Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-16
LONG BEACH.
Interesting Proceedings at Yester
L. Sasslan af The Alllance.

days session OF the Alliance.
The unusual quiet pervading the camp
ground yesterday was probably the reac-
ton of the great excitement of Sunday,
the crowd preferring the attractions OF
the beach to the meetings at the taber-
nacle. However, the afternoon and
evening brought the usual throng to thu
various exercises OF thea ssembly.
The morning session began at o'clock
with the devotional hour, conducted by
Rev. Leslie Gay. At 9 O'Clock the
training class was led by Superintend-
ent G. K. Cole, who gave an address on
''The Bible: How to Read and Enjoy"
He said:
"We might inquire, Where was the
book written? By whom? For what
purpose? Who has read it? What do
they say about it? What is it's influence?
An answer to these questions will awaken
an interest in any book. As have said
before, we should have our own Bible.
There are many ways to read the Bible,
one of which may benefit you. First read
by subject Second, take up the history,
then the biography, the prophecies, the
miracles, etc. Take the chief incidents,
picture them to yourself and ponder
them we'll. Read by association and
comparison. Read by topics, as Faith,
Hope, etc. Search out the doctrines for
yourself, and, to cement it all, read
book at a sitting, marking helpful pass
ages as you read. l once read this book
as treatise on law. Now it is letter
from home from my Father. I open it
now as the family album, and gaze upon
the face of my Father, of Christ my
Savior. "
At 10 O'Clock the Bible Conference
convened, Rev. G. f. Bovard presiding.
The first paper was on Preparation for
Revival" by Rev. d. H. Gillian, of
Riverside. He said;
''The thought is on special seasons OF
revival. There are two opinions prevail
ing in the Methodist Church today, one
that we should have special times OF re-
vival, the other that the church should
be in condition of revival all the time.
The idea that there can be no special
seasons of revival in the higher religious
experience, is erroneous. | believe
Methodism must move along the same
lines she always hes in regard to reviv-
ais. Advise fasting and prayer. 1t
brings us nearer to God"
+. NJ. Larkin next gave an excellent
paper on "Best Season for Revival" An
enjoyable and profitable discussion fol-
lowed.
At 2 O'Clock large number were pres
ent and listened to paper by DR.. Bre-
see, on Personal Work in Revival"
ga revival, az we understand it, is one
OF the most sacred things l know. There
are two themes. One OF personality put
into work for God. The other, the
method OF doing it. l shall deal with
the first. Whenever | consider theme
like this, go to the Master himself.
Some of the elements of his character are
love, will and power. God gives us the
gilt OF his spirit. God does not usually
use men as instruments. Sometimes he
does. He used Cyrus. He uses man as
a man, an agent, loving, thinking hu-
man being. He prepares us to work out
His plans. We must have the same ele-
ments of character that Christ has. We
must have love along the lines that
Christ loves. Then we will toll
increasingly for Him. Then we
must put the will into the work.
Will is the glory of humanity. Christian
men will more earnestly than any others.
Some get the idea that the exercise Of
the will means something bad 1t does
not take much will to be bad. Men who
succeed are men Of mighty will. In ad.
dition to these we must have the same
power that Christ had to turn, shape,
renew, and bless. We must not under
value personality. God intends we
shall have purpose and enthusiasm for
his work."
The next subject presented for discus
sion was employment of Evangelists"
led by l.. F. Gay. "It is Gods method
of reaching the Masses"
Next, Rev. Mr.. Phelps, of Pomona,
led the discussion on "After the Revival,
Care and Training Of Converts" He
said:
"As we are talking OF Methodist con-
verts | would say, they should be trained
Methodistically. They should be train
ed in the doctrines OF the Methodist
Church. To this end, think we should
give a lecture, or talk once in
two or three weeks on this subject.
They should be taught to love the
class and class meeting. Again, we
ought to teach them to attend, love, and
take part in the prayer meeting, which
he called the freside of the church.
Give them something to do"
After all these papers were given, a
spirited discussion took place on each of
these topics. At p. m. was held q
! meeting Of the Young Peoples Methodist