South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-26
SPECIAL SERVICES FOR
MEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON
MEETS GREAT SUCCESS
Evangelist Delivers Gripping Sermon on Present
Day Evils and Converts Three
Hundred People.
ToDAY's PROGRAM

SIS m -Neetu. no Eres-e., Store
Mrs Loren Jones
. lo:oo o. administers. conference
1890 m- shop meeting 90 South Bend
Bait Co
NO afternoon services go tabernacle
7.30.p m song service. ana sermon at
tabernacle Special DELEGATIONS All sun
day school CLASSES. Parade OF down
town district ho3Go. hy bands Mem
hers viii meet for parIde at .sYen o'tlo-s-
sunday which mars.d The open
ing of the third week of the Bob
Jones revival meetms. WAS by far
the greatest day OF campaign. Fui-
ly l2.c00 people heard the evangel-
is, and members Of his party five
services held throughout the city
during the day. Five thousand men
Eacked the tabernacle 10 capacry
at the afternoon services for men
only and heard Mr.. Jones in what
is perhaps his greatest sermon. The
Sins OF Men. a crowd equally as
large as that of the afternoon att
tended the evening services. Al tho
First Christian. First Methodist and
First Presbyterian churches Mrs
Bob Jones. Mrs Don Cochran and
Mrs. Loren Jones addressed audi
ences of women which packed the
buildings
SUNDAY afternoon Bob Jones
preached a sermon straight into thc
hearts of the throng of men which
heard him. He handled the SUBJ
jects of adultery gambling. pro-
family and drinking i'm a frank, con-
sCienuOus straightforward manne'
which gripped the minds as well az
the hearts of his hearers and sent
the entire 5000 away TO aim al
higher ideals in their home life and
associations.
Three Hundred Respond.
When. AT The conclusion of his SER
mon. he pleaded that men lead bet
ter lives both for God and for the
respect they owe their wives. moth
crs and children. more than 800 re-
sponded 10 the call Of conversion
While some of these were young
men and some mere boys il was no
ticeable that many gray heads APP
peaTed among those who made their
way down the sawdust aisles TO grlL
the hand of the evangelist
He took his text from the sixth
chapter Of the Galatians. Be not
deceived. God is not mocked. for
whatsoever Il man sOweth that also
shall he reap"
God is not deceived however well
YOU succeed in covering your sins
from your fellow man. ne declared
And YOU can't continue long in
life OF sin and keep il hidden from
those who know YOU well There
are three people in this world YOU
cannot deceive-GOd, your neighbOr
and yourself You can't Keep sin
hidden from others. Perhaps they
couldn't go into court and produce
the evidence that YOU had been
7 keeping a woman or gambling, but
they always hold a well founded
suspicion which TO them is fact and
whenever rumor follows O. man
constantly that man is guilty.
Defines Devil
The devil is no pitChfOrked.
! spiked tailed animal in hell He is
right here i'm South Bend. in Amer
lea and i'm the world. He Is a
smooth. shrewd deceiver who. know
ing that ne has no chance 10 redeem
himself. would take others into hell
with him ] don't see how Won
could live i'm South Bend. sec the
| things YOU see going on about yoi
J every day and not believe IN devil.
He knows your geneOlogy ana
makes his attack where you are th.
! weakest. II you have the blood OF
| a WhOrcuCHger in your veins hr
tcmpts YOU with woman u you
inherit gambling blood he tries 10
corrupt YOU with cards, if drinking
! is hereditary ne faurts whiskF
bottle in your face
Watch ont.
You can get so low. though. that
q "a rrf
for hsr He doesn't want the pros
titute or the drurkard In the gut
ter He is through with them. on
needn't be made uneasy about your
boy being made drunkard by THAI
old wreck in the ditch. It's the fell
low who wears nice clothes and pre-
serves a certain sense OF decenct
that Is dangerous 20 YOU and YOUR
home. You needn't be uneasy about
YOUR daughter being ruined by tn1t
prostitute over in that den or in-
fanny IT'S the society butterfly who
occasionally iudulges I'm things inn
pure that YOU have 20 fear The
time has come i'm this country for
clean men 20 rise np and Kick inorv
people ont of society.
"I met man the other dag A'
told me that ne believed -lat pros
| titurion was necessary and that Ihr
| law ought to provide for -egre-l ton
OF prostitutes ] made him prop
ositi0n like this 'AlriEnt- all ~ in--
present croT ~ prostitutes VA. h
| dead in seven years. that is inc ah-
eraga life If somebody has got fp
furnish woman and think its %
| necessity then give some ol sour
| women folks TO help keep up ine
whOrehouses