The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-17
SUNDAY REVEALS.
CoAlinued fronl drst page.

and wore q black hat with scarlet trim
mings. In front of the platform, on an
easel, was a beautiful cross of white
flowers, in which. in blue immortelles
were the letters /. H. S. interviewer. A
bouquet OF roses was on o table on the
platform. There was also the insignia al
the society of Kings Daughters there.
Services were opened by the singing OF
several hymns by the choir and congre-
CATION, after which Mr.. Nicholson read
the fifty-first psalm and PRAYED. He an
nounced that Mr.. Ohapman will preach
this afternoon at Lafayette and tonight
at the Park Reformed Church, and that
Mr.. Mills will preach at Lafayette to-
night.
Mrs. Davis was then introduced by the
pastor, and she said in o low yolce:-nWe
have come here to see Jesus and to hear
of Him from His messenger. ! ask you TO
join in three minutes silent prayer, be-
seeching the Lord to aid in the work now
going on in the revival taking place IN
the city. Many causes have brought you
here tonight, and one is to see q woman
in an unusual position.
FORGET THE WOMAN.
Forget the woman and simply remem-
Der wen we ask Him for blessings He
never denies them. Let us now ask Him
to take possession OF our souls; and after,
with bowed heads sing the hymn, Just
as / am"
It was a solemn sight to see that church
full of women devoutly bow their heads
in prayer, and at the conclusion sing the
hymn. as requested. Mrs. Davis. who
has a sweet voice, led the singing, and at
its conclusion arose from her kneeling
posture and began her discourse. She
chose for her text, THE Master hath
come and He calleth for ye,"
THE SERMON.
After describing the gOFr0IVg br0I1Ql6
by the Angel of Death, and the grave that
awaited th~e::departed, she said:-"We feel
then that nothing is left for US, and turn
our thoughts to Jesus and seek consola-
1.-THE Master hath come, and He calleth
for We That is why ! am here tonight.
The Lord is in this city. He is every
where, and has His messengers. He calls
you to come to Him tonight. He will re-
eeive you, and will give you all you need
and all your nobler instincts demand.
Comet Comet
"Do you women. who are giving your
lives up to ~selfshness. not hear him call
ing you? In FOUR s~elfishness you joke
about converts and ridicule them, but in
your inmost soul you believe that Christ
is with you. He is with you today, and
was yesterday and weeks and years ago.
You know IT, even though you do not
acknowledge it.n
HER OWN CONVERSION.
Mrs, Davis then related the history of
her conversion. She said that she had
been rebellious against God for years.
One night she attended a revival, put not
from feelings of piety. just the reverse,
She had pledged herself to not %counten-
ance revivals and be influenced by them.
The ~reyiyalist asked those who desired to
be saved to rise three times, bur she
would not. Service was about to be dis
missed, when the pastor suddenly ex-
claimed, Il cannot say the beAediction
tonight without just one more appeal
there may be one soul to be saved that
will respond"
She did not know why, but she seemed
to be forced to rise. She was saved. When
she toe her first missionary class her
mother said to her:-"Doy you know the re-
| sponsibility of what you wantto do?" and
she replied, mo, "but she loved Jesus;and
that was enough" The mother said III
she undertook the work it was for a life-
time. With that understanding she took
charge of the mission class. Those words
were the last her mother ever said to her.
fhe mother was dead wnen she returned
from the mission class.
8 BABE LEARNS THE REED.
Mrs. Davis also told how she had taught
her baby girl the. creed, and when the
| child had after q long time committed it
to memory she would say, "Oh, it was for
| me He died"
"Ba mothers all OF y0u," said Mrs.
Davis, land not stand in the way Of your
children and Jesus Mrs. Davis in
strong terms besought the mothers to
teach their children u love for the Saviour
and declared His heart breaks whenever
a soul is lost.
H DYING SOLDIER.
"A chaplain once during the rebellion
was called to the side of a dying boy
soldier" said Mrs. Davis. He was a
beautiful boy, and when the chaplain
asked what he could do for him the youth
requested that the Bible in his pocket be
opened and the marked paragraph In it
be read. The blood from the mortal
wound had stained the sacred words, but
not too much for the clergyman to see
they were these:-"And God SO loved the
worldthath he gave His only beaotten son. y
The youth listened with rapture at this
and died peacefully
After exhorting all to love Jesus and to
go to him, Mrs Davis asked those who
desired to be saved to stand. Nearly the
whole congregation did so and Mrs. Davis
appeared to be much gratified at the re-
suit of her efforts. She asked ~theeongre-
cation to once more sing Just as I am
yently for those who wanted salvation.
MANY CARDS SIGNED.
The Rev. Mr.. Nicholson said that he
could not add anything to what Mrs.
Davis had said but he would like to have
those who desire to become Christians
sign their name a address ON some
cards that We're distributed among those
present. Very many Were signed.