The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-16
WORDS FROM PULPI4S.
Rev. L. C. Muller Addresses
the Young Peoples
Union.
CORNER STONE LAID In HOB0KEE.
Meeting of the Ladies Domestic
Missionary SocietF of Bergen
Reformed Church.

The Rev. L. c. Mueller, pastor OF EN-
ory M. e. Church, preached the annual
sermon last evening before the Young
!. Peoples Union of that church, an organ
ization composed of nearly one hundred
young people, having for their aim the
promotion of Christian piety and ad-
vancement and the discrimination of re-
ligious views The seating capacity OF the
edifice was completely exhausted, good
portion of the audience being young peo-
pie. He chose for his text the words,
s'And when the day of Pentecost was
fully come they were all with one accord
in one place"
His theme was 'The Pentecostal Prayer
Meeting,n which he said was held in an
upper chamber OF one of the Apostles
. buildings. There were present eleven OF
Christs disciples and 100 men and women
besides. He presented the Pentecostal
prayer meeting as model for the Young
Peoples Union, and noticed first, that it
was well attended.
He said, Peter was not absent because
the.weather was too warm; James did
not stay away because it was too cold;
John found no excuse for not attending
because it rained; Andrew was not
among the absentees on account OF pre-
gious social engagement; nor was Mary
absent because her veil had gotten little
ont of style-theY were all present. 1t is
your duty to attend your prayer meetings
whether you feel like it or not" The
second feature, he said, was that they all
participated.
s'The text" said he, presents no evil
denee that the Apostles, or the more
gifted, did all of the speaking and pray
ing They all took part in the meeting.
Y Il l,a+r clr cTlnn
pray in prayer meetings, because they are
born takers and born teachers, and also
because it would not be fair to muzzle
half Of the congregation, and frequently
the largest half"
The third feature pointed out twas 'the
unanimity of feeling and desire" Ere
qIently," said the preacher, 'swe see in
prayer meetings young people of wealth,
culture and refinement Indifferent or
avese to others less fortunate in these
particulars. When we see this sort of
thing it reminds me of the drunken man
whom DR.. Talmage found upon the steps
Of his Tabernacle, which he was about to
enter. The poor fellow remarked to the
Doctor:-'I've been thinking of joining
YOUR church, but the more | think about
ii, the more think WON'T
The next feature was that it was q
meeting OF sincere and earnest PRAYER,
which drew a response from heaven, for
they were all filed with the Holy Ghost
an echo from the other world. 1t changed
all of those present, so that when they de-
parted the blessing which they had re-
ceived illumined their very countenances.
Not prayer meeting from which people
6epart from whose lips angry words are
heard before they had left the sanctuary.
Another feature was that as a result of
the Pentecostal prayer meeting 5000 con-
versions took place in one day, and 1900
more few days later
The grand aeature, however, was the
gift Of the Holy Ghost. In closing he
said:-tI urge you, young people, to take
the Pentecostal prayer meeting as your
model, and see to it that you get the gift
of God to your prayers"