The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-11
LARGE CROWD
HEARS JAMES
AT AUDITORIUM
If Audiences Continue to In
crease in Size. Tabernacle
Will BE Necessary


on" Of the largest crowds ever a.
sombled in Bismarck for Il religion"
meeting gathered IN the CITY Auai-
ioI'um last night to hear Evangelist
iiailE a. james. It was estimated
mat nearly lh"Usand persons at
tended the services. The evangelist
WIN character tIc optimism, pre-
"icted that hy nrNi sunday nlGat, It .
nc weather continued t" b" i"Fp',
"hI", thc AUDITORIUM would not h"id
the crowds ana tabernacle. sdii-
Gently ihrg". WouI! have To hc pro-
vidcd. The evangelist took more
time Than usual for the song service,
which he opened in :! untrue and lM-
pr"SSlvc mhnncr, by haEIg the cnorHa
81 30 voices sing softly "Nc"r"f nay
Hod TO | nee, before tn" curtain Was
,ai>ed After Il number % excellent
hymns by the choir ana "ongrrE"t on,
Rev. and Mrs. Wright. Of tn" PIrshE-
terrain Church. sang very trndcrly
Almost Persuaded Rev. Wright
also led IN the opening prayer, and
Rev. strut in the prayer just be
1o!e the sermon.
he evangelist continued hi DIS
ruasIon OF the Ten commandments,
taking as his text Daniel ,, -, cen
tering upon the word "Ick"I winch .
means Thou are weighed IN the
balances ana found wanting. Att"r.
briefly reviewing the setting Of the ,
text, he said: ''Rcmemhcr this. Bel
shaZzar was not weighed IL the BAL
nnces Of man. not in the balances oi
the politicians. OF Of the Soclc:" Of
his time. II he had been he would
not have been found wanting. II"
was weighed in the balances O: God. '
each one Of Us face God. f,- a!i
paths lead to the iudre4cn. rhyrnc o.
Cod"
Gods scales weigh acc,i,atcl"." ne
said and told Of his visit 10 the
Baldwin Locomotive works where he
was shown scale, tha. WEIGHED sever
M of the lnrros. locomotives 4, ::
time. and then saw scale 80 deli
catcly adiusled that Il weighed one
hair Of the eyebrow, and added. "If
man can devise so,rr.hinc 50 uerfort
and accurate, shall no, the infinite
God weigh accurately every action,
word and motive Of our livcs'
IionOring Parents
Thou shalt honor thy father and
thy mother. that they days may be
long upon the land which the Lord
tn, God giveth thee Dwelling ut
length on this commandment, the
evangelist said "Thcre has been Il
notable letting down among the
young people Of our country with re
gard to respect for father and moth
rr. This lack of respect for home
authority has led TO reckless disrc-
gard oi civil and divine laws" Tell
ing oi his own parental home in
L 4
where the dcvout father exercised Il
kind but firm discipline, he said:
I'VE had a motto in our home. It
hung on the wall of our living room
and beneath it hung hickory stick
The motto read. IL Need Thee Every
Hour" He told in Il touching and
graphic way of President Gariield's
love for his mother and how he hon
cred her on the day Of his inaugural
tion, kissing her wrinkled brow be
fore the assembled multitude.
Did the world think less of him
for that? Did the nation call HIM
"a weak sentimcntalst? No. he was
honorcd and loved for it and we bow
today with reverence to the name OF
lanes Garfield,' he said.
1t is impossible to reproduce his
cilessly the prevalent disobedicncc
and disrcspcct for parents. but he
said, "Therc is another side to the
subject. God says: Honor thy faith
or and mother, but the father and
mother should also be honorable. -
He then flayed the mothers who CAD
about ncglecting their children. and
the fathers who bring shame and
disgrace upon their children because
Of their profligate lives.
Various Wass Of Committing Murder
Speaking of the Sixth Command
hent, he SAID a literal translation IS,
Thou shalt 90 no murdef.
10 Kill man. you need not neces-