Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-30
RELIGIOUS FERVOR
ROUSfNG UP THE CHURCHES BY
EVANGELICAL WORK.


The Opening of the white and McGrana-
han Campaign Against Wickedness-
Meeting at the House of Hope Last Night
Major whites Special Introduction OF
bstract of the Services.
The revival, which all the churches have
united i'll inaugurating, began in earnest
last night, under the ministrations of the
cyangelists, Major Whittle and Nh. Nc.
Granahan. The House of Hope has been
especially dedicated to the proposed evan
se!ical work, and last night an immense
audience assembled to listen to the gospel
songs of Mr.. McGranahan and the earnest
exhortations Of Major White. AS COM
Inodjous as the House of Hope is, it was
taxed to its fullest extent last night to &C.
commodate the congregation, which came
early and seemed intensely interested
throughout the devotional exercises.
a feature of last nights service, as will be
during the series of meetings, was the large
choir, drilled to tuneful harmony in rem
dering the popular Gospel songs, which make
so great and entertaining part of these
special services. The choir, fully seventy
five in number, are accommodated with
seats on a platform arranged around the
organ loft and over the pulpit; on the dais,
promptly at 1870 o'clock, the evangelists
took seats, surrounded by the following
pastors and members of the several churches
united in this work: Rev. D. r. Breed,
House of Hope; Rev. VIM. Smith, First M.
E. church; Rev. DR.. Conn, First Presbyter
ian church: Rev. M. D. Edwards, Dayton
avenue Presbyterian ehurch; Mr.. Teter,
Messrs D. Il. Noyos, Tom Cochran,
Chaplain Smith and others, while all the
churches were represented by pastors and
members seated with the body of the con-
gregation.
The religious exercises of the evening
were opened with song, Mr.. McGranahan
presiding at the organ. Following this, Rev.
S. G. Saith, of the First Methodist Episco-
pal church, offered a feryent prayer, invok-
ing Divine blessing upon His servants
labors. The choir continued the worship
with song, after which scripture lesson
Presbyterian church, from 1 Corinthians,
chapter XIII, which treats that 'sgifts are
nothing without Charity"
MR.. JAMES NJ GRANAHAN.
The lesson was followed by gospel song
from McGrannhan, the hymn announced
being:
! will sing of my Redeemer,
And His wond'ro love to me,
On the cruel cross He suffered.
From the curse to set me free.
The solo part was sustained by Mr.. Nc
Garrahan, in mellow baritone voice of
great compass, and with wonderful touch
Of sweet sympathetic melody about it.
Mr.. McGranahan is a pleasant looking
gentleman of about forty years of age, with
u strong pleasant voice, a little hoarse last
pressed the audience and gives promise of
attracting and benefting all who hear him.
In making the announcement of this
hymn Major White took the opportunity
TO introduce Mr.. McGranahan to the con-
gregaton. lie spoke, in this connection, of
his former visit to st. Paul and of tho memo
ries which crowded upon him on his return.
He said he supposed that we have pleasant
renembrances ofhthose to whom We have
been kind, and that must be the reason why
the people Of St. Paul seemed to feel kindly
towards him, for he had received great kind
ness at their hands. He then spoke of Mr..
Bliss, and Of the sweet memories which were
brought back to him by coming here, where
they had worked together. He told how he
had met MIR. McGranahan at Ashtabula,
when he had gone there to try and find
something which would show just how Mr..
Bliss had died, and at this meeting had
provdentia'ly solved tho question which
Bliss had often talked to him about as to
whom McGranahan could 60 and sing thu
gospel with as he, Bliss, had often urged
him to do, and the first music which Mr..
McGranahan had had written after they had
joined themselves in this blessed work was
this to Mr. Bliss words of the hymn "My
Rod emer," which had been found IN Mr..
Bliss trunk after his death.
MAJOR wH1TTLE.
after Offering prayer the evangelist gave
out his text from John, chap. xviii, 81 and
80:
"a ne" commandment give unto you, that you
love one another By this shall all mon know that
20 arc my disciples, if ye have love one to another
His sermon dwelt first upon the test of
true aiscipleship which was the least of those
who profess tho gospel, and 50 when Christ
first organized his church he gave them this
badge just as the general who organizes his
army, gives his soldiers badge or password
that every one may know whether they be-
long to tho army or not. So the Lord Jesus
says, "By this shall all men know" etc.
So if there are not conversions in our
neighborhood and if the word of God is
buried and has not success it is not because
there are not arguments enough that there is
God, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God,
that the bible is the revelation of God, but
because there is not in the lives of US chill
dren OF God to prove to the world
that there is power in this
gospel of Christ.
Then he proceeded, in this part of his dis
course, to apply it ct once to the work in
hand, and to ask those present what was
their attitude in this respect, and to show
that if there was to be a revival of religion
in st. Pau, it must be brought about by all
being convinced that our lives were based on
love to Jesus Christ, and that it shone forth
in all the actions of every day life.
Then he went on to remark that love con-
quers selfshness. He illustrated this by story
Of a Quaker in New England who kept an
inn, and who being approached by traveller
and asked what sort of people were in that
town, asked, in reply, "What sort of people
did thee leave?" and on being answered,
~hlSsraote people; was III not water with
them all the time that's the reason I left"
""all,' said the Quaker, again; "thee'l find
the same sort of people here" At another
time waen approached in like manner by a
different pilgrim with the same query, he re-
piled IN the Same way and received from
the traveller the answer that the people he
had left were of the best kind in the world
and that his only regret was to leave his
noishbors. And to him the Quaker host
said, 'as before thee ii fad the same sort
of people where thou art going" That was
the secret: it was in the maa himself. TT