The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-26
GREAT TABERNACLE
 SERVICES HAS CLOSED
THE STEPHENS CAMPAIGN OF SEVEN WEEKS CLOSED SUN
 DAY NIGHT.

The tabernacle meetings conducted by the Stephens evangelistic party is a matter of history. These services were the most helpful meetings ever conducted in this city and the lar gest by far in results obtained. It was nearly midnight when the ser vice closed Sunday night but for re- suits the last service was the greatest of all The song service conducted by Mr Storrs with 800 voices in the choir was the greatest musical treat Hot | Springs ever enjoyed. The hallelu- jah chorus rendition of the "Mes siah' by Handel was so we'll received 1 by the great audience that taxed the | building that it was repeated at the close of the service Proceeding the l service pastors or some representa- 1 tive of co-operating churches, gave 1 public testimony to the work done during the campaign Alr Stephens publicly thanked the pastors of the churches, the press of the city, public utilities, telephone girls and all who l had contributed to the success of the meeting and to his personal comfort
 in any way.
 He rehearsed the work of the past | seven weeks and said he was grateful
 to God for the opportunity of having
 been in this city
 But said Mr Stephens, 'I am sad l as never before The party will break
 up here, Mir. Sutton going perhaps to
 France in response 10 his country's
 call; Mrs Powell goes to Pine Bluff to have charge of the Y. w. C. A. there; Miss Byrnes will go to Keokuk, 1 H., to engage in a similar work And
 so many hundreds are left unsayed in
 this city"
 The day was full of work Sunday
 In the morning Mr. Stephens urged
 the people to get behind the pastors
 and make their church work easier
 He urged the members of the churches
 to welcome heartily new converts in-
 to the membership of the churches He urged those who united with the churches to show themselves friendly In the afternoon at 2:30 o'clock Mr. Stephens delivered his last message to men only His subject was Come and See And many a man present at that service will never get away from the truths he heard from this man of God At the evening service the climax came The people gave MT Stephens splendid free will of- fering as a token of their apprecia- tiOn of his work here While Mir Ste phens had said time and again that : he wanted Co give his services here
 for the joy of service, the people re- fused to accept his work without some
 token of appreciation upon their part r During his stay Mr. Stephens con-
 ducted lG2 services and there were l, ,7G0 cottage prayer meetings held in an effort to reach the unsayed of the city.
 The pastors of the various churches
 met MT Stephens in the annex yes terday afternoon for the last time Al this meeting cards containing the names of persons desiring Co unite
 with the various churches were dis
 tributed Every church in the city
 was named as a preference for mem
 bership. When the matter was , summed mp the number of visitors
 who signed cards was quite small in
 proportion to those who will unite with the churches of the city
 The pastors are rejoiced over the work that has been done Tho
 church people of the city have re-
 ceved great spiritual uplitt about l1.200 persons decided for a better life
 and the good seed sown in the hearts
 of the people of the city will brms yesterday for their homes
 Some of the Stephens party left
 today for their homes
 Messrs Stephens and Storrs will
 remain in the city for a few days. Mrs James will arrive today for a few
 days stay with her husband Miss Byrnes win organize a Y w. C. A.. this week and remain for a few days ! to help the work get started
 George Stephens and his party have impressed their lives upon this en- tire city and they have a wsrm place
 in the hearts of all our people When
 they have gone they will not take
 the good they have done away. it abides forever
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