Evening journal., 1916-02-21

eyes) God bless you ALL" Then hold
ing out his arms in silent appeal he
bowed his head and asked the congre-
CATION TO unite in saying after him
closing prayer. The congregation
knelt and repeated the following
prayer
Oh God. our kind heavenly Father,
give us the victory over sin. We alb
solutely surrender ourselves to Thee.
Well never forget Thee Help us
to be like Jesus. Strengthen us and
bless us, for Thine y the kingdom,
power and glory, Amen"
The audience sang. God BE With
You Till We Meet Again." and the
campaign was over.
DR. Lyon seemed on the verge OF eN.
haustion many times during the even
/ ing. lie preached a powerful and ef-
fective sermon ON "lhe Closed Door"
DR.. Lyon seemed to put all his en-
ergy and spirit into his evenings SER
mon His words, delivered with such
carnestness and conviction, almost
swept the congregation from its feet,
with the result that when the invitation
was given recruits We're garnered from
/ every section OF the building. The evan
| gclist's sermon last evening was more in
! the nature of an earnest appeal for
souls for Christ than it was full OF
/ scathing announcements Of the various
/ vices. Card playing, liquor traffic and
other vices were but briefly touched
upon. the trend of the entire sermon
being an earnest plea 10 all present TO
open the "closed door, and let Christ
in. Dr. Lyon at times was dramatic.
lie stood on the pulpit several times.
again he knelt and held out his arms
in open appeal and pleaded with his
hca~ts TO accept Christ. II was un-
doubtedly one Of the most effective and
telling sermons the evangelist preached
! while here.
"Did you ever know person who
wanted TO go 10 liellf" asked DR.. Lyon
in the course of his sermon. "No. OF
course not. Everybody wants 10 20 10
Heaven. God does not love anyone bet
ter than he does you. He knows those
who are His. lie marks each ono on tho
forehead with an invisible mark You
can't fool him. If you haven't lesu.
in YOUR life YOU are absolutely hopeless o.
DR.. Lyon seemed about exhausted Ho
laborcd for breath moment before he
continued
"A great many Of you have God for
your father-in-law. You have religion
like you have your property, in your
wife's name. My friends. you can't
have a father-in-law religion. Moth
ing but blood relationship counts
With God. You can't get to heaven
on your wife or your son or your
4 4.nNf 20 ~
there on your own"
At this point the evangelist reciteC
the story Of an ungrateful son thai
brought tears to the eyes OF the con
gregation and many handkerchief
were openly displayed.
The evangelist preached fifty-tw,
minutes and during the entire time no
! an exit was noted. The congregation
/ literally hung onto the evangelist''
words and closely followed ever
- statement made.
e Not since the campaign started wa
e the music better than il was last might
= There was not a vacant place in III
T. chorus loft and the voices OF tn
1900 there. together with the voice
Of the thousands in the congregation
e as the familiar old hymns were sum
+ blended in perfect harmony. Mr.
: Powell and the choir sang "FroI
= Every Stormy Wind That Blows j
: an effective manner, while the tabel
Inacle quartet and Mrs. Powell and MI
: Clase sang several selections. Hymn
;. sung last night included Jesus In
!, cluded Me, Too" Jesus is Tenderl
. Calling" ALAS and Did My Saviou
Y Bleed" "In the Cleft of the Rock,
Saved, Saved" "In Fidelis,' "All Haf
d Immanuel" and many others.
t. One Of the most touching incident
T. of the evening was the singing o
l. God Be With You Till We Meet Again
Q lust before DR.. Lyon left the building
@ The congregation and choir sang thi
V famous old parting hymn with voice
n choked with emotion and affection
J with the result that never was il sum
q more effectively here.
The invitational service was tn
longest that has featured any Othe
=. service Of the campaign. 1t was l
=, O'Clock before the last converts car
a was signed
a Many prominent men were in tn
= | congregation and took active part i
~ the services. Among those were
y S Mayor James F. Price, Chief of Polio
= George Black. William p. White, cit
" auditor, and many others.
Announcement was made that ther
'h would be a meeting of the Bushes
" Girls League at the Y. W. c. A. t'
night and a meeting of the Hig
" School Girls at the Y w. c. A. at
ed o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
IL Paurs Christian Endeavor member
1t. will hold a special meeting this ever
tn ing in St Paul's Church. Presidei
ng Greenhalgh will present some plar
il for the converts OF the Lyon can
n paign. All who DR.. Collins appoin
b.