The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-28
WHARTON BUSY DAY
BAPTIST EVANGELIST LED FOUR
 SUNDAY SERVICES.
Climax Was Reached Last Night When Immense Congregation Filled the
 Great City Auditorium.


 Dr. H. M. wharton. the Baptist Evangelist. closed q busy day at the auditorium last night when he spo/e to congregation that almost filled the immense hall
 The morning service in the dudito- rum at Il o'clock yesterday was at tended by a large congregation. The mems meeting at the auditorium at 3:30 o'clock drew many men ani boys and the services for young people lt the Auditorium at 6:30 o'clock were participated In by a large congrega- ton.
 The good work is going on glarI- ously and God is blessing his people, said Dr. Wharton at the evenIre ser vice at the Auditorium. "and if the size of the congregation Is any crite- rion for estimating the good the series of services is doing he was rigrt All. the seats on the lower fioor includ. ing many additional chars placed in the aisles and several rows in the bal cony were filled by interested hear CTS.
 The people listened in:ep:Iy and all during the service numerous hsndke,- chiefs went to eyes all over the house.
 Dr. Wharton took as his tet: part of the second verse of :he fortieth Psalm: He brought mo up out of a horrible pit"
 Sin Is compared by God to leprosy, said the evangelist. 'Ioprosy is an in curable disease and 1t is hereditary. Sc is sin. We have inherited 1t and Il crops out early in our lives.
 The horrible pit was the old ia,l into which the prisoner was lowere by degrees at the end of rope. We do not fall Into the depths of sin all at once-we go down by degrees" The speaker vividly illustrated the easy steps by which the prisoners of sin are let into the depths of blas- phemy, into drunkards' graves, to the suicide of the gambler and the degrees by which a fallen woman Is Kicked into the garbage pile of humanity"
 In his reference to gambling. he spoke especially of bridge, whist and the way in which 1t leads to material and moral ruin.
 When prisoner was in the pit, continued Dr. Wharton, there was nc way out except when he was helped out. That's the exact principle by which the sinner has to be saved. Sin is real thing. If there's a lit matched by the devil in he'll 1t is spir- | itualism, and Christian Science Is an- other. According to the latter doc Urine, you think you ain't in the pit and you ain't in 1t. If you are putting you. trust anywhere except in Jesus Chris. 1t won't do.
 The preacher laid particular stress on the influence which one life has over another and the fact that in leading a sinful life person always pulls down another CT others.
 The songs sung by Dr. Wharton dur ing the collection and interpolated as a part of his sermon were particularly effective and the latter coming during climax in the sermon created a deep impression.
 At the end of the sermon when the usual call for non- Christians who want ed the prayers of those who have al- ready enlisted in the Christian army and for those who, though not church members, put their trust in God scores arose all over the great congregation old men and women in middle life, young people and children. An after service was held at which many of the latter made known their choice of a church.
 Dr. Wharton asked that any who would volunteer to assist iE the ser vices by playing violin accompaniments to the hymns bring their instruments, He hopes for at least a dozen players. The sermors will be continued dur ing this week, beginning at 7:45 o'clock. The sermon this evening will be on From the Hog-Pen to Heav- en-"