The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-13
A TALK TO YOUNG CONVERTS
Mr.. Mills Tells Them What They Ought
to Do in Their New Christian Life.
The Revival Meetings Close with the Largest
Audience the Evangelist Has Yet Ad-
dressed-A Gratifying Success.

The labors OF the able young evangelist, Rev.
B. Fay Mills, closed in this city yesterday. That
the meetings cannot be said to have closed be-
cause of lack OF interest is attested by the fact
that the attendance at the meetings on the clos
ing day was larger than any week day during
the series Tomlinson Hall Was crowded last
night as it had been crowded but once before
during the revival. and that was = Sunday
night. There were thirty-fve hundred people
to hear Mr. Millss closing remarks and bid him
goodbye. The First Presbyterian Church in
the afternoon was also crowded. and a delight
full service held At the conclusion of his adj
dress number of pastors among them Drs.
Mcleod, Hanes, Jeffrey, Edison, Hyde. Mitch
ell and others, spoke feelingly of the work that
had been accomplished by the evangelists visit.
After Rev. L. W. Munhan had led in prayer
at the night service, Mr.. Mills addressed the
congregation from Second Corinthia ms, xiii,
2: FINALLY brethren farewell Be perfect. be
of good comfort, be of mind live in peace;
aud the God of love and peace shall be with
you.'
While q portion of bis sermon contained
most fervent appeal to the unsaved, he also
which caused his audience TO laugh heartily
something that he had not done at any of the
previous meetings. The most interesting part
of the talk was the parting words he addressed
life He advised them to study the Bible
means of obtaining their spiritual food and
would starve They should learn how
to pray. not occasionally, nor even
habitually, but increasingly. FINALLY said
he, you must learn obedience. That is prac-
tically the whole of the Christian life. Obedi-
is trust There is nothing that is not in
cluded IN obedience. It is the faculty which
God can develop character" If person
perfectly obedient Christian question
would present itself to him In regard to the line
of conduct which he should pursue which
would be too difficult for him to solve. But in
order to be able to do this, unconditional
surrender to God necessary.
A great many Christians seemed TO
be greatly troubled about what they
should do in the matter of certain amusements.
Without going into any special discussion of the
subject the evangelist said there were unques-
tionably certain forms of dancing. as practiced
even in socalled cultured classes, which were to
be condemned most earnestly: there
tain forms of the theater which were positively
degrading we'll as sinful; and there were
other questionable amusements. There
forms of card-playing which had the essence of
gambling A large proportion of these things
were condemned by all Christians. Some or
them, however, were condemned by only por-
ton of the church members. What, then,
new Christian to dot How should he know
what to do2
Z. 81 will tell you how to answer all these ques-
tions," said the preacher Whenever there is
any doubt about thing, don't do it. How many
of these vexatous questions would that rule
covert Do not do questionable thing. III
you really want to know whether you ought to
dance, you kneel down before God and say,
Lord, tell me whether l ought TO Dance
and il the Lord tells you to
dance, you dance. once knew
Christian who had daughter that had
begun TO be greatly attracted by the theater.
One night she imporsuned her father to go to
the theater with her, but. he said no. He had
not forbidden her going but was nevertheless
panied at her growing taste for it On this
night none of her friends had come
around TO go with her, and so she
had asked her father. When he refused to
go. she said: We'll. who can go witn2 can't go
by myself IN tell you who to 60 WITH replied
the father. You 60 up to your room aud ask
Jesus TO go with you The girl went upstairs
looking rather thoughtful and after time she
returned with her face considerably brighter.
Well. did you ask HmP said the father. Yes
What did He say2 He said He couldn't COR
The evangelist said he wouldn't try and decide
some of the perplexing questions because, il he
did. people would say that was only his opinion;
other ministers didn't think the same way. He
would make clean breast of one thing, how
ever-he didn't dance
At the conclusion of Mr.. Mils's sermon
number OF ministers made brief addresses con-
corning the benefits that had been derived from
to thank the City Council who had donated them
the use of Tomlinson Hail. He also said the
work accomplished by the meetings had bean
materially helped by the press. Indianapolis
was fortunate IN having papers that were edit
cd by men who were Christians Rev. Drs.
Jeffrey, Hyde and Hainss and Captain Ritter
also made addresses Hundreds of the eaudltors
shook hands with Mr.. Mills at the close of the
service.