The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-08-22
THE BOYS MEETING.

appeal last night iOr general suspension
Of business on Thursday, on the ground OF
morality and righteousness.
THE BOYS MEETING.
The Mechanics Pavilion Filled With the
Rising Generation.
''Alost of Us have never seen a congrega-
ton ike this before" said Evangelist Mills
at the Mechanics Pavilion yesterday after
noon. AID lie was right The immense
building was nearly filed with boys of all
sizes. from the small boy of or years Of
age 10 the boy just merging into his young
manhood. And they represented the future
men Of the nation gathered together to listen
to words that no doubt sank deeply into
their souls. The two front rows OF seats
were occupied by Chinese boys. There was
an attempt at the commencement Of the ser
vice by about dozen boys ia the rear part
Of the hall, 10 create a disturbance, but Mr..
Mills soon put an end TO their miSbehaYiOr
By threatening TO place any dista Der IN the
hands of the city authorities.
TIE Boys Brigade, IN their neat blue
uniforms, assembled at Union square
shortly after 2 O'Clock, where large crowd
had gathered to see them. There were two
batteries. the California battalion COM
prising the PTesb yteTlans, EplScopalianS,
BapT;sts and Congregationalists, under
command of Captain George Leonard and
Adjaiant d. II. Cornell, and the Epw0rth
battalion, comprising the Methodists, under
command or Captain Joseph Berry and Ad-
jutant b. l.. Weymouth.
After all had been got in readiness they
formed fOUrS and marched 10 the music Of
tie drum along GeaTy street 10 Taylor,
down Taylor TO Golden Gate avenue, along
the avenue 10 LarkIn, down LaTkin 10 the
pavilion.
There were about 600 in line, and they
presented a splendid appearance. Their
marching was also, on the whole, admir-
able.
Seats had been reserved for them in the
Marching On" After they were seated
."MaTc.ing TO Zion" WAS sung, followed by
My Country, IFS Of Thee" ali standing
up. Il was sung gTandly.
In front Of the choir were seated large
number of cergymen Of all denominations
among them being a. c. Hirst. Eli McClish.
John q. Adams, George +. Duncan, f. a.
Doane, II. II. Cole, T. B. Pulan, NJ. j.
Ferguson, Matthew NJ. Gibson, Robert Mac
kenzie, I. c. Easton. John Gray. J. c.
Smith and Frederic D. Masters, superinten-
dent Of the Chinese Mission Home and II.
j. Mccoy Of the I. NJ. c. a.
THE LORDS PRAYER.
The service proper was commenced by
Mr.. Mills asking all to Join him in the
Lords Prayer. The hymn Am l Soldier
was then sung.
Rev. DIT. Adams, president of the Bows
and the choir and congregation sang ION.
ward. Christian Soldier"
Mr.. Mills read from Luke XIV, verse II Il
the end Of the chapter, the story of tht
pTodgal son.
MI. Greenwood then sang Have courage
my boy 10 say nc" all the boys joining il
the chorus. which had an inspiring effect.
MF. Mills made the following announce
ments: Service every afternoon Ill
Wednesday in the Calvary PRESBYTERIAN
"a of 70,
women only. conducted by Mrs Mills. Ser.
vice every evening in the pavilion.
Thursday" he said. ''wiI be the great
est day spiritually San Francisco has ever
seen Services viii be held all day from {
in the morning till 10 at night. At in the
morning service viii be held il the homes
al in all the churches, al 10 A. NJ, 2:30 p
NJ and As p. NJ at the pavilion. 1 am told
that many Of your leading merchants anC
manufacturers will close their places ot
business that day and professional mel
VIII close their offices so that we can have
day holy TO God 10 this city. The school:
will also be closed and | want all you boy:
to come to these meetings here.
ION Tuesday night | will preach speca
sermon TO young men here On the perils Of
young men and the best seats viii be re-
served for them"
Corinthians. iv. IA: 'As my beloved sons
warn you" II think" he said, I'VE al
kn NV what It means 70 be warned. | want
TIE sight OF every boy in this building.
a railroad man once took a lantern and
went along the track. He fell between tn,
ties and saw that there had been wash
out lie knew train was coming soon ant
he wanted 10 warn the engineer OF his dan
ger. In falling, his lantern had gone GU
and he had no matches with bin. He RAJ
back and as be saw the train coming h
swung his lantern. although there was NJ
light in it, and threw it right into the cab a
cf nd cb cd
DANGER" The engineer heard the crash o
the lantern and the mans shrieks ans
stopped the train in time.
Now, boys, / want to do this. / want Il
throw the lantern to you boys this afternoon
so that you may stop SHINING.
Now, boys" be said, II am going 10 ash
yon TO choose lie or death; TO choos,
whether you will accept or reject Christ.
there IS another thing-yon may lost
the possibilities of happiness. The way q
the transgressor is hard, but there is noth
ing hard In the service Of God. Boys, yol
VIII die miserable death uni ess Won he
come soldiers of Jesus Christ.
LEADING BOYS TO CHRIST.
Boys. dld any Of you ever try to leac
other boys TO Christ? If not, you will bay
to learn TO do 1t now. Ii you don't learn +
serve God ~bens you are young Won will
find II a much more difficult task when vol
are older TO learn to do anything in the Ser
vice OF 600; by beginning now you can b.
y
There is another thing. If you dom
come TO Christ while boys you NAV los
your souls. young man once told a min
lister of his great plans; that he would max
money, get married. become politician an
then retire and lead life of ease. sWba
theny asked the minister. Then I viii
die replied the y0uBg man. What then
Alb, boys, what will you do when called int
eternity, and what prospect have yon O
getting right with God il you don't do
when yeung?"
Now, hoys. want you to say, Il want Z
give up my sins and be a follower OF Jesu
Christ We are going TO pray, and wher
ready want you to say. AS for me. | wan
TO be a Christian Ali boys who want TO bf
Christians stand up"
They almost rose up IN a body, and Mr.
Mills exclaimed: You might as wei tr,
10 count the stars as these boys. God bles
them" He then asked those in the gal
leries TO rise up and quite number did so
Now let us bow our heads and keep per
fectIy quiet while we ask Jesus Christ t
make us the best sort of Christians" sale
Mr.. Mills and he offered up a feryent prayer
The ushers then went round with card
asking those who wanted to be Christians Il
fill In their names and addresses. while tn
choir sang "Just as / Am"
Mr.. Mills then askefs all boys who wished
to be Christians TO stay for a short alter
sarvice Quite a nfsu, her re maiued