Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-03-04
NOT GODS FOLKS
ONLY THE DEVIL s
That Stay at Home in Bad Weather
Evangelist Faulconer Changes
His Theme Because of
Small Congregation.
WHERE is ELJAH'S GOD?
Did You Ever Know Anybody to Stay
Home From a Dance Or a Card
Party Because of Bad Weather?
1.-The World More Plea
sure Loving Today Than
Ever.


sure Loving Today Than
Ever.
After looking over the congregation.
sizing it up" as if to count noses. or
may be hats (for there were more wo-
men than mem, Evangelist Faulconer
last evening informed these present
that he would not preach from the sab
ject announced The End of Time" as
it would be better to wait until there
was a larger turnout
lie said he would preach this sermon
some time next week. He also an
nounced other subjects for next week.
'BelshaZar's Feast" Fools of the
scripture. and the Biggest One Of them
All Sowing and Reaping, and a
few others. All of next weeks serv-
ices viii be held in the First NJ. F..
Church, beginning with Sunday after
noon, when there will be a special ser
mon at , o'c,ock 10 men and boys.
After announcing his subjects for
next week, DR. Faulconer again looked
over the congregation which was
goodly gathering of church people for
bad night. but there were empty
pews here and there. Then he said
something like this: 1T is just Gods
folks that stay at home in bad weather
not the DEVILS folks. Did you ever
know anybody to stay home from a
dance a ball or a hop We are run
ming opposition TO one across the
street tonight, and ] venture TO say the
place is crowded as well as other
dances in town Did you ever see
woman stay at home from a card
? rty a day like this? Oh not 1t is
only church people who do not turn
out when the weather is bad. They
want an eXcuse?"
The Evangelist took for his text IT
Kings, second chapter and the middle
clause OF the fourteenth verse. Where
is the Lord God of Elijab?" He then
preached a brief but forceful Gospel
sermon from the text He asked why
should a man concern himself about
another mans God and he told at
some length why Elijah was taken up
to heaven in a chariot of fire, and of
Elisha who had been his friend and
Travelled with him prayed that double
upon him
The Evangelist said one of the best
things in this world is to keep COM
pany with a religious man or woman.
Those who walk close 20 God A man
or woman who is on the very way
TO heaven striking thing about one
OF Gods saints is the way they die
Elisha asked for a double portion of
Elijah's spirit. and he kept his eyes in
the direction for the promised blessing
Peoplep ray and do not expect any
answer 10 their prayers. They do not
look in the right direction for the an
sw3r TO their prayers
The Evangelist said there is too
much theology in the world and not
enough of God He said theological
seminaries ought to be called cemete-
ries,for there ere more dead than live
preachers in them What is il that
makes skeptics today? Because the
churches are not doing anything with
Gods almighty power When you call
upon GCd. dc you find Him? When
you want God to do a mighty thing,
does He disappoint you? The church
has the power OF God promised When
you telL-the story of the cross, it is
great thing to have Eliiahs God.
Whose God is il that does the work for
you whose God was it that opened
the eyes OF the blind, made the dumb
70 speak? IF | would want to go to
a theatre the Evangelist said, ] would
read the 18th chapter of the First
fAf sess IL, -
all the theatres
Did YOU ever test your God? 1t Is
different w%er vctI have to walk alone.
without your evangelist. or your tab
ernacle 1t is so easy to sing about
"brighten the corner where you are
Dut you'd better sing about bright
ening the kitchen, or the dining room
aud one another's lives at home. Get
religion at the home and il wiA be
easy 10 brighten the corner Relig
ious campaigns NAV sweep YOU of
your feet, but there viii come day
in your life Wien you will need Jesus
Christ and will have to lean upon the
Almighty Arm.
Prove Me" God says Have you
proved Him? Old-time religion can
stand any amount of cold water. You
can't put Gods fire out There is no
better company than Elijah's Gcd. II
is Just as true today that God will an
swer prayer now. as in the DAYS OF
Elisha and Elijah
The trouble with the praying peo-
pie today is that their lives condemn
them You don't know what kind OF
God you are praying to. The history
Of the twentieth century today can be
written with the history before the
food. Never was there a time when
the world was given over to pleasure
as now. Where is the Lord God oil
Elijah David said the Lord win not
hear me il regard iniquity in my
heart There is no use calling unou