The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-08
PRAY, Save MY MOTHER /!
Realizing Practical Results
From the Rev. Mr..
Mills Work.
TWO GREAT MEETINGS YEsTERD AY
The Evangelist Inspiring Talk at
the Park Church Last Even
ing---The Afternoon
Meeting.

The second of the series of meetings
which the evangelist, B. Fay Mills, is to
hold in this city took place yesterday
afternoon in the irst Baptist Church on
Grove street. The large auditorium was
crowded some time before that fixed for the
meeting TO begin, aud many were obliged
to stand up in the aisles. The pulpit was
occupied by number of clergvmen,
among whom were the Revs. Dr. d. r.
Lowrie. presiding elder of the Newark
District of the Methodist Church; DIR.
Parmley, of the First Baptist Church; w.
@. Snodgrass, of Hedding Methodist
Church; John l.. Scudder, of the Taber-
nacle; DR.. P. d. Van Cleef, of the Second
Reformed Church, and Albert A. Zabris-
kie, of the Grand Street Refor med
Church. To the right of the pulpit was a
raised platform, upon which sat q larg e
chorus choir of female voices.
ALL HALL
The services began with the singing of
| the hymn "All Hail the Power of Jesus
Name,' and then the Rev. DIR. Van Cleef
offered prayer. Mr.. Greenwood sang a
solo and Mr.. Mills requested the congre-
cation to abstain from all conversation
during the meeting, unless it be to speak
to their neighbor of Christ. Then he read
| the last chapter of Hosea and commented
UPON IL Us u6 IEHus ne Sdlu ludU OOu
wanted an open confession of our sins.
The way to have a revival is for Christians
| to cast out the sin that is within them.
no other preparation is necessary.
Another hymn was sung and Mr.. Mills
announced his text for the afternoon TO
be jeremiah xiv, S-9 verses.
He said in brief that he recently read
| in religious newspaper an account of a
controversy between the several religious
| bodies as to which of them had origin
ated the revival The Methodists claimed
| that they inaugurated the protracted
meeting, but the Episcopalians claimed
| that the revival began in their church,
and the Catholics declared that it was
taken from similar service which they
have held in their Church for years pre-
| vious
ORIGINATED WITH GOD.
| The protracted meeting however, Mr..
| Mills claimed, originated with God, and
the church was founded in great revival
-Pentecost. Then he traced the great
reyivals which have been held in the
| world since, and dwelt upon the Reform
alton and the great religious awakening
| started by The Wesleys. In concluding
| he said that there were three conditions
| upon which the church could expect great
| things from God:-1st Those who call
themselves by the name of Jesus Christ
| should be ready to forsake all their sin,
! SO that when ipfidelS and unbelievers OBJ
| jected to christianity on the plea that
those who preferred to be the followers OF
| Jesus Christ were not consistent chris
tians they could say. LOOK at us"
| The second condition upon which great
things could be expected from God was a
belief upon the part of Christians that
He would do all He promised to do, and a
| continuance in self-sacrificing prayer.
The third condition was that they should
all prepare themselves to receive the Holy
Ghost
Mr.. Mills spoke for almost an hour in
his characteristic manner, and held the
undivided attention of the congregation
to the close. A prayer by Mr.. Mills, a
hymn by the choir and the benediction
closed the services.