River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-21
The Gospel Meetings.

Inc OoSpel meetings.
The series of meetings directed by
Evangelist f. T. Pierson closed last
Sunday night with an audience that
packed the Congregational church.
The entire day was most hopeful and
enthusiastic round of various services.
Mr.. Persons morning text was Luke
xxi, 81: ''And the Lord said, Simon.
Simon. behold, Satan hath desired 10
hare you. that he may sift you as
wheat" He showed various ways in
which Satan tried to entrap, deceive
and destroy the careless. Mrs. Pier
son at this service as at all during the
day sang very effectively. AT 2:30
she held meeting for young ladies,
which was crowded, and very hopeful.
At $3.50 the Congregational church was
crowded and the services were equally
interesting and enthusiastic as any
held, and was especially to inspire
christians with sense of their duty
to give the gospel to the heather
nations. He distributed slip con-
tanning the following:
CAN THE WORLD BE EyANGELIzED IN THIS
GENERATION
1T has been ia the power of those
who hold the truth, having means,
knowledge and opportunity enough, to
have evangelical the globe fifty times
| over. The Earl Of SALISBURY.
A British soldier was once asked.
IF the Queen of England issued a
proclamation to be published in every
town and village in the world, how
long it would take to fulfill the order!"
After considering the question he re.
piled, Il reckon we could do it in about
eighteen months" We have been
over eighteen hundred years and still
two-tbirds of the heather world re-
mains without hearing of the Heavenly
King and his great proclamation.
Ten millions of dollars is all the
entire church of God can raise To prose.
cute the missions of the world; while
one city spends far more than that on
a city hall and two others on a suspen-
sion bridge, and there is buried in
| jewelry, gold and silver plate and use
less characterization, within christian
homes, enough to build a fleet of fifty
| thousand vessels, ballast them with
| bibles and crowd them with mission
aries. build church in every destitute
hamlet and supply every living soul
with the gospel within a score Of
years. Only let Gods fire come down
and take possession of our hearts and
tongues, and the gospel would wing
| its way like the beams of the morning
and illumine the worlds darkness. -
DR. A. 4. Pierson.
81 can do all things through Christ
which strengthen me. Paul.
eff two of you shall agree ON earth
touching anything that they shall ask,
it shall be done for them of my Father
which is in heaven. "--Christ.
Quite number joined at his solIcita-
ton 1.-THE Christian Workers Prayer
Union" agreeing to pray daily for the
eyangelization of the world in this
generation and that all christian work.
ers may be strengthened. The last
text, evening, was Joel iii. IA: "Multi.
tudes, multitudes in the valley of de-
cision; for the day of the Lord is near
in the valley of decision. lie made
a most tender appeal TO those who
were almost persuaded TO become
christians, and his descriptions of the
serviceableness of religion and the
utter worthlessness and increasing
woefulness of unbelief were thrilling
and mastery, producing great i'm
preston. In order to preserve the
good results he provided for the
starting of classes for instruction in
christian work and the holy scrip
lures. The pastors cooperating ex.
press their high appreciation of the
methods employed and think the re.
suits are more than could have been
reasonably expected. The general inn
preston among christians is that in
these meetings the determination of
the different denominations and the
anxiety and labor for the conversion
of people reached height very unu-
sual, if ever known, in our city.