, 1879-02-19
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THE nnv1vAL MEETING LAST EVENING,
There was lnrvcr congregation last mint Mt
TIC First Congregational Church, cornor Of
West Washington ,ltNl Ann streets, than tI,cru
Inns lcen In Tint otl!flce since The reEtccost-
Stebb1ns ruvtraf commenced. Suir1nY nfghts cx-
rcpte,l The exercises wrre opened with Tho
singing uf tho hymn, "Cruwn tte Savior King
VI Ktnsa." The Isev. G. \. Towle then offered
prayer. ai,l the a,denrn sang "l,nck OF agcs.
caclt for Mc." Tie mats choir sa,E4 "Wurk for
tue MASTER" md Mr. Stebbns followed With
selection entitled "Etcrnty."
Tic Rev. Mr. Pontecust then called Intention
10 81. Mark, XVI, 10: :" But he that bclIagcth
not shall tc damned y; md to st. John H., ut:
Aud he TINT bcItcvctt, not the Son shall not
II waa indeed awful to think Ut the doctrine
Of eternal Elimination, Tic truth Of the state.
iineilt IN stle Gospel accortl!lg to st. Mark had
heen questioned by sotnn ticrsons, but 1t was
puralat s!iet wilcl, % iml tn!so,i s; promnent s
position Of late wns, that The tlntrc Ut eternal
tut.ire punishment was tuo dugnsntlc; WIS 70
nonscnstcal as To suv> TINT the truths of mathe-
tnatics wure dosmnt!c Another objection nut
n,cnt ~as not 10 >accortlancc with enlightened
reasou. Although this bcllct wns very
!S nopuar IT. tug spcaker would venture
sr @ sssst3S" ~snas '' ts 70 aissss sss;e'' waa aa
si.,. People baId: "Wc d, nut object 10 iliu
punishment. hut. we do oh1cct to tl'u extent nf
IN. sT' .2 9eops y & 53 nk ,nt 1a Ma 1
nut punish man so severely ns the Blblo satd
Christ t; ,,! lle!us''M 10 asecpt s,'t Jesas wa
S osrc ss' t. oo st'sS %on "'sh uas s0os reuseS
csus Christ. he thug put nwny FROM himself Ills
last aud only change Of salvation. WAs that no
cAasc for punishment! Wns thu refusing 0f Af.
lcgance 10 Him, the rejcctng Of Ills Sun, Tho
mcnt3 Tile blblu suttl In ono olhcc that unbrliuf
was ncglert. sinny pcono daily aa[l tllnt they
iatl no attetitton, wnlurcr To tle nccept-
anco of Christ. That inattentlon WIS neg.
thu worst character 1t was Neglect, In spite Of
warning, in spite Of entrentv, III spto OF luylta.
tion. Again, thc Gotd llook stated tllat unbo.
lief wns more thau eimple neglect. Many Ind
70 be Neglect, niltl they refused outright to be-
'ieve In The mercy, Or ncccpt Jcsl,s Christ.
Another raasage showed That sln1eltcf ',ad gonc
So far Us to cause pcrsot's to .lsake light Of
So far rs to turn On their heeis and 70 nwny
the invitation Of Christ. They held the word Of
aGt y utter so,tsnpt W1ula Sv,a M God Dns!
Of God was offered to rnan With tears, AMI
blood, mud entreattcs md It was met with
neglect tho sinner not only refused to accept
1t, but trafnptcl It u1dcrt0ot md finally threw
back to uUd the saying tint the wllule plan wns
ic,-tllat the author Ut the p,nn WIS Itar,
"Just for not believing" Some pcouio
believed that the doctrine Of end
less punishment was unjust nnd
unreasonable; islat 1t was cut OF alt propor-
tton With The ain. They asked Il II was III A.
cordancc with good sense 10 ool!eye that uod
would publish men Just because Atum ate tile
applo III the unrdcn ot, Eden: They would al.
low tint tic order to s11aot tile trst man who
pulled down the American flag was Just and
reasonable because the llaE was Il symbol Of tho
iug tie Government. The apple in lie
garden uns Gods flag. Wien It was
pulled down trGAson was cpnnmtttc.j,-fhe
government Of God was fnslltcd A.nl Its power
denied. sfen did not repentbccause OF tllc puu.
lsflfncnt Of Hod, but through tile goodness Of
tlr Almighty. II was not Ills will tl,ut any
should nprsh. lie wIaetl nit tu return to Him.
So soon as 1ncn would lcavu t!icIr Sin md sinful
companions, lust SO soon was tiud ready With
Nutstrctcl,ed arms to wulenine them to eternal
gntcs of Heaven, and nothing sinful could enter
there.
Was 1t cruel and njtst tint no siti.ul lusLfut
peraone were allowed to enter With u! their sin!
Was tho father Of Il faiu!ly Of daughters cruel
ld nniustfor atalnatng ~ tlc door and refusing
to atinllt I'LL crrlng, dsspnted SON, With atl hls
yto tlasUciates MIL evil laUIts7 When the son
retented n,ia tlroprctl ills OWL companions unl
lnbite, tho father stoud rculY to welcome HIN
buck.
Tho meeting was dismissed With the bcncdle-
tfon. After SERVICES Were over nbout 900 people
remained to teach and bu tuught.