St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-31
The Auditorium damned to
Bid Farewell to the
Exhortep.
An Immense Crowd OF Wom-
en- at the Afternoon
Meeting.
Rev. Mills Talks of the Meet
ings and Of Himself a
Little.

say good-by to the evangelist. At the
conclusion of the regular portion of the
meeting there were remarks by the
pastors of the various churches. COM
plimenting Mr.. Mills on the work done
by him and the. number of people who
had been brought to see the error of
their ways.
Mr.. Mills was the last speaker of the
| evening. He said goodbye in few
| Well-choSen words and then invited the
! people in the edifce to step up to the
| platform and shake hands with him. At
the pronourcing of the benedietion the
immense audience moved towards the
| front of the building and focmed.in line
| Then they passed out through the front
entrance, shaking hands as they passed.
He had good word for every one, and
| the chorus made the scene an inspiring
| one with the music of fayorite songs. A
reporter for the GLOBE was waiting for
the opportunity ofspeaking few words
with Mr.. Mills in order to get ameXpres-
| sion of opinion from him as to the sue
cess of the meetings. After the major
portion of the crowd had passed out he
met the evangelist, who was preparing
| to go home.
Just then party of four very pretty
girls approached Mr.. Mills, and the
speaker, very pretty brunette with
dark eyes and handsome teeth, said:
1--WE wish to say good bye to you, Mr..
Mills. We girls have been trying to
lead Christian life for some time, and
| it was not until this evening that we
knew where we had been doing wrong.
We have been members of a dancing
club, and last winter, it was my first
winter out, | attended a number OF
dances. | now know that it was wrong,
and L pledge you my word that l will
never do it again."
Good bye and God bless you, my
sister," SAID the evangelist as he shook
Fer hand warmly. The others shook
his hand and he then said to the GLOBE
man: Come on brother" He then
started for the door, followed by Messrs.
Bilhorn. Smith and another assistant.
r. Il am very much pleased with the
success of the good work in the city Of
ST. Paul. he said to the GLOBE man.
'.We are well satisfied, and | have not
heard word against the work in the
city. Everybody seems. to have had
something nice to say about the work,
and we have done we'll. so we consid-
err
"How has it been from financial
standpoint" asked the reporter. Have
you received a sufficient remuneration
for your work?"
Il nave nothing to do with that" he
replied, with shrug of the shoulders.
''They have arranged system for the
obtaining of money for my expenses.
and | never keep any track of how
much is given. You see have many
places for it. A man in my business
has great many calls On him in a
charitable way. L guess l won't say
that, but | have never saved any
thing to speak of. They arranged it
themselves. | would not permit them
to take up contribution for me, SO
they arranged that there should be
certain sum raised for ME without the
bringing of any pressure to bear OH the
people. Everything | receive comes in
ii complimentary way, and from the
heart. | would rather receive a small
sum from that source than to get large
sums which might be given by people
to crafty their vanity"
You mean people who would put
money in the plate so that others could
see that they were giving something"
said he reporter.
.'Yes, that is what [ meant. You see
never keep any track OF how much L
receive L never pay any attention
to it,"
II suppose some of the contributions
are very small" said the reporter.
IN oil I'm nrltry
"And some of them are very large"
suggested the GLOBE man.
"WelP"-in a doubtful manner-s'not
so very large"
"How large was the greatest indi-
vidual contribution you ever received"
asked the reporter.
s'Now, look here" said the evangelist,
a trife irritably, 81 will not tell you or
any other person how much | get.
There is no use your asking questions
for won't tell you word. Any man
who would find fault with the manner
i'm which do business would find fault
with Jesus Christ himself. do not tell
soul what get, and if you or your
city editor hear any stories about the
large amounts | receive, it is not true.
A man told me today that he under
stood | got $4,000 in the city of Mime
| dDollS, lie dSkGu HE duOul III.
Ibid you get that much"' asked the
reporter.
MIR. Mills replied that he did not get
such sum, but he declined to talk
about the question of his personal re-
muneration.
II. Knox Taylor, treasurer for the
Mills meetings, was asked by GLOBE
reporter in regard to the condition of
| finances and the manner in which funds
| were raised for the meetings.
| 5.s.There was sufficient fund raised by
| the churches of our city to pay for the
| hall and all expenses" said ne. I'VE
| paid all Of the expenses, Mr.. Mills fare
| to st. Paul and engaged suite of three
| rooms at the Metropolitan for him.
| These contributions have been coming
| in for the past week. In the evening
| before Mr.. Mills arrives the ushers are
| given the envelopes to pass around and
| they are then returned containing what
| ever the people have desired to give.
| They were passed among the various
| churches and the pastors collected them
| and handed them to Mr.. Mills or
| to me. Last Sunday evening there
| we're so many handed in that he could
| not get them all in his oyercOat pockets.
| You see that his pockets are almost full
| this evening""
| AS Mr.. Taylor talked number of fat
| envelopes we're handed to him by the
| ushers. and he placed them in the over
| coat pocket of Mr.. Mills.
"There were 10000 of them printed"
| he said, "but there are some of them
left. l hope that the contributions
have been large for the sake of the
| work."
| Mr.. Taylor showed the reporter a
number Of the sealed envelopes which
contained all the way from small pieces
of money to bills. he said it was i'm
possible for them to make an estimate
Of the amount received by Mr.. Mills.
The eeangelical party will leave today
fog the City ef Northfeld, where they
! They Wfll then 60 to Cannon Falls.
| where tKst will remain for thiee days,
after which Mr.. Mills will join his fam
lily in Rhode Island and take rest for
. tins.