Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-20
SALVATION FOR ALL.
HAMMOND'S CRUSADE AGAINST
SIN-MEEIINGS YESTERDAY.
| Story of a Mississippi Infidel-Law.
yers Invited-Crowded Pavilion
Hundreds Turned Away.

services-the Sixth-street Methodist and
Presbyterian schools uniting with the Con-
gregational at the latter church The
service was impressive, and at its close a
large number confessed conversion and
signed the covenant, and others asked
meetings were also held in some of the
churches, and a marked awakening was
manifest, and many asked for prayers.
EVENING SERVICE.
The Pavilion was crowded last night.
and hundreds were turned away at the
doors. The spacious building is seated
with some two thousand chairs, be-
sides large number of benches, and these
were all filled-many people standing. The
sawdust on the floor deadens all the sound
of the feet The choir consists of large
number of good singers, and the gospel
hymns and songs of praise are sung with
much spirit.
These meetings have been in operation
quite while, and are daily increasing in
interest. Mr.. Hammond, while it cannot
be said that he is natural-born orator, is a
good speaker; but it is not his eloquence
that holds the attention of his audience
and draws the listener close to him, but his
earnestness, his pleading, his sincerity of
purpose, which causes everyone to pause
and consider, to apply his words
TO themselves and involuntarily say,
"He means me-" He makes everyone
reflect upon his past life, his present exist
ence, and anxious about the future. He
goes about his work like q lawyer who has
a bad case in Court he makes strong plea
and n n 20 =
ing at you fearful example He modu-
lates his voice to suit he subject under dis
cussion and his best gestures are made with
his right foot, which is brought down with
tremendous whack every time he wishes
to emphasize passage. He speaks with
out notes and has many witlicisms thrown
in throughout the sermon. He is a splen-
did story teller and has no equal in relating
an anecdote
He seems to think that Sacramento is a
very bad town. Here he finds plenty of
churches, fine lot of pastors, number of
faint-hearted Christians, some four hun
dred saloons and brothels and a commu-
nifty of non God-fearing people. They
won't and they don't attend the churches.
1t is different in the East. There, every
selt-respecting man the head of family
or professional gentleman attends church.
He asked that the lawyers come ont and
hear him on next Sunday evening
He took for his text, Acts tx, 4 saul,
Saul, why persecutest thou me?' He said
here were three questions in one, and
asked every one when they went home to
take down their Bible and read the seventh
chapter of Acts, where it is told how Ste
phen was stoned to death. Paul was at
this time and prior thereto bitter in his per-
secution of the church. Whenever there
xyac raxriua1 paul xxypt1lI hra II
saying "get out" and they were driven
from the cities. all except few of the disci-
pies. If they should drive the Christian
workers out of this town there would not
be many, but it would be good thing for
Marysville or any other town who would
get the immigration.
The speaker gave some "reminiscences OF
his visit some years ago to Damascus, and
being shown the spot where it is said
Stephen was stoned to death and Saul con-
verted.
Mr.. Hammond asked for the prayers of
the Christian people. Ny preaching, he
said, amounts to nothing without your
prayers. The mother must pray for that
erring son, that wayward husband. He
wanted to see this entire community bene-
flied. He wanted such a revival here as
would bring thousands of sinners to re-
pentance, and be the means Of saving
fallen women and sinful men. He said he
felt encouraged ard would quote the old
colored lady rhyme
The Devils mad
And am glad,
He's lost the soul
He thought he had.
He spoke at length on infidelity.
Tom Paine lived to curse the day that he
wrote the Age of Reason.
Ethan Allan was noted infidel. When
his only daughter was lying on her death
bed she called him to her bedside and said
Father, shall / die in yours or mothers
faith? ?" His eyes filled with tears, his
darling child was on the threshold of eter-
nifty, and he unhesitatingly said: Daugh-
ter, die in your mothers faith"
1t is your business to elevate the society
of your town, to build it up in morality,
and it is your duty, as God fearing people,
to close up the 400 grog-shops and brothels
in your city. Do this and you will reduce
your taxes, your jails will go empty, your
hospitals will have no patients, and an i'm
migration will Immediately set in that will
give you healthy boom.
STRANGE DREAM.
Mr.. Hammond related the following
strange story While in Hannibal, Mo-, Dr.
b. 7. Norton, whose name may be implic-
lily relied upon, related to me the follow
ing remarkable circumstances, with regard
to the fulfillmcnt of a strange dream by
Mr. Richardson, of Caldwell parish, Louisi-
ana
In the year 1855, Mr.. r. was a wealthy
planter, a man of influence, sober and
kind to his family, though he often boosted
of his infdelity and was a despiser of
Christ, yet his position in the community
was such that he was generally respected.
90 tod Nhr1dt lolr
had given her heart to Jesus in her child
| hood and, with her children, was regular
| attendant at church. Her husband had
| never entered the house of God with her
| since their marriage. One Saturday even
| ing Mr. Richardson said: Z" | will go with
you and hear the Rev. Judge Lane. of Mis-
sissppi, preach tomorrow" This Judge
was well. known in all the region, and it
was considered remarkable thing that he
| should turn preacher.
| That night Mr.. K. dreamed that he was
| in a new box, shaped like a coffin,
| floating down the Mississippi river,
He got up, and walked the room
| awhile then laid down again and
| dreamed the same thing second time.
Next morning he said to his wife
q had foolish dream last night; 1t is SO
| silly am ashamed to tell it." yet, in a
laughing careless manner, he related the
dream. Within an hours time he was
taken sick. His physician came and said
| to him: You must soon die if you have
any business transactions to arrange, attend
| to them as soon as possible"
| Mr.. Richardson said to him: Doctor,
| do you think | must die?'' YES" he
answered, You must, and that very soon. "
Mr. K. replied: Il defy God Almighty or
Jesus Christ to kill me- Then, turning to
his wife, he said: Wife, bring your Bible
and all your religious books and place
them on that table: now bring all
my infidel books and place them along
side of yours She did so. He
then added: Il have never for one
moment doubted your christianity; your
daily walk, conversation and department
for the last seven years has been uniform
If must leave you my request is that you
continue to live the life of Christian, low.
ing and serving your God
He then said: Take all those inhdel
/ books of mine, every one, and cast them
into the fire; burn them before my eyes
they have been my ruin; they shall never
ruin my children Turning again to his
| wife he exclaimed, in despair, How can
die and meet my God? l defy Him to kill
me. | have despised Him and Jesus Chris