The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-11
SPICE TN RELIGION.
Mr.. Mills Tells of a Man
Who Said: Good Bye, God;
Good Bye, Jesus; I'm OFF
for Hoboken.'
CHRISTIANITY AND THE iCEMAN,
A Great Meeting Listens to Funny
Stories Intended to Make All
Men Better.

Goodbye God, goodbye Jesus; I'm go
| ing to Hoboken," said Evangelist Mills to
| vast throng that had assembled at the
Tabernacle last night to hear him. The
expression was made in the middle of his
| discourse while he was trying to explain
that it was impossible to separate bust
ness and religion if man desired to be a
Christian. Everyone appeared to feel
| sorry for the individual who made such a
rash journey.
The Tabernacle was crowded during
| the services of the evening, and people
stood in the aisles from seven O'Clock un-
| til quite half-past nine O'Clock, and five
hundred were turned away at the door.
hose who stood were physically thor
oughly uncomfortable, but seemed TO be
| spiritually very happy. The comfortably
seated choir of nearly four hundred per-
sons gazed at them in a commiserating
manner.
Occasionally some lady would loan out
her lap to tired sister for seat and
many men no doubt would have taken
pleasure in Offering The same courtesy if
it had been permissible. They would
have given their seats to the ladies also,
but they were not in horse car.
The first row of camp stools on the plat
form was occupied by the pastors of some
of our churches and others identified with
the work of salvation. Among them
were the Rev. Alexander McKelvey, the
Rev. w. r. Duryea, the Rev. p. d. Van
Cleef, the Rev. John Crawford, the Rev.
ID. G. Nicholson, the Rev. J. i. Scudder,
the Rev. A.. A. Zabriskie, Arthur Lucas,
superintendent of the Y. NJ. G. A.; the
Rev. w G. Snodgrass, the Rev. J. Boyd
Brady, the Rev. DIR. Parmly and the Rev.
DR.. Mitchell.
HOW MILLS LOOKS.
In the centre OF this group stood the
evangelist. He has O pleasant face but
nervous manner. His hair is light in
color and curly. No mustache conceals
his very large mouth, but a constant
smile passes around it with theregularity
of q six-days-g -go-as-you-please pedestrian
on the track. The evangelist has no
whiskers either.
The services were opened by the Rev.
Mr.. Nicholson, who said that whenever
there was anything pleasant going on he
usually got his share. His share of the
good things last night was to ask the
audience to open their pocketbooks
Mr.. Nicholson assured all that Evan
gelist Mills and Choirmaster Greenwood
would not receive any of the donations,
and that the money subscribed was to be
used for the expenses of the series of
meetings being held. When he con-
cluded the choir sang hymn, and Mr..
Greenwood followed with the solo, 1T
must be the breaking of the day.
For small man Mr.. Greenwood has a
very large voice, and there is some music
in it. The evangelist asked the congrega-
ton to join in the chorus.
When the singing had been finished, the
evangelist, with rev notes IN mis- hand,
stepped up to table and said:-"I want
to ask you to listen to words that came to
John 1900 years ago."
He then read several verses from John
f1r1<
which he besought God to give Mills
power to continue the good work.
Il want to say right here, said Mr..
Mills, when the prayer was completed,
s'that the rest of the meetings will be just
as much union meetings as this one but
we will use two churches each night.
"Mr. Wilbur Chapman, who soon will
be installed pastor of John Wanna
makers church, at Philadelphia, will
preach at one church and at the other"
Today Mr.. Chapman will preach at the
Second Presbyterian Church at half-past
night services will be held at the First
Baptist and the Park Reformed
Churches.
At ten O'Clock today Mr.. Mills held
service at Hedding M. E. Church, and will
do SO every morning, Saturday excepted,
also every evening at the Park Reformed
and First Baptist Churches.
DIVIDED CHOIR.
Mr.. Mills said that the choir would be
equally divided between the two churches,
and then began his sermon to the people.
His text was:--"We to them that are at
ease in Zion and trust in the Mountain of
Samaria. which are named chief of the
nations to whom the house of Israel
came"
.sThe people of Israel and Judea had
forgotten God" said Mr.. Mills. ''and had
torn down their idol Israel trusted in
the mountains of Samaria, but they were
carried away into captivity and the time
came when woe fell ON them. Today
they are a people without almost name,
without home and without land, and
are Kissed almost wherever found.
A man not whole souled Christian is
not at ease at Zion. OF course we do not
all live up to the scriptural doctrine, but
it is dreadful thing for man to live
out of the church completely Church
members are not perfect, but do the best
they can.
II believe one bad church member can
do more harm than very bad infidel A
butcher once attended church, which was
proper thing for him to do; he saw
man In front of him arise and declare his
Christian feelings. The butcher doubted
him for the so-called Christian owed him
500 which he could not collect. This is
not Christianity"
There were some persons who did not
laugh at this story, but, not being in the
ice business, did relish this one.
RELIGION ON ICE.
some day. said the evangelist, 'an ice
cart was discovered which contained the
inscription, Holiness to the Lord
'"rhe man who discovered this had al
ways viewed icemen with an eye of sus-
picion, and he asked the driver why it
was thereg'
Because said he. II have found the
Lord and Pm not afraid to acknowledge
it, 1t is also benefit to the company
for me to be Christian, for it gets all
my receipts now"
Mr. Mills neglected to say how much
the consumer saved by this conversion.
II remember" continued the speaker,
"that once when l was considering
whether should branch out as an evan
gelist or remain pastor of church,
wealthy manufacturer sent for me; he
wanted me to hold a revival
"He met me and ignored all the busi-
ness men who desired to see him that
day, and said that he could not meet
them for two hours. He put in two hours
Of hard work for God, and the next day
he invited all his employees to assemble in
d room. There We're very many of them,
and the most successful meeting / ever
held was the result.
''All but TWO present declared they
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