The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-07
HUNDREDS OF MEN
HEAR EVANGELIST
The Rev. George Stuart
breaches Stirring Sermon
DEVILS BID FOR MAN.
Similar Meets VIII Probably be Held
Every Sunday Afternoon During
Methodist Conference Re-
fers to Tragedy.

The Rev. George r. Stuart. the Ten
nessee evangelist, who for fifteen years
was associated with the Rev. Sam Jones,
preached a stirring sermon at the JEFF
ferson theatre on 1.-The Devils Bid for a
Man in Birmingham yesterday after
noon. The house was filed to its capacity.
and many were standing In the balcony.
Throughout the sermon the audience man
ifested close attention, and at the end
there must have been nearly a hundred
who went up and gave their hand to Mr..
Stuart, asking to be prayed for. j. p.
Jackson. secretary of the Young Mems
Christian association, under whose au-
spices the address was delivered. was so
impressed with Mr.. Stuarts power over,
and knowledge of men that he will re-
quest him to preach every Sunday after
noon during the session of the confer
ence. Next Sunday If he can arrange to
be here. the subject will be, 1.-The Stuff
Man Is Made Out or
Mr. Stuart first spoke of the cost of
renting the theatre which was 500, and
ting a thing; to pay for it and to steal
it. He asked those who would. to give
anything from a dollar down to five cents,
and suggested to those who wouldn't con-
tributed to take a pencil and figure out
which of the two ways they were getting
it. Not to make this part of his talk too
serious he said, lets keep In good
humor.'s There is nothing in the world
like good humor. 1t does a man good
and lightens every task.
N. B. crabtree sang THE Glory Song"
This is the song that breathed forth the
spirit of the. great Welsh revival about a
year ago in the coal mines of the coun-
try and is now sung in all REVEALS
throughout the English speaking world.
Mr.. Stuart took his text from Daniel
l chapter s verse: "But Daniel proposed
in his heart that he would not defile him
self with the portion of the kings meat
nor with the wine which he drank" In
part he said;
Example Of Courage.
ut is not my purpose to preach a SER
mon on temperance this afternoon. |
came to speak of grit, determination, and
/ have brought an example of the high
est order of courage that lifts man
above the temptations that beset him. You
never met a good man in your life that
you were not uplifted by him. You never
read a good book that you didn't feel
its ennoblng influence. Your character
is raised and dignified by 1t. So when
you meet a bad man in some way you
are contaminated. You never met one in
your life that didn't put thought into
your heart that were wrong.
81 went once to the mint in New Or
leans. / saw girls with snow white
aprons tackled to tables weighing gold
on the most delicate scales. If there was
a dust too much they would deftly
brush it off. They knew how to make 1t
weight to a particle of dust exactly right
There was a tub in which they would all
wash their hands at the end of the day
| asked why that was. The superlntend-
ent told me that even the aprons they
wore were kept and burned, and so were
the tables, that from this tub, these ap-
rons and the tables gold was collected.
How much did | suppose? l said
$3.50 -
would be about 81 worth. He said the
dust saved In that way would pay my
years salary. You never read great
book but that you get this gold dust.
Your character is sprinkled with it.
81 like a fellow with fixed purpose.
| like a man who has driven down his
peg [ live in Tennessee. In small town
over there two fellows met one day on
the street One asked the other where
he was brought up. The newcomer replied
4 wasn't brought up, just drifted down
the river on a raft with pa. like TEL
low who don't drift-a fellow with an oar.
See that sycamore tree? l am going to
land two feet above 1t. That Is the kind
of a man | like. What are you going to
be? | like to look young fellow in the
face and ask him what he Is gong 10
be and watch the sparkle In his eye as
he answers. 81 am going to be one OF
the best Christians in Gods army 1t
doesn't take character to run with the
gang.
ut takes character to gang by yourself,
1 to cut loose from the gang, to do as
Daniel did. The rich and furnishing city
of Babylon nestled in the valley of Me-
sopotamia Out from 1t came an army
and captured Jerusalem. Daniel was in
the company that was captured and taken
back to Babylon. l imagine | can hear
! Daniels mother bidding him farewell.
/ Farewell. my boy, don't forget Jerusa-
| lem, the creed of your fathers. the God
| of our nation, the memory of your moth
| err And | think | can hear Daniel say
| ing: % Jerusalem, If | ever forget thee
| may my right hand forget Its cunning,
may my tongue cling to the roof of my
| mouth
Daniel the Captive.
Daniel the captive, standing at the
! gates of Babylon, has been likened by
| some divine to a lonely pelican stand
ing upon some lonely lake, his beak rest
| ing on his breast. There came a time in
/ the lonely captive's life when the King
! sent for him. l can see his face brighten
| as he walked into the palace of the King
and to the Kings table The Kings meat
! and wine were brought in. He saw to eat
| of the meat would break his Nazarite
| VOW In the first place 1t was uncleani
| i'm the second it was stranged And here
| came the DEVILS bid for David Jerusalem
| was an old broken down city, its very al
| tar vessels were captured. You are in a
new city full of all things captivating
| Forget your old ways, eat, drink and be
| merry. And some of you are in new
| city.
you have come from little country
towns in Georgia. Tennessee, Alabama
and other states. Don't get caught by the
| glamour, of the city. In New York a
friend of mine wanted me to go to the