Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-03-13
A THOUSAND ATCHURCH
HEAR THE EVANGELIST
The Children of the Kingdom
Shall be Cast Into Outer Dark
ness His Text.
CHURCH GOING DOESN'T SAVE.
Hell" Mentioned in the Bible Three
Times AS Often As Heaven.
Eyangelistic Campaign to Con-
tinue Another Week.

With a crowded church, that exceed
ed anything in the previous history o.
Annapolis. Evangelist Faulconer closed
his three weeks services last evening
in the First NJ. f. Church with preach
ing a most earnest. forceful and per-
suasive sermon.
Every seat was occupied in the main
auditorium, and in the three galleries
around the church. and additional
benches and chairs were brought in.
Even these did not accommodate the
throng, for many stood in the vestibule
and 2 number were turned away The
throng that had gathered to hear the
evangelist was inspiring. and a sight
that will probably never be witnessed
IN this city again
The song service preceding the ser
mon was q feature of the worship. Mr.
Bennett directed the singing. The
choir never sang better and Mr. Ben
nett's solos were never sung with
deeper feeling. The congregation sat
i'm breathless silence during the sing
ing OF these solos
Mr.. Faulconer took for his text Mat
thew viii chapter 11th and 18th verses,
And say unto YOU many shall come
from the East and from the West and
shall sit down with Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven;
but the children of the kingdom shall
be east out into outer darkness: there
shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth" Before preaching his sermon
the evangelist related several narra-
tives among them the finding of thirty
four Greek Testaments in the Holy
Land that had been buried for LOO
years, the same Eible truths that theo-
logians are studying throughout the
world today.
He said this was enough TO kill
skepticism Think of siXty-siX books
being written by siXty-siX individuals.
all fitting together and standing the
tests OF thousands of years. Jesus
never expressed any opinion that He
was not able to keep In the House
OF Many Mansions are people from the
East ana the West. from the uttermost
PARTS of the earth.
You cannot prove there Is no hell by
Scripture. although the various "isms''
y
and disort them for want of proper
connection with the rest of the pas
sage No man. the evangelist said can
number the saved. There is a greater
number of saved in heaven than lost in
| hell. Heaven is the home of the re
deemed. But-horrjble thought-'the
children of the kingdom shall be cast
into outer darkness"
Who are the children of the king
dom? Lots of them go to church with
prayer-book and hymnals. They make
a speciality Of punctuality. but. there is
need of something besides church-go-
ing. Going 20 church never saved any
body. Think of a man going down to
the pit from a home of a religious
mother and father. The natural thing
when man gets full of whiskoy is to
/ get full OF fight, drunkenness is the
cause of much sin and crime.
The children OF the kingdom shall
! be east into outer darkness-"cast
out Can YOU imagine the horror
/ when death comes TO you that you
1 shall be cast into outer darkness II
there wasn't anything else in hell but
[
| That awful ht-"forevermore. :"
4 when man is lost to all eternity. cast
into outer darhness-"no hope and to
think people say there is no hell!
/ When Jesus was on earth, He spoke
! three times as often and as much of
hell as He did about heaven. "Gnash-
ing of teeth" is what comes in hell.
The child gnashing his teeth at the
father. who did not lead him to Christ
or set him a good example: the hus-
band gnashing his teeth at the wife.
4 who had not made home Gods temple
There shall be weeping and wailing
and gnashing of teeth, and the chill
dren of the kingdom shall be cast into
outer darkness. There are but two
! classes. Jesus sets before ycu heaven
and nell, and there is not a soul but
who can go to heaven. Man is made
in the image of Gcd,why should He de-
stroy that image here on earth, and bt
lost to all eternity, for there is nc
chance beyond the grave
1t is easy to be saved. Simply looh
to Jesus Christ. said the evangelist
and not to your own self-righteous-
ness for salvation.
Great interest and deep feeling were
manifested at the close of the service
aud many, mosly men, arose for pray
er. A large number went up to the al
tar at the close of the meeing to shak,
hands with Evangelist Faulconer. who
has done spelndid work here. anC
the remembrance of whose sermon,
viii. linger long and cannot fail to hav,
salutary effect.
II has been decided to continue tn
evanglistic campaign for another weel
This was announced last night at hi
close of the service. There viii b,
preaching tonight The service vii
begin at 7.30 O'Clock with song serv
ice under the direction of Mr.. Bennett
the sermon al s o'clock by the Rey
Henry NJ. Faulconer Services thi
week will be held in the First NJ. Z
{ Church and very niRht until and in