The Sentinel=record., 1916-11-26
HOME SACREDNESS
 URGED BY PASTOR
BRIEF BUT MOST ELOQUENT SER.
 MON PREACHED BY REV. AL CORN LAST NIGHT.
Big Revival at First Christian Church Closes Tonight, With Plans Made for Big Meeting.

lut loplC iktN. W. OdTHtlt AlCOIu, pas tor of the First Christian church, took for the sermon at the revival services last night. home sacredness" and those endearing and enduring features that make home influence felt in the world were not overlooked but were given special thought and attention Rev. Alcorn was suffering from the effects of a bad cold, but it did not in any sense detract from either his elo- quence or earnest effort that has marked each service he has conduct ed.
 Both from Genesis and Revelations he culled his text. which he stated referred to the calling of the roll of the family of Jacob, and he centured the assertion that there is nothing in life more sacred or dear to one than the home AS he referred to this fea- ture of Friday evening 'ssermon he stated that one Of the first things that God did was to establish the home, and when he wrote on Mount Sinai the laws of His eople he gave them there laws for the home
 Life, he stated was filled with sym. bols, and there are symbols that adorn the home. Since coming to America some ten years ago he has been much impressed with Amrican home life and symbols it contains
 'l have gone into some homes and seen on the wall portrait, which. from a standpoint of photographer's art of today, did not measure up 10 the standard, for it was a quaint pic ture taken long ago, and as I have asked who it was l have seen your heart melt and your eyes filled with tears as you talk of one departed who gave to you your first Q portunity in life, who nursed you in sickness and who guided your footsteps. You told me of a father or mother who had gone. and as yoa gaze now on the picture there comes flooding back memories of other days Oh, if we could call back those dear. departed days and experience once again those happy hours, and as the home has it's symbols, so, too, has the Good Book symbols that stir the soul of man"
 Key. Alcorn then painted a picture of the old Jewish family, of the se- credness of the traditions of their and the members of the faimly wor- shipers at the shrine in the home He paid an eloquent tribute to Jewish home life, and then he asked his con Cregation to review their own home and ascertain if it was still intact and if all were present. Homes, he said, were built only to be broken. The father realizes that the little son that played at his knee has suddenly grown to manhood. aud the mother Is forced to recognize in the little girl of yesterday who romped with her about the house is found the queen of the parlor. The home is broken when the big, busy world calls to the young men and young women to come out into the world and to do that which will make the world better. When the call is answered the home is broken, and while it grives ones left in the home. the sweetest song that is ever sung is the call of the world for good young men and women.
 Then, too, the home is broken by sin The boy grows to manhood and hears the call of pleasure and the ring ot silver and he is anious for ey CT fence and he ventures forth He for gets the teachings of mother and fathers kindly advice lie is tempted falls and becomes the prodigal How many mothers hearts are broken to- day because Of the prodigal son?
 But the prodigal sons are not the only ones responsible for the broken homes There are also the Prcdigal Fathers, the Prodigal Mothers. tho Prodigal Husbands and the prodigal
 Wives
 There are husbands out of the
 church today" declared the pastor
 'because their wives had hid their light Every husband out of the
 church IS not to be censured It is
 true that not every husband can be
 saved by the prayers of his wife. but | there are many who can, and prayers
 of this nature should ever be offered
 'I shall never forget my dear tath l CTS conversion The morning after '! he had dedicated his life to God he offered prayer at the table It was a faltering prayer It was not per
 feet prayer as prayers go. but let me
 tell you that the effect of that invoca
 ton was felt on a family of r chil dren all through the remainder oi
 their lives, and two of them are now ministers of the Gospel
 Rev. Alcorn stated that if, in Heaver
 one finds the home circle broken II some son, some daughter not there, i is because mothers and fathers haC
 been neglected of the spiritual wei
 fare of their loved ones in life He made a most eloquent lea for the
 family altar, declaring fl to be a vita
 necessity in every home, no matter
 is the family consisted of but two persons He spoke on the value oi prayer and home devotion and he pic tnred the peace and o0Dtentment that l ie ueua1lv fNund in a honaa ina in