Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-16
MORE SINNERS SAVED.
Hundreds of Them Evidence
Their Conversion.
Mills Reaps Large Harvest Yes
terday.
The Big Pavilion Packed With People.
Is 1t Nothing to You Was the
Text-Features of the
Sermon.


DAVIS work for Christ was reached last
evening in the magnificent meeting at
Hazards pavilion. While the daylight
services were attended by immense
throngs, it seemed last night as if the
entire community had turned out to
hear the ministrations of Rev. Mr..
Mills, and at 6 80 O'Clock men and women
began thronging into the spacious audi
torium of the pavilion, and by T 80
O'Clock every seat was occupied, even
into the top galleries and the immense
stage, and then the aisles filled and soon
there were at least 5000 souls gathered in
front, above, and around the magnetic
young speaker.
Mr.. Mills spoke with unusual earnest
ness and iervor last night and pro-
found tension was one of the character
istics of that vast audience. When he
solemnly recounted some moving incl
dent OF Christian experience, some
illustration of soul lost from delaying
too long, feeling of unutterable awe
descended on the multitude and there
was stiffness like unto death.
When, at the close of an impassioned
supplication, Mr.. Mills turned to the
audience and in moving accents asked
if they would be saved-if the saving
grace OF the blood of Jesus Christ was
nothing to them, there were quick re-
sponses in all parts of the auditorium,
and hundreds rose, many with stream
ing eyes and sobbing voices confessed
that the love of Jesus had at last
reached their hearts.
After the singing OF a hymn by Mr..
Greenwood, Rev. Mr.. Mills took his
text from jeremiah j., II, ''Is it moth
ing to you?" \ very wise man once
said fools made mock at sin. Though
a man might gain all wealth, all honor,
il even in the struggle his soul were
cramped, that man must sit like the leper
tied to a corpse looking outat the world,
saying. 80 wretched man that Lam"
Some people think they could be happy
in heaven if they came there with the
q man in Montreal going to prize fight
found out it was going to camp meet
iug. He offered the captain $40 to let
him Off, saying it was hell to him
to be in that boat. believe it was. |
believe hell is a merciful mansion for
the man who will not live in accordance
with the laws of God.
1t is time now for you to hear the
voice. Repent for the kingdom of
heaven. Is it nothing to you? There
is no man can stand up and cay II have
made myself clean without the name Of
Jesus Christ"
He has provided way OF escape from
sin. Martin Luther used to think he
had personal interviews with the devil.
He showed him a scroll one day with
the record OF every sin he had commit
ted, and said Luther, you are great
sinner and must 60 down to hell with
me-"
"Yes; l know l am great sinner,
but Jesus Christ is great Savior"
He knew as you all can know if YOU
will, that there is no limit to the saliva
tion OF Jesus Christ. He can make the
small man great, the mean man noble.
The proud man He can make humble,
and the lustful man pure. He can
make the avaricious, selfish man
self sacrificing and loving, for God can
reach down to the lowest depths that
the sons of men can reach and lift them
up until they are sons OF God.
'rne power OF God that upholds all
things in the sun, moon and stars, this
10 greater power than all others, the
power OF God for the saving OF souls.
Whosoever will. let him come !! Is it
nothing to you?''
eff you should descend into hell l
believe one of the greatest and most
poignant regrets would be that God
stretched out his hand to save you and
you did not take it. Jesus of Nazareth
is passing by, and some one of you do
not realize this opportunity to give your
self to Him. There has been no
unnatural excitement about these meet
ings. III there was clock here tonight
in this great pavilion, even with the
thousands here-a pause-you could
hear it tick. God bless the women !;
they have better natures than we. God
bless the children, for Of such is the
kingdom of heaven. Yet as gen.
eral rule it is the men who
are converted at revival meetings.
1 don't know ten grown men who were
converted except at time of revival.
Let any man stand up who was saved
when no revival was in progress:
ELEVEN men stood. You see, out of
this great assemblage only eleven grown
men came into the church who were
converted when no revival was in prog
ress. l want every openly confessed
follower of Christ to stand up. Fully
1000 people stood up All, friend, if
you let such an hour as this pass by you
will be throwing away seven-eighths of
your opportunity. Only three or four
Of your ministers were converted at
times when no revival was in progress.
l pray God my children may be con-
verted when the community is at white
heat and receive the stamp Of the Holy
Ghost. Ii my mother were going down
with gray hairs in sorrow to the grave,
ii my mother were breaking her heart
because was not saved, | think these
things would move me. Yet there are
men here whose mothers and wives'
hearts are breaking for them. Is it
nothing to you?'
"Ler me say in closing that this may
be the last time for you. No Christian
will tell you that there may be another
chance to be saved. | believe that men
are going to be judged according to the
light they have had. Most of US are
neither heather, idiots or infants, and
what more do you expect God to do to
save you? Has He another Son to die
on the cross for you, another Bible, an
other spirit to plead with you and per-
suade you to be saved? Ii you are be-
yond the possibility OF being saved to-
night, you may be forever in the same
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