Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-12-14
sunday Gospel Meetings.

Some say 1t III and have set them
selves to demolish II, but always
with disastrous failure. That the
Bible retains Its hold upon men as
mo other book does was clearly de
monstrated sunday afternoon
when nearly three hundred people
met at the court house. and with
open Bible IN hand slowed with
deepest interest and will, decided
blessing tn themselves the Bible
reading on the WORD ~ Cod
Mr.. Hunt gave them. The time
passed by all too quickly and when
a5last the speaker asked all who
wished the subject continued next
Sunday afternoon to hold up their
hands, apparently every hand was
uplifted. One noticeable feature of
the meeting was the number Of
men present. LIT. Z. ~ g.
One hundred extra chairs were
provided the court house
last night but = long before
Mr.. Hunt commenced his talk
they were filled and still people kept
coming. They seized every point Of
vantage, overlooked into the side
rooms and corridors, and many
unable to find seats stood through
out the. service. And it was a
service long to be remembered.
Never will ~ those present forget
that sea of upturned faces which
met the speaker as with great force
of argument and intense earnestness
of manner he spoke on the subject Of
'.Chrlst or Rarabbas." Wit and
gentle sarcasm, pathOs and appeal
blended with each other and carried
the truth home cOnvincingly to
many Of the audience. The question
was brought SO directly before them
that there was no escape. Mr.. Hunt
showed that there was no middle
ground upon which they could stand
and they realized it.. The characters
of PLATE and Barabbas were,
subjected to g, thorough analysis.
PLATE had given to him all thecredit
that was due and his weaknesses
were not spared. The robber also
was wildly described so that in
imagination we could see the man
whom the Jews, in their enlnity to
Christ wanted released.
g The question tonight" said the
speaker sis precisely what it was
there in the Judgment hall of PLATE
and it is Christ or Bara bbas." "DO
we want Christ crucified?' Why
should we want it? 3 He ia innocent,
perfectly pure in life; came into this
world to save us. Why then should
we W ant him crucified? Yet we do
it when we reject him, and all the
washing Of our hands can no more
clear us than the same act could
clear Plate. ''Not one Of US would
vote to cruelty Christ, nor to have
Barabbas in our family yet we do it
Internationally when we love the
world so much" 1--WE cruelty Christ
in our homes when we put our social
matters first. We cruelty Him in
our business when we put business
first and for the sake Of money en-
gage in dishOnorable transactions"
In thisconnection thespeaker dealt
trenchantly with the question OF
amusenients and exquisite irony
showed the absurditv and wrong
ness of the pOsitiOnI. Of those who
play for money and at the same time
call themselves Christians. The safe
rule is only to do that which Christ
can bless and to 20 where Christ
can go with you. II we reject Christ
we cut ourselves of and He says
l"Where I am We cannot come" In
closing Mr.. Hunt said 1--WE all have
sinned and come short, who will pay
the debt? He, paid it all, the one
condition imposed upon US 10 to
accept the sacrifice" 'Let us put
God first. - "Seek ye first the King
dom of Heaven and all these things
Of earth and heaven ''shall be added
unto YOU ar t-re3 = -
The music grows better and bet
ter. At the Bible reading Sunday,
Mr.. Browning sang ''Jesus, Savior,
Pilot Me-" and a mixed quartet COM
posed Of Mrs. Staples, Miss A.. Hill,
Messrs. Ethan Brown and Harding
sang most acceptably LEAD Me
Gently. O Ny Savior The chorus
singing in the evening was grand
the volume full, time and harmony
good-then the pieces were new sex
cept the old familiar piece Eat the
Cross where the entire congrega-
ton Joined in. The special parts
last night were beyond, far beyond,
our expection. Browning out did
himself in s.Bethlehem. The won
derful compass Of his marvellous
Z 4 1tn rVnt RI.