The record-union., 1892-12-16
NEARING TEE CLOSE.
The Crittenton Revival to Conclude
on Sunday Next.
Another Large Attendance at the VI.
Z. Church Last Night-A Stir
ring Exhortation.

Another large concourse Of people
gathered again last night at the Sixth
street Methodist Church in attendance on
the revival services of Evangelist Crit
tenton. The interest manifested in his
meetings is not hard to account for. be-
cause to genial, sunny disposition and
most pleasing presence is added a gentle
kindliness and loving earnestness.
Rev. Mr.. Reider presided and led with
fervor the devotional meeting, in which
Rev. Messrs. Stevenson, George. Her
rick, Tevis, Tyndall and others partici-
pated. Miss Clinch as chorister, and
Miss Clara Brooke as organist, ably led
the congregation in the melodious and
touching hymns.
Mr.. Crittenton preached a sermon of
warning from the text: "Say unto them,
AS live, saith the Lord God, 1 have no
pleasure i'll the death of the wicked; but
that the wicked turn from his way and
live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil
ways; for why will ye die?"
God wants US, and wants us now, said
the speaker. When he says, Nov is
the accepted time, now is the day of sal
vation," and f'How shall ye escape if ye
neglect so great salvation?" l cannot
answer him; but this l know-we would
be towards if, with all the warning of the
darkness and punishment in the next
world 1or those who die in unrepented
sin, we did not portray Gods wrath as
well as His love. In awful truth comes
the word Of the Lord TO me tonight:
when | say unto the wicked man, thou
shalt surely die. If thou dost not speak
to warn the wicked man from his ways,
that wicked man shall die in his iniquity;
hat hic hlpCA will I Of ho, "A
To every Christian in this city do these
words come, and they should make every
effort to reach every lost sinner i'll Sacra-
mento. Sometimes l fear souls will
haunt us in the other world and say, "Oh,
why didn't you plead with me more earn
estly to accept Christ? You knew I'd be
lost Why didn't you come to me, in
spite of myself, and show me the way and
save me? If [ had been in burning
building you would have battered down
the door and dragged me from my sleep.
That would only have been the burning
of the body, but this is burning of the
Soulw
God is such loving, tender father. He
says, "Let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts,
and let him return unto the Lord and He
will have mercy upon him." Oh, come
tonight! Don't delayl l was at the age
when there was only one chance in five
hundred to accept Jesus, for statistics
show that between the ages of 40 and 50
years there is only one chance in five
hundred; but | took that five hundredth
chance, and, thank God, | was saved.
What Christ has done for me He will do
for any one.
Miss Ida Clinch sang tenderly the
beautiful solo, 40, to Have No Hope III
Jesus"
Among the many sentences uttered by
Mr.. Crittenton were these:
ANY dignity that forbids any Chris
tian from taking any poor, fallen sister
or poor drunkard by the hand and bring
ing them to Jesus will drag us from
Christ"
''If we neglect this Savior now, we
will have an awful hard road to go to get
to the last world. We must go over
mothers prayers and fathers tears. We
must tread on this Bible-we must tram
pie on the blood of Christi
IF every Christian would bring one
soul TO Jesus every year, III eight years
the world would be converted.
''If God should call tonight for time TO
cease and eternity to begin, what would
be our destiny? 'Watchman, what of the
night?'"
Mr.. Crittenton announced that on Sun
day evening the usual services will be
held. At 2:30 p. NJ. in the Congregational
Church will be celebrated the second
anniversary of the Sacramento Florence
Mission, and most Interesting pro-
gramme will be presented.
In the evening will be held the farewell
service of the revival meetings at the
Sixth-street Methodist Church, with
overflow meeting at the Westminster
Presbyterian Church. Meetings every
afternoon and evening, except Saturday,
at the Meth odist Church.