The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-21
WHO IS ON HIS SIDE
The Church People Are Having Hal
lelujah Meetings.
AUDITORIUM IS CROWDED
Song Services and Preaching
Every Night Bring Out Audi
enoes Of From 500 to 100
Persons-Battle IL On.

The closing scenes at the Auditorium
are very much like the old fashioned
revivals. during this week. The great
congregation sings enthusiastically
some old-time favorite like Happy
Day." or Rescue the Perishing." and
then the ministers file down the aisles
followed by the exhorters and
Christian workers who make personal
pleas among the sinners who occupy
the rear seats. to bring them to their
feet for prayers or to the front rows for
inquiry about the way of salvation.
The opening of the services is Cos
pei song service for half an hour. in
assisted by w. II. Wellicum of Ohio.
Mr.. Wellicum is the gentleman who
will accompany Dr. Brown on his tour
of the state, but whose engagement
does not include the Anaconda meet
ings. He is however lending valuable
assistance and every evening sings a
solo or joins Rev. Mr.. Avis in duet
In making his announcements for
Sunday DIR. Brown said that the meet
ings which have been held were but
skirmishes and the battle henceforth
will be on. all along the line. Saturday
night a meeting for workingmen will
be held, and the subject will be
WdBcb. ounQdy IuOTnlnk u prayer
meeting will be held at the Presbyte-
rian church from 8 till $3.50 o'clock, led
by Rev. Mr.. Barnaby. DR.. Brown will
follow with a talk upon the Presence
and Power Of the Holy Spirit" In the
afternoon at the Auditorium at $3.50
o'clock, there will be a meeting for
young people, and at 1880 O'Clock the
regular evening service will be held.
The subject last evening was, Those
Who Fight God and Their End" The
text was taken from the story of the.
children of Israel while wandering in
the wilderness. They had been in
clined to worship idols and Moses put
the test to them, who is on the Lords
side?" Two forces are engaged in this
conflict, the host of the saved against
the cohorts of sin. There is no neutral
ground. and all men are on one side or
the other.
I'VE who serve God are enlisted in a
war, which has been going on for CEN
turtles. We don't know how much
longer It is going to last. but we do
know that we are on the winning side,
and that the winning side is the right
side. God did not give his commands
Thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not
KILL to be arbitrary, but because ii is
right that men should not do those
things, and his law is right. His side
is safety. the other side is full of dan
gers hnOWn anu uHknOWn.
Anaconda and Montana are but
small portions Of the battlefield, and IL
cannot be told how the battle is going
by the appearances in this city and
state. The news that comes along the
line is encouraging. There are now en-
listed in the Gospel army 10000
young people in the Y. p. s. c. E., tho
Epworth League and the Baptist
Union, and they are a power. More
than 5000, 900 converts to the Christian
religion were made last year, and God
will prevail and 1 believe will speedily
claim his kingdom"
DR.. Brown spoke a word of encour-
agement to the colored people, of whom
there were several representatives in
the audience. The rapid progress made
since the race was set free from bond
age he said was but a beginning, and
foreshadowed better things and great
influence for them in the future.
He closed with an exhortation for all
who are on the Lords side to show
their colors and raise their voices in
season and out of season. No man is
ashamed to own his mother, and none
should hesitate to acknowledge his
Heavenly Father.