The Sentinel=record., 1918-01-10
$ EphENS REVIVAL
 GAIklhG IN FAVOR
FIRST AFTERNOON SERVICES WILL BE HELD TODAY IN
 TABERNACLE AT 2:3o.

The sermons that George Stephens
 Is preaching each night at the big l tabernacle on Como Ssuare are the kind that grip the hearts Of his hear res. That he is being appreciated is evidenced by the increasing crowds that attend ,hese services each even ing at half past seven.
 Mr. Stephens is ably seconded in his efforts by his coworkers. These bring in sweet song and music the same gospel that their leader so elo- quently breaches. The music is a strong feature of eacn service.
 Last nights service was almost en- tirely musical, as Mr. Stephens planned to preach very short ser mon owing to several important things that were on hand for the evening There were piano solos, comet solos, Ia mixed quartette, cons sting of Ms Powell Miss Byrns, Mir Sutton ana Mir. Storrs. Add to these special features the inspirin. chorus f l5o voices leading the several thousand in
 he old sones oi the ch1rch and g:y- ing several special corus numbers and some conception can be had Jf this feature of the service.
 Last night Mr. E. E. Young. Of Chi cdeO, was intrOd ced as the ri4nis. ol the party Mr. stephens paid his aJil- fly high ri and after the con greeaton had heard him n. the piano in his solo number and playing for the chorus they agreed with all that Mir. Stephens said concerning him,
 The first afternoon service will bel held today from 2:30 until 3.30 in the tabernacle. Mr. Stephens has a mes sage for the entire city at that hour He will speak upon The Most Im portant Thing in the Universe lu' the evening at ,;30 he will bring JoI lis hearers another heart searching sermon. Iou cannot afford 10 miss either of these services for today.
 Last night very briefly Mr. Ste pheus spoke upon the place of prayer in a revival lie insisted upon the greatest need of Hot Springs, of each person, was a genuine awakening from heaven A reviavl is not mere sonsal ionalism nor is it emotionalism A genuine revival is greater than merely calling for the raising of hands or the signing Of cards.
 The speaker was emphatic m de- claring that a genuine revival began fhst among those who were Chris uans These getting riaht soon spread tIe influence of their faith throughout the country. X revival was compared 10 flaming into flames the glowing coals. If the fire has completely died out or has never been lighted it can only be >indled
 How can wt eagy d revival in Hot springs. the genuine and not the spurious kind? Only by prayer, by going to our closets, 0y getting upon our faces in a2ouizei prayer lie Illustrated the effect ot such prayer by showing how all of the great re- vivals Q. history lo-an with prayer The Holy Club of Oxford with it- Wesleys and it's Whitfield throuah| prayer lighted the fire that swept through England and later over the continent four young men praying for seven months lighted that fire whicl swept over Ireland bringing ten thousand into the church. the prayers of John Knox and John Livingston and John Welch started the fire that swept over Scotland One woman member of a London CongregationaI church, cold in its indifference, prayed for three years from 1869 to 1872. that the Lord would send Dwight L.. Moody 10 her church. Under the providence of God. Moody after the three years of faith on the part os ,his woman. was led to that church and apparently by accident Was in yited to preach in that church Gods hand was linking up all of the events that led to this end and from Moody's visit great revival began in that cold. indifferent church on the first night Of which over six hundred started the Christian life
 lie declared that the devil laughed at d prayerless church it's wealth and luxury in equipment, its organi- zation its choir and it's accessories to worship But the devil is ban ished ia yanqushed by prayer
 The secret Of the success of the