The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-30
news OF West Side
Growing Interest in The EVangeliStlc Work
Of Z. ". Bliss.
MOODY WILL Be HERE SUNDAY
In the Morning He Will Speak in the
Elm Park Church and in the After
noon He Will Be Heard tn the Cos
pei Tent-Mr. Bliss Eloquent Dis
course on the Love of God.

Constantly growing interest is mani
tested in the evangelistic work of e.
w. Bliss in the gospel tent on North
Main avenue. Last night the people
hocked to hear him and tested the
seating powers Of the tent.
The choir improves with each per-
performance aud last night rendered
the hymns in superb manner. The
entrance has been made more easy of
access by the rays of large arc light.
On the platform last night were
seated Revs. r, G. Jones, L. c. FLOYD,
D. d.. L. j, Collins, D. c. Hughes and
Mr. Bliss, The meeting opened with
the singing of hymn, after which
Rev L. j. Collins offered an earnest
prayer in behalf of those present and
for the success of Mr. Bliss in his cam
psign. A quartette consisting Of Will
Beck. William @. Jones, John Jones
and H, D. VanGorden sang a very
beautiful selection entitled, Launch
Away" Every voice swelled forth as
the rapturous Nearer, My God. to
Thee" was sung. Rsv. D. G. Hughes.
d. D., read a portion of the scriptures
from the first spistle of John. and Mr.,
Bliss announced the womsn's meeting
t is afternoon in the Simpson Methodist
Episcopal church.
MOODY WILL BE HERE.
Mr.. Moody will begin his work in
this city at the Elm Park Church at 8
o'clock Sunday morning and will
nj ha do
to men only. Mr.. Bliss thinks that
next week will be a great week in
Scranton with this evangelist in the
city. Mr.. Davis, who was in Mr..
Moody's quartette in Chicago, was
present ami sang in clear tenor voice,
Throw Out the Life Line" the con.
gregation joining in on the chorus.
Mr.. Bliss continued his sermon OF the
evening before. the text being Revela-
tions 12:11: "And they ovsrcame
death by the blood of the lamb" Dur
ing his remarks he said:
| wish people could sea higher motive
than the usual attention to services and
the collection box. They should give some
attention to the constraint of love- If any
one should rescue you from drowning you
would never cease to love or at least
think a great deal of him In this same
way we love our God and render ourselves
freely unto Him. This is the highest
manifestation of Christianity. l met a
girl in Philadelphia who had Christianity
in her face, and | was preaching there.
She came to me at the close of the sermon
after had spoken about the constraint Of
love, and said, thank you Mr.. Bliss for
II
think for moment that could do any
thing to meet the love of God. All that
we must do is to be willing
THINKS 1T is AWFUL
/ think it is awful for people to say, Mr..
Bliss. can | play cards and be Chris tian?
Can go to theaters and be Christian!
All that people should say is, 81 have
been bought by the blood of Jesus Christ,
and / am His; will do His biddings." The
questions that people sometimes ask me
are foolish. indeed. The one who is watch
ing all the time is the most commendable
and the most prai5eworthy.
The man who keeps away from the pre-
cipice instead of showing his skill by driv-
ing to the very edge of it, is the one to
hire This is the highest type of Christian
ity. ] don't smoke because don't want
to, don't play cards because don't want
to. But you have consciences of your
own and can judge for yourselves. am
hero to preach the gospel and not con-
denim card playing.
l do not say that have given anything
up for Christ for He has given me 10. 600
times more than ] ever gave up. All that
He got out of ne was my sins. There is
chance for heroism right here. We need
not go to Africa. II man was to go into
n dark quarter and take man by the hand
and speak kindly to him and tell him Of
Jesus you would do an heroic and Chris
tian act, for remember the text, "For
they loved not their lives unto death"
The men who under shot and shell at the
Pappahannock laid tho plank that allowed
the Union army to cross while the river
was stained with their blood and these
men loved theirlives unto death.
DO NOT WANT TO BE AFRAID.
Once there was young lady who was
cropping in small pool OF muddy water
on a street in New York for something she
had dropped. Not finding it, she pulled
off her glove and put in the water tiny
white hand, and found what she had lost
diamond.
There are too many Of us cropping around
with parasols looking for sinners We do
too many things by proxy. Let us get up
and show ourselves and do something for
the Lord Jesus Christ.
After the sermon, Rev. d. G. Hughes
prayed and the meeting closed with
singing. A very large number of the
people stayed to the after meeting,
where many voices were heard in pray
er and other manifestations of their
love of God. The meeting closed with
singing.