The evening herald., 1917-03-05
SUNDAY AUDIENCES
GREATLY INCREASE
At CITY CHURCHES
Every Pastor Reports Better A.
tendance and Interest; About
Fifty Members Received; AR.
mory Meetings in Full Swing.
IN Ron. nandolph cool,.l

NhN ReN. randolph Cook.)
| sunday was most successful day
for all the churches represented in
the union revival. now going on In
the armory. Every pastor reported
increased audiences and interest. and
about hftJ new members were re-
ceived ,by the seven cooperating
churchA. Last night an audience ex'
ceeding thirteen hundred assembled
IN the armory. The entire firsi floor
was packed, and a goodly number had
10 nnd seats Ia the gallery. MIR. jolly,
fohOwing the chorus. sang new
version Of Jesus Lover OF My Soul"
and Mrs. =. C. HORNED sang "a solo.
which was most effective. Seven hum
dred new song books had arrived. aud
the good humored audience took TO
them like fish to water. II that old
armory has never been christened. II
certainly Is getting IL now, on the in
stallmeni plan. Ia these union meet
ings.
This week the same program vii,
be followed as last week. Yesterday
severpl services were held, beginning
with the rallies IN the sunday schools
in the morning Two services In the
Afternoon were held. one In the pres.
bytcrlan church, addressed by Rev.
Ridley, and one in the armory. ad-
dressed oy Rev. Horton
Mr. Ridley. addressing an audieuce
OF ladies only. who filled the auditor
lum, gallery, and part OF the lecture
room, began by saying these series
OF meetings In which we ate now en-
gagged viii be governed more largely
by what YOU say ana do ihan by any
similar gathering In town. and added
that ",hc average woman. who has
reached the age OF 20 years. and who
is not a Christian. is harder TO reach
than the average man and that
woman "is always the worst and best
In the community. he chose as his
topic. The old Woman versus the
New woman using as "a text part
OF the second chapter OF Titus
Specializing, he spoke II the new
woman as being first. not good wife.
and plead with his audience not to
compromise themselyes religiously.
with their husbands and family.
Second. she ls not a good mother.
and pleaded with the women TO give
their children the advantage OF
warm religious life. She is not good
church member though she may be
able TO beat everybody IN rafting OF
quit or a cake. II is ono thing Ia
be respectable, and another thing to
reach out the hand and lead some one
10 Christ Of the old woman, he said,
she behaves herself like q couseorated
person. That ~, she acts Ike a Chris
tian. lie affirmed that the great
wrong about many social customs us
In their waste OF valuable time. aud
that they come between the soul and
God" Third the old woman is
home builder and home Is the great.
est institution ON earth. and when that
is interfered with we are headed to-
ward r0ck-bottom. Here the oyange-
list referred to his own mountain
home In North Carolina. and its pow
erty. but OF which he had memories
as sweet as the nectar OF crushed
roses NO words in print can de-
scribe the pathos OF h.s closing words
az thgJ service Nj Falkeuburg sang.
Does Jesus Care aud this closed
the service.
At the same huuT MI Horton deliy-
cred great address 20 an audience OF
500 men In ihe armOry on The Glur-
les of christ from John l.l6. He
affirmed Jesus TO be- the son Of God,
and that his glory was all around rs,
II we only had eyes 90 Sc" It. and
thar Jesus Is God, remedy Tor the
sins OF this old world and that
Jesus makes a challenge 10 the world
which the world has not accepted.
He said there lis nothing In al the
world Ike Jesus glory" and pdrtic-
ular.zed by speaK.us frst OF his glory
In history. second. his glory in art,
third his glory IN music, and, fourth.