The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-25
DR.. STUART DELIVERS
ELOQUENT SERMON
TO MEN AND WOMEN
43 Come to the Altar Follow
ing Sermon, Which Was
Marked With Earnest
ness and Conviction

How Young Men and Young Women
Are Saved" was the subject of DR..
George r. Stuart's sermon at the First
Methodist church last night, and when
he had concluded one of the most ear
nest and eloquent sermons of his min
istry in Birmingham, 40 men, women and
boys and girls came to the altar and
stated to the pastor that they wanted to
return to God and asked for prayer.
DR.. Stuart was never moro earnest,
never more eloquent, and his message
preached to the young man and young
woman who had left Christian homes
and had failed to live up to the teach
ings Of the parents, and who had got
ten in with the wrong crowd and was
drifting the wrong way. He made his
remarks intensely human, his logic was
sound and his teachings pointed.
Taking his text from the seventh chap
ter of Luke, DR.. Stuart told the story
OF the young man who was being taken
to his grave by his friends. His mother
followed weeping. And Jesus said.
young man, I say unto these, arise .
and he delivered him to his mother"
being the text.
Christ never touched anything that
had not an age long lien on it. Wherever
he wrought physical miracle, he
wrought spiritual miracle Also he
said
Just as in the case with the young
man who was dead. people are. doing
every day They act like sinners, dress
like sinners, and finally go where sin
ners go, for they are in the hands of
their companions, while the poor old cry
ing mother follows them don't care
how good you were when you came to
Birmingham, you can't run with bad
men and women without being bad"
at couldn't run with the gang you
fellows run with and hold my preach
ing ability. for preacher has to have
some religion to preach or course he
can say pretty things, but he can't
preach with any effect. You can hide
your sins from the old mother and
father but you can't hide them from
God. If you put pint of muddy
water into a bucket of clear water It
will all be muddy. II you go wheN
there is smallpox, the smallpox will
not absorb any Of your good health.
but you Will nave tHe SiiidiipoA- wv
have got to put up good fight to
live in this old world. Are you VIM
ming the fight. 1t takes some man
and some woman to do that now.
Are you fighting your fight, or are
you a skulking coward, turning your
back on the homefolks? You can't
learn morality by goingN where you
gaze upon an old harlot like Cleopa-
| ira. You had Just as we'll bring girls
| from the red light district to dance
before you. 1t is awful to get into
the wrong companionship.
IF you were to read my mail and
stay around my office and then did not
fight for the keeping of the Sabbath
| then YOU would be damned forever.
you have to stop some professions
before you can save some people, OF
the procession will carry them on.
can handle people who dance, if they
have any gray matter in their skulls
but when they haven't anything but
feet then / can't do much with them
DR.. Stuart concluded his sermon with
many illustrations Of the Christian
/ home life, asd made plea for every
one to do. something that is positively
and aggressively good. The church
was packed. every available seat being
taken and every aisle and other avail
able space being filled.