The daily sentinel., 1911-12-05
WILLIAMS IS
ADDRESSING
BIG CROWDS

Evangelist Williams had very in
teresting meeting last night
At The close of his address nearly
the entire congregation were on tUheir
knees seeking a closer relation with
the Christ This afternoon at 3 40
pm. he spoke TO the boys on the
Devils Boqust - The DEVILS Bo-
quet consisted of a whiskey bottle
and all that Billy Williams could
gother from the devils junk pile lEied
on to the bottle. Mr. Williams fornd
another old friend. Mr. G. II. Mar
shall, who he assisted in a meeting
about Z years ago, while Mr.. Mar
shall was conducted with the y. NJ.
G. A. at Covington- Ky.
Mrs. Welles will sing tonight, 4
Havo a Savior"
Evangelist Williams it seems is
this week like the ,old school master
boarding around. He is invited out
TO dinner four days this week, name
ly, Mrs. haup, Mrs. Burgess, Mrs
johnson and Mrs. Marshall.
"Wednesday and Thursday after
moons at 3 pm, Mr.. Williams viii
speak on Anger" Everybody invit-
ed. The subject tonight will be-
From Rags TO Robes" sermon on
The Prodigal." A Sermon largely
out of the evangelist's own personal
experiences
The subject last night WAS an ,eX-
position sermon on the parable of
the Ten Virgins. The evangelist told
of his San Franciseo earthquake and
fire experience to illustrate his SER
man.
He said, Bette and were Just out
side the city of Sna Francisco when
the quake occurred, and was in the
city before the fire. which WAS the
greatest in our history. 1t looked
like the world had come to an end
the city looked like a skeleton with
flesh dropped off The quake lasted
rs seconds which seemed life time
You who did not see and know by
experience Will never know, said
Rev. Williams. Three hundred thous-
and people in retreat before COM
mon enemy, as it were, 40 hours
without water, street cars stopped
and used for homes, morgue wagons
running here and there carrying the
dead and dying-some died of fright
and thousands escaped with only
their lives. One boy said, Now we
know there is a God. No one else
! could shake things like this"
When we won't hear from the BIZ
BILE we are compelled to hear by eX-
perience and the providenc of God.
If we can stand the loss of fortune
we have the material in us to make
another. Hundreds worth thousands
were left penniless. Life is a mighty
rushing torrent-we are caught in
an eddy, whirled around few times,
then sent on with greater force. In
the end San Francisco will be bet
ter city, California a better state, the
United States a better country. This
not only made us a great brotherhood
but one family of the whole world.
Human needs took first place and
the fallen buildings were lost sight
of. Any man is greater than his
surroundings, and can rise above
them. If he will. The power to ac-
cept calamities is the power to rise
above them. The first sign of bust
ness we saw was when the city was
still smoking they were selling burnt
china from Chinatown. On our sec
ond visit they were selling soft
drinks, sandwiches, etc, from booths
of all descriptions. On our third Wis
it Fillmore street had all the hustle
of city life. When the railroads pull
up their tracks, the ships desert the
best harbor in the world, and God
closes the great world for all time,
Will San Francisco cease to be.