, 1879-05-07

The opening services Of Whlttte and Nc
Grannhau, the evangelists In this ctr, wcre
held at tho Lincoln park Congregational Church
lust evening. The attendance was quite large,
t1lc various churches In tilat Locality being veil
represented. tito exercises commenced with
singing anl prayer, by tho cyangcltsts, very
mitch aiter the style Of Pentecost md
stabtinS, whose 1abors wero 80 aignaily
successful hero to'uo weeks ago. Mr.. Nc
Nranahan led The singing, anl was assisted by
volunteer choir, which Was not as full MS II
might hare been, yet The music compared ycry
favnrably with TINT Mt tic meetings OF the other
evanEel!stt. The selections were rsylva! hymns,
and between them Mr. Whtttle hal something
pertinent to5ay. AZ one limo llu alluded to tic
killing Of T. l} Weber, and drcw tlercfrom n
fearful picture of il1e sin md inquity With
Which thu city abnunds, to better set out the
importance mud necessity Of revival III tho
cllurrhcs,
Alaj WhIttle preached tic sermon Of tic
evening, uti proved himself to DO II clear mil
forcibtu speaker, His style is so;ncwilat like
thnt Of Mr.. Pentccost. lie took the following
words rs h!s ttxt:
o! Alu because they believe not on Me.--.7ohn
xpl., b.
lie commenced bY RayIng TINT we were not to
be lost because Wn did not believe certain fncts,
hut, II lost ut ali. BECAUSE VIZ did not brlicve on
ttut. we HllsHl DClClE Ill EEFlHlH LIl(LIS VI
His without believing upon Him or ii, Him, Lut
We llatl to re-nrd lin rs . personal God, and
believe III Him as revealed through Ills word.
II we believed ~ Him we certainty would be-
he cl,tla. an,l to helcye III God rs tir cllill be.
1taycd III his father OF tpncher. Cornelius did
mt know God nor yet betcve IN Him until
Peter preached His i,atuc ind told the story Of
Christ was In thu fact That he preach
cd q personal God. nM! bore testimony
to Ills works and power to forgive sin. Philip
preached personal God also, an1 presented
bc saved but we shuuld beieve mt with eo,4-
tcssion us thu mouth alone, hut With helief III
lie heart, jst as thr cniId believed bis father
in asking lar information on matters Of which
ho knew nothing. We could no: brlicye, how
iuE, nnd n d!lIgent study VI the little, for
this was the starti,s- point. The truth Ind 10
first come through tlic mind, and tie Bil,ic
presented 1t. but MI intellectual conception
was not a belief, for The devils believed md
trcmblu,l. The truth persuadrd tta heart to
believe, hut VIC had to b,!rye to tl.c Gxtent of
committing otlrselyca to liiln,-to ALLOW 1ltm to
lo for ns what llc cams to do.-to save us.
We heard Of Il savings bank, but 1t was not tln-
I'll We llau la!ll' In Its MANAGEMENT tlat VIC
committed our money to its Keeping. THIS Nus
cruLc form of faith.
We hrard al Christ nj religion, Of the church,
until We believed lis word uni committed
0ur nll to Ills kccpFlg. We took
tl,o bank oiiecr's word laat cur money wus IN
deposit Wien tnqnirng for It.. Wo never saw
the money. but, having faith In thu ollicer's
word, w went away cvntensetl. so should VIC
tako tho word Of God. This was belief nnl
1utth,, ami unoclicf was sin. living not ncccs-
sarY, he went On 70 say, speaksnS Of TIC unbc-
llcyer, TO spit In God's facc, tn cruelty an cyan
get|st, or stoic Stephcn to mark lis rs enemies
nf Christ, Our failure to accept Him was ubc.
| lief, md WIS saYns ifc had never arisen from