The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-01-29
Booze Address Is To Be De-
livered In The
Afternoon
BAPTISMAL SERVICE
in EARLY EVENING
Fries To Be Awarded Farm
ers Tonight; Other
Jottings
(By Press Reporter)

Evangelist William j. MlngcS will
speak four times at the Church of
Christ tomorrow. HIS first address
will be brief one TO the Bible
school at $3.50, following which he
will preach at 10:30 on THE Heaven
ly Mansions A service OF special
importance will be the one at 2:3O in
the afternoon, when the evangelist
will deliver his "Booze" address. This
meeting is for everyone, both men
and women.
Sunday evening, at I o'clock bap-
lismaf service will he, conducted by
1t9c rev J: A.. Long, the pastor of the
church. The evangelist's subject Sun
day evening will be. "Satan's Defeat" 4"
Prof Barton, will have charge of the
large chorus, and there will be spec
ial sSloS by MIS-. tAfinges and Mr.. Jar
man at every service. of the day.
, Whilo tho AFTERNOON and evening
services have been announced for the
hours of 2:30 and O'Clock, both will
begin as soon as the house IL filed.
People who have far to come are es.
pcc!ally invited to come In the morn
inG, bring their dinners and stay all
day at the church.
Tonight being Farmers Night at
the revival. a special section of seats
will be reserved for all those coming
from the country. The evangelist
promises that il will be a warm sub
iect. He viii give 81 to the farmer
coming the greatest distance and 81
to the one bringing the largest load
Of people with him.
A large number oi young people at
tended last nights service, at which
time Evangelist Mingcs spoke on "A
Great Mans Choice" basing his re
marks On the life and works o
Moses He said in part: England hat
her Wellington; France had her Ma
poleon; Rome her Caesar; the United
States her Washington, Lee and Lin
coin; Israel had her Abraham, Isaac
Jacob and Joseph; Peter had NOR,
zeal than Moses; David could pla.
the harp better than Moses; JOIN
had more love than Moses; bu
Moses was the greatest leader tha
the world has ever known
The evangelist painted word pic
ture of the early life of Moses, tellin
how his parents kept him until h
was three months old and the
placed him where pharaohs daugl
ter would be sure to find him, tina
his life might be spared. lie picture
the beautiful scene down on the Nil
when Moses was found by Pharaoh
daughter and taken to the palace
and his own mother engaged to nurs
/, him, and told how that through tn
years the old nurse taught him of j,
hovah, the God OF the Hebrews.
The speaker then described the co
lcge days and graduation OF Moses
HllN HoN H' Nuo bIbuSht hoh'e uh
rendered great reception. He wa
now IL fine princely young man OF 4
q years OF age. When the time cam
for him to denounce his own peopl
+ and their God, and take allegianC
to the throne of Egypt, he rejected
2 all rather than to live In sin for 4 SCI
son, Here Is where Moses becam
> great" he continued. "All great me
, have ut sometime made great d
9 cision. Now is the time for yo
young people, to plake your decisio
T. and rather, than to live In sin for
Q season. take your stand with the pc
q pie OF God" Eleven young peop
t responded to the evangelists appea
< coming forward to make the confe
4 sion.
I The parlor meeting conducted ye
/ terday afternoon by Mrs. Minges al
h Miss May Caster. at the home OF MI
Atwood 1913 East Chestnut stree
was we'll attended. Mrs. Minges ga
i u very interesting aud heipfll tai
} and splendid spirit of interest WI
manifest,