The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-12
LAST WEEK Of TIE
 TABERNACLE MEETING
INCREASED EARNESTNEss AND INTENSE ACTIVITY IS 'PRcMGsED
 FOR CLOSING OF REVIVAL.

@Pli ipS0f 0tHcNuleh TOT SlA week duration is drawing to ifs close With
 today's services begin the last week. \ If the three services held on last
 Sunday morning are any indication
 then those of this week will be char acterized by intense earnes try ess and increased activity on the part of
 those especially interested in these
 Tabernacle exercises Sunday morn
 ing was largely devoted to a service of song and the completion of offer ings for the bugdet which covers all
 Of the local expenses of this cam paign. On Sunday afternoon Mr. Stephens addressed twenty y-five hun dred men upon the topic. The White
 Life Dealing as he did with sub
 jects of purity in thought and word and deed he had the great opportun- ity of showing that these could be discussed without any trace of sug- gestiVeness and without leaving in the mind a single mclean thing He lived up to his great opportunity and many in that great audience felt i'm spired to a cleaner living He was especially tender when he told the
 way of clean life through the Lord Jesus Christ His appeal met with a hearty response from his hearers,
 many of them taking an open stand for the things Mir Stephens advocated and the Christ whom he held up in
 the purity of His life and His manh- ness
 At the evening service he spoke Of Hell and how to Escape He held
 to the Biblical doctrine of eternal punishment and in the course of his sermon show ed that living uncleauly i here, without the thought of God, not finding pleasure in pure associations unfifted one for the purity of heaven The latter would be a hell itself to the man of uncleap th01ght and life | who might enter there He would moi enjoy or desire His picture of hell was vivid; place of shame. of vile | associations. of unsatisfied desires. Oi | restiessness A place where con science ever lived and where God was not to be found Only in the Lord 1 Jesus Christ is there avoidance from its terrors One impressive thought advanced by the evangelist was that t was hard Co go 10 hell in contr> with the often advanced idea that it vas easy He explained this thought by saying that in order to go Co hell man must leap over Gods word tramDle upon the prayers Of mothel and wife and loved ones. walk upon every inspiring song he had ever heard and every solemn sermon tha had sounded in his ears: he must despise the Savior in His Gethsemane and deny the suffering Christ upheld on the cross of Calvary, suspended between heaven and earth.
 Without personal solicitation men and women from all over the house arose from their seats and came for
 ward ayowins their purpose to accept
 Jesus Christ as ~he Savior from sin
 to turn their faces from hell toward
 heaven
 Such were the services Sunday
 briefly outlined What this meetina
 has meant to Hot Springs can be un
 derstood when it is remembered that
 more than 500 persons have avowed
 their purpose to lead a Christian life
 Of service Not only at hpme are
 these folks but also from the fou,
 quarters of the continent From thai
 meeting there radiates an influence
 for higher things that touches remote
 Canada and the shores of both the oceans. Many of Hot Springs WIS
 itors will carry away with them in
 sDiration for better living. homes in other places have been established boys have been restored to mothers and dear ones.
 How is the meeting getting alorf financially2 The first few week. were cold and the weather kept the crowds small. how could these sun port such campaign? The meeting is getting along very nicely finan- cialIy Sufficient funds have been collected and pledges made to cover the entire local budget, which includes l the erection of the Tabernacle: part of the salaries of the able assistant- of Mr. Stephens he pays the other 1 part advertising and entertainment | and travelling expenses. There will | be no other collections taken in these | services each evening The pans 1 have been put aside lt is urged that | those who have made their pledges pay them at once to MT. W. $. Sor. rells, Rev Percy Vaughn or at the Arkansas Trust Co They can be paid also at the book stand in the Taber- nacle tonight
 One feature of these services that needs emphasis is the monday lunch con for business men, held from hall past eleven to half past twelve each lay in the Royal Cafe All Christian business mon especially are invited md urged to gather with this com 'any of men daily for the discussion ,f Christian affairs in Hot Springs.