Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-04
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UDwonted Interest In the Methodist Church In the Town of fGranby-Abls

Unwonted Interest In the Methodist
 Church In the Town of Granby-Able
 Preachers.
 GRANBY, Dec. 3.-The long talked of and much desired Holiness convention began it's Granby Methodist church. The first sermon was preached by the Rev. Joshua Gill, asso- ciate editor of the Boston Christian Witness and Bible Advocate of Bible Holiness, man of clear head and cultured mind, beautiful singer, self possessed, logical and instruc- tive speaker. His manner is that of cool lawyer calling special attention of judge and jury to the law and testimony, confident that both the law and the testimony favor his client The speaker based his discourse on the text, Ephesians ii, 8, "By grace are ye saved through faith" :" His theme was Sal vation from sin in this 1ife." He sought to show that one could be thus saved, and that increasing numbers testify to such experi- ence At the close of his sermon in re- sponse to his call as many as ten signifed by rising and by testimony that they were tsaved" in the sense that they were in perfect accord with Jesus and sue cessfully armed to do his will. Ten or more others signifed their desire to be ''saved' from sin. Prayers were offered up for those seeking purity of heart, and some of the prayers were "high-toned" indeed. Some spoke as though holding conversation with | A person seated above them about as elevated from them as is your Center church steeple vane from the pavement in front of the edl- l lyc a loudly and continuously that there seemed
 to pc -- distinction of sound. But it lent
 variety to the eeasion and no doNbt con-
 duced to the eleetritya-e of some present.
 The Rev. Mir. Mclaughlin. C. scholarly and
 pleasing speaker, preached at 2:S0 His te-t
 was Is. xii, 10, Gift up standard for tn people," The standard he sought to shoV | was that on which was inscribed 'fHolines
 to the Lord, B this injunction to live bolil, | every day and hour, this the demand | of the whole Bible rightly interpreted I At the close of his sermon there WAS holl | ness seeking session and holiness consecrat | ing hour The ardor of the mornings conse | crating season was equalled and excelled | At 7:30 Deacon G. M. Morse, of Putnam,
 prospered manufacturer and lay preacher | gave so-called Bible reading discourse. H' | began by saying that ''he felt flee as | bird'' in virtue of his entire eonsecration tt l God and freedom from the power of sin
 And by his speaking he demonstrated tha | he was ''free'' in the sense of fluent; in tht
 sense of saying the right thing in tht
 proper connection; free in the use of common
 phrases such as "And do you remember itF
 and ''Don't you forget it' and the like
 Said he: 'ETalk about giving one-tenth | Nonsense. give at times oue-tenth, one
 half, the whole, and then myself on besides. l Layman Morse is the wonder of the hour
 one of the most thorough going business men, and yet one of the most uplifting O preachers. One of his utterances was, ''I'n
 not to talk about politics. But vii
 say this: Business is at a standstil1 iron | overproduction. Mark you, each side O
 the equator there is belt of five hundred million of people who live almost naked | Christianize them and their demand for goodi would be so great that all the mills now il
 existence would not supply them running l day and night. Depend on it. "Freely l give and you will freely receive" He i'll | sisted that the men for mission work wer
 those wholly consecrated to Christ He spok'
 in admiring terms of Bishop Taylor, nov | gathering a company of holiness persons tC | accompany him into the heart of Africa
 and MT Morse hoped the present series O l meetings would result in one or more going | from West Granby into some foreign mission 1 field. This discourse was followed by l third holiness conservation at the altar. l
 was prayerful, songful and magnetic. l
 such be the first day, what may not be ex pected on tho fourth and last day? We ar | Methodist enough to say heartily "Amen' | to all we have witnessed thus far.