Daily globe., 1879-05-19
RELIGIOUS RALLIES.

Pcntecost on the So,Uer-A Vivid Descrip-
ton Of Mansions Bsstlt II, Heavcn-Sttr-
ring Discourses-Dr. CorOett on. Revtvals
$4,000 Raised for Stt,ason's Church.
The services in the churches materially af-
fected the attendance at the earlier revival
meetings, yesterday, and at 8 o'clock A. M. and
o'clock P. NJ. the congregations were not es-
pecially large. Perhaps the fact of the latter
being held in church in place of Association
hall, had something to do with the difference in
attendance compared to previous Sundays.
And yet at both services Mr.. Pentecost preach
ed better, more stirring more original, more
earnest sermons than he has done before in
this city.
The 8 o'clock meeting of the First Baptist
Church was slimly attended, the church being
about quarter full. The meeting opened by
the congregation singing hymn. Rev. r. F.
Sample offered prayer, the congregation sang
"Rock of Ages" Stebbins sang "What shall
the harvest be,'' and after making the
announcements for the services during the
week Pentecost took as the subject of his re-
marks the parable of tho sower, as found in
| Matthew, 18th chapter. He divided the parable
| into parts and called particular attention to
| the sower, which is Christ, the seed, which is
| the word of Christ, and the soil, which is the
human race
The sower, as understood correctly, repre-
| sented Jesus Christ, the great sower who was
| ordained by God from the foundation of the
world to bring the word to the children of the
| kingdom. There had been several sewers of
the seed, viz: Noah, Abraham, Moses and the
prophets, but finally appeared the great sower,
who, with his own hands. commenced to SOW
the good seed. The seed is the word of God
in which the apostle presented Christ cruci6ed,
| and was divided into two parts, the pulp and
the germ, the pulp being the letter and doc
trine, and the germ the spirit Of the truth.
INV thr1cfI oSxyn $hn 6S,nfr rSvan tn
their hearts, but not the spirit of the truth.
You may learn by heart the entire Bible, the
! thirty-nine articles of the Episcopal, and the
Westminster confession, so that you can repeat
them from memory, but that does not make
| you Christian. Men or doctrine cannot save
you; nothing but the Godhead in Jesus Christ
saves us. Don't reject the statement of the
truth, there are many who magnify the word
and look for living spirit power of religion,
and, as a result, they have rather the spirit of
in man that knows Christ from one that does
not. The man that knows Christ is sure that
hell is doctrine no longer, and that heaven is
beautiful reality; the word of God received
in the heart brings forth living Christian
not all who profess to have the word in theil
hearts have it.
The soil was the sinners and was divided in.
to four conditions. The way side or wrong
side soil, was the person who had the capacity
to receive the word but would not give up the
, pleasures of the world, he heard the speak
but heard MT the word. The stony soil was the
all emotion and when trials or temptation comes
they fall because they have no depth. What
makes good Christian strong spoils thin
skinned stony soil Christian.
The thorny soil was the one who heard the
word but was given mp to the pleasures of this
world, men who let their mills run on Sunday,
, and the men employed by them work all day
while they attended church, and what terri
] bic thing it was to think that there were many
such men in Minneapolis.
, The good soil was the Christian who received
, the word of the Lord and belived in Jesu
Christ The speaker closed by asking all pres
ent to apply the parable to themselves and Sec
to which class they belonged.
3 Plymouth Church
' was fairly attended at the o'clock meeting
The buggies, carriages and wagons showing
. that the Christians in attendance did not be
! lieve in some of the clauses of the fourth com
mandment. The sermon preached by Mr.. Pen
tccost was in many respects superior TO any eff
fort he has yet made. There was at least orig
inality and an appearance of downright earnest
ness, but the effect was somewhat marred by
g repetition of one phrase till it became pain
. fully irksome. Occasionally the speaker wa
slangy, and his nasal information was more tha
y usually pronounced. His theme was salvatio
q Christ the foundation; justification throug
i him graphically described under the figure {
Q ferry boat, in which Mr.. Pentecost describe
j. the man, in the late conner, who thinks there
. no salvation without hard struggling exp
: rience. The fussy passengers, nervous an
> timid, were not more likely to get carried ov,
= than those who rested in peaceful security, tt
saving Christ but the Christian life is our
There are two ways of forming that life in whie
the Christian is building up q mansion for hin
self in the skies. True, Christ prepares IL
mansion, but the Christian furnishes the M
terial, and he is ever sending up bricks G
y gold and silver, and jewels of wood. straw an
stubble. he here described the sharp busine,
man, who drives hard bargain; the man wi
allows his mills to run On Sunday or emplo,