St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-22
Evangelist Mills and His CO.
workers Pushing the
Gospel Fight.
A Great Days Campaign to
Be Conducted Wednes-
day Next.
Many Business Houses Agree
to Close Down for Part
of the Day.

/ ence at the Auditorium last night. 1T
was meeting for men. and seemingly
there could not have been any large
number of men eongregated anywhere
else in the city. The body of the hall
| had not vacant seat in it. the choir
gallery and three banks of seats facing
| the speaker were completely filled. while
| the gallery was occupied by a goodly
NUMBER of people. Only a few women
were noticeable in the throng, and sew
eral of these were workers in the re-
| vival.
| Before the sermon Mr.. Mills devoted
himself to an explanation of the move-
| ment for closing stores and business
houses of all kinds Wednesday, the
mid-week Sabbath of the Mills meet
/ ingS. The agreement to which business
| men were asked to subscribe binds
| them to close from $50 a. m. to p. M,
or at 3 p. IN. or both, and has been
numerously signed, as will be seen by
the printed list. Neighborhood meet
| ings, to be held at private houses in the
various sections of the city, will begin
, the days work Of the evangelist's we'll
wshers on that day. These will con-
tinue from to S.45 a. m. At "a m.
services will be held in all the
churches identified with the union
meetings. AT 10 a. IN. Mr.. Mills
will preach in the Auditorium, and
again at p. m. and 7.45 p. IN. SO that
Wednesday next is intended to be de-
voted exclusively and altogether to re-
vival work. The plaus have been well
laid, and tremendous impetus.it is eX-
pected i'll be given the movement.
The Wisdom OF Moses.
The evangelist's text last night was
taken from Deuteronomy 30th chapter,
10Th verse. Commenting thereon, the
preacher delivered not only Il pow erful
appeal for Christian life, but deeply
! interesting discourse as we'll. 1t was
replete with touching incidents; beauti-
full d-palntlng of the God-loving
| mans contentnent and usefulness:
truthful and realistic references to the
| hopeless ideas OF the Christie sinner
! The words of the text were spoken OF as
| the last public utteranee OF Moses, wise
! man. soldier, general, statesman, phil
osopher and friend of God. Moses, said
1.-the preacher, pointed out to his people
that while they trusted in God they had
prosDered in ali things; when they de-
serted God the power Of their enemies
had prevailed. God has endowed man
with reason and expects him to use it.
Man is reasonable only when he is right;
man is unreasonable when he is wrong
and knows he is wrong. No man can
be right who denies Christ. GOdliness
and righteousness are the same thing.
| Ung0dllneSS makes man unrighteouS
and unreasonable. [ am Christian
because want to be man. No human
being can become man while
Ii Resisting God.
"Stop resisting God, my brother, and
| be what He intended you to be. | have
, heard many excuses for not being a
| Christian, yet l never heard but one
i reason, and that was given by banker.
He said: Il am not man enough" That
is Just it, my friends; men keep putting
off the day when they Will assume their
maHhood. They are Indifferent to
Christ's call, fearful state to contem-
plate.
| Negative Christians were held up to
| ridicule as entirely useless and con-
| temptlble. Graphic examples were re-
! cited to illustrate the preachers idea on
| this point. Alternately he excited tears
| and laughter. but the point was made
and elinched from all sides. The neglect
| of fathers toward their sons came III for
a SorrOWful demonstration. Il would
| rather have the worst that can come to
a Cmistlan-want, scOrn, penury, scant
| IdlluCllt StdI VdllOli dHU QNdIu -liIdtI tiiO
| best hour ever spent in Wanton luxury
| by the Christless sinner"
| lessons of Death.
Examples were dwelt upon of great
men like Aaron Burr, Lord Byron, the
| elder Krupp, the great gunmaker, who
| had died out of the world spiritually
forlorn and decrepit, shrieking and
| bowling i'll fear OF death, having only,
| as Byron put it, the worm, the grief and
| the canker alone. Gen. Grant and John
| Roach, the famous Shipbuilder. were
| pictured on the other side-baptiZed be-
| fore death, blessed with the peace of
| Christ, regrettiDg only the inability to
| give years to Gods service. 1t is lite
and blessing, friends, death and cur5-
| ing. Which will you choose? Now
may he the fateful second for You. Do
not delay" Then following with
| really affecting peroration, the energetic
| man of God started the choir TO singing:
"Why Not Come tn Him Now" which
was rendered in very impressive man
ner. The after meeting was attended
! by probably twO-thirdS of all the men
who had been in the hall.
Tuesday evening seats will be re-
| served for young men, but Older ones
will not be barred. Mr. Mills will on
that evening preach on Dangers to
I Young Men,"
These VIII Close.
Following is a list of the business
| holses which have agreed to close
| Wednesday. referred TO i'll the beginning
of this article.
Uttley & White, Andrew Schoch Gro
| Yerxa Bros, Gerry Co,
| Michaud Bros, ". FL. DelnVigny.
| W. B. Hawley, Smith u Co.,
H. Schroeder. Reynolds q Reynolds,
! Bradshaw u McMur- Cramsie Bros,
/ raw Bergman Bros,
I Kennedy ( Chitten F. II. Harmbohrer
den, Emerson q Co.,
/ Samuel Cummings, Hollander & Lois,
Ed Smith & Co., II. B. Walsh,
Ohio Coal company, Edward Corning
Edmund d Carlson. Henry Clark,
I st. Paul Soap works, A. g. Hickman.
lIMannheimer Bros, Browning, King & Co
lE3FIeld, Mailer & Co., Schuneman & Evans
|, ,Habighorst d Co., FIoan d Leyeroos,
! Craig & ounger. BannOn d. Co.,
] .Turpin d Leybourn, W. H. Elsnger.
4 Fantle Bros, c. L. Durocher & Co.,
Mealev & Co., Lanndeeker&La Rose,
t5F. W. PfnsKa, D. E. Foley.
is Frank. Brown. Frost & Co.,
| Nicoll the Tailor, j. G. Baiiie.
l Nathan Ford Music Standard shoe Co.,
T. Co., George II. Lains,
e. c. varney Co., J. L. Lowering,
I Bart Culliton. II. E. Wedelstaedt q
sE Sehliek x Co., Co.,
c. c. De Coster A. E. Whitney,
George Adams, X. e. Munger,
Smith, Farwell & Co., Howard. Farwell q
4 J. L. HentZ d Co., Co..
Hanan Shoe Co., Clark q Mccarthy,
Konantz Saddlery Co., racket Hardware Co.,
Rich & Clymer, Donaldson, Ogden q
Curtis Printing Co., Co.,
Zander Bros, Noyes Bros. & Cutler,
CommercialCompany,G Goodyear Rubber Co.,