The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-14
1000 People at Begin
 hing of Revival
SCORES GO FORWARD
 TO ASK FOR PRAYER
Baptist Evangelist Made I Most
 Profound Impression.
ses. and Women Moved to Tears By Graphic Illustrations of His Text, .who h On the Lofd's
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Rev. H. M. wharton. D. D., of Phil adeIphia, revivalist. minister of the gospel, preacher of Christ. last night began a series of meetings which will last through the month of May in the city of Montgomery From the plat form of the city auditorium, he address ed a vast congregation of people rep- resenting the united churches of the city. He spoke. to believers in Cnriet. snd to those, he said. who refuse to pro tess a belief in religion.
 Persuasively the speaker aooresseo his two thousand hearers. He spoke oI the Divine Love. of the warfare or the followers of God with the dweiiers ih The world, of the eternal strife between the spirit and the flesh. Who is on the Lords SSideg' he asked, ana ne preached his sermon on the signfhcance of this question.
 Before closing his address, the re. yiyalfst drew word picture to iius. trate the meaning of the Lords sios. In language. simple, yet forccIuI anu illumining in descriptive pVwer, s Hs painted the room In the poverty stricken home, the bed on wnlcn tns sufferer lay, the mother, weary M Wl.n the burden of life, worn with sorrow yet shining with the love wnicn n,,,nh te human understanding. The tast woI1s of the boy were repeated, the fareWeil kiss given, the lads secure faith III the Kindness of his God.
 As the leader spoke. sighs arose iron the congregation, handkerchiefs were drawn, and from here and there m ehe vast hall, came the sound or sopping.
 Men with faces lined and scanned Iron contact with rough edges of the world looked with unwonted expressions upon the man. With eager, hesitatine breath, the hundreds waited upon ms words When he had finished long drawn breath, plainly audible, rose from the congregation. Whether Il was the eloquence of the preacher, the influence of religious belief, or the simple terms, mother, and Christ 1t mattered not. The hearts or tne great audience had been touched.
 As the congregation arose to sing the last. hymn. T Gave My Life foI Thee" the speaker extended an invita- ton tofal those among his auditors who have dear ones beyond the pale oi religious belief, and who wished pray CTS offered in their behalf, to come for ward to the platform. Immediately. ar old man, gray-haired, bent and leaning upon a gnarled cane. stepped to ths foot of the steps of the rostrum. sweet faced old woman, mother oi rrandmother, it may be. followed 1T his steps. others came, workmen II rough clothes. men engaged In the bust ness life of the city. bankers. mothers sisters. a youth not yet past his 1851 birthday, until fully two score has gathered at the feet of the preacher
 The hymn ended. Dr. Wharton rais- ed his hands on high. Praying to his God, he asked for the blessings of the Almighty upon the city of Montsom- erv. He asked that the loved ones of those at his feet be brought into the folds of the Christian religion. A few remained to shake his hand when he had finished As the great majority filed from the hall. there was an un- vented silence in their leaving. There was something in the atmosphere which commanded awe and veneration.