The Sentinel=record., 1918-01-09
GREAT TABERNACLE
 MEETINGS WELL ATTENDED
INSPIRING MUSIC BY GREAT CHORUS CHOlR.-2.5CO PEOPLE HEAR EVANGELIST
 STEPHENS.

The great services at the taber- nacle last night were inspiring from first to last. The great chorus choir was in fine shape and the music rripped the hearts of the great audi euce that went to the services last night 4 large percentage of the at tendants were men, showing that tho meetings are getting a grip upon the men of the city.
 Ar. stephens requested all the pas tors 10 hold their regular services at the II o'clock hour in the churches and there will be services at the great tabernacle Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and in the evening at 7:30 The evangelist used two texts as a basis for his sermon Ps S6.G, Wilt Thou not revive us again Hob. 3:2, 70, Lord revive they work in the midst of the years This is the cry of the heart of the Psalmist and the prophet" said the speaker, "and should be the cry of every heart in this city. This city does not need
 more churches, good as they are, but better members of our churches We do not need more kinds of organiza- tions, as splendid as they are. There are Eagles aud Moose. Masons and Pythians ana everything else and it would not surprise me to see the buzzards organized. the evangelist said
 "We do not need more clubs. The
 clubs are doing a fine work, and
 women are neglecting their homes
 their churches, their children, foI
 them until we are literally "clubbed
 to death
 Yet in spite of all these the world
 never saw as much bitterness, woe
 bloodshed trouble and suffering as il
 sees today Germany has "kultur" but
 the kind Of kultur she has, has beer
 the cause of the terrible nightmare
 that encompasses the earth. Germany needs something nor, than culture to save it. and so doei any other country or city "The great need of nations. state and cities, such as Hot Springs, is genuine revival of religion and of tn right sort the speaker said. "A re yiyal of religion will bring prosperit and happiness to any city. The BihI \ is full of accounts of reviyals Nose \ begun revivals down in Egypt am \ there have been reyivals unde N prophets and preachers 10 this day \ Pentacost was Q genuine revival sac !, as we need today here Every churc | in existence was born in reviya Il The Episcopal Methodist, Baptist II Coneregatonal. Presbyterian ana DIS Il ciples churches came ont of revivals | Every great college that was eve Il built came up as the result of a re II vival The Y. N C. 4. was organize, Il as the result of a revival My Near \ cries as l walk these streets and se' \ what you need here in the way of , \ revival" said the evangelist \ "But so many people object to ; Y revival Of genuine religion They sa, ! people do not stick who come out O
 revival This is not true if the re- | vival is heaven sent Multitudes fol- lowed Jesus the first year of his min istry. but left Him the last year and
 helped to put him to death He sat-
 that if a field was sown in wheat an.
 all did not come up the farmer sowet
 again.
 "Out of 202 who united with q
 church l once knew only one failc,
 to live true to his VOW Another oo-
 iect to reyiyale because they did not
 believe in excitement l. was strang