The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-05

eral Hundreds Outside-Another
Address at the Florence Mission
to Be Given-"Why Do You Wait ?"
the Evangelist's Text Last Night.
Several Decided to Wait No Longer.
At the evening meeting over
500 crowded once more around
the tent unable to gain ad-
mission. Mr.. Weldon and Miss
John sang the duet "Come Unto Me"
and it proved most appropriate selec-
tion preceding the sermon which the
evangelist based on the words "And
now Lord what l wait for2" and said:
Transfer the words of the Psalmist to
your individual cases and ask yourselves
| the question, What am waiting for? Why
am not Christian? Why am not en-
| joying pardon, rest, peace, hope and bless
ing of Godl Probably 70 per cent. Of this
vast audience are without hope OF heaven.
Then, my friends, what are you waiting
| for2 There must be some hindrance, 80,
with the help of God, let us find out to-
night what we are waiting for
Are you waiting for God to do something
more in order to save you Then you are
waiting in vain. Wnen He gave His son
on Calvary He gave His all aud emptied
Heaven. He did it willingly and was COM
PEELED to stop and say mo more" SO. my
friend, you are waiting in vain. Are you
waiting for more preaching? If so, it is
quite unnecessary, as the more preaching
you get the more hopeless you become. II
had my choice, l would rather preach to
the heathens than to the people of Scran-
ton, who have heard the gospel for years
and are still waiting Preaching to them
is like throwing water on ducks back.
There is hope for converting the heather,
but with you, who are waiting, your
hearts are constantly hardening.
QUESTION OF RIGHT OR WRONG.
Are you waiting for feeling in the mat
ter? 1t is not a question Of feeling but a
question of right or wrong. | remember
hearing of an old negro lamenting his sins
and his master told him to 'desist, that he
was not SO pad, but overseers aud men like
himself had committed great sins, to which
the old slave replied that when the planter
went out shooting ducks he always chased
the wounded birds first, and the dead birds
afterwards, and 80 the devil did not trouble
about his master but was after him, a
wounded one. And SO, my friends, there
are many ''dead ducks" here tonight who
satan does not trouble about, those whose
hearts are hardened by waiting.
Are you waiting for more pleasure in
sin? Are you waiting to kill your sainted
mother by your protigacy until you see
her dead face-the result of your ''waiti-
ingln Are you waiting, you drunkards,
until dragged down from your manhood to
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get there soon enough. / was speaking to
a man last night who showed me bottle
and said; "Mr Schiverea, l only live to
fill and empty this bottle" And yet l was
told at the Dickson works that they had
tried to get a man to do his work aud
could not find such a competent machinist;
and, oh, God this man the slave of the
distilled damnation. 1t makes people
wonder that God will accept The DEVILS
wrecks. Are you waiting for more
faith? Put the same faith IL
God as you put in your mother
your husband, your wife or your brother.
Why not =? Are you waiting for better
clothes? Are you waiting for Gods time'
Nov" is Gods time, not tomorrow. My
dear friends let me urge you, entreat you
don't delay any longer let this be the
night, the place the occasion. There are
at least q thousand waiting here tonight
and let me tell you, my friends, it is tht
height of insanity to wait longer. The
desire gets less and the possibility get
nation, your delay and let this be the time
say, II am going to do it tonight" TAXI
the hand of God now and may he bless
you to cease your waiting tonight ant
accept salvation.
AT THE AFTER MEETING.
An after meeting was held and sever.
al accepted the invitatian and knelt
at the penitent bench.
In the afternoon Mr. Schiverea made
incisive remarks as to "Backsliders'
and ridiculed the notion of "Annua
Backsliders," who require a revival
every year to keep them saved 1t wa
the hardest thing on earth for chile
of God to be backslider. II a mar
was child of God he would not sa
that he was tired Of peace, good pros
poets or good conscience and the othe
blessings of spiritual life and deliber
ately turn his back upon them. Back
sliders were never converted to th
uttermost " No power on earth or !
| nell ludh0 u Luhu u udGholioSl 4
he put his trust inGod.
sCHIvEREA MISSION NOTES
This afternoon collection will be take
at the tent toward Schiverea wor
\ abroad.
Evangelist Schiverea is due at Montreal
Canada, the middle Of October to carry O
a series of mission services.
The Jubilee Day" will not be held tods
as announced, and friends at q distan,
are urgently requested to make the pos
ponement known.
The Providence gospel tent has bee
dispatched to Chicago. Evangelist Bill
is resting IN Scranton few days befol
Q proceeding to New London, Conu.
Schiverea has acceded to request
q address another meeting at the Florent
mission. Several of the girls who he ad
dressed knelt at the ''penitent bench la
/. night at the tent.
K SO many pennies were given in the offe
tory on Thursday night that Scihver
r begged his audience last night to give son
I other coin, lest pennias should go out
: circulation in Scranton.
Mr. Schiverea announced last night th,
i. instead of taking few days vacation
q will continue the Scranton mission, NJ
!. Weeden, however, is ''played out' al
will sing in the evening only.
On Saturday the mems farewell meetir
will be held and an excellent programn
;, will be rendered by male chorus Of ov
q l50 voices, which Tallie Morgan promise
II will be the finest production of the missio
. Professor Weston and pupils of t
81 Young Mems Christian association gyI
nasium are acting as ushers at t
gospel tent, but SO far their strength
:. athletics have not been tested. The col
mittee feel grateful to the professor al
hic aesociataa for THAR attaudanca nm,