The morning call., 1892-08-24

young men in the Pavilion was the most
eloquent ana powerful that the evangelist
has delivered in this city, and will. withou,
doubt, bear much fruit.
THE AFTERNOON MEETING.
Final Service In Calvary Church - A
Large Attendance.
There were few vacant seats in Calvary
Presbyterian Church at $3.50 o'clock yester-
day afternoon. when the revival service
commenced with the singing Of the HYMN.
savior More Than Life" PRAYER was
offered by Rev. George Z. Duncan and the
hymn, I've found friend in Jesus
Was sung.
Evangelist Mills read portion of the
Scripture and then made the usual an
nouncements. The afternoon service on
and after to-day. except Thursday and Sun
day, will be held ia the First Congrega-
tional Church till the close of the revival.
Thursday" said Mr.. Mills, will be a
great day In ZION. Many business men
have agreed to close their stores aud facto-
ries. Several who from certain reasons
cannot close at the times desired have
agreed to close between y and / o'clock TO
give their employees an opportunity of at
tending the midday service. which will be
the Y. NJ. c. A. Hail."
Mr.. Greenwood sang Come Said Jesus"
the congregation joining in the refrain.
The evangelist selected his text from
Second King. iv. 2: What shall do for
thee?" "We may have to pray in different
ways" he said, "some from the direct pre-
eepts OF God concerning prayer: some by
practice, some by the inspiration of God in
their souls; seuie by observing Others and
finding out the secret of their power. We
can learn three things from this poor
woman'S prayer.
''First-God did nothing for this woman
which she could not do herself She had 10
pray in public. l do not deGuce from this
an argument that women should pray in
public. but this woman broke through every
social requirement of the times and prayed
in public And again she told out he W b ole
story OF her misery.
"We are always patching up ourselves in
some fashion or other, trying to cover up
our physical defects by tine aid of the dress
maker or tailor, but we never will get any,
thing from God without exposing our
spiritual defects so that he may answer our
prayers. God Is nothing TO us so long as
We tell him only Of our virtues and not Of
our sins.
Il believe there is in every one sort of
latent faitn, only 1t needs to be encouraged
TO grow In the full aud exact knowledge of
God. Ii to-day We would DO what be tells
Us TO do We would get faith enough 10 lit
the mountain.
Elijah told this woman to borrow yes
sels-nOt the oil; then 10 borrow from all
her neighboTs, be they friends or enemies :;
then she was 10 get empty vessels; then she
was to borrow not few. Then she had 10
do the hardest thing of alto go into her
room with her sons and pour out the oil
from her own vessel into the emptv vessels
She thought Elijah would be able to wave
his hand over the vessels aud perform some
miracle. But she had only TO trust in God.
IL VAS pretty hard test, but / believe God
will never Gil you up till you are empty.
"Shut yourself up with God aud find il
out for yourself. You must get salvation
from a personal interview with God, casting
yourself entirely upon him. he is saying
TO YOU to-day, What shall / DO for thee?
Shut yourself up with God and pray that
he may pour out the oil into your soul.
In the second place, what this woman
could not do for herself God lid for her.
You must go 10 God and not 20 your minis
ter. All that minister is good for is 10
devise plans and make suggestions and stir
you up. That was what Elijah did for this
woman, and God inclined ner neighbors'
hearts to her ana made the oil TO flow. If
you have not the infinite love Of God in
your hearts IL IS because you wan 10 do all
you can. ana when you come 10 the limit of
all you can do, God will do all he can,
and then our loved ones viii be brought into
the kingdom of heaven.
''In the third place, this woman measured
the blessing and not God. That was a strange
scene when the woman went into her room
with her sons and the empty vessels. can
see her commencing to pour the oil into one
vessel TILL 1t WAS filled. then another and
another until there was not another empty
vessel and the oil stayed. How she would
wish that she could have borrowed more
empty vessels. And so il is with US we
are measuring the blessing aud not God.
If God had not wanted us to be filled with
the fullness Of God he would never have
said so.
You know the legend Of the woman of
Jerusalem who went TO Peter and begged
that her husbands life be prolonged. Peter
told her she must so out on the streets and
beg those she met 10 give portion of their
life 10 her husband and whatever time she
got IL would be added to her husbands life.
80 she went out, but no one answered her
prayer, and then the thought struck ber
that she could offer her own life for the life
OF her husband. S. she went to Peter aad
asked II she could not do that. And Peter
took the half of her life and added it 10 her
husbands and they both lived the allotted
time aud died happy together.
"Oh, sister, would you be willing to give
up half Of your life TO save your husbands
soLlP Would you be willing to give up
your worldly ambitions, your social pleas
ures-would you? What have YOU i'm
your houseY Listen to what God says,
Iell me what shall L do for thee To
every one here to-day the question will
come, Tell me what shall | do for thee
What answer will you give? VIII you sur-
render to him to-day, seeking God with all
your heart, and so in finding him find all
things? ?"
Mr.. Mills offered a fervent PRAYER, and
after the hymn Love Divine" was sung
the benedctlon was pronounced.
THE EVENING MEETING.