Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-22
Gospel GRACE.
Tho Revival at the jackson Street Nj. e
Church-"PoWerful Conversions"

Church-"Powerful Conversions"
sundsy, May 81, 1882, will be memorable day to
many souls through eternity. The services as pre-
viousIy announced began at 80 a m. with prayer
and conference meeting in the Sunday school room.
service in the room above.
The hymn, "Come thou fount Of every blessings"
was sung as an opening piece followed by prayer by
Mr.. Harrison. The hymn, "Oh, tender and sweet
was the Masters voice, He tenderly called to me-
Come over the line, 1t is only STEP" was then
sung as solo by r. s. Clark.
DR.. Marshall preached short sermon from the
text Heb * 90, st is appointed unto men to
die, but after this the Judgment" Life, death.
Judgement retribudon, eternity! What solemn
sipnidcation In those words. Life is q mystery
battling the philosophy of all goddess men. Death,
however, is a creator mystery than Life. Why
should life be thus antagonized2 Surely some dis
turbing force has been introduced into the realms
of life.
Paul explained this mystery. GAS by one man sin
entered in the world and death by sin, so death
passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.'
Some seem to regard death as q masked friend.
Goldsmith sings:
death, when unmasked, shows friendly face,
And is terror only at distance"
do not share In this feeling. To me death Is ex-
tremely repulsive Death is unnatural. God never
intended men should die. Who would not go to
heaven without delay if possible. We submit be-
cause there is alternative Thank God we die but
once.
Jesus is superlatively attractive because he has
conquered death. and because they that beeveth In
him shall never die after the resurrection.
Bless God for q religion that enables us 10 shout
In the dying hour, "Oh DEATH where is thy sting; oh
grave. where is thy victory"
ALI things here speak Of life. The busy throng,
tue gay pleasure seekers the cesseless Iabors, the
hot ambitions of earth, all speak of life. What can
check this mighty current Of life? All! Death Is
stranger than all this. Death routs and rivals all
human powers. Where are the people of the
Rome, Athens, the 100000 men Xerxes reviewed
The 10000 men who worked twenty years to build
the pyramids 1000 years ago? All gone.
Adam lived $50 years 'iand he died." Seth lived
912 years ''and he died :" Enos lived Dos years "and
he died." Methuseah lived 500 years and he died."
SIT is appointed unto men once to de-" Thirty-one
and one-half million persons die every year. You
and must soon join that vast army Are we
ready. Not before death does this Judgment take
place. That day will not be day Of trial. That
will be settled before that time. 1t will be sentence
day. Oh, are you going to get ready for that judy
ment? "Seek the Lord while He may be found;
call upon Him while he is near"
Mr.. Harrison then followed with few remarks In
the same line, after which what Mr.. Harrison calls
an 'altar service was held, during which many per-
sons came forward tn the altar and front pews.
The meeting at $3.50 in the afternoon was Largely
attended,, and was conducted as prayer and
experience meeting. The, principal point
of interest was number of tes-
tmonies by persons who had been serving the
Lord for thirty years and moro.
Then the testimonies of the recent converts were
heard and they tailed very closely with those who
bad been long In the way.
This service lasted until O'Clock.
Att p. m. the people began to gather for the even
ing meeting and long before 80 the seats were all
filed and the standing room fully occupied and
hundreds were turned away. The services began by
singing the hymn, "Marching up to Zion." The
precentor of the church, Clark, Esq then
sang as a solo, sob. where is my boy tonight"
which was followed by prayer.
Mr.. Harrison then spoke for a short time from
the text, Proverbs tx, 10. "If thou be
wise thou shalt be wise for myself, but If
My God, how that brings it home to us. This work
will go on and on. I am standing before persons
who do not care for God. Oh save them from the
wrath of God. Lord help us tonight for Jesus
sake. Christ spoke most frequently to individuals
He said oncs: "What shall 1t profit man If he
gain the whole world and lose his own sou." If
thou be wse thou shalt be wise for thyself. Oh my
God, help sinners here to be wise for themselves.
Neglect! If thou negiectest thou alone shall bear
It. young man was not well, and was advised by
his mother to consult a physiciau He neglected to
do so, and died. "If thou neglectest thou
alone shall bear it, boy undergoing an opera
would live through Il .'oh," he said, "I'm sure
shall get through IL mother holds my hand
Sympathy. dear fellow sinner, there's time coming
when you'll have to die alone. No minister, no re-
vrvast you'll go down to bell alone, alore, alone.
'Oh, says one young man, "don't make Il too
dark" God says: 'rIf thou neglectest, thou alone
shalt bear It."
sought religion not for my mother, not for my
pastor. not for my class leader but for myself. I
was wise for myself Oh, sinner, are you going to
be wise? God help me; God help me,
If you can do nothing else rise on your feet and
hold up your hand and ssy II will be wise.n
Appeals were then made, as usual, for all who
wished to be wise to make it manifest when the
most wonderful scene that ever occurred in st
Pauli took place. The altar was at once
filed with weeping seekers after salvation, ard
the front pews were cleared of those uc.
cupying them and were soon filed with
seekers Many powerful conversions took place
One young man who had been seeking earnestly for
several nights was powerfully converted that he
was almost completely overcome. His first act wa.
to rush to his mother and sister and embrace
them. Over fifty seekers were at the altar
The meetings tonight will be as usual-7:30
young peoples meeting; O'Clock. the regular ser.
vice. We wosld advise all who wish to gel In to go
a3rly