The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-10
ASHER SCORES
 IN CAFE TALK
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crowd or men can equal that in any church Tn the city tonight
 At this point he made a character istic move Now, men, I want to shake hands with each one ol you and l am going to tell you how l am going to do 1t. l want each one of you to raise both of his arms up over his head this way. Now don't be araid. I'm moi going to take your watcn.Tn hold mine up too anu that's the way We're going to shake hands" The sa- loon was crowded to the doors Dy this time. The order was as perfect as that in court room. Every hat was off to a man and as far as could be seen every man held up both hands to shake hands" win the evangelist.
 In announcing Nearer, My God to Thee,' MT. Asher asked the men to step up nearer and behind him. Come, take these nice front pews, men. Bunch, bunch, all over Come on back here. Now l want to say that to-mor- row night we are going to speak at the Ton-tie-n Hotel ct was evident that he had mispronounced it purpose ly) That will be all our saloon meet ings, though we will speak at the Yaie Mission at 55 Court street, Saturday night. Monday night we are going to be at--I never could pronounce that nane--it's over here on the corner. (Some one cried out "Hof Brau"). Yes, that's the name of it. We're go- ing to be there. Now listen to Mrs Asher sing"
 The attention while Mrs. Asher sang was truly wonderful. At her husbands suggestion she sang the last verse without accompaniment. standing up As she sang the saloon was so quiet that 1t was almost breathless in spite of the number of men present. So still was it that one could hear the boys on the corner yelling their 10 o'clock extras, which had taken three hours to come up from the big city and hear the changing of the trolley cars Clear ly rang out the womans voice: { Come back, my boy. come back say ! Aad walk thou in thy mothers way"
 There was many a fearful eye when she was through.
 At the close of the song came an- other Asherite. T want each of you men to pay a tribute to your mother now who Is dead or to your mother who is living and will tell you how want you to do it. I want you to take your handkerchief out this way (suiting the action to rne word) and raise it up over your hand to show that you are not ashamed of your mother"
 It caught the men where they were weakest. through their mothers love for them, the surest place probably to find them. It was a great thing to see the response. It was not a ques- tion of a few handkerchiefs being shown, but of great many. There was the successful lawyer there with spotless silk handkerchief upheld by a hand with diamond rings upon it.; there were many less fortunate who upheld their dirt t-besmudged hands over which were spread handkerchiefs or more properly -ags, that beggared description. But the idea was all right, it was all in the true spirit and un- noticed.
 Now, men," went on the evangelist. "there is many a man before me to- night who has wandered from moth er's God, There are men listening, I am sure who have promised mothers on their death-beds to meet again on the other side. Now, what l am here tonight for is to help you make good the promise made years ago. I want to take as a text Proverbs xxv- 25: As cold water to thirsty soul, and l know what some of you will think right away, Here comes another temperance talk But it isn't I bring you great news from God Himself Do you know there is one little word of three letters that causes all the trouble in the world. It is Sin. It locks men up behind bars; 1t is the most damn able thing
 "The first good news I have to tell you is that God has not forgotten you. No, not even if you have forgotten Him. Can you see Him counting up his sheep some day? It will be 75 s5. 95, 9s, 97. 9s-9s. There may be one sheep missing and that you. The sec ond good news Is that God remembers you with pity. He says How shall I give thee up, how shall l lose thee 2 He does not want one lost soul through all eternity. The fault is with us that we do not hear Him. He is making way for you to return scot-free. There is Harry Thaw in New York battling now to be free from a charge of mur.