The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-06
MR.. MILLS LAST NIGHT.

He Speaks of a Wrong Conscience, and
Alludes to Bob Ingersoli.
Large as the Bergen Baptist Church
is, it was wholly inadequate last even
ing to accommodate the large throng
which attended the services conducted
by the Rev. B. Fay Mills the evangel-
ist. Each of its spacious aisles was
filled with people standing and setting
on camp stools, and all the doorways
leading to the ante oom were
crowded.
The services commenced with a short
service of song, interspersed with
prayer, at the conclusion of which Mr..
Mills announced the order of the ser
v ices for today.
LENTEN SELF EXAMINATION,
In doing sc he recommended that
the day be commenced with q short
examination of ones self and a prayer
to God to show each one to himself.
He also recommended that little
groups be formed in each house
which prayers should be offered for
these friends out of Christ. The en-
tire day, he urged, should be given to
the work, no matter if it did require
some sacrifice, and if that was done
there will be such an outpouring of
Divine grace as we have never had.
No matter what it costs be at the meet
ings today.
He then related an anecdote of two
men who told him they could not
leave their business to assist him in a
series of services which he was con-
Quoting in a certain town, and yet be
fore he left both of those men found
time to go away on pleasure trips. The
subject for today's afternoon meeting,
he said, would be the christian atti-
tude before God and the world
THE SERMON.
Then Mr.. Greenwood sang q solo.
and Mr.. Mills announced as his text,
HE that covereth his sins shall not
prosper He spoke for IN hour, and
among other things said:
ssThere is no virtue in a mans taking
his hand out of the fire because it
burns; so there is no virtue in a mans
refraining from sin through fear of the
consequences. The more a man sins
the less he realizes the enormity of his
sin. God does not measure us by what
we do, but by what we are; not by our
surroundings, but by what we would
do under the circumstances surround
ing us. Cain would have been none
the less a murderer If the blow he dealt
his brother Abel had not been fatal,
for in Gods sight he was a murderer
as soon as hate entered his bosom.
THE INTENT COUNTS.
God is going to judge us as much by
what we ought to have done as by
what we have done. His law meas
ures it all. | know not what the un-
spoken word or u~nperformed deed
might have done, but God does. For
the things left undone is a man to be
judged.
Men sometimes cover their sins by
making false assertions of Gods mercy.
Is God Merciful? | must confess that
/ do not know whether he is or not, if
| am to depend upon what / read in
the writings of men. Geology can tell
me of all the wonders of the formation
of the rocks, but nowhere of the Rock
of Ages Minerology of the compost
ton of the minerals, but not not OF the
Pearl beyond Price Astronomy tells
me of the beauty of the Heavens, but
it has not pointed out the Star of Beth
lehem.
WHEN COL. INGERSOLL WAS RIGHT.
81 cannot read the daily papers with
out encountering stories of calamity,
misery and error, and | cry out, oh God,
how long, how long Y And Colonel
Ingersoll was right when he said, II
hear nothing but the echo of my own
voice. Even the story of Calvary
plunges me into a feeling that there is
no hope of good. Were it not for the
life in the pages Of the Bible l would
not know of Gods mercy and the great
sacrifice He made in giving his only
Begotten Son. That whatsoever be-
lieved i'll him should not perish but
have everlas ting life.
A CONSCIENCE MAY BE WRONG.
'~'Solnetimes men cover their sins by
putting up false standards and saying
they are as good as their neighbors.
Some men set up a standard of con-
science. Conscience is a good thing ia
it's way; it may be all right and it may
be all wrong. Oh, friends, be sure your
conscience is right, or it may lead you
into eternal darkness.
''Some men cover up their sins by
saying they are too small. A little
drop of ink can blacken a tumbler of
water, q little cord will strangle to
death and a needle can start the life
DiOCu moving pOule men cover up
their sins by considering the conse-
quences light. The wages of sin are
death, whatsoever a man soweth that
shall he reap"
AT the close of the sermon a large
number in the congregation arose for
prayers, and when the service was
over MI. Mills held a conference with
those that o in the Sunday school
room.
The John Brown Association.
The John Brown Association, named
the popular Erie Railroads
officer, will give their annual
ball at Cooper's Hall on the 18th inst.
These affairs are anticipated with
much interest by the politicians of the
county, for Mr.. Brown is one of them
and NO dNuht +ba a0n,;n,