Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-07
NO ARGUMENT LIKE A TEAR
Evangelist Mills's Discourse
Last Evening.
The Necessity Emphasized For
Earnestness in Prayer.
The Great Tabernacle Again Crowded
Christ's Agony In the Garden the
Subject-Features OF the
Sermon.

6erlee OF union revival meetings. The
greater portion of the ministers of the
city were present and occupied seats
around the noted revivalist. When every
seat in the auditorium and in both gal.
leries was filed number of people went
away, while good many remained
standing around the walls.
Mr.. Mills delivered short sermon,
after which there was a meeting for
those, as he announced, concerned about
others, those concerned about them
selves, and those not members of any
church concerned about themselves.
Nearly the entire audience remained to
the last meeting, when they were ex-
horted in an earnest manner by Mr..
Mills.
In his sermon he spoke in the
earnest but simple manner character
istic OF the man, quite the reverse from
sensational, but the immense audience
listened intently to his words, and by
the admirable acoustic properties Of
the tabernacle every intonation could
be distinctly heard.
The revivalist took for his text the
44th verse of the 22d chapter of Luke.
describing the agony of Jesus Christ in
the garden of Gethsemane, quoting the
words: being in an agony he prayed
more earnestly, and sweat great drops
of blood"
Ihe earnestness of prayer was exem-
piifed by the speaker by references to
the Prophet jeremiah. who, he said,
had been called the weeping prophet" F"
In these days." he continued, 1--WE are
almost afraid to weep. But Jeremiah
was called the weeping prophet be-
because he was concerned about his
people. God heard his prayer. Did YOU
ever have an experience like that: that
you might weep day and night for the
slain OF the daughter of my people /?
Were you ever in earnest to the extent
that you felt you would die if you could
not cause your concern to be felt by
those you loved? James said that the
effectual, fervid prayer of an earnest
man shall avail much. One reason to-
night why there are in this
audience praying mothers with
prayerless sons, praying wives with
prayerless husbands is because there
has not been that fervid, agoniziug
prayer which is effectual Did you ever
have that earnest feeling go that you
came to the place when there was no
word adequate to express your petitions,
and you could only stand reliant for q
while on God to make intercession for
you. l have seen men act like
maniacs. They will do it again this
year during the political campaign.
l was at convention once where they
made nomination for president, and
saw big men and tender, delicate women
give way to their feelings and shout and
act like crazy people; and the man was
not elected after all. / was at little
mountain lake, and thought as / looked
at 1t that it was laughing for JOY. But
one day q man went down in it and never
came back, and 1000 people packed their
trunks and went away. Not one of them
had seen the young man. But when we
think OF separations that will take
place, it seems to me that we should be
concerned more than for these affairs in
which go much emotion is exhibited. I
don't understand all the philosophy of
earnest prayer, but this much I do. It is
thus Gods feeling is revealed in us,
and Jesus Christ reunited with bis
church. You talk sometimes of the
Holy Spirit as if it was some peculiar
manifestation; as if it had to be exhib-
tied by some strange exhibition. But
to me it seems that it is but the Spirit
OF God in US. On the one hand today
stands Jesus Christ and on the other the
church. Let these come together and
be united in holy ties. If the church
of Christ feels as He felt in the garden
OF Gethsemane it will bring it in har.
mony with Him."
The speaker told number of simple
stories as he went along, illustrative o1
his meaning, and come of his imagery
was beautiful. Referring to the awak-
ening of the earnestness which he had
spoken OF he said it would be thus that
the church of Christ would be prepared
to be the mother of her children. In
impassioned language he pleaded for 0
greater sympathy in the church for the
children of men.
II have" he said, "seen children
babies of God, torn away from the
church through lack of sympathy ol
thoughtlessness, and it reminded me o1
nothing 30 much as of a babe lying or
the ice-cold body of it's dead mother vain.
~ tuggiDg at the lifeless breasts which
had no warmth. Should we freeze people
to death? When Zion is in travail ther
will children be born unto the kingdom
of God. sometimes hear personl
wonder why people don't join tn,
church. I do not wonder. /
seems to me natural that they
should not when there is so little con
Germ evinced by the church. My friends
there is no argument like tear. Thinl
of it. Won to Christ by tear. They
that SOW tears shall reap in joy. Their
is more in a tear than in philosophy t,
warm the heart. It is with the heart
more than the head that souls ar
touched"
Referring to the state of earnestnes
as shown by the text, Mr.. Mills said
"A soul thus burdened must have relief
! DO not mean anxiety by the wore
burdened. But soul travail. Chris
was never in more peace thai
in that agony which was tn
birth throe of the kingdom O
SOULS" In conclusion he said tha
it was strange that people can see tn
danger in which their friends stand an,
never shed one tear. He exhorted NOR
earnestness in the church, and sal
that his remarks had applied with euus
force to those not church members. be
cause If the church people should b
concerned about them how much NOR
concerned should they feel for them
eelves
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