The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-07

an enthusiastic Presbyterian, who asked
Brother Greenwood to what church / be.
longed, and who was told by my brother
that although ne had been laboring with
me for six or eight months. he was not
sure, but he thought was a Presbyterian.
'Ah, said the good old fellow, solemnly;
i suppose he does the best he can' We
can all, no matter what denomination we
belong to, meet here and sing in a spirit
as was never seen in the early history of
the church."
The evangelist said the church was an
aggressive institution, rather than SO
many religious clubs. 1t was necessary
to discipline ourselves before entering
the presence of God. 1t was place of in
struction. He never yet saw a person
ripe for glory in its fullest sense. It was
a place where God could teach with
greater power ana greater rapidity
I'VE are trustees of the Gospel" con-
tinued Mr.. Mills. 1T does not belong
alone to God, nor to the saved, but as well
to the wicked world. We should be faith
ful stewards to those who have wandered
away from Him."
STORY.
srhe Holy Ghost" he said, after brief
ly discussing the lack of distinction be-
tween the three persons of tine Trinity,
was Gods lamp whose light was more
clearly manifested to us than to those of
old"
IL SpcdhluS OL UOQ kTcdb SCUeme IOT
human redemption Mr.. Mills illustrated
his remarks by story OF the Hell-gate
explosions.
General Newton" he said, chad spent
many years plotting and planning for an
opening of the channel in the East River.
He had drilled and bored and deposited
explosives in rocks beneath the waters
and connected them by electric wires
with battery. The engineer sat in his
arm chair and called his little two-year-
old Mary to touch magic sbutton. The
child pressed the button. Instantly there
was great rending OF the air, air,
years more were spent in drilling and
boring and wiring The child, now a
maiden of eleven years, was called upon
again to press the button. There was
another great upheaval of the rocks and
the water, and the channel was free. The
child did it. But, oh, the planning, the
sacrifice of labor, time and money on the
part of the father before the child could
touch the button that brought about such
magnificent results" /"
Mr.. Mills told the story of the conver-
sion of Major Whittel's son, who while
preaching to an audience was so over
come with emotion that he could proceed
no further in his efforts than to quote a
passage of Scripture which began with
Lord Jesus Christ" He repeated the
name, but could not continue. He called
upon brother, who attempted it and
broke down. The audience was touched
.'Who will accept Himf" cried Major
Whittle, and more than one hundred rose
and testified that they believed in the
Holy Ghost and were ready to be re-
ceived.
IT is NOT A CAMPAIGN.
10 bi nave ora Gaea Mr uRGn s me 20 Assist
ing. This is not a campaign. 1t is
merely work God has given you to do.
The pastor and the church individual
are alike interested. Those who put the
most in will get the most out of it. The
greater the effort the larger the returns.
You have not engaged in this work be-
cause you want to feel some pleasant ex-
element. Ii SO, God grant that that feel
ing speedily pass away. We must not
sithere and sing ourselves away, but we
| mus get down to hard work. / shall
proceed on this assumption and feel
that am doing something for the Mas
ter, not when peace and smiles fill our
faces but when the tears of penitence fill
our eyes and we know our personal sins
have been shown. l shall adopt the plan
of the Quaker who found man robbing
his fruit trees. it was contrary Uo his
conscience to kill He got his gun and.
aiming at the thief, said:-'Get thee out
OF the way; am going to fire just whore
thee standS.'o -
"God has pledged Himself for Jersey
City. He will keep His pledge. The
work depends upon u.s.
GOOD WORK OF THE USHERS.
Notwithstanding the vastness OF the
crowd which gained admission last night,
there was but little confusion or josrling.
The crowds were handled by these gentle
manly ushers, who deserve much credit for
the manner in which they performed their
duties:-Messrs. j. ". Forster, George I.
White, Charles Ru Ton, H. Z. Grouse, r.
Van Keuren. L. F. Lyme, Harry r. Teepe,
j. P. Van Cleef, J. g. Lindsay, Jr., J. r.
Henry, Charles, Meade, Richard Hitler,
William Thomas, Jr., John w. Purner,
Oscar Denniston, A. L. Denniston, E. p.
Baggot and Harry c. Couse.
Tomorrow Evenings Teachers Meeting.
A special meeting for Sunday school
teachers will be conducted by the Rev B.
Fay Mills on Saturday at eight O'Clock in
the Wayne Street Reformed Church, the
Rev. p. d. Van Cieef. d. d., pastor.
Evangelist Mills will conduct revival
services at the First Baptist Church. Grove
street. at $3.50 D. m. today, and at the
Park Reformed Church, Hamilton Square
at 1880 this evening. Sweet music by q
trained choir led by Mr.. Greenwood.