Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-08
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
A VERY ELOQUENT ADDRESS BY
REV. MILLS.
The Meeting Last Night at the Trinity
Church-A Plain, Practical Talk.
Substance of the Address.

Last evening there was grand gath
ering of Sunday school workers, super
intendents and teachers, at Trinity
church to hear Rev. B. F. Mills talk
about the work in saving souls in the
Sunday schools.
Mr.. Mills talk was plain homily, full
OF practical illustrations taken from the
actual experience of Sunday school
workers who had achieved large
measure of success. After telling OF
many conversions Mr.. Mills said:
mo one on earth can do the work
self. 1t is a work that lies in your own
hands to bring those scholars to Christ
and you should do it. Don't talk about
! the lesson tomorrow, or probation
or foreordination, but talk to your
Christians. If they have given them
selves to Christ; will you do it now? I
know young lady who had class of
nineteen young men. She said to me
How can 1 ask them to come to Christ p
told her not to look for reasons, but
simply ask them, and she did go, and
she won seventeen souls to Christ. I
want you all to notify your Sunday
school scholars to be sure to be present
tomorrow, as they will be of especial
interest at your school. When they
come there you must win them to
Christ. You can do it if you will. Look
out for your hymns. In my opinion
there are only six or seven hymns that
should be sung in Sunday-school. Sing
Just as I Am, or Almost Persuaded,
Pass Me Not, Lord 1 Hear Showers of
Blessing. That hymn, Almost Per-
suaded, has won more souls to Jesus
than any hymn in the books in the last
ten years. That is the kind of hymns
YOU want to sing, not the noisy ones
that mean nothing.
Il knew of lawyer who was not a
Christian, yet strange to say was teacher
OF the Bible class. He was elected by
! the class in Tacoma. He at
| tended a teachers meeting. He told
them that he would not teach the next
! day, and when they told him he must
| teach, he went out of the church. As
he went out he was cursing and swear
ing under his breath. He went home
and thought of the question of asking
his scholars to come to Christ. He fell
on his knees and prayed to God and be-
came a Christian, and the next day he
went to Sunday school and won hia
class to Christ. 1t is not the people
who think they know but how to de
Gods work that do it. Machinery neve,
made q Christian. You must be filled
with the Holy Ghost, and then 60 te
yoar scholars and tell them of Christ. p
Mr.. Mills then called on the teachers
to ask any questions they desired.
"What would you do with the infant
classes ?" asked a superintendent.
sSuffer the little children to come
unto me-" would not tell them pitt
ful stories. Tell them the old story O
Christ in all it's simplicity. Chris
would say compel the men to come il
and to the little children suffer them t.
come in. Tell the story in all it's simplici
ty. A child will understand moe thar
YOU may think. A child will make many
sacrifices il you train them right. Th'
law saws you can hang child 7 year
old. It is our duty to save them. Dt
not expect them to be grandfathers o
grandmothers in wisdom two or thre
days after conversion. They are sell
children and should be regarded a
SUCH"
"What about those who 60 not wan
to give up worldly amusemsnts ?" aske
another teacher.
"Put your whole soul in the work
Worldly amusements aDe sympton
not the disease. You must fill you
heart with tho grace of God, like Pau
and urge upon them the good things {
Christ, to which the worldly pleasure
are as sawdust. When you are full {
the winsomeness OF Christ you can pc
,, suade souls to abandon worldly plea
ures."
The meeting closed with the al
nouncements of the gatherings TO-DAY
after which there was a short period
silent prayer.
Mullen, Bluett e. Co.'s bright stock.