The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-11-27
DREW A BIG CROWD
MAJOR COLE ADDRESSES AN I'M
MENSE THRONG.
He Preached in Two Churches to
Packed CongregationS--Sai and
Sinners Both Felt the Power of
His Words-Overfow Meeting Had
at Both Places.
Sunday evening was great event In re-

Sunday evening was great event In re
| ligious circles.
The union services which were an
| nounced TO take place at the First Metho
dist church and the First Presbyterian
church brought out an immense throng Of
people, including believers and unbe
levers.
Nearly everybody wanted TO hear Major
Cole, the noted evangelist, who is now do
ing go much work in bringing sinners tc
repentance in the city. He has the reputa-
ton of wonderful speaker and be certainly :
sustained it on Sunday evening. Many
people conld not gain admittance 10 any
of the churches although there was an
overflow meeting held at the Plymouth.
1t was an evening that will long be re-
mem ber-d in religious circles.
THE Wonderful Story of Love" was the
theme of Major Cole at the First Metho-
dist church. He said in part:
"'Greater love hath no man than this,
that he will lay down his life for his
friends, but greater love was shown by
Jesus Christ in that while we We're yet
! enemies of Him He died for U.s. May we
realize the responsibility of our having
this wonderful love.
In telling this story to one, we do him a
him president of the United States, than
If we Were to give him the wealth of the
Rothschilds, than we would were we 10
prolong his life a hundred years.
When Blaine was passing away aud
great statesmen and men eminent in every
profession were knocking at the door, IL
was not they whom he most desired to see
He wanted in that hour to be surrounded
by his little grandchildren. He wished
to be enveloDed III an atmosphere of love.
The gospel Is the gospel OF comfort. We
must give uD our positions. We must re-
nounce our cherished ambitions. We
must let some one else Carry the KEY to
our store. The time will come when that
which we shall most desire viii be the
wonderful love of the Son of God.
Now turn the wheel right around. Not
only is there the wonderful story of love,
hut there Is the terrible story of hate.
Every pain that ever racked the body, all
the tears that humanity has she'd, all OF
the misery that has been undergone, was
because of the terrible story Of hate told
to our first parents in the garden. Has
not the world had heartaches enough:
Have there not been tears enough? Aren't
We satisfied with the great walls of Sor-
row that have come up through all the
agess Hate, my friends, Is the cause Of ii
ali.
We have the shadow and the sunlight
in this world. Riches aud poverty go
hand in hand here, but in the after life
all is hate or ali is love-all is torment
or all is peace. In that life there is great
gull fiXed-on which side will you be2
Let these meetings rise in power and
grandeur and bye and bye you will find
resisting force When the time comes
to decline, you will find men who fold
their arms and say 'you don't catch me
there
1.-The Son of God shed his blood that we
might carry he story TO the ends of tue
earth | believe there will be a great
manifestation of the Holy Spirit in this
city if all who profess Christianity wi
spread the gospel OF the Son Of God. Are
you working for riches here when God
offers you countless millions in the other
worldl o. my God, drop the scales from
our eyes"
A; the First Presbyterian chnrch the
theme OF Major Cole was: "The Last
Great Prayer Meeting and the Everlasting
Praise Meeting" He said:
1--WE are living i'll times of monstrous
gatherings. Last Year witnessed the
most wonderful of all-the great world ;
fair. II WAS great object ieSsUu on the
brevity of human life and human achieve
ment. Had there been at that gathering
all the leading kings and potentaIes of the
earth. and had all of them gathered to-
gether in one pavilion for "A prayer meet
ing. we would have thought that the mil
lenium had come.
Il think the Smithsonian institute saws
there have been more earthquakes in the
last fifteen years than in The $50 years pre-
yious- We like the permanent things of
nature; the rocks and the mountains and
the hills, but when the earth reels
like "A drunken man. seasicAuess and
soul sickness and homrsickness and all OF
the sickuesses III the world seem 10 have
!, ai =,
OF all feelings, there is none 50 sad and
so painful as those experienced during "a
great earthquake. 'And the sun shall
become black AS sacKcloth of hair"
can't imagine il, but I'm not the umpire
of this body. The moon shall be as blood
and the stars shall fall as a fig tree when
shaken by an untlmely wind; so shall il be
when IL comes as snare upon the earth. y
| wouldn't insult the people of Wichita by
putting my opinions above yours. Away
with mans opiuion-what does God say:
The kings OF the earth and the
great men and the rich men,
the chief captains and the BOND
men. all gathered into one great prayer
meeting. Now comes the saddest thing
IN the bible. \ union meetiDg-all pray
ing-all making the same request-spd
not one of their prayers answered, Not
one of them Praying to GCdi Here are
the teemIng millions of earth all praying
to the mountains aud the rocks: Fail
upon us and hide Us from the face of Him
VINO sitteth upon the throner The great
day OF Gods love is now, God Is love, aud
GUdsis consuming fire! We are living in
an age when it is not popular to
mention the wrath Of God. Be
loved, here in the city of Wichita. as true
AS any OF us fail TO call upon Jesus. bye
aud bye will come tue everlasting prayer
meeting; there will be no mountains TO
fail upon us, and we must face the terrible
wrath Of the Lamb
Major Cole Is fine speaker and is full
of power in awakening in the soul long
ing for the truth of Christian teachings.
He is remarkable Tor his ability 10 present
thoughts easily understood by his
aud leuce.
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