Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-16
PEvTRcOsr TALKS OF HIS WORK.

RENT8OOSE IA bA6 VF xAAS "OnAs A Very Interesting Discourse to the
 Largest Audience Which Has Listen-
 ed 10 Him at the Church of the Re.
 deomer - His EvaDgelistic Work in
 Scotland.
 Rev. Dr. George Pentecost preached to the largest audience which has thus far listened evening. Almost every seat was taken. He has been in the ministry twonty-six years, and fourteen years ago first resigned his pass torate to begin evangelical work. He has made three visits to Scotland, and there some of his most effective work has been done.
 The evangelist does not preach on Sunday only, said he last evening. The evangelist, in opening, spoke of tho necessity of con- tinlous work to bring souls to Christ. Con- tinuity of impression is one of the great fac. tors In the work. The meeting must bs kept aQoing, then you must strike while the iron is hot. During the seven years ot my last pastorate in Brooklyn always had an extra meeting on Sabbath evenings after the regular service, and upon every time we caught souls. was in Scotland in 1874 was shortly afterwards there and recently have been there again. And what shall I cay aboat Scotlanda A little country scarcely bigger than one of our small states, with population less than four millions, with but little fertile soil, it has attracted the attention of the world in many ways. Scots are found everywhere that there is steam engine or blow. It is the home of John Knox and the seat of the second Reformation. There are five bodies called Prssbyterians, but they are as distinctly scots as can anywhere be found. began to work in Scotland in the city of Glasgow. It is the great commercial port of Scotland. Our work in the west end, as far as the better class of people is concerned, was not very successful, for the people there have their dinner from 2 to o'clock, and soup and salvation do not go we'll together. Ministry in Scotland is much more of a pro. fession than 1t Is here. It is not surprising that great many unoonverted men get into the ministry. The Scots are intensely religi- ous. All families read the Bible daily and say their prayers, but they are reticent about confsssing faith and conversion. Their reticence is such that confession is difficult to obtain except in private. determined to try 1t and found that the Scotch people ao. cepted my invitation readily, and have seen more than 5000 people come up and publicly acknowledge their conversion to God, and was five months in Glasgow. In the west end, the park district, where the highest class dwell, were the fewest number of conventions. Among the working people was the great power of the gospel seen. The results which could name in all this prove that evangelistio work is not one that urges the people to . high degree of excitement and then leaving them. have found that the converts made were among the most firm in Glasgow. For eleven weeks in Glasgow preached to business men between 1 and ? o'clock. frequently had audiences repre-. senting fifty pounds sterling. In Dundee did the same. This shows that the common saying that the gospel is only for women and children is as false as any lie which goes about through the newspapers and magazines. When we got the gospel down to the com mon form for the commonest people did the best people begin to become converted. | have preached time and time again to audi enoes of IS, ,000 Scots in the open air, and whom the voices of this great multitude was lifted up in some old Scotch covenant psalms | the effect wss truly wonderful. Edinburgh was another place where extensive work | was done.
 | Dr. Psntscost gave many amusing and In
 terssting incidents of his work. As to phys
 ical labor done in the twenty months of hil
 last stay in Scotland, he made 1,360 ad
 dresses, to an average congregation of ,2O( p0ople,