Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-05-23
NOTED SERMON
To BE GIVEN
BY EVANGELIST
DR.. Bic derwOlf Will Speak
Tonight on "Amusemsnts"
--CrOwds at Revival.
THE SQUARE MAN" HEARD
--MANY CONVERTS

Attendants at the revival service
In the Auditorium tonight will hear
and see DR.. Biederwolf deliver his
noted sermon on "Amusements'--a
sermon that requires a tremendous
efrort on the part of the evangelist,
never falling to leave him, at its
close, a weak and trembling man.
SO active are his efforts to place be-
fore his audience the dangers OF
dancing, card playing and the thea
ire that in some instances the re-
former has almost succumbed, and
several times has had to be carried
from the scene of his lecture In
cab.
On the evening of April II last,
following his address on amuse-
ments at Hannibal, ILL.,, DR.. Bieder-
wolf was utterly exhausted The
mental and physical strain to which
he had subjected himself In the por-
trayal of the evils arising from the
three foregoing dangers consumed
practically all his strength, and he
was assisted to cab. The lecture
he will deliver tonight will be one of
the most interesting and instructive
and resultant of any he has yet given
or is to deliver during his stay here.
The special lines of amusement
treated will be the dance, card play
ing and the theatre. His expressions
will not be from the standpoint of
preacher, or from one who would
naturally be against these things.
but the opinions of dancing masters.
gamblers and theatrical people will
be cited to confirm the statements.
Last nights sermon was on THE
objectionable Sin," the sin against
God, more henious than any crime
that can be committed. Following
the sermon fully 100 converts rose
and proceeded to the foot of the plat
form to declare themselves for God.
"The Square Man"
Yesterday afternoon Dr. Bieder-
wolf delivered an address to men
only on THE Square Man"
There's a mental side and q
physical side and social side and
spiritual side to every man." said
the evangelist. These four sides OF
a mans nature would make four
good points for my sermon on The
Square Man" But that's little too
methodical to suit the purpose of
this address. for. want to talk to
you just about a man today, and
when ! get through you may call him
the Square Man or the Allaround
Man or what you please, but you'll
see, | think, that I've been talking
about the ideal man, the true man.
Gods real gentleman
Man Is the best that God can do
NOT always the man we see today,
for he Is sometimes little better than
the little boys definition of a man
an animal split at one end that
walks on the split end''-but | mean
man as God made him and intended
he should be, for although He made
us with our feet touching the clods.
He also made us with brows grazing
the stars The Greek word for man
Is "anthropos,' and 1t means "the
uplooking one;" 1t was intended that
man should commune with God, for
If he does not what better than the
sheep or goat that nourish blind
life within the brain?" God meant
that every man should wear aScrown,
but we've been so busy looking down
and scratching with our little rakes
among the chips and straw and muck
of the earth that Gods angel hasn't
had chance to put It on our heads.
Man was made in the image of God.
The coin was stamped all right in
the beginning, but it's been so badly
mutilated that it hardly passes for
full value any more.
Yet let a man become what he
Will, In a very vital sense he Is still
a man and no condition of his man
hood would warrant you or me in
turning altogether from him: but
before he has any right to your con-
hdence, or any claim to your respect.
It is certainly a legitimate question
for you to ask, What kind of man
are you? and when he gets back to
God, before he can lay any claim to
the glory of the eternal world, 1t will
certainly be in order for God to ask,
What kind OF man have you been?'
What is a man? A good many
answers to that question have been
given, but the best one / can give.
and ! think 1t is a good one, is this:
A man is that individual who recog-
nizes that he is the handiwork Of
God and tries to honor his Maker In
every department of his being.
And / want to say to you. men.
this afternoon, that l wish | were a
better man, but / am what am to-
day by the Grace of God, and every
Christian man here will say the
same. ] do not drink and live a foul