The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-13
REVIVAL REJOICING
One Hundred People Seeking Saliva
ton Last Night.
BROWN ON HINDHRANcEs
Christians Hear Some Very Plain
Talk About Stumbling Blocks
Testimony Taken-To-Nirht
at the Auditorium Again.

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at the Auditorium Again.
The Brown revival meetings are
warming up the church people of the
city thoroughly and the interest mani
tested by the sinners seems to be
greater still. Last night at the opera
house the attendance was large. prob
ably 500 people being present In re-
Spouse to q call at the close of the
meeting from DR.. Brown for all church
members present to rise to their feet
brought up probably half of the house.
and on the succeeding cali for all sin
ners who desired hence forward to
lead q Christian life a conservative es-
timats makes the number 100 men and
women. Many of them came forward
after the meeting and shook hands
with the pastors and with DR.. Brown.
The sermon last night was not espe-
cially adapted to the sinners 1t was
more OF q rallying talk to the saints
and stirred than up. DIR. Brown
took as his text the theme: How to
Remove Hinderances' from the way of
a revival. and made special reference
TO Anaconda. He made application of
the story of the death of Lazarus.
comparing the sinner to the dead man.
" hCh Sufiot CdIlt W SlduQ Dy the
tomb he commanded others to roll the
stone away and then He raised Laz-
arus to life. So He says to-day take
away the stone which binders the
mighty work of Christ.
There are five of these stones, the
first OF which is unbelief- 1t was this
stone which made Martha object to
the opening of the tomb. but when at
last her doubt was cleared away the
Savior made evident the glorious pow
er OF God. This is the greatest of him
derances. and In Copernaur1 and else
where work was not done which Christ
intended to do because of unbelief. The
doubt In churches among Christian
people then must be removed, and that
is what we have been trying to do this
week. You must get right with God
before his work will go on.
THE man filled with unbelief IL a
great stickler for creed; he is never so
happy as when his pastor is fighting
other churches. The unbeliever is a
captious critic. 1t was one of those
fellows who was looking into a taxa
dermist's window with a friend.
Among the stuffed birds on exhibition
there was an OWL The critic at once
found fault with the owl, which pleas
ed his friend particularly. oh, no. he
said. that owl isn't natural I used to
live In the woods. 1 know all about
OWibs tndl Onc QOcSn u.
But Just then that owl turned his
head and blinked wisely at him. The
carper had no more criticisms for that
owl
Another thing which binders Chris
tian work very much is the back-slid-
den Christian who loves pleasure more
than religion. They had rather go to
card party than to a prayer meet
ing. They are lovers of pleas
ure more than lovers of God
Some people say to me, why the incest
people In town go to dances, to thea
tiers; but, look here, when a man gets
hurt, or is about to die, do they go for
a dancing Christian, a card-playing
Christian to pray for them. No, never.
A church member ought to serve Christ
or get out of the church. If you love
pleasure more than God. go and travel
the road of the pleasure seekers.
Some people have nothing to say
about religion. They never take part
in the prayer meeting. and when asked
why. they answer: still water runs
deep but II don't. Still water is an
old sinking frog pond full of malaria.
Pure, sweet water, is that which is in
motion.
Another hinderance is sectarianism,
this is all wrong. Let us thank God
for all the churches. They are doing a
grand work, each emphasizing some
particular part of Gods truth, and they
have done much in their work to make
prominent many things which have
been neglected. These points on which
we disagree should be all laid aside in
time Of revival, and all pull together
Careless parents. religious parents,
they are, who are stumbling blocks in
the way. Then comes the reaping-the
children are wild; they won't go to
church when they grow up and will
mt follow the Pfhla faanhfn1o
are lost forever of the salvation of
the souls of their children. They crowd
the children about; they are too young
parents say. for religious subjects"
The meeting was interrupted by peo-
pie who went out, and the Doctor shot
out question which was not an
swered.
why Is 1t that people can sit up all
night to serve the devil, but they get
sleepy at o'clock IL they are attend
ing prayer meeting. Why can peo-
pie dance until o'clock in the morn
ing and be bright and fresh next day,
but II a church meeting last after $3.50
o'clock In the evening they are all
broke up the next morning?"
There were no more Interruptions.
and the service was concluded by a tes-
timony session at which he called upon
all who had any good desires, to ex-
press them. About so people respond
ed. and among them were half a dozen
who expressed a wish to lead Christian
lives.
The meeting tonight will be in the
Auditorium again and Sunday after
noon there will be a special service for
young people, when the subject will be
THE Old Hen and Her Chickens" one
of DIR. Browns best sermons. so IL is
said, and which all are invited to hear.
"THE DEFAULTER" ON THE 18TH