all that.
When he was once within the world
pool we find that he was drawn down
until ba had reached the bOttOm