The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-21
A sHIRTsbEEvE MEETING.
One Thousand Men and Boys Removed
 Coats in Auditorium.

One Thousand Men and Boys Remover Coats in Auditorium. With coats removed and In theiF sliirtsleeves, about one thousand men and boys of Montgomery gathered at the Auditorium yesterday afternoon to hear Dr. H. M Wharton when he preached to men only nthe subject Death at a Frolic "
 The afternoon was warm and the Auditorium though as cool place as there is in the city, was uncomfortably warm at that hour. Dr. Wharton want ed his congregation to be comfortable, so he invited every one who wished to do so. to remove their coats and the invitation was gladly accepted.
 pr. Wharton found his text in Din- iel V. 2. He described Babylon, the scene of his sermon. as being probably one of the greatest cities of all the world. It was surrounded by wall fifty square miles. $50 feet high and so feet thick. He said he saw while there a piece of hewn stone among the ruins S4x15x14 feet Belshazzar, the King of the Chaldeans, gave great feast in his palace at Babylon, which was attended by probably two or three thousand men and women. Belshaz- gar arose and drank to the crowd. He ordered the gold and silver vessels that had been taken from the Temple at Jerusalem and he caused his guests tc drink from them.
 As they drank the fingers of mans hand appeared writing on the wall. Belshazzar was afraid and appealed to the scientists of the day to interpret the writing, but they all failed him. The prophet Daniel was sent for and before he read the writing he first read five indictments against the King First-His father was wicked and the son had followed in his footsteps; 2nd-Be1shazzar had desecrated the holy vessels from the Temple; 3rd-Ha had bowed down to gods of gold and of silver. 4th--he had lifted up his hand against the God of Heaven. and 5th-he had not glorified the name of the Lord
 "Belshazzar's time Gas up.'' said Dr. Wharton. land the hour will come when we will all leave our offices for the last time
 we are not ready to be weighed. for we all know that we shall be found wanting. This is where Christ comes in and steps into the balance in our place.
 Dr. Wharton told a pathetic story of railroad engineer, that brought tears to the eyes of hundreds of strong men. He told humorous story III IT. Iustrating the difference between the genuine and the false philanthropy that was effective. As an illustration of the true philanthropy he told the story of a news boy In Atlanta. sitting on a curb stone eating a loaf of bread and a chunk of bologna causage. Pres ently another boy carrying a bundle of papers came along. The first boy suggested that the second boy buy him a lunch, but 1t developed that he had not sold any papers so. therefore. had not the price of the coveted lunch. A knife was immediately forthcoming and the lunch of No. was divided.
 That boy said the preacher. was a greater philanthropist than Carnegie with all his millions given to ibra- ries."
 The Morning Meeting.
 The morning service at the Audito rum was splendidly attended and pr. Wharton's voice was never richer or sweeter than when he begun his ser vice by singing will There be Any Stars in my Crown"
 In making his announcements he said that the services would be con- tinued throughout this week and as long thereafter as the spirit of God shall indicate. He preached a practi- cal sermon on the subject, What does 1t profit us to become followers of Jesus Christ"