The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-22
THE Revival WORK.
Rev. MIR. Hnglis's Labors at Free Street
Church.

lev. Mr. Ingls, the Evangeli ST., held his
first Service in this city at Free street church
| yesterday afternoon. Some time before the
service began the church was filled and at the
opening eve ry inch of available space was fill
| ed, while many were turned away for want of
| room. The space usually occupied by the pas
| tor was devoted to the large choir of 100 per-
| sons under the direction of Mr.. w. L. Fitch.
The pulpit was carried several feet in front of
| usual position and every possible place for a
| seat was occupied.
Rev. Mr.. Inglis. who has previously labored
with Moody and Sankey, is an English gentle
man of very pleasing address. He is of mid
die statue with full beard upon rather pleas
ant face. He spoke with perfect ease and his
delivery, though at times rapid, is always very
distinct. He talks with his hands as well as
with his tongue and his gestures are as forcible
as his language. He is alive to his work and
is no doubt very powerful reVivalist.
The service opened with a hymn by the
choir, after which Rev. Mr. McWhinnie of
Free street church offered fervent prayer for
the success of the work about to be under
taken. Without any preliminary remarks as
an introduction, Rev. Mr.. Inglis arose and read
portion of the nineteenth chapter of st.
Luke His theme was Immediate Saliva
tion." His leading idea was that salvation
should be attained first and we should work
afterwards. This salvation was not something
that we had to strive for, but simply something
offered us and all we have to dc is to accept it
and then work for Christ. His remarks were
simply an exhortstion for sinners to come to
Christ at once. He closed his rem arks with
an earnest appeal TO sinners to accept the offer
OF Christ. The services closed with q hymn
and beuedic,ion by Rev. Mr. McWhinnie
EVENING SERVICES.
AS early as $50 o'clock last evening Free
street church was packed with persons and the
committee having charge of the meeting were
obliged to refuse further admttance Those
who arrived after that hour were Informed that
Capt. Dutton was holding an overflow meeting
"a revival expression) at Union Hall. Not
withstanding this notice so great was the de-
sire to hear Rev. Mr.. Inglis that many were
satisfied even to stand in the entry rather than
not hear at all.
At "a o'clock promptly Mr.. Inglis appeared
in the pulpit in front of the large choir and
simply announced the number of the hymn to
be sung. The choir sang with fine effect ITO
the Work" The pastor then read the third
chapter of the first epistle of st. John. Mr..
lnglis then offered very earnest prayer for
the conversion of sinners and the success of
the work begun. Another hymn was then
sung and Mr.. Inglis arose and announced his
text as found in st. John 8, Is: 'For God so
loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son that whosoever believeth in Him should
not perish but have everlasting lifc." He an
nounced the points of his discourse: LIST, God
loves; I'd, God gives; 81, man believes; 18th,
man has hope. From these heads the preacher
argued that God so loved this world that He
gave his only begotten son, whereupon man be-
lieves and is saved. His discourse was strong
appeal to the feelings Of the au 1ience to Stake
God at his word" as he expressed it, AID &C.
cept the offers made in the Bible. He intro
duced many anecdotes in his discourse to illus.
trate the several points. The discourse was
well received aud will no doubt have the de-
sired effect.
At the close of the service deeply interest.
ing prayer meeting was held in the vestry and
several persons called upon Mr. Inglis in the
enquiry room.
This afternoon and tomorrow Mr.. Inglis
will give Bible readings at this church, from
to o'clock, and he will preach at u O'clock
at the same place Monday and Tuesday even
ings. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the
meetings will be held at the Payson Memorial
church.