St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-12
WORRYING IS A SIN.
So Revivalist Mills Told a Vas t
Crowd at the Audito-
rum.
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But the Earnestness of Prayer
is the leverage Of Sal
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Revivals Are Not Seetapian,
but They Annotated the
Churches.
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Two Great aud Successful
Moofinocc Hon5IIo%od
Two Great aud Successful
Meetings Conducted
Yesterday.

A great crowd surged into the audi
forum last night and heard stirring
sermon by the great evangelist. The
building was full of people who hast
ened to the services with marked atten-
ton. After all Introductory service of
song. led by Rev. Bilhorn.and the choir.
Rev. B. Fay Mills announced as his text
the 44th verse of the 22d chapter Of
Luke: "And, being in an agony. he
prayed more earnestly" The remarks
founded on this text were substantially
these: Mr.. Mills said that he had no
design of giving an exposition of the
text, but merely to call attention
to certain kinds of prayer. Jesus, in
the text, was said to have prayed
earnestly, and the scene in the garden
was described. The prophet Jeremiah
prayed in the same way, as was proven
by the quotations from the weeping
prophet. These quotations show that
when people are earnestly affected they
are moved to tears, thus expressing the
feelings of the heart. Moses was like
Jesus when the children Of Israel had
worshiped the golden calf and he re-
turned to the mountain to pray God to
hOSOS pldJCt Wuo
finished. but he meant every word that
he said; he meant something that
brought him near to Jesus in Geth-
semane. st. Paul also prayed most
earnestly for his "brethren, his kinsmen
according to the flesh" This praying
brought him near to Jesus, even though
he had not words to express his feel
ings. Hannah. the mother of Samuel,
is still told of as one Who
Lost Herself in Prayer,
and if she could so pray for her unborn
child it is no wonder that she had such
a son. And that is why we are III this
room-to pray earnestly. | do not be-
lieve effect on the body is of any i'm
portance, but when people are moved
they will show it. Any emotion will
express ITSELF A presidential conven-
ton was mentioned and the wild excite
ment that swept over the crowd at the
mention of the favorite candidates
name described. The unreason of a
panic of fright was another Illustration
of the power of feeling to sweep men
into self-forgetfulness. "Oh, my
friends" the preacher said, ''if you are
concerned about the salvation of your
friends souls you will show 1t and
will prevail. 1t took this kind of prayer
to- save lost world. Jesus Is not re.
SponSible for the salvation of the world,
according to His influence. than we are
according to our influence. do not like
to hear people talk of the motherhood
Of God; the church is the mother OF
Gods children. The babes in the church
are often starved and frozen by the neg.
leet of the church. do not want to be
responsible for bringing children into
! the church to Starye or freeze in the
.church's cold care. Earnest prayer has
an effect on the unconverted."
The reverend speaker INDUCED in
some very plain speaking to the
churches about their carelessness to-
wards the unconverted. He said thai
| there was a vast difference between
being anxious for our friends CONVEX.
sion and being worried about it. He
Considers worry a sin,
and thinks God will punish the sin
| He told of Michael Angeles shutting
| himself up with dead man so as to BIZ
! able to express the idea of death, aug
! wished that Christians could get an ides
| of the death of soul.
| "Shall Esther cry, Can | bear to see
the destruction OF my people" and the
| sons of Jacob say. Can we 60 up to oul
fathers house and the lad not with us?
| and we he Indifferent or cold about the
/ death of souls? And, my impeniten
friends, if Christians should feel this
way about you. bow should you fee
| about yourSelveS?"
After the sermon, all interested il
their own spiritual life, or the CONVEX
| sion of souls. were asked to remain will
the minister. A large proportion Of the
audience remained. After short ad
dress from Mr.. Mills large number
| asked for prayers for friends, or chill
dren. or parents; in fact, there was M
| relation in which human beings stant
| towards each other that was not repre-
sented in those requests. A number
arose asking for prayers i'll their owl
| behalf.