Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-04-06
THE REVIVAL IN ABERDEEN.
Large Audiences Hear Evangelists Con-
molly and Struble.

Large Audiences Hear Eyangelists Con-
molly and StrubIe.
AS outlined in the HERALD of last
week, revival services were begun in the
Methodist Episcopal church of this city
on Sunday morning last, under the
direction of Evangelists Connolly and
struble. The newspaper accounts of the
work OF these men in Seattle naturally
had the effect of arousing the interest OF
the people here; and SO, when Mr..
Struble arose to speak on Sunday morn
ing, he looked out upon very fine audi
ence indeed. The speaker took for the
basis of what he termed Gan informal
talk" several verses ofthe first chapter of
st. John, being the account OF Johns
and Andrews first sight of Jesus, their
enlistment as His disciples, and the SUBJ
sequent call of Peter. Four principal
thoughts were developed in the discourse
81. Looking upon Jesus; 2. Following
Jesus; 8. Abiding with Jesus; A.. Bring
ing others to Jesus" The talk was
listened to with interest and seemingly
much enjoyed. In the evening Mr..
Connolly spoke to an audience which
filed the auditorium. The sermon was
preceded by halt hour of song service,
such we understand being the usual Gus
tom in the meetings of these evangelists.
Both of them are good singers and
preachers, and they alternate in singing
and speaking and interchange in the
general work OF a meeting with such free
dom as to be practically one man in their
efforts. Mr.. Connolly's subject was
Repentance" He preached the plain
truth without gloves and gave to "saint
and sinner" alike their proper and need
full medicine" as he understood the re-
quirements Of the case. Roars of laugh
ter greeted many of the ludicrous illustra-
tons given, and the frequent sallies Of
wit brought down the house. A promi-
nent gentleman of Aberdeen, somewhat
given to caustic humor. described the
occasion as pretty good show" and
Mr.. Connolly successful ring master. I"
The large audience went away with
divers expressions of appreciation and
criticism, the general verdict being, how
ever, that plain-spoken man had told
the plain, unvarnished truth as he under
stood it. M
On Monday night Mr.. Struble spoke to
an equally large audience, taking for his
topic Confession of SIM, his discourse
being another presentation Of the subject
of Repentance. The occasion gave
opportunity for observation of how two
speakers can present the same general
thoughts in almost an entirely different
way, and afforded the listeners fine
chance to note the differences of style
and thought of the two men. The talk
was strong one, and produced a pro-
found impression. In its delivery Mr..
Struble exhibited some of the mimical
and tragic features for which he is noted.
Space prevents our reviewing the other
discourses of the week. Suffice it to say,
the "show" grows better as the evenings
come and 60, and the audiences threaten
to overflow the edifce, much to the joy
OF Pastor Joslyn and his people.
On Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock a
special discourse for men only. An object
lesson, 'The Lords Table and the DEVILS
Table,, will be given. The evangelists
gave this talk to an audience of over 500
men at the Seattle Y. M. G. A. rooms
two weeks ago. Every man in Aberdeen
should be present.
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