Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-07
A Mile LONG.
That Was the Size of the
Crowd on the Sidewalks.
COULD NOT GET TO HEAR B. /. MILLS.
Arrangements Made For the
Overflow Meetings--An-
nOuncementS.
A Mile LONG.
SPECIAL SERVICE.

The seating capacity of the Metho-
dist church is so inadequate for the
demands upon it that hereafter
special services will he held to
obviate as far as possible this diff
Guilty. This evening at 7:30 the SER
vice will be only for non-church
members and those who come with
them. 1t is not desired to separate
husband or wife, brother or sister,
or if you are Christian and have
an unconverted friend, come with
him.
FRIDAYS SERVICE.
9:30 q. m.-Business mems prayer
meeting.
10 a. m.-Sermon to mothers.
2;45 p. m.-Ladies prayer service.
$3.50 p. m.-Service for all classes.
7:30 p. m.--Special service.
AT the close of the 1880 meeting
Mr.. Mills will conduct service for
pastors, Sunday school superintend-
ents, officers and teachers. There
will be no services Saturday, unless
some shall be arranged by the local
pastors in their respective churches.
1t must be an inspiring sight for
any speaker to look into a sea of up
turned faces, such as greeted Mr..
Mills last night, packed in so densely
as to obliterate all distinction of
aisles or pews. The interest last
night was very great, some fifty
persons arose for prayers and fifty
signed the cards presented by
the ushers, signifying their desire to
lead benceforth a Christian life.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Wednesday afternoons meetings
were well attended. Aboat $50 ladies
joined In the 2:30 prayer meeting.
At $3.50 the house was again full.
Rev. Corwin led in prayer. Mr..
Greenwood sang, "We Shall Be
Like Him." Mr.. Mills read the
scripture lesson from Matthew's
fifth chapter and the audience sang
"My Prayer"
The evangelist took for his text
Mat. SAT. "What do ye more than
OTHERS"
Our looks ought to tell that we are
Christians. If a man is saved he
will know it. He will have happi-
ness. There is no such thing as q
gloomy Christian. 1t it impossible.
Christians cannot ride two horses
going in opposite directions with
any degree of comfort. We should
have Christ in our homes. There
are some homes the moment you
enter you realize that Christ
is there from the wonderful
degree of peace and patience that
prevades the atmosphere. There is
one way God gives us to know that
we can be saved, because We have
love one for another. This is the
test of the judgment day. "Here.
by we know that we have passed
from death unto life because we love
the brethern." You can always
tell a Christian in the dark. There
may be times in prosperity when he
looks like other people, but you can
always tell him in adversely.
THE NIGHTS SERVICE
was listened to by perfect jam, al
least 1900 people crowding into the
building aud hundreds being turned
away.
Mr.. Greenwood sang "The Child
of King" the audience joining il
the chorus.
Rev. +. M. George, of the Friends
church, offered fervent, earnest
prayer, and Mills took for his tex
Mat. xxi, Al. "And being in al
agony He prayed more earnestly
He stated in his eloquent discourse
that there were five reasons why
such prayer is effectual: 1-Becaus'
such prayer reveals the love of Goo
and Christ. 2-Because such prayer
makes the church the mother Of hel
children, God is cur father, the
church our mother. 3-When Christ