The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-11
onoIp rmr ToRr3'
The WORK ~ the EVaDEeiisis-A HTieI
Epiiome Of she LabOrs 81
Messrn. Hail and cree,

''i""iHb VAN'li'hb Iupoib w tnS WITH
OF Messrs Hall aud Cree, the eyange-
lists, during their brief sojourn In our
city;
The young Mems Christian Associa-
ton, with the assistance OF their visit.
Ing brethren, Mesars Hall and Cree,
have been holding the fort CALAMITY
for the past two days, They had SER
vices In the Lamar Street Methodist
Church on Saturday at 100 o'clock A.
NJ. and aud "a j.. NJ, all OF
which were well attended, aud seemed
TO be enjoyed by all present. On sun
day they held four glorious meetings
AT 4 and "a y. NJ. In Fields' Theatre, al
outdoor meeting ut the Pacific Depot
ut O'Clock, aud meeting ut the
room Of the Young Mems Christian
Association ut . o'clock Il. NJ,
all Of which were largely at.
tended by attentive audiences. Soon
after the doors OF the Theatre were
opened for the four-0'cl0ck services the
house was filled, and the services be-
gan by Mr.. Hall giving out the well
known song OF Mr.. Sankey: "Hold
the Fort.n twas sung with wonderful
power aud spirit by the largo audience,
and M the words rang out
Hol my comrades, SEQ the signal
| Waving IN the sky,
| RelnfOrconontS now nppenrinBi
| Victory IL nigh.
And rs looked from the audience and
saw Mr.. Reed, the President Of the
| Young Mems Christian Association, on
the platform, with brothers Hall and
Cree, and the ministers OF all the
churches Of our city around him,
and the bright and beaming faces Of
the Christians In the audience, II
seemed as II the reiniorcements had
arrived.
Mr.. Cree read the scriptures and
made the opening remarks. lie read
from II Samuel, 18th chapter, 24th to
33d verse Mr.. Cree spoke OF the way
waIdness of Absolom and of Eli's sons;
OF their forsaking their God, and Of
their terrible death. He spoke with
much earnestness, urging young men
to remember the fate of Absol0m and
Eli's sons and not to disregard the
commands OF God.
Mr.. Cree was followed by song,
and short admonltion from Bishop
Peck.
Mr.. Hall then arose and referring to
Mr.. Cree's remarks, told an anecdote Of
Mr.. Moody's visiting n gambling hell
In New York, which, on arriving, he
found crowded with men-not the rag
ged and dirty, but most OF them nicely
dressed and fine looking young men.
Ia IN Iiilnrnnl
and asked the keeper whose son is that,
and whose son Is that and so on, but
the keeper replied he did not know.
Mr.. Moody then asked him If he had
son, aud he said yes. Mr.. M. then
asked which one is he, and he said he
il pot here | never allow my son to
see the inside OF this place; don't
want him under such influence M this.
Mr.. Moody then told him these young
men here are somebody's sons, some
mothers darling boys that you are
dragging down to hell.
Mr.. Hall then spoke of the dance
houses aud dens of iniquity we have
in our city, here our young men CON
gregate every night, and with el0-
quent appeals called on Christians to
rally to the support of the ministers
and churches and the Association, to
try and save these young men from
these terrible temptations. He spoke
of our city being full of men away from
home, and from family influence, and
how prone they were to be led away
into paths of vice. He urged the bust
ness men to look after their clerks and
employees, and to see that they were
brought under the proper moral inllu-
ence, and to keep them away from
these terrible, terrible temptations rs
far rs possible.
The meeting all through WAS pleas.
ant instructive, and seemed to be
highly appreciated by the whole AS
sembly. Immediately after this meet
ing Messrs. Hall and Cree went to the
Pacific depot, and there, in the open
air, read the scriptures, and gave the
invitation In the Masters name,
whatsoever will, let him come and
take of the water of life freely to
large and attentive audience. Some
were much impressed, and after the
services were over several came of
their own accord to ask more about
the way of life. At half.past seven
o'clock p. IN. there was a large audi
ence at the Theatre again to listen to
the words of the Lord Jesus, our
blessed Savior, rs they were read by
Mr.. Cree from the III chapter John
to xvi. Messrs. Hall and Cree made
short addresses, dwelling on the two
passages, "Except man be born again
he cannot see the kingdom of God, 'and
" Except u man be born of water and
of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
Kingdom of God" This service was
the most impressive of all, and the en-.
tire congregation seemed to be moved
by the words as they fell from Mr..
Halls lips. He made powerful APP
peal TO the unconverted to come to
Christ and receive the new birth that
they might see the Kingdom of God
At the close of the services an invita-
ton was given to rs many as could to
repair to the room of the Young Mems
Christian Association, to meet Messrs.
Hall and Cree. Upon arriving there
the writer found quite a large number
of gentlemen. and ladies assem- bled in
the beautiful new room, which was
carpeted, with nice pictures hang
ing from the walls; Two nice libraries
of valuable and interesting books, also
large number of both religious and Sec
ular papers, and In fact, everything to
make the, place pleasant and attrac-
tive. This new and beautiful room |
was solemnly dedicated to the service |
to which it has been set apart. Messrs. |
Hall and Cree gave many valuable |
suggestions, as to how the Association
should bo conducted and supported.
Mr.. Hall urged the young men and
the old men, and the ladies, to join the
Association and help II, by their names
money and influence. Also, urged In
dividual work, and personal efforts to
induce souls to. come to Christ. He
appealed strongly to the ladies to join
the Association, and add their efforts
to those ofNthe Christian brethren
to induce the Maynard to accept the
hlaoced nr0ui aps OF our kind and mpr- |