St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-24
WARNING, YOUNG Man
Do Not Put Off Conversion
Until the Eleventh
Hour,
When You Will Find a Down
Grade and the Brake
Gone.
Crowds Of Young Men Hear
Mills and Many "Turn
Good"
Fresh Air Would Help the
Cause in the After
Moons.

| Evangelist Mills delivered an earnest
! address to young men at the Auditorium
last night. Those in attendance filled
nearly all of the ground floor, and small
| groups were noticeable here and there
in the galleries. There was a fair
sprinkling of ladies in the crowd, and
there were grandfathers as well as
bright, ambitious youths, The dangers
of evil habits, of lust, pride, vainglory,
unholy ambition. of skepticism and in
| fidelity were strongly presented by the
evangelist, and his apt Illustrations
were we'll fitted to awaken the feelings
of his hearers. The separations OF
friends and families through the evil of
intemperance were depicted as dangers
to be Stunned as one would Shun
hideous nightmare.
Skepticism, inidelity and procras
tlnation in religious matters occupied
the greater portion of the evangellstS
time and attention last night. The
skeptical young man might think 1t
smart not to believe iii Christ, but
"What an awful thing it is to say that
man not only disbeleves in Christ but
also tries to turn others to his dis
belief" Cases were instanced of con-
verted skeptics who said that they
never knew what joy and peace were
until after their conversion to Christ.
The trouble with skepticS like Voltaire,
Ingersoll and others was placed
in this-that after all their claims
they did not'pretend to know what the
truth is, ana left 10 plank for their fol
lowers to stand OH. A skeptical woman
sat at the bedside of one of her con-
verts. The man was dying. He SAID:
"WOman. Pm going to hell: you sent
me there" you're out of your mind"
she said. Pm not out of my mind.
know there's a hell, and you sent me
there"
"Kneel down." he said. Say, God
be merciful to me, a sinner" From
that second she knew no peace until she
believed the Bible.
A skeptical woman said, when near
conversion: "Think Of the lies | wrote:
think of my cursed influence. Oh, re-
morse, renorsep' A Minneapolis man
a short time ago said: II was back ward
at first, but when wlled to believe,
did believe" Oh. what depth of de-
pravity and devilish ingenuity it must
take to turn people away from Christ! :;
Is the young man safe who, though
not dissipated or skeptical, has not sur
rendered himself entirely?He is like the
man that had the right kind of money,
but not enough of it,
The man must be saved through and
through-till his heart is safe.
1t might be all right to be Indifferent
if you stood still. But you don't stand
still. You are in stream that is going
Oh continually. To harvest good seed
you must cultivate the ground. Weeds
require no attention.
'I'ha dr1Uar arOucad in bic duiDO
moments cried, Pm on the down grade,
| can't find the brake" Be careful, you
may be aroused when it is too late. The
procrastinatlng young man is in peril
peril. This putting off from night to
night is the commonest of all danger.
Nine-tenthS of the souls in hell have
been like the procrastinator and said:
''NOt tonight" Don't leave to say,"I've
missed it, missed the salvation of my
soul" Don't have it till the eleventh
hour. Settle it tonight. n
In response to the urgent invitation,
twenty or thirty young men rose for
acceptance, while the choir sang softly.
Come to Jesus" with reWording sug-
gested from time to time by the evan
gelist.
why Not Come to Him Now?" were
The doors will not be opened for any
one to pass out while these cards are
being distributed"
After the distribution part of the
audience dispersed, but others staid,
despite the pattering rain, and took part
in the general exercises.
Today will be Midweek Sabbath, with
Auditorium services at 10 a. III. and $3.50
and 7:45 p. IN.