Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-08
UNION Gospel MEETING,

Increased Interest-Growing Size of the
Congregations.
The usual morning prayer meeting was con-
Quoted by Mr.. Holdridge, and had special ref
erence to the cause of temperance. The bible
reading in the afternoon had for It's subject tho
work Of the Holy Spirit in regeneration.
AT THE HOUSE OF HOPE.
The meeting in the evening was opened by
the singing of tive reached tho land of corn
and wine," after which the Rev. Mr.. Breed
offered prayer. ''There's home that is watt
ing Tor YOU was thon sung by male quar-
tette. Major Whittle announced that on Sat-
urday afternoon and evening the usual services
would be omitted, and that the service for men
on Sunday afternoon would be conducted un-
same hour, 3 P. NJ, on Sunday, there will be a
woman's prayer meeting at the Y. M. @. A.
room.
After these notices were given, Mr.. McGran-
ahan sung two of Mr.. Bliss hymns expressing
the solicitude of dying child for the saliva.
ton OF his father and sister.
~, a fervent prayer was then offered by Maj.
Whlttle, giving thanks for the testimony and
influence of children, and praying that these
may touch the hearts of many parents.
Matt. 18th chapter, End and 3rd verses, was
selected as the text. I'm my Fathers house
are many mansions-I 60 to prepare place
for you" We must come to Gods word to
learn anything about this place. We must
soon change worlds, and it ought to interest us
to know something of this other world, which
| the bible calls heaven. God is omnipresent by
his spirit, but there is centre whore he is in a
special sense az ruler and governor, and that
| is heaven. Some scientists say that even tho
| material, the solar light. has its source in God
| himself: "God is light
n hoQvou ia hosr
| ior to man, known as angels. John. the Apos.
tie, saw heaven open. and the angels and the
| throne of God; not departed spirits, but ore
! ated intelligencies- messengers, minis.
tering spirits. We shall never know till the
| hereafter how they have upheld and helped us.
But the chief interest of heaven to US is that it
is the place where Christ has gone. If he was
not an imposter. this must be
accepted as true. All that
| we know of heaven we know through Him. The
prophecies all stated that He would come down
| from and would return to heaven. If He did
| not return what became of Him-what became
of His body? The Jews would have given any
| thing to find it and exhibit it and prove Him a
deceiver. Or could the disciples, five hundred
knowing that his body was concealed, have
gone out and spent their lives in preaching
what they knew to be lie. If he did not e
to heaven where did he go? What reality
heaven becomes when We think of Christ as
| there.
All of Christ's agonies wero endured in pre-
pairing that place for you, that you may b.
made holy; and he looks down upon you il
compassion and tenderness, and asks you to &C
cept what he offers you tonight. do not be-
lieve in unduly nagnifying dying testimonies
but you never knew Christian die in pos
session of his senses who did not testify to tn
reality of this belief; men at such times viii
! not deceive. God has given US ample evi
dences of the peace enjoyed by dying Chris
| tians. Many of you have witnessed scenes al
such times which can leave no doubt in your
minds that these things are true. Since
last stood here my dear friend Bliss, who sang
so sweetly, Il know not the hour when my
lord may come," has gone to that home
of which he sung. And our loved
friends, Drs. Alley and Mattocks, and many
others arc gone, and the ranks there are fas
| filling up. Oh, friends, better lose any earth
ly interests than your interest in this great
salvation, your opportunity for place in thi
heaven. If there be memories of pleadingE
from loved ones with any OF you Tonight Oh
may God subdue all pride and unwillingnes
and Indifference, and make you willing to heet
these memories and come to Christ and b.
saved.
An earnest prayer by Mai. white that tn
spirit of God may enforce this message to-
night and cause rejoicing among the angel
over sinners turned to himself, closed tn
meeting.
| large number remained to the subsequen
prayer meeting, while Mai. Whittle and hi
helpers met those who wished to converse will
him in the lecture room of the church.