Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-02-28
ARE WOMEN WORSE
THAN MEN ARE?
The Rev. DR.. Henry M. FaulcOner
breaches to Women and Girls.
"Co AFTER YOUR HUSBAND. !"
No influence Over Men and Boys Like
That of Woman---Strvices To-
niphf al PRESBYTERIAN Church


reaching the unsaved, and touching the
hearts of the near-Christians. who pro-
less religion. and TO belong TO church,
but are on the wrong track, Evange-
list Henry Nj. Faulconer gave emphasis
10 some stirring Bible truths yesterday
afternoon.
The sermon was for women only
and besides the Evangelist but two
men were in the congregation. Mr.
Bennett. who led the singing and the
pastor of the Maryland Avenue NJ. K.
Church. where the meeting was held
The Rev. Or. Alexander Bielaski Re
fering TO a hymn tone OF Billy sun
days. that had just been sung
Brighten the Corner Where You
Are" the Evangelist said it is so easy
TO tell somebody TO do something: so
easy TO tell you to brighten the cor
uer where you are; so easy to tell
somebody to empty the ashes this cold
morning, but TO do il yourself. well
that's quite another thing.
He read the fourth chapter of John.
about the woman at the well and our
Lord asking her Tor a drink, then go
ing on in another direction and ask
ing her where was her husband. She
said Il have no husband" The Saw
Tor said Thou sayest well thou hast
no husband, for thou hast had FIVE
husbands, and he, whom thou now hast
is not thy husband"
The Evangelist took for his text the
10th and nth verses, and his theme
was Go call thy husband" He said
The striking thing of this chapter was
the way in which the Savior revealed
Himself to the woman; His humanity
Jesus was hungry, thirsty, tired. He
showed His human side. Then, an
other thing; we meet Christ in our
daily walks and conversation, when we
are about our household duties. The
woman little thought she would meet
the Savior while -gnirg to fetch Z
pitcher of water. He read the wo-
mans heart, and this woman went out
and told everybody and brought the
whole village to hear and see this
wonderful man.
Worldly pleasures do not satisfy. We
80 after them again and again, but
but are never satisfied The woman at
the well had given herself up to the sin
of the word. the flesh and the devil.
but she was not satisfied. Jesus touch
ed a sore SPOT when He told her to go
after her partner in sin She thought
nobody knew and she lied to Him
when she said Il have no husband"
She thought she was fooling Him. One
of our mistakes in our lives is we
think we con conceal from the Lord
our sins He opens the door of our
life and reveals our hearts We
should therefore, make our lives and
hearts clean
Today's preaching, the Evangelist
said lacks that note of conviction. II
is not what must do TO join the
church. but what must I do to be saw
ed How are we to drink of the water
Of life, the pure water. when our heart
is full of degradation and sin? This
must come out first. The trouble to
day said the Evangelist, is love of sin
and pleasure We don't think OF
/ Christ, hut the theatre What can it
| give q man or woman who loves Christ
I Eight-tenths of the protesting Christ
/ ians today do not know Christ They
rush to the theatre or the ball room
whore women are half clad. bat never
! run to Christ Could you say Let us
Pray in a theatre or a ball room?
Certainly not p ,ople don't know the
love of God, and don't want to know
I Him. They run after every old trap in
the way o. pleasure: They will be
mighty lonesome when they get to-
+. heaven, for there is nothing there they
| have been used to.
Evangelist Faulconer told Of hte
| moving-picure fans who go night
after night, and never get enough
Young people go to froijcs and have to
| keep a-goirg nigh after night They
| never get CROUCH. This woman at tho
| we'll sinful though she had been. had
| influence enough to bring the whole
| city back to Jesus. How many Of you
| Christians ever bring one soul TO Him
| If mems wives, mothers. sisters
daughters and loved ones do not care
| fro Christ it is impossible to have
revival of religion. Evangelist Faul-
| coner scored the women He said a
nominal church membership will not
take the place of good, old-time relig-
/ ion. A little performance of perfume
tory exercise does not constitute
/ Christianity, and does ont contain the
/ water of life. If you women. he said
| knew Jesus Christ, you would want
your husbands to know Him, and your
sons and daughters TO know Him. The
little vanities of this life would not
tempt you. There are only two WAYS
TO walk the Bible says. viz: after the
flesh and after the spirit" You are
not walking after the spirit in the the
atre. There is nothing IN the half
| dressed men and women there that can
please the spirit, or is there in the
ball room that can satisfy the soul. II
you say Let US Pray" or read the BIZ
bic in either Of these places, you would
insult everybody. and il would be like
throwing German bomb in there.
The saddest thing in the world TODAY
IS that women are harder TO reach for
! Christ than men. Sunday will reach
more men while in Baltimore. said the
| Evangelist. than women. Once women
were a consecrated people. but not
now Men are coming to Christ. but
women are going in the other direc-
ton preacher can preach TO raen
tell them they are dunkards. and all