South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-12


the liquor evil. swearing and hypoc-
ricy. which ne declared were the
outgrowth Of a culture IN the coun-
try which Is superficial and the cul-
ture OF the world which IS all on
the surface.
Need More Thinkers.
This Is too much the age Of the
doer and too little the aee Of the
thinker" he said. IF this cam
paign for FIVE weeks does nothing
but force this city 20 think Of God
II VIII be worth while"
why IS st." he asked, that to-
day the best people con indulge IN
anusements and give entertain
ments TO which they are afraid or
ashamed 20 invite their pastor7 Why
don't they ask preachers TO go
through their voluptuous whirl OF
an adulterous dance or take a
drink
"Only the other day a prominent
woman said % my wife, "Oh. Mrs.
Jones, am so anxious 10 have
something which you may attend.
i am arranging a special party for
you" A preacher can go anywhere
-AH9Dh OHEAAA " ~ anu a TEACHER >
wife can go anywhere any decent
woman ought TO be found.
You are trying 20 paint the pic
ture OF Jesus IN your faces through
your heart. II the way some Of you
folks whirl IN the damnable dances
Was the only means, the world
would never see the face of God.
Not Environment.
"As you think, you live. Don't
lay the blame on environment, but
on your throughts. Environment is
not all OF the temptation 20 sin. The
wors. tragedy the world has known
took place IN the safest environ
men the world has known. Adam
wasn't endangered by evil environ
ment but yet he fell before tempta-
ton.
The most inexcusable thing any
man ever did is TO swear. II Uncle
sam had turned the railroads over
10 me I would have placed ahead OF
the diners and the smokers. away
from decent people. "A car for GUS
sers. next TO the coal pile.
There IS no temptation TO Gus.
The man who cusses, cusses
through pure cussedness. No gen
tleman ever lived in this country
who walked about splitting out pro-
family and I know that there are
some church members here tonight.
big men in South Bend business.
who expose the vileness Of their
souls every day by cussing The
man who does IL is no better than
the dirty dog.
ReclaiIas Sailor.
He told OF the reclamation TO God
II ar old sailor OF 70 years. a man
with whom profanity was second ma
ture. He drifted into meeting
and through a sight OF God. brought
10 him from the pulpit. redeemed
not only himself but his entire fam
ily, whom ne had dragged 70 the
depths OF degradation along with
himself
From the lips OF that old sailor
on the occasion OF our last meet
ing" he said. there came the
sweetest prayer have ever heard.
Every man reflects his soul, not
only through his face but through
hts words and actions" he declared
IN concluding The man who
walks around and saws, You can
buy anybody means that ne IS for
sale. The pure woman looking out
Of the eyes OF purity can't under
stand how another woman can be
other than pure. The impure
woman when a tale is brought TO
her OK some other says. L expected
as much: suspected she was
crooked all the time Looking from
the eyes OF the impure She expects
others to be soiled."
Close With Prayer.
As the SPEAKER closed with prayer
he pleaded that every man and
woman who felt at heart that he or
she was not at peace with God rise
while the audience bowed In prayer.
From the audience and choir
score or more responded
Every congregation in the city
was represented at the dediCatory
services which were held at II
o'clock Sunday morning. Practical
" ell OF the Protestant church dis
pensed with their morning services
and the congregations adjourned TO
the tabernacle az the conclusion OF
the Sunday school services.
Choirs Combine.
The combined choirs made their
initial appearance. opening the
meeting with renditions OF Come,
Thou Almighty King and Revive
Us Again" and a special number
"The Awakening Chorus"
Or. u. s. Davis. IN making the
opening talk. reviewed the present
chaotic conditions or the world ana
stressed tho need for revival work
at this particular time
He brought into his talk the quo
tation from an address by Vice
Pres't Marshall. in which he de
clared that the need OF the world
g. A universal old fashioned re-
vivaI. and quoted the declaration Of
VIII Hayes that 1T viii be not
either the republicans or democrats
who viii save America. but the
church OF God.
Rev. Beck Offers Prayer.
Rev. Davis introduced Rev. =. d
Beck. who offered the oLening
PRAYER FOR the success Of Me cam
paign in South Bend and for a uni
versal revival which VIII turn the
world back from its present day ma
teriallsm 10 the though OF spiritual
szlvtion.
c. p. DuComb. Of the general
committee made a talk in which
he thanked all OF the workers who
had aided in the erection % tho
tabernacle and all Of those who
gave their help IN making the cam
paign possible.
Mr.. DuComb then introduced Mr.
Jones. The evangelist in short
talk expressed himself as being
most optimistic as 20 the outcome