St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-09-25
THE MILLS MEETINGS.
A Deep Religious Interest Manifesto,

The gospel meetings under the
leadership of Rev. B. Fay Mills of
Providence, r. l., opened in Music
hall last Thursday night and con-
tinue through the early part of next
week. There was large attendance
at the first meeting and the numbers
have steadily increased almost every
day. Meetings are held every after
noon at 3 and every evening at 7.3O.
The religious interest commenced
with the series of meetings and many
have publicly confessed Christ and
others who were protesting Chris
tians have cOnsecrated themselves
anew to the Masters service.
The services on Sunday opened
with preaching in Music hall in the
morning. Every seat in the hall was
taken and besides about 200 who
were seated on the stage there were
nearly 100 more who stood up
through the entire service. In the
afternoon there was an address to
young people at the North church
followed by an enquirers' meeting in
the chapel. This was largely attend
ed and was a service long to be re-
membered. Many expressed desire
to lead a better life and in the even
ing their ranks were largely increased.
The attendance a the evening meet
ing in Music hall was not quite as
large as at the morning service but
Mr.. Mills gave one of his strongest
sermons from the text, LET the
wicked forsake his way"
Besides the usual services on Mon
day there was an address to the
school children at the close of the
public schools. Tuesday was a
special day and the services began
with a prayer meeting in all the
churches followed by a preaching
service at 10 o'clock. There were also
the usual preaching services at 3 and
7.3O, both of which were largely at
tended. At the suggestion of Mr..
Mills several of the merchants closed
their stores during the hours of ser
vice, and most of the stores in town
close every night at 7.15 during the
continuance of these meetings.
At the meeting last evening Rev.
Edward T. Fairbanks thanked those
merchants who closed their stores
Tuesday in response to Mr.. Mills
request that business be suspended
that day.
Tonight Mr.. Mills speaks to young
men and next Sunday afternoon there
will be a service at o'clock for men
only. The other services next Sun
day will be the same as on last Sun
day. Special invitation is extended
to people in the surrounding towns
to avail themselves of these meetings
and they may be assured of hearty
welcome.
Mr.. Mills is materially assisted in
the meetings by Mr.. Greenwood, the
gospel singer, who has sympathetic
voice with a strong devotional quail
ity. His solos add much to the in
terest of the meetings. A large
chorus choir occupy seats on the
platform and under his skilful leader
ship contribute much toward the
success OF the musical part of the
worship. A collection of hymns en-
titled, Hymns new and old" is
used at these meetings.
Mr.. Mills is a successful evangelist
and breaches with great earnestness
and power. He breaches directly to
the people and has many apt illus
trations and stories. There is
touch of humor in his sermons that
does not detract from their effective
ness in the least. He is a great orga
nizer and has succeeded in getting a
great many people at work to help
him. This series of meetings will
leave lasting impression upon our
community.