Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-05-16
SERMON
is DELIVERED
BY EVANGELIST
moral LeprOsy" AssaiIed
BY Or. BiedeFwolf in
Auditorium Last Night.
CROWDS ATTEND ALL THE
REVIVAL MEETINGS


city is moved as 1t has not been for
a generation.
There was an audience of 700
men in the Auditorium to hear DR..
Biederwolf's sermon on "The White
Life" Mr.. Rhodeheaver sang so ex-
cellently that the men could not re-
strain their applause. And the ad-
dressl The men of this city have
never heard more powerful appeal
for the pure life The great out
standing sins were taken UP one
after another and handled in the
most convincing manner. At the
close a unanimous vote approved
every word DR.. Biederwolf said
strong as his statements were. All
felt that he had told only the truth
and men felt ashamed of their sins
and ready to lead a new life.
At the meeting for women only in
tho Presbyterian church, in charge
OF Miss Parshall, there were some
500 present. Miss Parshall won
their hearts from the start and the
women declared they had heard
nothing sweeter or more persuasive.
But the meeting at the Auditori-
um at night surpassed in numbers
any meeting that has yet been held.
A thousand men and women COM
pletely filled the floor and hundred
or more had to go to the galleries.
And what meeting 1t was! The
spirit of Good was manifest. Every
body seemed happy and looking for
the best, the large chorus choir and
Mr.. Rhodeheaver sent out the gospel
on the wings of song, and the con-
gregation sang with one mighty
voice under the directors influence.
"The Moral Leper" was the sub
ject. Naaman, the Syrian general, a
leper, was the starting point Of a
great presentation. Sinners were
brought to the fear of Almighty God.
The frightfulness of that dread dis
ease was first presented, but when
the evangelist had finished his great
discourse the audience felt that sin
was even more fearful.
At the close of the service a large
number signed the cards, signifying
their acceptance of the Lord Jesus
Christ as their saviour.
The leaders OF this movement
were aware that it was a large un-
Edertaking. but last night they were
all rejoicing because they felt al
ACaQ1 lhOI y Nudu- ICpdlu lOI CNGTY
effort put forth No such religious
gathering has ever been brought to-
gether in this town before. No Pro-
testant church in the city would
have held that great audience last
night. And there were more men
alone assembled in the afternoon
maeting than any one of the church
es could seat.
Got,,rdo,, ,,trLtsc r,4lo-g--
DR.. Biederwolf spoke on 1.-THE
crowd that has yet attended the
were there, and as the evangelist
spoke the hearts of ex-drunkards, as
well as those of men of higher social
standing, softened, and their eyes
welled up with tears. Yesterday af-
ternoon, to a gathering of 500 men
in the Auditorium, DIR. Biederwolf
spoke ON THE White Life" Owing
to lack of space, it is impossible to
print these two sermons, but last
nights, THE Moral Leper," consid-
cred to be the best he has yet deliv-
cred, is given in part below
The last mentioned address was
given last night, when fully 1900
pei bOuOr nlC GU VIII q iOitk1Ou6 zeal
that is beginning to take hold.
thronged the large building. Mr..
Rhodeheaver, as usual, rendered
several selections and the chorus
choir sang.
Last nights address was replete
with forceful and clean cut English.
DR.. Biederwolfs illustrations from
General Lew Wallace's great book.
ttnan IIn,. In, urb{oh !, -
meeting of Ben Hur and his mother
and sister, who were afflicted with
leprosy, was especially effective and
stamped the evangelist as an orator
of wonderful ability.
The Moral Leper.
DR.. Biederwolf took his text last
night from IL Kings, 5.1. He said.
About the last day of March in the
year 1897, with three or four com
panions, / was walking down the
street, which is called straight in
Damascus.
We were going down the streets
of this city and the guide led up to
one side a bit and said, This way,
please, IL you want to see the house
Of Naaman, the Leper' Certainly we
wanted to see 1t. 1t took only a
6ldnCO W LCll Uh II udQ- UEGu the
house Of no ordinary person. Talk
ing all the time as he went, the
guide led on He turned under the
open archway and led us through a
narrow passage into an open court
and of all the hideous, loathsome,
nauseous, repulsive, polluting sights
mortal eyes ever beheld the worst
was there before us. / saw sitting
I,1 =
CHASTITY figures of what were still
living men and women. Their bod
les ware swollen and discolored and
the putrid flesh oozed out through
the abrasions of the skin. The fingers
were eaten away and from some the
whole hand was gone. The hair had
fallen out, the cheek of this one and
the lip of another had rotted and
sloughed away. Where the nose had
been was an unsightly scab and the
whole human body, more bestial
than human seemed to be rotting
piecemeal away. And | said to the
guide, Man tell us what we ought
to know of this and let us be gone
And he said, We are in the court OF
Naaman and these are lepers. And
then one OF the lepers spoke in tones
weak, Wlefu, HUSKY, anu Sepulcnrai
and we knew then the disease had
reached the lungs. the throat and
the organs of speech. Muski, mabe-
shu, howashi. backsheesh' he cried,
and ! said. What does he want?'
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