Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1916-03-10
Mr.. FAULCONER'S
SERMON EFFECTIVE
Tender and Forceful Appeal of
Last Night Brings Results.
NUMBER OF CONVERSIONS.
Great Day Expected On the Coming
Sunday Meeting for Young People
Up to 100 Years


night which appealed to many OF the
heraers as the best that he has given
Mr.. Faulconer held the attention of
the large congregation assembled in
the First NJ. z. Church for nearly an
hour. And after the sermon came q.
tender and forceful appeal to the un-
converted which resulted in a num-
Der of persons going forward to take
mis- hand as a token o. their intention
to live the Christian life.
| No meeting of the series has been
marked b. such thoughtfulncss and
deep feeling as were evidenced last ct-
ening. There were young and OLD who
tod for prayer. The singing was
never better. Ia every way signs we're
10 be seen that the meetings are
growing in power The attendance
was The largest for any week niEbi of
the campaign. Mr. Bennett sang with
fine effect at the service q gospel 500
| entitled He Rescued Me" The choir
under his direction led the congrega-
tional singing and also sang one of the
| gospel hymns Mir. Bennett viii sing
this evening at the $50 o'clock service
| and Mr. Faulconer will preach
Great plans have been projected for
the services OF Sunday AT 3 O'Clock
in the afternoon there viii be q young
| peoples meeting, at which Mr. Faul-
coner will speak the evangelist saws
that all young people up to a hundred
! years viii be admitted II is EXPECT
ed that this meeting will he one OF the
most significant gatherings of youne
! people that has ever occurred in An
napolis This eloquent evangelist VIII
doubtless bring to the young people an
addres which they Will remember for
many years to come
In the evening Of Sunday there nIl
be another service, beginning ct $50
/ O'Clock. All of the churches which
have been cooperating in the true
Christian spirit which has marked this
entire campaign, which viii close. will
| unite for the service under Mr.. Faul-
coner in the First NJ E. Church.
The text of the sermon last evening
was Many will seek TO enter in. and
shall not be able" Luke 1924 Jesus
| Christ foretold the certain ruin OF all
did not seek salvation Alright There
i is only one way. ii is not true that
| each person has a right TO interpret
the Scriptures for himself mterpre-
| tation is only possible to those who
are spiritually qualified There ars
| persons who 'wrest the Scriptures to
! their own destruction" Some would
even dare 70 defend the saloon by the
Bible; TO dc this is to yield to one Of
hell's denominations The elaugciisi
quoted a local saloon-Ieeper as saying
that speech made recently i'm the
Legislature Yves too much for him
III the devil don't gel a lot OF people
Mr.. Fauiconor said, ''it viii because he
/ has gone out of business.
At this point in the sermon Mr.
Faulconer referred with scathinp
words to The determination of some
people tc get the Bible out of the pub
lie schools. ana denounced the heleius
| Of card parties in the schools. RE said
| that if he should be caught with a kit
of burglars tools III his possession. ne
would logically be taken for a burglar
With fine sarcasm ne spoke of the
pack Of cards in its association with
the vile back room Of the low down
saloon. Il think more of my children
than I do Of al the filthy hogs in the
country" he said He declared tha,
these card parties are the first lessons
in gambling. and cpent not to be-
allowed.
There are people who seek to entef
the Kingdom VINO seem to be religious
bnt who shall not be able. The heath
en mother IS honest wnen she throws
her baby into the river but that is not
the way 10 heaven Cain and Able
brought their offerings 10 God, and tia
act Of each of them WAS a religious
act But CaiE was not accepted be-
cause his way was not Gods way
So there are many processing Christ
ians who shall not be able TO enter t'te
kingdom
On reason why they shall not eh
able TO enter is because they do not
make salvation the thing Of first i'm
portance. Christ did not have many
converts because he preached saliva
tion just as it is a man must seek
salvation as he would look for a lost
pocketbook, or as he would seek his
lost child. another reason for failing
they are doing themselves. T-.ev claim
TO be moral. men ard speak Of their
freedom from drink and profanity and
make much of all their moral qualities
Suppose It We're possible for a
person TO get into God's kingdom on
the grounds Of his morality, what 'hen
would the crucifxion Of ChTist
No 2 an was ever as good as Jesus ana
yet God forsook him on tae cross. II
would be unjust of God TO turn from
the moral man. God forsOok Christ he
cause IN that hour Christ was taking
the sinners place. II ] should go to
prison in the place Of another. I would
have TO eat his hard tack and suffer
his punishment So did Jesus be
come sin for US. who knew himself
come sir for US, who himself knew no
sim The cross shows Us how impos-
sible ii is for men 10 trust in what
they are doing in themselves. There