El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-08

4 Besides the election Of trustees. cid
ers and Sunday school superintendent
reports from every branch of activity
in the church viii be made. showing
the result of the years work and the
! progress the church has made in all
Of its activities.
Tuesday morning at ten, Mr.. Brown
viii give the first Of his new series
Of sermon lectures under the general
title Of The Holy Spirit" He eX-
pressed himself as very anxious for
everyone who could to hear this
Luneheons for Women. ) Cents.
Thursday evening, $50 20 7:45, Mrs.
Slower viii hold the first OF her lunch
cons for business women. The sec
Ond viii be noon Friday, II TO =, 10
both Of which all girls and women
who work, including clerks, stenog-a-
pliers. teachers, dressmakers, music
teachers, laundry and domestic work
ers are invited. The luncheons will
( en- Of the various churches and the
/ cost to the women who attend VIII
/ be five cents. Mrs. Slower will talk,
her avowed purpose being to try 10
bring her. guests to "a closer walk
The luncheons next week viii be on
Wednesday, L Thursday and Friday
Moons, and the same days Of the week
an GIa a44En VIII GAoeE LAelll- AlAEs
will all be held at Trinity Methodist
church. Boulevard and Mesa avenue.
Men Are Barred.
Men are strictly barred except that
on one day John Brown viii be in
vited. Airs. Slower wishes it under
stood that every girl or woman who
wishes 20 attend is invited, and mas
only TO give her name TO one Of
corps OF women appointed by Mrs
Slower, whose names viii be an
nOunced. For school teachers who
want to come. she has arranged an
automobile squad to bring them from
their schools and get them back
promptly. and the same arrange m2nt
is made for workers at Five Points.
Mrs. Slower will continue TO meet the
High school girls Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday OF this week. i'm
mediately after school at Central
Baptist church.
Tuesday Might Next Sermon.
The next sermon by the evangelist
viii be at the regular time, 1880. Tues
day night his subject being "Trage-
dies OF Neglect" Sunday nights ser
mon was opened with song service
and prayer by s. J. BRENT, new score /
tary OF the FL PasO y. NJ c. A. The
collection was the largest yet taken,
Evangelist Brown took his text
from the 18th verse Of Revelation liz ]
Thou hast there them that taught l
Balak TO cast stumbling block be- I
fore the children OF Israel"
More joy and Less Jaw.
"The fact OF the omniscience Of /
Christ does not grip our hearts ana 4
souls as IL should" he said. we
think things We shouldn't think, II |
we reflected that He understands; we /
90 20 places we shouldn't go II we /
thought that He saw; we say thioss j
we shouldn't say If we felt deeply /
that He hears. You can't judge peo- /
pie by seeing them in church or even j
in the office-they may have a special /
countenance they wear there. II 4
mans got any Of the old devil in I
him it'll show up at home In aver
age professed Christian homes We
need more JOY and less jaw! pray
Sod 20 give US a religion that VIII
stand the home test
Makes His First Can.
The evangelist made his call sun
day night. first asking those to raise
their hands who would say, Preacher
Brown. I'm afraid. through sins OF
commission or omission, I've lost my
influence for good" Then he said 10
them, "Are you going TO try TO side
stepg Your neighbors are watching
you. Friday night 100 came for
ward. Tonight j want 100 others,
church members and officers, in or
cut Of the church, TO come forward
and take my hand and say, Preacher
Brown I want my influence 10 pc
right want closer walk with
God. Pray for me"
81 Sign Up Cards
As the music started, number OF
people surged forward toward the
platform. As he shook hands with
them, the evangelist said, i don't
want anybody to come forward who is
not going to remain up here for the
prayer" So. as they knelt In the
sawdust before the platform and at
he front bench, their leader prayed, \
IN thanksgiving for these and IN hope f.
FOR many, many more to follow. Fol-
owing this the secretaries We've !
imong the '-mourners" with the cards,
which are signed with name address :
md church preference. There were 81
II these TO tabulate at the close OF
he service.
Preaehes To Soldiers.
Mr.. Browns sermon Saturday night I
vas designed to be Of special inter !
sst 10 the soldiers, on the subject,
The CAL to the Colors-" Noses drew
he line, he said, and asked, Who is J
ssues preparatory to drawing lines
md expect to follow MOses's plan OF {
lattle and win, by Gods help. a great
-ictOry,' said the evangelist The
ssue is heaven versus hell Moses
allied for separation. That's my call
onight. This is going to be a fence
building time. We need to have
Ome lines drawn between the world
nd the church. In most communities
hat line IS wiped out. While thou
ands Of brave young men are giving
heir lives, their all, multitudes are
irving grudgingly to Christ. Leave
he horse in the stable, the pillow in
he furrow, lock the office door, and
ONE out united TO do aggressive ser
ice for Christ in this city" was his
all to the colors.
Says Evolution Not Proven Science.
Sunday afternoon Mr.. Browns sub
ect was Gains Wife" The creation
( the world calls for a superior be-
lg with all power, infinite mind, and
Judgment How did man get
ere2 Maybe he got here by spon-
ane0us generation. But where an act
5 possible once It is possible twice,
nd more possible the second time
han the first Spontaneous genera
ion has never happened the second
inc The man who talks about evolu-
Ion as a proven science IS a pusil-
lnimous ignOramus. His own son has
epudiated it and there is not a
cientist outside a livery stable today
hat accepts It." he said
Where Cain Got His Wife.
Nov, where did Cain get his wifez
Ie got her from her mother. That is
mple, but there is another answer.
.ccording to Bible chronology Cain
-as 12S years old when he went after
wife. Two people in that time viii
opulate the earth with 1900 de-
cendents. II Cain had half Of II 600