The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-16
THE GREAT REVIVAL.
Dn. WHARTON SPEAKS TO GREAT
 CONGREGATION.
Several Mfnfsters Of Montgomery snt with Che Eleau<nt Evangelist
 on tSage Of the Audi

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 "If we are to have revival here that shall shake Montgomery. the pow CT must come from God.
 More than one thousand men and women of Montgomery and it's suburbs listened in spellbound interest to the words. powerful and Inspiring, spoken last night at the Montgomery Audito- rum by pr. H. M. Wharton tme Bap- tist Evangelist.
 An hour before the appointed time for the services to begin great throngs of people begun to i'll the Auditorium. From all sections of the city they came and as the chorus of more than fifty voices sang, under the inspiring leader ship of the preacher. the vast throng caught up the refrain and filled that place with such melody as is seldom heard.
 Before pr. wharton began his ser mon he asked a voluntary offering of a favorite Bible verse from the people of his congregation. For He has said. l I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.r was the verse he repeated and he vase closely followed by people throughout the congregation. who re- peated the verses that at sometimes l had proved comfort and a blessins Z The spirit of the Lord is upon me. | Acts iv. xvii. xviii was his text. | These words were the text for ths l sermon which Jesus preached wher | he returned to his old home at Naza I retfl.. he said. Jesus Christ was try
 ing to save His own home folks ana, said Dr. Wharton, s"that Is what VI are trying to do tonight. We want tt
 help to save the boys and girls of Mont gomery.
 Tn Montgomery tonight there arr fathers and mothers who are auietl, sleeping while their boys and girls art
 falling over the everlasting precipice. of sim" he said. "Christ has said tha' where two or three are gathered to-
 gether in. His name there would Hs | be, and we are here more than two or three asking His blessing on out I own home folk" when Jesus preached Dr. whar- ton went on. .'all eyes. were fastened | upon him. The spirit of the Lord was | lpon him. He had no money and3e upon him and He preached the truth. | He gave that as the reason of His pow CT. He had, no none wand no position. That was His secret" 3; The preacher said that religion be- ongs to the poor of this, earth and it is the poor who spread the Gospel He said that we seldom hear of the rich spreading the Gospel because it takes up all their time in spreading them selves"
 -."You never heard of rich preach CT, did your he asked. There are , some very aristocratic preachers sit ting around. me. hut I will wager that if YOU should shake them all you would not find ten dofars in the lot" The reyerened gentlemen smiled and looked conscious.
 Jesus came to bind up the broken hearted.r and In this connection he told | the pathetic story of the raising from the dead of the widows son. He came to set the captives free.' This he illustrated with the story of d young man who ruined his life and that of his wife's by drink, and how at last when he had gone to the very depth of sin and degredatton Jesus saved him.
 | Here Dr. Wharton broke into the beautiful song--"There Are Lonely Hearts to Cherish"
 While the days are going by" There are weary souls which perish while the days are going by Help your fallen brother rise while the days are going by." he said, that Is what we are her for to help our fallen brother rise. That is our work in emulation of his blessed example, In conclusion he said. that he want ed to make of this service a great so- tldI tEdtncTIHEsa ne dbhEu tHdt WDlto the chorus sang last hymn that ev- cry man and every woman speak to the person next to them At his request for those who wanted special prayers for their dear ones to come forward and stand before the altar. A couple of hundred persons responded.
 Seated on ttne rosIrum with pr. Wharton was pr Charles A. Stakely. Dr Neal L. Anderson. pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church; Rev. F.. M Stewart. pastor of the Southside Baptist Church; Dr. M. B, Wharton ot Eufaula ;; Rev. J. B. Dickinson of Clay ton, and Rev J. H, Bush of Clayton. Each of the ministers contributed in some way to the service 4
 Dr. Wharton laid special emphasis on the fact. that while these services are beiug conducted under the auspices of the First Baptist Church. yet 1t is a peoples meeting and every ono Is asked te, feel that this service Is a personal matter He said that re beliexed that this revival was the answer to the prayers of the young men of the Young Mems Christian Association who have gathered together daily and prayed that there might be revival of religion iu Montgomery.
 Dr. Wharton will preach tonight at the city Auditorium at 8 o'clock. The service of song vii begin at 7:45 o'clock and everybody is invited.
 
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