The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-03
THE seed MILLS SONHD.
Discourses Showing That It
Is Bearing Fruit for
the Churches.
1856 "FALL IN" AT THE TABERNACLE
The Rev. Mr.. Scudder and the Rev,
DR.. Mitchell Talk About the
Big Revival to Their
Congregation.

A large congregation greeted Pastor
Scudder at the Tabernacle yesterday
morning and listened with close attention
to his discourse. He chose for his text,
Follow me, John xxi, 10.
Mr. Scudder said that during the Mills
meetings recently held in this city, many
people became Christians, and that they
were soldiers now and should "fall in, .
just as the soldiers at camp do. All the
ministers have given this command, and
in obedience to the one from the Taber-
nacle it was announced later that 1876 per-
sons would be taken in the church next
Sunday.
Mr.. Scudder said Christ was the COM
mander of the Christian army: the min
listers were his lieutenants, and the Chris
tian workers his soldiers Some people
had from one to five objections to joinin g
the Church, and the first was:-'slf join
the Church must sign long creed. y
A SIMPLE CREED.
tThis is true in some churches" F" said
Mr.. Scudder, "but the Presbyterian and
the Congregational have not this rule.
They do not make the door narrower
than Christ made it, and they have only
'First-Repent of sins.
"Second-Follow Christ.
ssIf man can subscribe to those two
conditions he may unite with the Taber-
nacle. We have there no heavy cTeeds.
A great many good men are left out of
the Church because of the long creeds
they are expected to follow.
ssrhe second objection that is often
made is that / am not good enough Now
that is just the class of people we want to
go to church. When l find a man who
says he is good enough, / view him with
suspicion. II is bad people who ought to
go TO church and it's the bad people we
want there.
"A third objection made is, i must give
up all amusements.' That is not true.
God does not want us to giveup pleasure;
He simply wants us to lead a good Chris
tian life. In regard to card playing, dane
ing, theatre going, etc, they are all
allowable, if done with good associations.
There is no harm in a PERSONS playing
cards at his home, or dancing at his
home or that of his friends; there should
be no objection to this, withgood associa-
tions; but.in going to balls where whiskey
is drunk and men carry TASKS in their
pockets there is much harm, and no one,
Christian or otherwise, can approve of it
honestly.
THE THEATRES
AS to the theatres, all that should be
required is that a person should attend
some good play such as the old Home
stead and lord Fauntleroy.' Minis
ters attend such plays and there is no
reason why church members should be
deprived of the pleasure.
"A fourth reason is Pm too young, This
/ Is urged more by parents than by the
children themselves t for they usually
want to attend church, and children early
converted make the best Christians. It
is wrong to say that pious and intelli-
gent child is too young to join The church,
but by this | mean one not SO young as
not to understand what he is doing.
s'The fifth objection frequently is
'timidity' and many think if they join
the church they must speak in prayer
meeting and make prayers. This is an
unnecessary fear, and all may come and
none will be asked to speak or pray unless
they want to. Inever ask any one TO do
this unless l am sure the person desires
itn
In conclusion Mr.. Scudder eloQuently
declared that the Church is a gymnasium
in which young and old Christians be-
come healthy and strong in their love of
God