The herald., 1894-12-24

army.
AT THE TABERNACLE.
Simpson tabernacle st 8 O'Clock wan
30 we'll filed that it would have besn
difficult to find accommodates for more
than were present. There were many
prominent Los Angeles people on the
ground flooor and in tho gallerios, a
number OF whom are Catholics. Un.
doubtediy . fperceptible percentage OF
OF the audience had been attraSted by
. desire to.ses the methods by which
General Booth works salvation. but the
great majority were sympathizsrs wish
ths army, although not ali members
militant.
When tho leader and his staff ap.
pearsd on the platform Of the tabernacle
y rousipg amen from = thounand ihroats
met him. Tho base drummer pounded
his instrument with vigor and every
body stood up while the "vollsy," ss
they call this salute, was fred.
Colonel Lswlsy opened the services
with song. the frst verse and chorus
Of which 10 here given:
There 10 a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Immanuels veins;
Ana sinners, plunged beneath that food.
Lose all their guilty stains.
oh, glorious fountain,
Open for me;
Oh, glorious fountain,
Open now for me.
Brieadisr Keppel followed In prayer,
and then Colonel Lawlcy and STAFF Cap.
tain Malan, last Of whom has . very
good voices, sang . duet. The chorus
was taken up BY tho whole audience,
who at the end of the fret line held up
their hands above their heads. The
chorus rims 20 follows:
My sins rose as high as mountain,
They all disappeared in the rou untain:
He put my name down for place and crown,
Bless Ais dear name am freel
THE GENERALS ADDRESS.
Then General Booth, whose voice had
much improved since yssterday, al
though it is evident that he has not
quite got over his cold yet. began his
sermon. His clog uencs and vigor in
delivery were m sgniHcent. General
Booth 10 . foroible aud interesting
epeaker who never weariss his hearers.
but keeps them anxious to hear more
from his lips all the time. HE tbsms
wac Salvation.
Jesus. he said. being high priost,
the higheat Of all, sitting beside the
Father, mono ever need despair of saliva
tion. It means something more than .
profession OF religion. Tho speaker
would not give much for mans chances
OF salvation unless he proclaimed it 40
who is ashamed of hib religion has mona.
The RsAAral here devoted some cut.
ting, stinging observations TO religious
hsxs hsvA - hA NJ no nt md - i0o
talk, who have the forms and outward
marks of religion and who. yet, are not
saved. Salvation, said the general,
means more than religious feeling.
When We mean that man 10 saved,
we mean that he ceases to be in the
broad way that lsnds TO distraction, but
has engaged in the marrow road which
leads to eternal lie. All sins of past
life may be washed away in the blood of
he Lamb, and all things may become
lew. No man or woman in tho house
"ould dare to say that they had never
sinned, he 1t against God, father,
mother, sioter, wife, master or friend.
When q man Ia saved, glory DO to
God, It mesns that all that long array
has been wiped out, that all has been
forgiven.
Salvation also means the turning
away from q aslfish, useless, money
making life to . pure, charitable, God
glorifying one, seeking ths salvation O.
Others, God will save to tina utserInoet
those who will come to him. He ia not
like certain joctors-.Hs knows not Of
incurables.
A ,nkn nuat serve God or hip Susihess.
II youf business 10 opposed 10 Gods
wave you must quit II or be damned
forever. Fci peculiar people there 10
peculiar salvation. but ss1vation 10
there just the same. In conclusion the
speaker said: IF some people cay my
theology is not sound, say never mind.
It 10 good enough for mo. Some say
that Jesup Christ died for few indi-
viduals only, and LETT the others, the
great majority, out in the cold. No, NO,
no, that IL not 90. Christ died for ali
human beings, for evsry man and every
woman. When he hung upon the GROSS
and broke h:s hesYt, ha died for every
human being in the world, to bring sal
vation to the nttermost for the back.
alder and for the sinner. There IL sal.
vation for every ons. Let us all pray"
In response to Colonel Lawiey's
earnest appeals several people accepted
the invitation to be prayed with as the
plasf0rm.
In the evening the tabernacle was
again filed to overflowing. Che SCR
vices we're opened with prayers and
songs. the greatest religious fervor pre-
yailing during the exhoytation by
Colcuel Longlsy. General Booth adjursd
the people to think about their souls,
and those OF their wives and little chill
dren. He chose for his subject the 18th
chapter Of the Gospel according to Luke.
from the 26th to the 32nd verse, contain
ing the story of the departure from
Sodom OF Lot and his people. and the
fate OF Lots's vile.
The speaker said he would address
himself to the heads OF his audience
frat an6 then to their hearts. He then
told, in his own peculiar, forcibls way,
how the people OF the doomed city had
gone so far in their iniquity that it
filed the measure, aud God had made
up bic mind to destroy them. Tho visit
Of the angels TO the house Of Lot was