Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-18
The Rev. Mills's Sermon Last
Evening.
A Returning Tide of Religious
Feeling.
Hazards Pavilion Filled by Seekers
After Salvation-Points of Mr..
Mills's Sermon - Today
to Be Day of Zion.

great movement. The returning tide oi
religious feeling that is pervading the
masses OF this city, displayed itself in
overwhelming force last night at Haz-
ards pavilion. overaowing the vast au.
ditorium and filling the galleries.
Mr.. Mills, at the termination of these
exercises. said that Wednesday would
be day OF Zion. He then opened the
formal proceedings by reading Sam
uel H., chapter 1S, which all
those familiar with the Bible will
know is dramatically graphic history
of the death Of Absalom, while in the
forest, riding on a mule, and leading a
revolt against his father David, and
killed by the ambitious Joab, warrior
of the hosts Of Israel. At the conclusion
Of the reading OF the chapter, which,
from an elocutionary point of view, was
admirably done, Mr.. Mills asked Mr..
Greenwood to sing, Where Is My Wan
dering Boy Tonight? The appropriate
ness of this selection can we'll be under
stood. This was followed by the hymn,
1t Is Well With My Soul.
The evangelist then took for his text
the words of King David, when he heard
the fight and exclaimed, us the young
man safe?" Referring to the fact that
David was not 80 much concerned about
the result of the battle that might de-
eide the fate OF his kingdom as the fate
of his son, the evalgelist, in impassioned
utterances delivered an eloquent and
pathetic sermon to young men on the
dangers and perils Of infidelity. Those
who have heard Mr.. Mills need not be
told that he brought to bear on his SUBJ
ject all the agencies Of historical charac-
ters and incidents. ancient and modern.
He compared the young man dedicated
to unholy appetites, depraved habits
and consuming lusts with no escape
from their thralldom. to the mythology
cal character of Prometheus chained to
the rock with q vulture tearing at his
vitals day by day with perpetual re-
agony. Continuing with his impas-
stoned eloquence, Mr.. Mills said that
there we're men in the audience who
carried with them sins they would not
have their neighbors know, and if dis
closed would make the devils in hell
blush with shame. The most hid
eous sin OF man is to know
God and yet refuse to accept the over
lures of His infinite mercy. Infdelity
is terrible thing; and the universal
result and conclusion of infdelity is de.
struction and unavailing despair.
Continuing his attacks on infidelity
the speaker compared with splendid
diction the difference between the de-
partufe from this world the Christian
and the infidel. Hume, Voltaire, Paine
and Inglewood, each was made the inn
personation Of hostility to God and the
great principles that underlie the gos-
pei of Jesus Christ. Death-bed scenes
and incidents Of dying infdels were res
directed to do service for his argument
and impress the vast audience with the
necessity of becoming Christians and
escaping the terrible judgment that, ac-
cording to orthodox Interpretation of
the Bible, awaits the unrepentant sim
ner. Mr.. Mills said he had read Inger-
soils lecture on ghosts, but would not
advise any young man to read
it, but he had done it to
point moral. The melodious voice
of the great exponent of infidelity
10 not the voice for young men to hear,
for it will only charm you to destruc-
ton. The voice of God as He speaks to
your conscience, is the voice that you
should heed. This question, "are you
safe?" concerns every young man and
old man as well. tell you one sin will
everlastingly wreck man, and now is
the time to yield yourself to the spirit
ual influences by which you are sur
rounded while God is lovingly knocking
at the door of your heart. !, There is no
contentment but that which comes to a
saved man. The more rapidly you
move with accelerated momentum to.
wards earthly misery and eternal dis
pair. Do not be like the stage driver
who in the delirium of death exclaimed
II cannot find the brake!'' Put away
your sins, for sins grow by nature, but
Righteousness can only be had by fight
ing,sin and relying on the grace of God.
Beware of procrastination and the perila
of good intentions. He'll, it has been
been said, is paved with good intentions,
and the streets are worn smooth by
the feet of those who intended
to do right, but only lived to
do wrong, but intended to stop at the
critical period of their lives, but death
stopped them. Do not procrastinate.
You who turn away from the forbear-
ance of God, the day will come when in
your despair you will call upon Him in
vain. He will not hear you, for His
ears are deaf to the cry of the persistent
unrepentant Procrastination is bad
enough in business, but infinitely worse
in matters that concern your immortal
soul, which was originally destined to
shine in that bright world beyond the
stars"
At the conclusion of the sermon,
which was powerful invection against
infidelity, Mr.. Mills, in accord.
ance with his usual custom,
asked those who were willing to accept
Christ and lead a new and better life to
rise. Over one hundred responded, and
signihed by their action that they de-
sired to accept Christ as their Savior.
and turn their back on sin and their
faces toward righteousness and God.
The meeting was exceptionally good in
moral results, and demonstrates beyond
cavil or controversy that a spirit is
abroad in the community working for
the moral reformation of those who
most need that religious conviction
which its adherents claim transfor ms
bad men and women into good citizens
and sons and daughters of God.
Fail to Do Our Duty
Everybody has at times failed TO do thei,
duty toward themselves Hundreds OF lad
readers suffer from sick headache n nervousness
sleeplesaneRs and female troubles Let them