Show r LARGE AUDIENCE GREETS GENERAL WHEN HE PREACHES IN TH THE MORNING k The opening address addre in the The Theatre Theatre Theatre atre yesterday morning was WIlS cue suc ce rul in point of attendance and enthusiasm beyond the ex expectation of or who planned it General Booth was given a hearty wel welcome welcome welcome I come and his addres was listened to with more than usual interest inter L The lower floor was wa filled fined despite the in interference I rence caused by the morning I ic irni the other churches and the gen general general eral oral expressed himself as agreeably surprised to find as large an audience present Jre as all there was Shortly before 11 the members of o General Genet Booths party part took places I the and the members of oC oCt upon upen ul n stage s t th army ami staff occupied l seats seat in inthe the th front rows of the parquet At 11 General Booth attired in hU his army uniform of oC blue suit with red I vest stopped to the center of the 8 The army arm members rose as he entered and greeted him with the Chautauqua salute and cheers of oC God bless the general For a moment the general stood surveying the audience au audience audience over his glasses and bowing in acknowledgment of the welcome ten tendered tendered dered dared him asked all to join in the I opening hymn which he led himself Plo r was offered by Colonel Hig after Which Colonel Lawley in lU nw pleasing plea voice sang a solo assist assisted F ed ott in the chorus by the members of ot the I army fm fmC Colonel C lonel HIggins IDl appealed to the au audience audience for a generous collection to help defray the expenses of or the party and urged those who gave save to go deep delp into their pockets for It was wa desired that thata L a part of oC the collection should go to the aid of or the local army staff While another song was being sung the wo women women 0 men members of the army passed through the audience and gathered up upa a generous contribution General Begins Sis His Speech Rising to his feet the th general opened II a Bible on the pu lt and with a kindly r smile playing upon his face began hegan his remarks by addressing I those nt thus My Iy Dear Comrades and Friends In my trip across the country it was wasL L deemed wise that I should visit this important city to tell you ou something of o the U th e salvation of the Salvation Army the salvation preached and practiced by then them and arid the salvation that makes the th army ar ty a 8 Salvation Army Standing in a military attitude with hands bands clasped behind his back punctuating punctuating his address with frequent de decisive decisive naive shakes hakes of his head be d dand and a constant swaying of his whole body ral talked for more than thanaa an alt hour Rarely he gesture with i his hi hands but as he warmed to his I subject he paced to and fro adding emphasis to his Ills remarks by rising upon his toes t and an 1 bringing his heels to the floor with a click and repeating im important phrases with rising Inflection He Ie took for his text the eighth and ninth verses from the first chapter of ot John in which the apostle defines sin and tells how It may be blotted out 1 confess a partiality to the writings I of John said the general It Is be bC because cause they are so 80 simple that children can understand them Anyone can ean I understand fl them if iC they the will but read r d thorn them th m The trouble is though men i are ar too busy figuring out how soon they will wili land and in the bankrupt court I scheming to make riches that they dp not nt read the Bible They seem to be bi b afraid arid they will get themselves them into a In their business 8 if they the take time timeto to te look after their souls The thing that is needed is i more reading of or the Bible more reading of the Bible more reading of the Bible It necessary necessary necessary sary to understand everything in the Bible to please God What we ne need d to I to know what hat sin is and to keep from rom it John tells us plainly what sin sinI U 18 I and how to get forgiveness for it Some people think a man has to com commit mit some open terrible act to sin and then they thE Y call him a sinner At the same time they may mn be b doing some something something something thing in their secret heart hoart that is far tar worse Horse wor e than the open crime that th t their brother has committed d Some Som people try to excuse 8 euse themselves and others their sins But the apostle says sin Is of the devil No matter how it Is dressed up or dis disguised disguised disguised guised It is of the devil and it is devil devilish devilIsh devilish ish it is devilish it is devilish i I How to Escape Sin I John tells teUs us how to escape from sin The only way is through Jesus I Why did Jesus come to earth and sweat blood and die upon the cross What what waat for To take sin out of or the heart It is not covered up not forgotten but destroyed not for tor forgotten forgotten gotten not forgotten but destroyed Sin begins with a single act at I t then it becomes becom s a habit No man goes and commits a sin with the predetermined intention to t be sinful He yields to a temptation and commits an act One I act leads to another Then his sin be becomes becomes comes a habit This sin is not alone against man but against God It is God tied that we must deal with I can cannot cannot cannot not forgive you no church can do it but It is God it is God it is God Goda And it is so simple to have your sins sin wiped swiped I out The apostle says Confess your sin and they th y shall be blotted out Yes confess your our sins come and confess your sins God will take them away away Is I there one in this audience that wants wanta to confess his sins is la there a backslider here who wants to come comeback comeback comeback back to God If there is come to God come to God After a prayer by General Booth Col Colonel Colonel onel Lawley La appealed to the sinners in inthe Inthe inthe the audience to come coma forward and kneel I at the altar While the colonel was singing a hymns q man with hand h nd in bandages rose roa from his seat back In the Theatre and limped to the altar Inva In ma a moment some of the officers were wre w re On n 11 their knees beside him and while songs were sung and prayers were offered offer d by bythe bythe bythe the various officers three other per persons persons persons sons came forward For a half hat hour the soldiers prayed sang and went ent through the audience urging people peo pIe to togo togo togo go forward t The meeting closed with a prayer by Colonel ColonE 1 Lawley Ia |