, 1892-06-17
WILL USE A TENT.
How Evangelist Bell viii Reach
the People.
some very Practical Preaching by
Practical stirring up the
EsPiIIars of the Churcb.,,


Practical Man-StirrIng up the
''PiIIars of the Church.o
The revival meetings at the NJ. E. church
continue to grow in interest, although
there has not been much of an increase in
numbers. A continual changing in the
makeup Of the congregations is So notice
able that it has occasioned comment sew
eral times by Mr.. Bell. The same persons
rarely attend more than three meetings in
succession. STILL there are a faithful few
that hold fast and are helping wherein
rhey can. The backwardness eyinced bv
the general church membership in taking
part has not yet been overcome. Yesterday
morning Mr.. Bell received tent from San
Francisco, which will probably be put up
before long for the benefit of church men,
bers and others who "have a horror of re-
vivals in the church. Mr.. Bell will make
1t as easy as possible for backslidsrs and
commonplace sinners to turn from their
ways of wickedness and again live consist
ent Christian lives.
The exact location of the tent will be
made known later.
Last night there was a moderate attend
ance, the absence of prominent pillars of
the church being attributed to numerous
attractions in other parts of the citv that
could not be possibly missed.
Among the good things said by Mr.. Bell
! was ChlS; 1t is presumptuOus for a man
70 ask God to do something that he can do
nlmselt. II poor woman needs a sack of
Hogr why d0n you go and take it to her
ana nc, ask dod's blessing on the way"
] Then in qriOu ~ 10, r
| whose plain duty it was to be taking part
III the meetings, he said: "The church
/ member who sits around the hotel and
chaCs with his friends while there are souls
to be saved, IS not in the line of duty, and
the person who attends social gathering
OF place OF amusement when he ought to
be mere is not doing what he ought to do. -
He got after the unconVerted church
members IN dead earnest last night. IN
deed, nearly all his preaching seems to be
directed toward the lukewarm and back
slldden element in the church. By svs-
TEN OF comparisons and analogies ne dem
onstrated with wonderful clearness that
many persons iysSnOminal Christian lives,
even SO far as to having family PRAYERS
without knowing anything about regenera.
ton or spiritual BIRTH that consciousness
OF life within that comes not by pbilOso.
phy, but by experience" He is a strong
advocate OF experimental religion. In
! NNNN' ~ 10 INC only KIM OF religion that
means victory over sin and death.
Mr.. Bell is between 65 and 70 years ofage
but is as strong and vigorous as MANY mer
are at 90. For fifteen years of his life ht
was luenJlhed with the printing and news
paper business. He has also been engaged
IN other business enterprises, but the mos
lasting work of his life has been performed
IN the capacity of an evangelist. He looks
like retired capitalist with a tendency Ia
be public benefactor, Frequent evidence
is given IN his discOurses Of his wide ex
perlence in business affairs, and his thor
oughly practical nature In spite of hi,
attalnments he does not make ann
effort to dazzle his hearers. HS
uses conversational style of delivery be-
cause 1t IS efficaciOus in presenting the gos
pei, Indeed, his preaching" Is really
talking" and sounds very much like s
conversation carried on by one person
He said last night that he sought to imag.
nlty Christ" and not himself and there /,
abundant evidence that he is succeeding.
There will be services tonight but none
tomorrow night. Mr.. Bell desires that tn,
meeting tonight may be one of unusua
interest because it is the last one of th,
week.