The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-20
A POPULAR PREACHER,
Great Interest Manifested in the
Pulpit Talks Of Rev. Wesley
Hill.
at. Paul's Church Was Crowded
Again Yesterday Afternoon
by the Men.
Nsxs Sunday Afternoon ths Pastor VIII
Preach ON "rhe Age Of the
Liar"

Yesterday afternoon The injecting fol
men only" was largely attended at The 81.
Paurs N. Il. Ohuroh. The orchestra rsnd-
cred some very nne music. beginning
promptly 1t $3.50 O'Clock. After . half hour
OF music, VOCAL and instrumental, the Rev.
DR.. Tower, president Of the Montana nal
versity, delivered . very able prayer. Rev.
J. Wesley Hill then gave . pulpit talk On
"Ovsrshadowed by An Eye" taking for his
text. ''Thou God Sssist Ne" He said In
part; "Omniseisnos 10 an element Of
divinity. All scriptures are definite ~ TO
Gods seeing. He'll 10 naked before Him
and destruction has NO covering. God il
light and In Him 10 NO darkness al all.
Hence His vision psnstratss and 10 ponder
ing and all pervasive. II tracked Adam
to HE guilty hiding place and
disclosed the Dishonesty OF a man. God
does not aesd policemen or chains to hold
the sinner. His eye 10 enough. The
flashes of omniscienos pierce the heart
every m and bring to light the secret
things. We may think We are covering our
tracks. but Gods eye blszes along every
hber of oar being and We are all being
shsdowed TO tho Judgment seat. The fact
that God secs should DO the source Of com-
fort to those who love him. 1t should
strike alarm to the breast of the sinner.
Notice who IL 10 that sees. Not father.
mother, sister. brother or friend, but He
who dwells in ineffsbls light. He who
created you and endowed you with physical
power, mental capacity and spiritual posi-
bility. the being before whom angelic pur-
ity veils ito face and the redeemed stand
praisina day and night. II IL God, the
embodiment of purity, justice and power
that ssss. He sees bird and beast, insect,
reptile, fsh. mountain, hill, river. lake,
ocean. Qlittering star and circling world.
but no sees you a. much az If You were the
only being in the universe. Hs saw you
meditated your first wrong. whom you took
your Atst oath. told the first lie, stole the
first article, touched the frst liquor, Qamb-
led the first time and whom for tho first
time you stood at tho door the steps of
which are strewn with the Ghastly skeletons
Of those slain by the red hand of lust.
No city so full. NO street SO crowded, no
day so bright. no night 30 dark, no desert
so remote, no wilderness 80 thick, no ocean
so wide but what God secs you and knows
You through and through! He sees you
hrst OF all to condemn your ain, for he can
not look upon SIN with the least degree of
allowance. He not only speaks to you
through his word. but he speaks through
your conscience as we'll! Oh! how often
you stood face to face with your conscience
and heard count after count in an indiot-
ment read off black enough to darksn the
universe and you then resolved to reform,
but when you plunged into the vortex Of
life again you drowned out the still, small
voice and hardened your heart against the
weight of the spirit. ..J.
But God also sees You to approve your
better urpos and to give you a loving
welcome homo ii you will but come. The
poor prodigal son wandered far away, but
when he returned his father met him and
folded him to his bosom and led him to a
sumptuous repast and honorable raiment.
And so the Lord 10 waiting for you to start
for the mercy seat and knosling there re-
peatinR the lines of your sorrow in your
heart, the angels will shout. behold he
prayeth,. and tho heavens will break upon
You in love and mercy"
Mr.. Hill announced that next Sunday
afternoon the subject would be 1.-The Age
of the LIAR" The service of last sveninp
was of great intereat, the church being in
adequate to accommodate all who sought
admission. The new choir. which is being
led By Mr.. Higgins. did maenihcently.