Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-28
NEARER TO GOD.
What Road Are You Going to Take to
Get There?

what Road Are You Going TO rake 10
Get Theree
The Rev. John Harmon preached again
last evening to " crowded house" in the
Seventh-street NJ. E. Church. The aisles
were filed with chairs, as was also the
ante-room, and still many who came late
were turned away. His novel methods of
conducting service; his odd comparisons
of things celestial with those terrestrial !;
his homely and pointed illustrations his
keen wit and local applications his strong
appeal to the sinner to fee from the
wrath to come and his belaboring of the
weak kneed Christian his superior style
of telling an anecdote with serious moral
his Incompatible manner of telling pa
thetic story, and his altogether original
method of campaigning against the devil,
draws the people nightly to hear him.
His appeals begin with the opening hymn.
He makes a sermon out of the words of
every line; every stanZa is a text to him,
and he induces every one in the audience,
both saint and sinner, to join in singing
the songs of the church. The first song of
the service was:
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee
Fen though it be cross
That raiseth nae,
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee
What road. brother, are you taking to-
night TO get nearer to God? A noted turf
man once had a celebrated race horse
which was going for a large purse. His
horse won, and as he came under the wire
a winner the band struck up, Nearer, my
God, to Thee" Ii is not the proper place
to get nearer to God, on the race-track. A
man would not look for flowers in the tule
marshes, but he would so to your beautiful
Capitol grounds. If you desire to get nearer
to God and gather immortal flowers
you must go into the garden of prayer
and pull up branch of heavens violets
In Italy has been built one of the finest
hospitals in the world, where all the sani-
tary arrangements are as perfect as human
ingenuity can invent. To give that hospi-
tai pure fresh air they have laid under
ground pipes 10 the SUBMITS of distant
mountains and closed its windows to the
foul and disease-ridden atmosphere OF the
city We should have a pipe of prayer
running to the mountains of heaven Your
private prayers will bring down the re-
freshing breeZes of heaven. Let us in
PRAYER tonight come nearer to God, nearer
to Christ, our Saviour. Let US turn our
DdckS upon SIN, tue love OF the world, and
go out and find Jesus. Let US all pray.
No battle was ever won. no enemy routed,
by tne firing of single cannon, but it is
the volleys of mimic balls that does the
execution. You must all pray if you
would enjoy the Kingdom of God. There
are no dead-beats in heaven. Prayers are
bank-checks on heaven. Be careful of
your bank account, and see that all your
checks are drawn Alright Nav God to-
night cut the wicked to the heart. May
they be pierced with arrows tipped with
the fires of hell, so they will realize their
condition and seek Christ Jesus.
He preached a most excellent sermon
from Acts XIV, %: And as he reasoned
for righteousness. temperance and judg-
ment to come, Felix trembled and an
swered, Go thy way for this time; when
l have convenient season l will call
thee"
Mr.. Harmon goes TO San Francisco to-
day. Tonight the pulpit will be occupied
by other ministers. Mr. Harmon will
preach tomorrow and Friday evenings.