Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-02-08
POPULAR AMUSEMENT.
IS JOHNSON THEME At
TABERNACLE TONI GIT

God "Prepare to meet thy God" ring
ing in the ears of his audience last
night from. beginning to end Of his
powerful Gospel message, Evangelist
johnson presented the plan Of saliva
ton and the Importance of the sur
render to Christ with convincing cla-
rity.
81 like to see," he declared, "real
repentance. Getting down and she'd
ding LOT of tears, and then going out
the next day skinning someone in a
business deal is not repentance. Re-
pentance is turning about, and going
the other way. Repentance is get
ting right with God, and getting right
with man. Ny dear friends, when you
can find church members, men and
women in this town, paying up doctor
bills, church debts, grocery, millinery
and other bills, then you can find that
it will not be necessary to get team
of six and halter in order to pull
business man up here to the taberna-
Gle. Clean up, and get right with
God. Somebody says, when shall l
prepare to meet God? Gods Word
says, "Seek Him while He may be
found Why is this company of
hundreds here tonight? Because God
is passing through old Palatka."
At the close of the service, num-
Der deliberately and quickly gathered
at the front of the Tabernacle in con-
fession of Christ.
Pythians Are Present w
The Knights of Pythias, together
with the Pythian Sisters, were repre-
scented in a body as guests of the
service. A delegation of twenty one
was also present from st. Augustine.
Upon being asked to say few
words of encouragement last night,
Rev. F. J. Calkins, pastor of the Bap-
fist church at st. Augustine, gave a
short inspirational and boosting talk.
He said in part, 81 don't know when
have been engaged in meeting with
such fine a party, and with such con-
secrated workers, as the johnson
party. l had the pleasure Of work
ing with them and being thrown in
close association with them during
our campaign in st. Augustine, and
found that their one aim was winning
men to Christ. Just one of the par
ficular pleasant features of the meet
ing-and in that way it was teh best
meeting have ever worked in in my
life-was the manner in which the
converts lined up in the churches Of
st. Augustine after the close of the
tabernacle campaign, and the way in
which they are working in them today
] received about seventy names Of
those who had definitely decided fol-
Christ, and indicated their intention
of affiliating themselves with my
church as the result of the campaign
Out of that number ,all but two OF
three have Lined up in the church
Even many local preachers find it diff
ficult to work after a church meeting
but the reason of this peculiarly i'm
portant and vital feature of the sue
cess of Evangelist Johnson's meetings
to my mind is that he thoroughly
grounds the converts in fundamental
instruction, making the way of saliva
ton clear when he has them come
forward for definite decision for
Christ. He and his party put them
in the harness right away immediate
Iy in the meeting to work to win souls
The johnson meetings in St. Angus
tine brought new life and new vision
in my whole church organization. Last
Sunday was the largest attendance l
have ever had in my Sunday school,
and l want to say to you that if you
will work with him and cooperate with
him, that you will have a great meet
ing with Brother Johnson"
Burning Subject Tonight
Tonight it is expected that the
county and city officials will gather
at the court house at o'clock and
be guests of the service at the tab
ernacIe, in body. Mr.. johnson has
announced that he will speak upon the
vitality important and intensely inter-
esting subject Popular Amusements,"
or "Where Satan Sows HIS Seed"
This is one of the burning questions
of the day, and the Evangelist from
his many years of travel and exper-
fence is particularly capable to speak
from personal observation with au-
thoaity. Tomorrow night will be
known as Family Night" when the
large fine Bible now on display in the
Fearnside Clothing Co. window, will
be presented by Mr.. johnson to the
largest family which is actually pre-
sent al the service.