The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-31
MOTHER ANDHOME"
HEART-REACHING SERMON BY EVAN
 0ELIST HENDRICKS.
Many Persons at Cumberland Presbterian Church Went Forward and Shook Hands With the
 Preacher.

Mother and Home. was the subject of the sermon which Evangelist E, E. Hen dricks preached to q full auditorium at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church last night.
 At each service since the beginning of the revival Sunday the congregations fsve in creased and the tervices have grown in in-- terest and in spirituality.
 Evangelists Hendricks spd Carter he'd three services yesterday. After the 10 o'clock service at the church they went at noon to the shops of the Western Railway and MT. Hendricks preached and Mir. Carter sang to the two hundred and fifty employees there Mr. Carter sang. Tell Mother I'll be There" the men joining in the chorus. Mir. Hendricks preached on "The Anchor of the Soul" describing some of the soul anchors, home. principle. religion. the Bi- ble and Jesus Christ.
 The Evangelists will hold service at ths Louisville and Nashville shops at noon to- day. Sunday afternoon at 3:s0 o'clock they will conduct q service for men at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church when the Evangelist will preach on the subject. Sowing the Wind and Reaping the whiri- wind"
 The service last night was especially i'm pressive. Mir. Carter with the congregation sang 70 Think of the Home Over There" and as a solo he sang. 'Teii Mother I'll be There" Mir. Hendricks read but one verse of Proverbs. Her Children Rise Up and Call Her Blessed"
 Get the homes of America right and America will be all right, get the homes of Montgomery right and Montgomery win be for Christ" he said.
 To the homes of this country he ascrihad the greatest power for good and to the mothers who malxa these homes Is intrusted the good of the nation.
 He impressed the congregation with tha thought that the mothers pay too little att tention to the whereabouts of their boys They always know where their chickens and their dogs. cats. ocws and horses are. but there are hours daily when they know noth-- ing of where their boys are. He said peo- My Wandering Boy Tonight" until they could quit asking, where Is my father ana my mother thls morning." when Sunday morning comes and the parents always have an excuse to stay away from Sunday School
 He spoke of the influence of a father wh" will give his boy all the money he wants during the week to go to baseball and to matinees, and who. when Sunday morning comes and he is asked for money for . contribution for Sunday School pushes back everything in his pocket until he finds . penny.
 The three things that must be banished from the home before 1t be what God intended it should be Is card playing. danc-- ing and whiskey," he said
 He said that many boys have been lost through beginning in a social game of cards in tohe home, and many girls started on the downward course through tho social dance and many. many thousapds have beee wrecked by the Christmas eggnog and the brandy soaked fruit cake served in the home.
 He held the closest attention of the con- gregation and at the close of the service few there were who did not go up to him and shake hands in response to his earnest plea for more consecration in the home, and as a pledge that they would make an effort to make better the home life. o'clock and tonight at o'clock at the o'cloc kand tonight at o'clock at the church. corner Catoma and Church Streets