Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-01
many TURNED AWAY
FROM TABERNACLE
Billy Sunday Praises Wash
ington as Impressive Place
in Which to Live.
SERMON IS OF Heaven"

Record-breakingc crowds have been at
tending the Tabernacle meetings all
this week, and last night many people
were turned away on account OF lack
of room to accommodate them. With
the evangelist on the last lap OF his
revival in Washington many who have
put off hearing him are fiockins to tho
Tabernacle, together with the every
nighters" during the last week. Wash
ingtonians will have their last chance
to hear the famous evangelist preach
Sunday, when the campaign Will come
to an end.
The capacity congregation last night
heard Billy praise Washington. The
evangelist said that he never was in
city that has impressed him more than
Washington. This pleased his audi
tors, and they cheered Justify. ono
of the biggest delegations that has yet
paid the Tabernacle a visit was pres
ent last night, when the navy yard was
ployes, led by brass band. The De-
partment Of Justice also was wen rep
resented.
Necessity of Repentance.
In his sermon on Heaven" last night
Mr.. Sunday laid especial stress on the
necessity of repentance and falth IN
Jesus Christ, placing these ABOVE every
thing else.
"AIl your culture, all your literaries,
all your lodges. all your money in God
Almighty's dirt can never change your
nature" vehemently asserted the evan
gelist. "Never!" he continued. That's
got to come by and through repentance
and faith in Jesus Christ. That's the
only way you will ever get it changed.
Salvation doesn't exist in morality,
in reformation, in paying your debts. IL
doesn't exist in being true to your mar
rage vows. 1t Is only by repentance
and faith in the atoning blood of Jesus
Christ.
Argument Cannot Alter Plans.
IT can stand here and tell you that
God offers you salvation through re-
pentance and faith in Jesus Christ and
that you must accept it or be lost, and
yet you will stand up and argue the
change Gods plan.
You never can do it. Not only has
God promised you salvation on the
grounds Of your accepting Jesus Christ
as your Savior, but He has promised to
give you a home in which to spend
eternity.
Heaven is a place where there are
going to be some fine folk.
Abraham will be there and I'm go-
ing to see him.
Daniel, Jeremiah the weeping prophet,
Paul, John, Peter, James Samuel, Mar
tin Luther. Sturgeon. Calvin. Moody.
"Oh. heaven is place where there
who believe in Jesus will be there.
Wouldn't old Washington be grand
place to live If you would only get rid
of some people that live in the town?
IF they would only die. or get con-
verted, or move away, Washington
The booze fighter won't be in
heaven; he is here.
,'"The backslider. wont be there; he
is here,
Place for Grand People.
"ThereIl be nobody to run booze
mo grafters or cheap skate poll
ticians pulling strings to disgrace the
devil.
Nothing like that in heaven.
Heaven will be place Of grand and
noble people who love Jesus.
1.-The beloved wife will meet her hus-
band. Mother. you will meet your babe
again that you have been separated
from for years or months.
Heaven will be free from everything
that curses and>damns in this old world
here.
wouldn't this be a grand world II it
weren't for a lot of things in it?
Can you conceive anything being
grander than this world il it hadn't a
lot of things in it? The only thing
that makes Washington a decent place
to live in is the religion of Jesus Christ.
There isn't man that would live in
1t If you took religion out.
There will be no sickness in heaven,
no pain. no sin, no poverty. no want, no
death. no grinding toll
There remaineth q rest for the peo-
pie of God. tell you there are a good
many poor men and women that never
have any rest. They have had to get
up early in the morning and work
hard all day, but in heaven there re-
maineth rest for the people of God"