El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-24
TAFT, ONLY REGENT LIBERAL
PRESIDENT, DEAD SAYS BROWN
Evangelist Says Expresdent Not Believer in Christ
Declares Railroad Men Deserve God Favor breaches
on the Prodigal Son; Mentions Roosevelt and
Wilson as Devout Christians

eeCO1lEOSE IN this town said that
- liberals ran our government The
only liberal man who. In recent
years. has sat IN the presidents chair
was TAFT Taft didn't believe in the
deity OF Christ and he didn't make
any bones about II, and II there is a
man IN the country VINO IS politically
dead, IL is Taft" said John Edward
Brown in his sermon az the union tab
cruacls Tuesday night The song ser
vlee opened promptly, and little
Burleson Staten sang Brighten the
Corner" from the platform, where he
was lifted by T. r Slower
II was railroad mems night, and the
tabernacle was vel filled There vas
no skillet collection" the first night
on which DO has been missing MIS-
slower sang a recitative solo, Il VIII
Go Unto Ny Father" The evangel-
ISIS subject was The Prodigal son
Down 10 Now" While i was one OF
lis favorite subjects. he said. Il was
the subject be usually selected FOR
raElroad men. but he was not talking
20 railroad men especially, but 70 all
men, women and children he had the
abroad men stand Up, which dis
closed a large number present
Easy On railroads And Writers
II his experience with railroad men
Al Up and down the lald. the evangil-
ist said he had come 70 the cOnclus-
ion that. taking IL all through, over
and around. they were about the brav-
esq and biggest hearted bunch Of men
thai walk the face OF Gods earth. He
tle bars down entirely Tor anyone
lur be felt that II there was anyOne
who deserved IL. God ought 70 be a
lt-le Easy on railroad men and news
paper men For this special encOur-
aEemeur- the speaker had his reward
in the after service when q number
OF the railroad men and Eugene W.
u AlIemaud, one Of the two men ar the
press table came forward in CONVEX
sion
1lr- Brown began by drawing the
picture Of the younger son leaving his
father's house. and said that he did
not propose 10 talk about q young
man cE 1900 years ago but the youth
~ today. He said that many min
lsCers described the Young son leaving
hvme as already sunk in selfishness,
laseness and unWOrthlness. and he
look issue with this view in that his
picture Of the young man as he left
home was that Of fine, clean. c0ur-
ageous rounS man who had had every
Pictures Youth Far From Home.
-our there in that distant land. the
preacher said, "he dell, as IS often
said OF young Elrls, 1eL4 IKE now
fake into hell First, we see him
--ar- re ont. hopeful. for the distant
laud- second. We see him IN the dis
fz-- land Tar from his fathers luCss- B
Third. we see him coming TO himself
and starting back for the fathers 1
house Now as ] talk about this par Z
able, someW here along the route. /
VIII find every one Of you and unless I
YOU are in the Fathers house. seated D
AZ the table q HIS blessing, 7 hope il I
win be ny privilege here tonight TO I
lift you 10 that place Why did this 4
young man fail when from a human 4
viewpoint. he had every Qualification
and endowment 70 succeed2 Not one {
boy Ia one hundrers not one
enough 10 say no, 10 all the tempta-