St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-11

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view of the small but powerful preach
er. He stepped to the front and con-
tinued:
e"Stop everybody just where they are.
The chief ushers will please obey the
signal and close the doors. Hold those
people in the rear. Do not let any one
move down the aisles. When the doors
are ordered closed, close them"
This emphatic manner of doing busi-
ness had good effect. The ushers at
tended to their business and the con-
fusion ceased. Mr.. Bilhorn took his
seat at the organ and sang an old-tIme
hymn very sweetly, amid an attentive
silence.
The Singing Evangelist
has a vigorous but taking method.
bringing In the Sheaves" exemplitied
this. He led the choir in singing the
first stanza, then requested the audience
to join in the chorus.
Not high enough" commented MT.
Bilhorn. Now, let the ladies alSne
sing" and the sweet voices rose in
pleasing unis on. Now the men," and
the stronger tones swelled through the
great space. Now, all together"
Shouted the singer. The great multi
tude began to enter into the spirit OF
the leader. In one tremendous volume
the ringing rhyme of the holy tune
rolled through the big building in a
truly impressive way.
A Man for Hard Work.
B. F. Mills is not a striking looking
man, probably would not command a
second look in a crowd. (which is
MIlls?" was query often heard last
night.
Look the man in the face and you
will gaze on an exceedingly pleasant
countenance, clean cut, smoth shaven.
The nose is strong feature, the broWS
are we'll extended, the ears stand ont
aggressively, and the mouth is firm i'll
line, generous in size. From under the
brows look out pair of speaking"
eyes. A glance even from the platform
lets you understand that this man is no
thln-sknned Puritan, no intolerant
"man of God" His body is small. and
his stature is short, but you realize that
he is knit to wear, that energy has a
large place in his makeup, that his
heart speaks in the voice.
Occasionally there is the CLINT of a
quick-Springing tear visible as he raises
his eyes in passing supplIcation. But
OH casual glance there is nothing new
or strange in Mills style of preaching.
He talks without flourish, eXtempor-
aneously. Still, he talks directly, seri-
ously, with distinct leaven of absolute
earnestness in every sentence. There
is no shirrng of words, Just an Occa
sional twang, and hever halt to find a
word. Prolific use is made of illustra-
ton, and generally with admirable apt
itude. Deliberate and forceful, impress
sive yet not obtrusive, friendly, inclslve,
plain but persuasive, wrapt up in his
work, B. F. Mills should and no doubt
will accomplish much good in the city
of St. Paul.
Music and Prayer.
The choir of 1000 voices, under the
leadership of Rev. Peter Bilh Orn, of
Chicago, sang several hymns preliminary
TO the general exercises, and to give the
immense congregation time to gather
and be seated by the 600 uShers.
Rev. E. 2. Ingersoll, of the Park Ave-
nue. Congregational church, acted as
chairman of the meeting. He called
upon Rev. Edwards, of the Dayton Ay-
enue Presbyterian church, to make the
opening prayer. Rev. Edwards invoca-
tion was a short appeal for the presence
of the Holy Spirit to convince people
of the need of salvation. Peter Bilhorn,
the leader of the choir, was secured by
Mr.. Mills to take the place of Prof.
Hills, who is suffering with cold.
Mr.. Biihorn has served time as an
evangelist himself, and is an impressive
singer. He has not yet had time to drill
the choir, but began to do so at the
close of last ght's meeting. The prac-
tice the singers have already had goes
far toward making the singing a great
feature, and with little drilling on
keeping time will work wonders.
Mr.. Bilhorn sat down to a small
organ after the invocation by Rev. Ed
wards and sang as a solo, 1--WE Are
Waiting for the Savior" in an impress
sive way.
DR.. Ingersoll announced that ladies'
meeting will be held at 2:45 p. IN. today
in the Central Presbyterian church; at
at the same church, and the revival
meeting will be held at the auditorium
at 7:45 .. m. The ushers were to meet
in the Central Presbyterian church last
evening after services for instruction,
and the choir remained in the AuditOri-
um for practice. These announcements
were repeated by Mr.. Mills before max
ing his address of the evening.
After the song service had continued
until half after s, Mr.. Mills read the 126th
Psalm, aud commented on the return
ing of the children of Israel from cap
tivity. and their turning TO God with re-
1oicing. He said nothing is more like
this notable return from captivity than
a big revival meeting.
Several times during the evening Mr..
Mills called to the doorkeepers to give
lend to the ringing of the electric bells
that gave notice to close and open the
doors, and insisted that the doors must
be kept closed when services were in
progress, and told the ushers not to per-
nit people to walk down the aisles to
interrupt the services.
The Opening Sermon.
Mr.. Mills address of the evening
lasted half an hour. He speaks rapidly,
and in voice plainly audible through
out the large building. He keeps the
audience interested with admirable tact,
growing out of an earnestnesS of man.
ner and interesting illustrations. The
text of his discourse was selected from
Cor. H., viii, 5: "And this they did,
not as we hoped, but fist gave their
own selves to the Lord"
Mr.. Mills commented on the formal
ity with which men say they give them
selves to the Lord, without taking
thought as to Its Specification. He had
observed that some men are good and
do good deeds from worthy motives
VINO are not wholly Christ ians. lie de-