The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-02-17
BVANGELISTtC SERVICES.

The union revival meetings inaugu-
rated by five of the churches of Blooms
burg, with Rev. +. +. Davidson as
evangelist began last Sunday afternoon
with young peoples meeting in the
Opera House. The large hall was
crowded and Rev. Davidson's plain,
practical talk to the young people
about the importance of the work to
be done by them in connection with
these revival meetings was listened
to with close attention. The sermon
was followed by consecration meet
ing in which about one hundred took
part.
In the evening three simultaneous
union services were held, one in the
Opera House, one in the Reformed
church and one in the Methodist
church. The churches had very fair
congregations, the Opera House was
again crowded.
The meeting in the Opera House
began with song service. A large
choir of about eighty voices with Mr..
F. B. Hartman as chorister, and Mrs.
Holmes as organist, has been secured
to lead in the singing. The male
choir, under the direction of Prof.
Niles, rendered three selections during
the meeting.
Mr.. Davidson preached another
very practical sermon on personal duty
from the text, "Lord what wilt thou
have me to do1" Acts 90. The
question is not what the Evangelist is
going to do, but what are you going
to do2 God does not want US to wait
to see if the meetings are going to be
successful and popular. If you with
hold your support the meetings will
come just that far short Of their full
est success, for the word laid upon US
by the Master can not be done by an
other, and must be forever undone, if
we fail to do it.
Mr.. Davidson then went to the
Methodist church, and after brief ad-
dresses from DIR. Waller and Rev.
Heilman, the congregation was dis.
missed.
Monday afternoon children's meet
ing was held in the Opera House,
which, Notwithstanding the falling
snow, was attended by over three hun
dred.
They were quite pleased with Mr..
Davidson's apt talk to them, prom
ised to help him in the work by prayer
and deed and voted to have another
meeting next Monday.
At the evening meeting Mr.. David
son preached another of his very prac-
tical and instructive sermons, his text
being Isa. 5o;1,2. One of the pre-
valent sins of the church is unbelef. |
do not mean to say that church mem
bers are inhdels but many of them
have only half belief in Gods power
and willingness to save. We are too
apt to think that this is a bad CON-
munity, we cannot have a revival here.
An English boy having gone to a dis
tant part Of the farm in his bare feet,
decided to take a short cut home
through the fields. He had to cross a
stream which he could easily Jump
over. Standing back little distance,
he ran with all his might to make the
leap and placed his bare feet on a
sleeping serpent which had coiled it.
self on the bank of the stream. He
said he would never forget the feeling
of horror which ran through him as his
bare foot touched the cold clammy
snake. So should we be filled with
horror at the first indication of unbe.
lief in our hearts.
Lukewarmness, worldliness, avarice,
quarrels, and neglect of duty were
named as other sins of the church.
The great danger to the church to- day
is not the opposition which comes
from without, but the loss of spiritual
life within it and the tendency to as
simulate itself with the world. Men
of note in the scientific world are no,
opposed to the church of Christ as is
so commonly supposed. Churches never
were so numerous, so wealthy, and SC
influential as to day.
A meeting was held in the Lutheran
church Tuesday afternoon and again
in the Opera House in the evening
for which the hall was we'll filled.
Services will be held during the
week until Saturday, in the Lutheran
church at 4 O'Clock, and in the Opera
House at 1880 O'Clock.