New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-18
TIE KENTUCKY EVANGELIST.
MEETINGS HELD BY TIDE REV. GEORGE o. BARNES
Al CLARENDON HALL

MEETINGS HELD BY TIDE REV. GEORGE D. BARNES
Al CLARENDON HALL.
The Rev. George y. Barnes, the Mountain
Evangelist he is called, has begun series OF revival
meetings in Clarendon Hail, IN Thrteenthst lie spoke
first ON Friday evening and yesterday ne Preaoheu
twice TO hundred or more persons whose interest ne
held for an hour and hall with the assistance oil Ills
two daughters, who help him in his unconventional
seryices The eldest OF these ,re, has some skin IN
music and by singing solos TO her accompaniment
upon cabinet organ sue supplies the musical element
which since Of Moody aud Sankey has been con
sidered a necessary adjunct of revival meetings Mr..
Barnes has set with general topic which he I'M ends
70 pursue through the whole series OF MS meetings.
"God Is love, and nothing but love-
Mr. Barnes is "A Of moderate stature, with a rather
spare agure prominent FEATURES. slightly retreating
forehead and dark eyes His hair is almost black aud is
thick aud heavy aud OVerhauging mass or shades
his eyes He has IA voice OF not bad quality for
speakng though there Is slight nasal twang. and he
dramatic effect Of much that says IA enhanced by the
free play OF his tones different mOdulaOns. His ges
lures many but they are full OF the vrty that
marks the OF hs discourse That's free In every
respect hut contains graceful turns OF retoric
which show in the choice and arrangement OF words
familiarity with OF good English. There Is little
rontinuity I'm Mr. Barnes's talks and he frequently ret
peats himself IS fehcitOus when announcing
some iuea which hits at the accepted notions about re
hguu or religious services Yesterday morning. In tue
course OF s scrnOu spoke Oh thc LOlu prayer anu
made use Of this language:
When Chriss disciples came TO Him aud asked Him to
teach them to urfy John had taught his disciples, lie
told them ne don't want them 10 pay II thai way. ~
told them alw va TO say our Father which art In
Heaven" You've heard great many men pray, De-
riur ing "Grcat God :" "Gleat aud most merciIul
God" Mos! adorable Trinity" 4" Architect oi the Uni
verse :" o Great and Holy aud Aw al Cod, eio, aud
then 20 o. IL becomes us 10 pat Our bands on our
mouths d our mouths III the dust You've heard at
a tnousand smes. want 10 guard you against IL; us
been lie incubus of my life Lord bless this food, aud
forgive us al last for Chrsts sake,
Amen" You've heard that too chliIs prayer 81 s.
over yOur victudls. IL
Pnueyer pray tUat sort OF deyifs prayer again I'm
going TO pray Just as Jesus told CA 10 pray Our Father
that's good enough for Ia That same chapter tho
and He save His disciples ID mt You use vain rope.
titiOns as the heather do Nine Cnrstians out OF
every ten ship I've been among the hcathon and
know what that means I've them pray They have
on string. aud every thlrty-tnird bead
1s about INCH long. THAT'S 10
keep them rom falling asleep. And they pray like this
sBfanm Bruhm rahm 81 ahm, BRAIN = big bead
anu they wake up I've seen HInuoos do that. Ihclr
idea Is God needs gng; that the only way 70 get
yting out OF hun is 70 keep on worrying him TIL he
gives II. Tney go him with present In Their hanCs
used the same tang and Fm bound TO tell you
NV experience For the first thirty-iiye years
OF my Christian life, | asked God To do great
OF five hundred that ! asked for Now there's
something rotten about that KIND OF pray ing
never ash the Lord for anything now that don't get it,
But ask Tor snythiD tn once I've asked
not going ask Nlm again God isn't dead; lie ain't
hard-hearted; lie duesnt need nag-nagginR. III your
prayer ISN'T answered II viii he because God has vacated
Lis throne and put tho doyil there IN his stead.