The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-02-27
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In the SUNDAY MORNING NEWS.
MR.. I'LL, GRINDS ON.

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Greeted by Another Vast Audience in the
Bergen Church.
The Bergen Reformed Church was
entirely filled last evening at 8
o'clock, when Evangelist Mills made
his appearance on the platform. The
audience was not as large as on last
Sunday evening, when many were
standing, some also leaving the Church
on account of the closeness of the air
making them dizzy. Mr.. Mott, of
Philadelphia, the new organist, will
play during the week until Sunday,
when he is obliged to return to Phila
delphia.
He played for the opening hymn 'At
the Cross" This was followed by
Seeds of Promise. The duet, "Come,
Gomez was then beautifully
sung by Miss Ruth Tully, the c~ontralto
of Bergen Baptist Church, and Mr..
fGEsSRaood, the tenor. At the opepl
ing Of services Mr. Mills made the an
nouncement that he would officiate at
services to be held exclusively for
ladies today, beginning at a quarter to
3 o'clock, at the West Side Presby-
terian Church, the. subject being,
DUTY That Lies Nearest Prof.
Leeson announced that the meeting
of the Choral Union will be suspended
during the evangelical meetings.
At the conclusion of the singing exer-
cises MI. j. D. Weston opened the
meeting with a prayer. Among the
pastors on the platform were the Rev.
DIR. Ellison, rector of the Baptist
Church the Rev. Hathaway, Rev. j.
d. Weston, the Rev. Bedell and j. M.
Meeker. The congregation were re-
quested by Mr.. Mills to all join in
Bringing in the Sheaves,n which was
sung just before the sermon, the text
of which he took from the 22d chapter
of Luke Being in Agony" The SER
mon was excellent, MI. Mills becoming
very fervent before its close.
He introduced the story that while
Christ was in Jerusalem a woman
came to. him pleading for the life of
her husband, who vas dying. She
was told that she would be helped if
she went begging. She said that she
was rich enough to do without beg
ging, but the answer was that she was
not to beg for gold, but for days; that
every day a person would give her off
of their life should be added to her
husbands. She first went to a rich old
man, who told her that he himself
wished to enjoy the few days
he had left. She then went
toNa very poor man, who said to her
that all he had was his life, and that
he wanted to keep, and wherever she
went she received the same answer.
A thought came to her while she was
returning, and she said to Christ,
sWhy can | not give him my life?''
So He took half Of her life and added
it to the mans, thus enabling them to
go through the dark valley to-
gether. Those of the congrega-
ton who did not consider them
selves good Christians, or those that
did, but wanted special prayers, were
asked to remain after the sermon.
More than half OF the congregation
stayed, some asking prayers for their
sons, others for their daughters, but
none for their mother-in-laws, and still
others crying, have mercy on me"
Nj. Mills gave them long and earnest
prayers. He closed the meeting by
praying to the hord to answer every
prayer that had been sent up by an
earnest heart during the meeting, for
the sake of Jesus.