The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-08
.RIGH SCHOOL PUPILS AND
 BUSINESS WOMEN ATTEND
 TABERNACLE YESTERDAY
NEARLY t,Coo PERSONS MARCH IN AND OCCUPY RSERVED
 SEATS.

Nearly Loco high school pupils and
 business women of the city occupied seats in the middle tier of seats at the
 tabernacle last night. and heard one
 of the most powerful messages ever
 delivered in the city Mir Stephens had arranged for these services before
 hand through Miss Byrnes and Miss 1 Powell's efforts.
 l There were 250 bushes women of the city in attendance at the Central Methodist church luncheon at 6 o'clock yesterday evening Practically
 was back and many others who were absent from the former meeting at
 tended this one There were young women of every vocation present teachers. clerks, stenographers, nurses and the very atmosphere of the occa- sion was surcharged with warmth and hospitality. The refreshments served 1 y the ladies of the churches of the city were delicious and everyone was served bountifully
 Those present at the tabernacle when the high school teachers and pupils entered. cheered until the building fairly rung. But the climax came when the great audience rose and sung The Star spangied Ban ner," led by the Hot Springs Glee Club
 1 This is the best high school build ing l have seen in ten years,' said Mir. Stephens as he called attention to the opportunity the schools of Hot Springs offers to the boys and girls of the city He urged the boys and girls present to take advantage of this splendid opportunity
 am glad the superintendent and principal of the high school here stand for something,' said Mir. Stephens, and the teachers have met also, he continued.
 Mir. Stephens used Home Run" as his theme for the evening, quoting Luke, l5;20 as his text. And He arose and came to his father" This is the best home run this boy ever made and 1t would be the best home run you could make to do as he did Nothing is said about this boys mother. He would have been differ ent if his mother had been there. perhaps When thls boy broke up his fathers home 1t never was the same | again. Many boy breaks up a home to never be the same again. Both progidal boys and girls are breaking up homes never to oe the same again. Girls don't dare do a thing that your mother don't endorse. No woman who claims to be a Christian can af- ford to marry man who is ungodly. You cant afford to marry a man 10 reform him. You are not running Keely institute. A man who don't think enough of you to reform before you marry him, will never do it after marriage
 There is some pleasure in sin. The devil don't go fishing with a baitless hook. He has been at it SIX thou sand years and knows how to do it.
 The way of the transgressor is hard my Bible says. Only for a sea son does sins pleasure last. It's honey at the start and thorns at the end
 If the people of Hot Springs would think for thirty minutes, this town would come to God People keep away from these services because they do not want to think.
 Service for Women only.
 There will be service for women only at the tabernacle this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock The women of the city are requested 10 attend this ser- vice. Mir Stephens has given great message to men only and has help