Arizona republican., 1917-02-26
LAST SERVICE
At TABERNACLE

The last service in the tabernacle
was held last night. There was a large
crowd present at all the services yes
terday in the neighborhood of $l,700
being collected to be given to the
evangelists.
In the afternoon a service was held
for those who had become converts
during the six weeks campaign. Sew
eral hundred attended.
Last evening, Rev. Hart preached
on The objectionable Sin
Four thousand came out to hear
Hart on THE objectionable SIM last
night His effort last night was strong
er than when he preached on this sub
iect before and forty five persons went
forward. The sermon abounded in pic
lures of death bed scenes. some OF
which had a tendency to CONCEAL the
blood This was especially true OF the
closing Illustration In which the evan
gelist described in minute detail the
death of a society girl in st. Louis. 10
which he was a witness. In another
illustration he depicted narrowing
scenes he had witnessed in the dis
sectig room Of a St Louis medical col
lege.
The odd Fellows. the Woodmen,' the
c. A. r., the w. c. r. L. and the Wom
ems Relief Corps were welcomed last
night. At the request of the w. G. T.
u. delegation. the chorus sang, The
Fight Is On A. 5. Magann and Miss
Ethel johnson sang solos The latter
was sung during the invitation service,
which was longer and more insisten,
than usual.
MI Hart read three passages Of
scripture as basis for his appeal, "Ye
do always resist the Holy Ghost 7"
"Grieve not the Spirit of God" and
"Quench Not the Spirit"
These text teach that it is possible
TO spurn and insult the Spirit OF God 3"
he began This quenching is not
sudden result. 1t comes after days and
nights of resisting. There are men here
who have heard the call. Maybe IT'S
some Of you business men. II you've
heard il your souls are in danger Jesus
has knocked day after day and you
have refused him audience. You have
refused publicly to raise your hand for
prayer. Therell come a time when the
spirit will be grieved and your soul
will be left blasted. Your conscience
will be scared as with a hot iron.
The Crime of Crimes
The crime Of crimes is not some
shocking blood -curdling murder. II is
his brain and his Drawn. and his whole
simply the refusal of a man to give
life TO God. There are men in Phoenix
who have no thought of God or Of
good or of kindness They revel in tell
ing lies on somebody. No wonder God
said 'Ephriam is joined to his idols
Il dare an man in Phoenix TO show
as clean a life as had the rich young
man who. having kept the command
ments. came to Jesus seeking the way
of life Yet this same young man had
other things he loved more than he did
Jesus so he vent away sorrowful.
Il believe II Christ should come 70
some of our churches today they'd
cruelty him again because he'd strike
sin. II he should come to the CONNER
cial clubs OF some of our large cities
he'd strike CONSERVATION into them. for
he'd denounce some of the damnable
things they're responsible for.
"The day is coming when it'll be too
late to cry out. You'lI have 10 face God,
whether you want to or not. When this
meeting is over this tabernacle win be
taken away from this spot made holy
by 1890 conversions and il will no
longer be a place for you TO give your
hearts to God. There is a time wnen
God will say. You've gone too far.
There are people in this city who are
crossing the death line Phoenix can't
go down to death and then go up 10
God and say nobody ever told us